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February 21, 1987 Ellen Page was born, aka the actress in Juno….

With that said, I think this is the perfect time to tell you all that I am pregant..

………… sike.

On February 20, 2005 author Hunter S. Thompson committed suicide. He shot himself in the head at Owl Farm, his home in Woody Creek Colorado. I am not looking any of this up online. I know it. It’s engraved in my head. I have done so many projects on HST and have two different biographies of his life. He is, without question, my favorite author in the entire world. He was a literary genius. He created his own style of writing, Gonzo Journalism, where the piece of journalism is written without objectivity and the story usually involves the author. Thompson put himself in each of his stories and made them phenomenal. From becoming part of the Hell’s Angels to write them, following candidates on a campaign trail, to becoming the mayor of a town, Hunter didn’t hold anything back when it came to his writing. 

The first book I read by him was “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” and I fell in love. Actually, if anyone is reading this, I lent someone my copy of that book and I don’t know where it is. If you have it, return it please. It is my copy that’s been through hell and back with me, it’s like my child.

My first tattoo was a HST quote from that book, “Buy the ticket, take the ride.” If you say you are going to do something, do it.

Hunter’s funeral was arranged by his best friend, Johnny Depp. He was creamated and his ashes were shot off with fireworks and scattered over Owl Farm.

This was his suicide note, he titled it “Football Season is Over” (written three weeks after the Super Bowl).  RIP.

“No More Games. No More Bombs. No More Walking. No More Fun. No More Swimming. 67. That is 17 years past 50. 17 more than I needed or wanted. Boring. I am always bitchy. No Fun — for anybody. 67. You are getting Greedy. Act your old age. Relax — This won’t hurt.”

again, i haven’t done my part in the past month, so this is the express version of “on this day”… playing catch up.

Feb 1 - In 2004 Janet Jackson’s boob was exposed on live television during the Super Bowl halftime show, causing us to be cursed with shitty halftime shows from here til eternitey. Thanks a lot JT.

Feb 2 - The “National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs” (NL) was formed in 1846. Pitchers and catchers reported on Sunday… AHHHH!!!! Baseball season is so close! Let’s go Red Sox (clap clap, clap clap clap). With that said, I actually need a new Sox hat. Who wants to go to Fenway?

Feb 3 - In 1809 the territory of Illinois was created… I think I’m getting sick (get it, Illinois, ill, sick) which sucks cause State Patty’s is this weekend and I don’t want to be sick while I’m and dying of excitement over seeing my friends!

Feb 4- In 2004, Facebook was launched. That makes me think of the Social Network, which makes me think of Andrew Garfield… mmmmmm. Also, my little cousin Tina turned 16 on Feb 4th of this year. We had a huge party. I loved every second of it.

Feb 5- Darren Chris was born in 1987. Glee is on tonight. Yes, I watch it, back off.

Feb 6- In 1952 Britain’s King George VI died, he was succeeded by his daughter Elizabeth II. IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN THE KING’S SPEECH STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING RIGHT NOW AND GO WATCH IT. Such a phenomenal movie.

Feb 7 - In 1964 the Beatles arrived in NY for their first American tour, which began rock & roll’s “British invasion”… 2012, I still don’t like the Beatles. Refrain from yelling, don’t want to hear it.

Feb 8 - Anna Nicole Smith died in 2007. TrimSpa baby.

Feb 9- I can’t decide between the two:
1. In 2009 A-Rod, or A-Roid, admitted to taking “banned substances”
from 2001-2003. FUCK THE YANKEES. 
2.  In 1943, the WWII battle of Guadalcanal in the Southwest Pacific
ended with a American win over the Japanese.. 68 years later,
the Japanese got us back by beating our Women’s National
Team in the 2011 Women’s World Cup…. fuck them.

Feb 10- 1992: Mike Tyson was convicted of raping a Miss Black America contestant… The bite marks on her ear gave it away… oh sorry was that insensitive? ….. Feb 10th is also my great friend Alex Lutz’s birthday.

Feb 11- Thomas Edison was born in 1847… I quick thank you because without him I wouldn’t be able to see what I am typing right now and that would just be problematic… Just kidding it wouldn’t even matter because no one is even going to read this.

Feb 12- In 2000, the creator of the Peanuts comic strips, Charles Schulz, died at age 77, leaving us all to wonder if Charlie Brown would ever get to kick that football or is Lucy was just going to be a bitch the rest of her life.

Feb 13- Duke’s Coach K turns 65.. I HATE DUKE. Respect the man for the incredible coach that he is, but the Blue Devils can suck on my Tar Heel.. UNC loving.

Feb 14 - OMFG VALENTINE’S DAY!?!!!!!!!?!?@!@?#!# Millions of girls worldwide cried over being single, even though they are single every other day of their life as well. Some would say their pain was worse than that felt by the victims of the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre in 1929

Feb 15- In 1564 Galileo was born in Italy… As well as being called “the Father of Astronomy”, he is also called “the Father of Physics”, and for that, I hate him.. He is right up there with Newton. Anything involving Physics gives me nightmares.

Feb 16- In 1923, King Tut’s burial chambered was unsealed in Egypt. Who remembers that DCOM (Disney Channel Original Movie, obv) Under Wraps??? It was the absolute greatest. I miss old school Disney Channel.

Feb 17- Nixon went to China….. Who cares? It’s my Nona’s birthday.

Feb 18- In 1930 photographic evidence of Pluto was discovered… What a waste of time if you are just gonna take away the poor thing’s title as a planet…. jerks

Feb 19 - 2010: Tiger Woods admitted to being a man whore and that he would be attending therapy… He then became a shitty golfer. Sucks to suck Tiger. 

