a.k.a. Who’s a pretty narcissist, then?
Oh sure, I could post a cute picture of myself on my birthday and be done with it, like some people. Or I could even give the special day a name, like some other people. Nah, neither of those would do this particular day any justice at all.
So in keeping with the tradition of all things that are sacred and holy, I present to you the Bobvent Calendar of the Twelve Days of Bobtober leading up to Bobtoberfest. Given that there are twelve days of Bobtober, my birthday is on the 12th, and generally speaking there are roughly twelve years of school that have a Picture Day which most kids have to go through, I will be posting each school year’s Picture Day picture of myself.
Today we have my kindergarten picture, and the beginning of the 80′s (1981, if my calculations are correct). Brown was still stylish, and bowl cuts were in. And apparently, for some reason, I’m clearly sitting on a tree stump in the middle of a forest somewhere, as is evident by the background.
Ain’t I a stinker? I look like I belong on the jacket cover of The Omen.
Update: Random Facts: 1.) The Omen came out in 1976. 2.) I “came out” (i.e. was born) in 1976. 3.) Damien was 5 years old in the movie. 4.) I was 5 years old in that picture. 5.) Patrick Troughton was in The Omen. 6.) Patrick Troughton was in “Doctor Who” as the second Doctor. 7.) Patrick Troughton is my second favourite Doctor. 8.) Bob is spelled the same way forwards as it is backwards. Coincidence? I think not!
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RANDOM THOUGHTS:
- How’d you get twelve days? I only have seven right now (for Kentmas). I may have to bump that up to a fortnight.
- With that haircut, you kinda look like you belong in a Sid and Marty Krofft show. Just kidding, you look precious. What happened?
- To celebrate Bobtober, I bought myself the traditionaly Bobtober present, an Apple product (a MacBook to be specific). It should come next week, hopefully. Darn you and your Apple ways, you converted me. Now I’ll have to act all pretentious and stuff: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2002/07/12
- 1981 – I would still have been in diapers then. Actually, that’s not true. I’d only have been in diapers from the last day of Kentmas on.
These have been your random thoughts.
Orthodox Bobtoberites celebrate the first 12 days of the month of their saviour’s birth, beginning on midnight between September 30th and October 1st, and ending on October 12th, the Day of the Birth of Bob. Hence, those are the 12 days of Bobtober (i.e. one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, tweh-Eh-EH-eh-Eh-eh-elve!).
“[Y]ou look precious. What happened?”
My chin dropped…
I was trying to come up with a synonym for cute just to do the “what happened joke”. It backfired horribly. If I would have said it out loud, it would have sounded like “Aw, Don’t you look pwecious”, you know, all sarcastic like.
… TIMING!
Happy Bobtober, to one and all
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