I'm not proud of this, but I admit I like a lot of the "national ____ days, weeks, months," etc. They can sometimes be offensive by trivializing important issues,they are sometimes just mawkish drivel, but I have a fondness for the numerous ridiculous ones that have emerged. November is national novel writing month and, for the less talented and/or ambitious among us national blog month! I'm trying to spit out something every day, as the rules dictate. Why? Uhm.... I liked being forced to write, and with the play and SATs and work and a bit of socializing I wasn't able to participate in writober as fully as I wanted to last month. Of course, SATs start again in a week, and I have got to start exercising, so we'll see how well I do with this. Anyway, I apologize in advance for subjecting you to so much detritus. I'll do my best to entertain, but we all know that is not my strong point.
November is also "beautiful women month". Why? Because beauty is
the greatest achievement women can strive for. Don't tell me it's
about inner beauty. If it were, they'd call it something else.
November is also "slaughter month"! Appropriate, since we erased that somber and reverent November holiday, armistice day, and replaced it with yet another veterans' day. I have no problem with honoring veterans, but they've already got at least one holiday, and when one honors veterans one directly or indirectly pays tribute to war, since it's hard to praise someone if you depict what they do as pointless or cruel. I know armistice day was supposed to honor the treaty that stopped "the war to end all wars". I know that was ridiculously idealistic and WWII started soon thereafter, but I still think we should celebrate armistice. I think negotiating for peace is an idea worthy of being revered.
I'm very sorry I missed "plan your epitaph day" on November 1, but I plan on celebrating chaos never dies day on November 9, and, in the same vein, absurdity day on November 20.
Tonight is national drunken writing night! No, I'm not trying to glorify alcohol consumption, but come on, you've got to admit we've had some great drunk writers. Whether they were actually drunk while they were writing is certainly debatable, but I think it's funny dammit! So I will try to participate after I get back from seeing a play about a naked crackwhore with a friend tonight. I actually don't get drunk, but I'll down a glass or two of wine and do my best. You will probably never see the results. The rules say nothing about inflicting drunken writing upon others.
Huh. According to this website: http://library.thinkquest.org/2886/INDEX.HTM
today is National Waiting For the Barbarians Day!
Posted by: Allegra | November 04, 2006 at 01:24 PM