Now, you may have thought that my last proclamation was going to be the only one. Oh, no. Although International Blog Post Remembrance Day is very important, it was a spur-of-the-moment holiday created because of the loss of one particular post. But rest assured, BPRD will be observed again next May, provided that I remember, which I more than likely will.
But this is the proclamation of the holiday that I mentioned I would create back in April. It is a “not so impromptu” proclamation in the regard that I've been planning it for months now. And the time has now come to announce it.
A Proclamation by the Author of Randomness
On 29 August 2005, for no apparent reason, except maybe in part due to the addition of a post that to this day remains my favorite, Randomness had 53 visitors in one calendar day, setting a record that has not yet been broken. Such a record should be celebrated, but it cannot be allowed to stand forever. So in an effort to break the record, but also in celebration of Randomness and its past visitors, a holiday is needed.Yes, I just created a holiday solely for the promotion of my blog. More may come. Deal with it.
However, 29 August, being the second day of Pitt's academic term, is a ridiculously inconvenient time for me to celebrate this. In addition, other people would be in the full swing of their own back-to-school transitions, and would not want to celebrate it on this date.
THEREFORE, I, "TJ," author of Randomness, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the fact that I write this blog, do hereby proclaim the first day of August 2006, as well as the first Tuesday of August in all years thereafter as Visit Randomness Day. I plan to mark this unofficial holiday by blogging in a celebratory manner. I ask that my readers celebrate by visiting Randomness, reading its posts, and commenting on them, as well as by encouraging others to do the same.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-eighth day of July, in the year of our Lord two thousand six, and of this blog the second.
"TJ"
5 comments:
Tim!, Okay first of all I promise not to copy this one. But really, that just made me not want to come to your blog on that day! I might come the day after to be different though. :-) Or maybe I'll visit that day because I'll be in erie then and you'll probably tell me to a million times :-P
Luv ya all!
sorry i haven't been on the computer or even home lately. i have been visiting this site for the past like three days trying to read this post, nad i keept getting distracted or interupted and stuff.
i have a feeling you are not ever going to write about camp, because it was so long ago. am i correct?
Of course I'll write about camp... that's why I created this holiday: as an excuse to write!
so i'm not going to be home tomorrow, at all. 'cept maybe way early in the morning, :( and then i won't have computer until thursday night. :'(
i know all you guys are going to miss me, and i know i'm going to miss all of you, plus my computer, so we all should mourn this loss. hehehe.
i'm a little random right now.
i think your blog is affecting me in not to good of ways...
Aw, Andrea, that's disappointing. Just try to give me a hit early in the morning. Or even right after midnight! That counts, too!
And of course randomness is good. It's what makes the world go round.
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