April 13, 2007

Happy Friday the 13th! Are you superstitious about it? How do you celebrate it? Here in Southern Ontario, tens of thousands of bikers will converge on the tiny Lake Erie beach town of Port Dover, as they do every Friday the 13th, for a traditional day of hard partying that seems to grow bigger every time. The party may be over in 22 years, however, as Friday April 13, 2029 may be the last...ever.
posted by rocket88 17 years ago
  • It's actually a lucky day for me -- I turned 20, 25 and 31 on Fridays the 13th. All very good years. I'll turn 42 on a Friday the 13th in 2013... I plan to celebrate with lottery tickets and a visit to the track.
  • It's a great day for me, too - I usually grab my knife and head on down to Camp Crystal Lake to mutilate and kill a couple dozen teenagers that are trying to have sex.
  • *realizes why he hasn't heard from kit in a while*
  • Re: Friday the 13th being unlucky due to the whole Knights Templar business: There are drawbacks to the "day so infamous" thesis, not the least of which is that it attributes enormous cultural significance to a relatively obscure historical event. Even more problematic, for this or any other theory positing premodern origins for Friday the 13th superstitions, is the fact that no one has been able to document the existence of such beliefs prior to the 19th century. If people who lived before the late 1800s perceived Friday the 13th as a day of special misfortune, no evidence has been found to prove it. As a result, some scholars are now convinced the stigma is a thoroughly modern phenomenon exacerbated by 20th-century media hype. Well - there you go.
  • I'm biased, because I'm turning 47 today.* Hoping to live past my 69th birthday too, Apophis or no Apophis. *We're celebrating by filing our taxes. Woo!
  • I got a flat tire this morning, which started a chain of events that has made for one my crappier days in recent memory.
  • Yeah but you got a fabulous ass.
  • I went to the Port Dover run once. Awesome; the town goes commercially crazy but combined with the powerful presence of the machines it's like being in a different world. which I suppose it is for 24 hours.
  • My chair does seem to love it.
  • The day started here with a moderate earthquake. Guess it can only get better.
  • Twenty-two years from today, also on a Friday the 13th, an asteroid 360 feet longer than the battleship USS Alabama will skirt past the Earth - so close it likely will pass between the planet and the satellites that carry our communications. Woooosshhhh!!!!!
  • I just tanked an algebra exam.
  • I got a parking ticket and had to go into work on my day off. But it can only get better, right?
  • I just tanked an algebra exam. showoff.
  • Just another day: I bluffed my way into a press conference, told a TV reporter my name was "Private Citizen - two Z's", had three post-secret-squirrel Guinnesses and kissed a woman I barely know (and a client to boot!) on the top of her head. The weekend beckons!
  • Odd day: Some well-dressed drunk whom I do not know kissed me on the top of my head. God I hate this town.
  • My sister turned 13 on Friday the 13th. Many years ago. I think it was worse luck for me than for her, which may be the point. More recently, I got a job today. Which would be good luck, except I have to be there at 7.30 tomorrow.
  • After a 2-hour meeting, it's finally official that the equipment my department urgently needs won't even be considered for procurement until september. At least now we know for sure.
  • Criminy! Could it be the alignment of the stars and not me? I haven't had a car accident in 30 years, and today I nearly went into the barrow pit twice, once on the straight and around a curve on the frontage road, and then I pulled out right in front of an orange VW in downtown Boise. Thank Jupiter SOMEONE was paying attention! Of course I was screwing with my cell phone on the frontage road, and hadn't adjusted the mirrors from when my husband last drove the widdle pick'emup, and there's a horrible blind spot, but I sure it was because today is CURSED BY THE GODS!!
  • I got called a "faggot" today by one of my Persian sixth graders... he was trying to be sly by doing it in what he thought was an unfamiliar language, and I guess he didn't realize that I know a little Farsi. I guess it turned out to be an unlucky day for him.
  • Oh, wonderful, Bone. I love it when I'm subbing and the Hispanic kids don't think I know Spanglish. Hang around high schoolers in this area, and you know most of the dirty words.
  • THat IS a great story. Oh, and my purchases at Target later in the day added up to $6.66.
  • And the scarf I bought on the way to the exam, to keep my hair out of my eyes, turned out to have a naked lady with a Dalmation on it once I got out on the street and unfolded it.
  • I totally spilled my curry all over my shirt. And the power went out last night.
  • mr medusa and I bought a new car last night! we had a great day. but I like spooky things and the number 13....
  • we had a great day. Well, duh, you're evil.
  • MonkeyFilter: turned out to have a naked lady with a Dalmation on it once I got out on the street and unfolded it.
  • *blushes at sweet compliment from nickdanger*