Another for the 1957 list-- the year West Side Story came out.

[EDIT] HOW HAVE I NOT MENTIONED THIS BEFORE: or if I did, I didn't tag it! Jim Jones alo founded the Troopers that year.

E];)

So on Feb. 10, 1957, the styrofoam cooler was invented: http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2009/02/dayintech_0210

Cool.

I feel like 2/10 is an important date, but I can't remember why. Anyone know?

Random 1957 factoids, continued ( Read more... )

Apparently Vertigo takes place in 1957. [NOW YOU KNOW ( Read more... )

I'm home! Phew. I love car rides, but today was just... meh. I wasn't in the mood to read, and my computer battery died faster than I hoped it would (I was writing) and all afternoon I had a killer headache despite a large tea and a mountain dew later ( Read more... )

Ummmph. I'm tired. History test was pretty easy today, though the other class got cancelled. So instead I spent four and a half hours finishing my final project for ceramics because I need to make a backup on Friday because wetwork has to be done then. And I still need a decent idea, I haven't really had any compelling ones in a bit ( Read more... )

Man, it already feels like Spring Break. That is awesome. The only thing I really, really need to do right now is figure out registration stuff and write up one assignment and I will be good. a lot of people have said they feel like it's a Friday today, plus like half of the people don't show up for classes and a lot of the teachers have cancelled ( Read more... )

Well, I just sat down and watched Anchorman and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, both for the first time. Anchorman is definitely hilarious and I didn't realize just how often my friends quote it. (It's also hard to get over the fact that Fantana or whatever the character's name is is the same guy that's in Clueless... SO TOTALLY DIFFERENT ( Read more... )

Because my other post was rather concise ( Read more... )

I'm cutting this one close. My bad...

82 days until Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull! Today's trivia: The next movie is taking place in the year 1957... I'm hella excited. Why? Well, I was pretty much raised to be a '57 Chevy lover. Also, I love the kitsch of the 50's. That was the year pink flamingos were invented! <3 ( Read more... )