There are multiple holidays today, but my favorite one happens to be legitimate, started back in the 80's in a movement by teachers to get more student participation. Today is National Ask a Stupid Question Day, and it gives you the chance to put to the test that nasty rumor of "no such thing as a stupid question". Find one! Ask it! This is a day that people like me adore; no longer can our questions of tap-dancing pineapples go ignored. Today is a holiday just for that!Tuesday's holiday has literally been around for thousands of years, so make certain you try to celebrate Confucius Day. He's a great philosopher and leader of a school of thought that freshmen are often misled to believe is a religion, but he's best remembered for his words of wisdom, such as "What you do not wish for yourself, do not do to others" and more confusing things like, "To understand nothing is to understand everything". At least that one makes me feel pretty good about myself.
Wednesday celebrates my favorite oxymoronic practice- Mud Packing! Mud Pack Day is very much real and I'm very much serious when I say that it's a day to celebrate the mud facial. Since I've never had the experience, I don't have much to say about this. Just that mud baths and mud packing with their oxymoronic natures amuse me almost as much as people running with their hands tied behind their back. (But really, nothing could compare to that.)
October starts this Thursday! (Since that's the second half of the week, I'll refrain from giving the lengthy list of month titles in October. Besides being the month of my 18th birthday, of course!) The first of October is Vegetarian Day, which means I intend on eating no meat myself. I remember once upon a time I wanted all my Thursdays (ironically, I honestly did pick Thursdays...) to be vegetarian. There really wasn't a purpose since I wasn't health conscious; I think I just felt bad for the itty bitty animals I was eating and didn't have the guts to go all the way. That lasted like two weeks.I really appreciate Friday's holiday, Name Your Car Day. "My" truck already has a name that I've given her- Shezelle. Now, that is pretty much the girliest name a red pickup could have, but I feel like it fits her. Especially when she's got her Gerber daisy up front where it belongs. Most people name their cars, including Mark and Em, so most people won't be able to do much to celebrate today except perhaps calling their car by its name. But my friend Kathy has had a nameless car (unless you count when it's called "Bubble Car", but that's more of an alter-ego) for almost a year, and my friend Christine just recently got the hottest used car I've ever seen and it yet to name her. So we three shall have fun celebrating, and I'll try to remember to share the results!
Saturday is International Frugal Fun Day, which isn't going to be hard to celebrate. I've had to had frugal fun for a long time, seeing as I've never had a job. And now I have to save money for Christmas/NYC/college/life/ice cream runs (not necessarily in that order).
This Sunday we get to celebrate the Frappe. Frappe is one of those desserts, like Cherry Jubilee, which I'm sure I should have had already, but don't think I have. It is, in case you hadn't guessed, National Frappe Day. According to my heroes at Holiday Insights, it's basically just a milkshake with more froffiness (which is always a good thing) and doesn't always have to include coffee or alcohol like I've previously assumed. They also suggested a pumpkin frappe "because it's October", but seeing as the website the recipe is from is an EXACT replica of the layout of Holiday Insights (now in improved orange coloring!), I feel like they're just supporting a sister site. Either way, it looks like an easy enough Sunday treat to make and celebrate.
"Don't Trust Me" is from 3Oh!3, and except for my favorite line, has nothing to do with Thursday.
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