So as many of you already know (probably because Toto already told you) 2009 is the International Year of Astronomy. What I'm sure few if any of you knew is that it is also the International Year of Natural Fibres (no joke, it's U.N. sanctioned).
When I discovered this fact on Wikipedia, I thought, if natural fibres can have their own year-long, international celebration, why cant Stadium 110? And so, we shall have an International Year of Stadium 110. And because this will probably be the last year that students will be living in stadium (at least for a while), I have decided to hereby declare this year the International Year of Stadium 110. To commemorate this momentous year we will party-all-the-time and maybe get one of those cool websites from the U.N.
"But wait," you say, "this year is already one-quarter of the way over, you've already missed a fourth of the celebration." But that's where you're wrong. Who says that we at Stadium 110 need to follow your Eurocentric Gregorian calendar? Why is your calendar better than everyone else's? You Western Imperialist Dogs!
Maybe today isn't the actually the 15th day of the 4th month of the 2009th year anno domini. Maybe it's actually the 7th day of Miyazya (the 8th month of the Ethiopian calendar) in the year 2001. Or maybe it's actually the 26th day of the 1st month of the 1388th year of the Iranian calendar, or the 25th day of the 1st month of the 1932nd year of the Indian calendar. That's right, this party is just beginning! I'm sorry, did I just turn your perfect little world upside down?
So get ready to party everyone, the International Year of Stadium 110 is just beginning.
you cant just link wikipedia...
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Tedly,
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don't let anonymous get you down.
-Free-Ho
PS-Where will you be next fall?
I'll be at University of Rochester
ReplyDeleteJust sent in my acceptance on Tuesday
I hate to interrupt the lovefest brewing in the comments above, but I just needed to say the celebrations on the 2nd day of the International Year of Stadium 110 were quite awesome. I can't wait for Day three...
ReplyDeletei am sitting in sayles actually laughing. somewhat out loud. this rarely happens. beautiful prose, ted. beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the writing is beautiful. In fact, so beautiful that I just spilled red wine all over my bed. Bravo Ted. Bravo. Also. Toto's facebook status says something about a video on the blog. Not only is there not a live broadcast of your life, there is also no video from the synchro show. I feel lied to.
ReplyDeleteWe were broadcasting for a few hours... you just missed it. It was just mark's face anyway. And synchro video will hopefully be up soon... that's in nonberg's hands.
ReplyDeleteWhat about the Julian calendar!? The Orthodox Church still uses it here in the Motherland! That would make it April 2nd, 2009. No big difference, but still.
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