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sue_dreams

The Calendar Project

Jan 01, 2010 11:30

It's like comment!fic... only notAside from the holidays, most months have their unique high and low points. My birthday is in August, for example, but it used to be the month of the hotter, more miserable weather in Michigan. January is the beginning of a new year, but it's a darker, colder month ( Read more... )

tcp2010, eggs over easy, ficcing

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January sue_dreams January 1 2010, 19:31:09 UTC

Best/Good/Positive
1) In 2006, I started one of my favorite classes ever, "The Physics of Science Fiction"

2) When I was 9-16 (a long time ago and a long time), I had a crush on a boy whose birthday was in January.

3) New Year! Resolutions!

4) Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclemation

5) Typically, this is the month I am most relaxed. In the past, because it's the beginning of the semester, slow season at work.

6) ENIAC finished (these is only cool if you're a geek, which I am).

Worst/Bad/Negative
1) Traditionally the coldest month

2) W2s arrive and are available as the harbinger of tax season. (Money, good. Paperwork, bad. And typically late. >_<) (Also, January 1863 saw the first income tax in the US.)

3) We get more snow in January (and February) back home than in other months, including at Christmas time (for several years, a "White Christmas" was a myth.

Neutral
1) 1809 The first US geology book published by William Maclure (January 20th.) Geology - rocks - kryptonite! (It's relevant, see?)

twinsarein January 1 2010, 20:15:58 UTC

Ooo, I hope I'm first. That's my birthday month. I haven't even finished reading above yet, so I'll go do that now.

sue_dreams January 1 2010, 20:34:30 UTC

You're so cute. ^_^ It's yours!

twinsarein January 1 2010, 20:45:48 UTC

1. My birthday

2. My family went to Disney World for my 16th b-day.

3. I was in Kenya for my 11th - I saw my first solar eclipse, my first wild giraffe (my favorite wild animal back then and on my actual b-day, too), and got stuck in an elevator.

4. George Washinton and Abraham Lincoln born - also William Henry Harrison.

5. Underground Railroad established.

6. General Joseph Hooker (hee) organized the Army of the Potomac.

7. The bottle cap received its patent.

8. Grammy Awards first held (Feb 29th)

9. Battle of the Alamo started

10. Tomb of King Tut was unsealed.

This is such a cool idea. I'm looking forward to finding out how it unfolds. You come up with the bestest things.

sue_dreams January 1 2010, 21:10:37 UTC

It will probably not be as cool as you're thinking ^__^, but I appreciate your willingness to play along and your encouragement.

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nonotthatone January 2 2010, 04:51:22 UTC

I hereby state my intention to post again if it means I can have May (because that's when my birthday is). But I also was scared of letting it sit too long and then not getting anything :) So here ( ... )

sue_dreams January 2 2010, 04:57:19 UTC

Woot! Okay, May is yours. ^__^ Just do me a favor and do it in a new comment to the post itself, so that I can keep them relatively in order.

(I'm half tempted to do April all by myself. It's my mother's birthday month, plus April Fools Day. April showers brings... may flowers. ^__^

You can leave it at eight or come back with more. Ten was a random number. I originally (before I did January myself and realized, no, that wouldn't work) was going to ask for 5 positive, 5 negative things. Ha.

nonotthatone January 2 2010, 18:51:43 UTC

I think at this point, any two I added might seem forced. Ok to leave it here, do you have enough to work with? If not, I liked the option you threw into a prev poll - "Sue's Choice" :)

twinsarein January 2 2010, 05:26:11 UTC

Hee, you're awesome. All of your answers are such fun. I love the green oj and Yay, for March 09!

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April (placeholder) sue_dreams January 2 2010, 04:54:48 UTC

I aim to make life easy. Someone else gets April, but just to keep things 'in order'...

Re: April (placeholder) seagull2eagle January 2 2010, 04:58:35 UTC

I'll do April unless you really want it for yourself... :)

Re: April (placeholder) sue_dreams January 2 2010, 05:01:37 UTC

No, no, please take it. ^__^ The idea was to get some outside thoughts. Thanks for playing along.

Re: April (for real) seagull2eagle January 3 2010, 03:01:25 UTC

Favorite
1. Cherry blossoms
2. Green things popping out of the ground everywhere. Er, that sounded dirty. ;p Plants enthusiastically growing, flowers starting to open.
3. Light gentle rains with gentle breezes in sunny skies.
4. Cloudy but windy days without it being too cold.

Least Favorite
5. Taxes due. o.o
6. April Fool's Day. (not much of a fan ~..~)
7. It's a frickin' BUSY month and not enough days to do everything

Neutral
8. Easter. Okay, I liked the egg hunts when I was young...
9. Arbor Day. Which could be a good thing too.
10. Pocahontas married John Rolfe on April 5, 1614.

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nonotthatone January 2 2010, 19:13:44 UTC

Woot woot! May, May, May. Me, Me, Me.

watch this space ...

nonotthatone January 2 2010, 19:19:18 UTC

1. Me. :D My birthday is the 30th. And I am my own favorite thing. In case you didn't realize ( ... )

sue_dreams January 4 2010, 03:59:56 UTC

Prom! Oh, wow. I... had forgotten that. Hee.

nonotthatone January 4 2010, 13:35:31 UTC

How perfect would a prom fic be? Gosh, I'm all starry-eyed just thinking about it.

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