Feb 20- This one is going to get its own post… you will see why in a few minutes when I write it. But before I go into what I am going to say in that one, it is also the day my daddy was born, the greatest man to ever walk this earth.

i was supposed to write a post everyday… the last day i wrote was a month ago. condensed “on this day” session, all in relation to today (because i can’t remember what i did every day for the last month) readyyyy… go.

jan 21- Jan 21, 1924, Vladimir Lenin died at age 54.. I skipped my Russian Culture class today. Bam, connection.

jan 22 - Theodore Kaczynski pleased guilty to being the Unabomber in return for a life sentence.. I am wearing my hood up with glasses (not sunglasses though) right not. Bam, connection.

jan 23 - John Hancock was born in 1737.. I had to sign a receipt for physical therapy today. Bam, connection.

jan 24- In 1995, the prosecution gave its opening statements in the OJ Simpson trial… I drank OJ this morning with my toast. Bam, connection. … oh is that not good enough? fine, Mischa Barton was born in 1986, I just watched a half hour worth of O.C. YouTube clips. No part of me is exaggerating. Judge me. Bam, Bam, double connection.

jan 25 - my lovely sister Despina Dina Axiotis was born in 1989.. she just texted me that one of her students peed on her today. Go ahead, enjoy that fun fact as much as I did. Also on this day in 1915, Alexander Graham Bell inaugurated U.S. transcontinental telephone service, so without that i would never been able to know my sister got pissed on. Bam, semi-double connection.

jan 26 - “Octomom” gave birth to her 8 kids in 2009, adding to the six kids she already had. I am going to turn this into a birth control ad. Also, Octomom makes me think of octopus and I am starving for some calamari.. Bam, really shitty but still relevant connection.

jan 27 - in 1756 Mozart was born. I will go to the Mozart Pandora station I have (yes, I really have one) and play your music for the remainder of this post. Bam, just made a connection that wasn’t previously there.

jan 28- in 1959 Vince Lombardi was named head coach of the Green Bay Packers. I am still pissed at the two teams that played in the Super Bowl this year. It sucked. I hate the Pats and strongly dislike the Giants. The best part of the whole night was the M&M commercial. Bam, I forever hate the Patriots so there is forever a connection.

jan 29- in 1963 Robert Frost died in Boston.. One of his quotes that I absolutely love is “Happiness makes up in height for what is lacks in length.” It is fantastic and it’s currently one of the sticky-notes on my desktop. Bam, connection.

jan 30- FDR was born in 1882. Yesterday in this AWESOME painting store in the KOP mall Debbie & I saw this really cool painting of him and his wifey in the car he was shot in. It was a great painting, great colors and all, but I thought it was so weird that they painted him moments before he was assassinated, but thats just me. Bam, delayed connection.

jan 31 - in 1990 McDonald’s opened its first fast food restaurant in Moscow. I ate a snack wrap today. Bam, unhealthy but delicious connection.

January complete.

January 20, 2007 : Evanthia Kaliope Hrousis was born. Better known as my little nug, my goddaughter, Vanna. (I don’t even know if I spelled her middle name right, whoops; bad Nona)

I can’t believe it’s been five years since I held the little boo in my arms on the day she was born. She was so tiny, being born a month early, she fit the lenght of my forearm. 

Now, she is the loudest, most opinionated little girl ever. She is so big and has so much to say and I can’t handle it. One thing hasn’t changed though… she has me wrapped around her little finger. I spoil that girl rotten because that’s a Nona’s job.

Happy birthday babygirl.

This was her first Christmas, and her 2nd or 3rd pair of Nikes.. Just like her Nona.

This is this Christmas, in her new Adidas I got her. Five years old and staying on her shoe game

Obviously January 18th is Martin Luther King, Jr day, but the holiday wasn’t celebrated in all 50 states until that day in 1993.

What is there to say about MLK, he is a fantastic, fantastic man. He stood up for what he believed in and he truly changed the world. The appreciation and respect I have for what this man did is through the roof.

This isn’t a humorous post, I apologize, but frankly no one probably thinks anything I say is witty or humorous besides myself so.. dgafhardbody.

A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

-Martin Luther King Jr.

On January 17, 1994 a magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Southern California, killing at least 61 people and causing $20 billion worth of damage. 
 Exactly a year later a magnitude 7.2 earthquake devastated the city of Kobe, Japan; more than 6,000 people were killed.

How weird is that? On the exact day? I think the recent Japan tsunami/earthquake combo missed the memo that this is earthquake day.

Earthquakes aren’t a joke, they are a serious matter, I know, I know. But what I always found funny back in school was that they made us do quake drills in school. But what was funnier was tornado drills. Like really, we live in Bethlehem, PA, when the FUCK are we gonna get a tornado. I would say when are we going to get an earthquake either, but we just had one this summer so that ruined that.. thanks DC. Regardless, I look like a straight up fool hiding under my desk while the loud speaker projects “code white” or yellow or whatever the fuck color it was. This isn’t Kansas, I am not Dorothy, nor am I Toto.. Pointless, pointless, pointless. I guess it was good “just in case” but other than giving me a few good laughs to look back on… pointless.

On this day in 1920, prohibition began as the 18th Amendment to the constitution took effect. 

- Prohibition. Could you imagine? I mean, I’m sure a speak easy would be THE COOLEST place to hangout but still. Too much drama over a bottle of moonshine for my liking. I really don’t go out when I’m up at school, because I don’t have friends, but that’s another story entirely (maybe we can talk about it if there’s a national pity day or something), but if I were a kid who party hard-y-ed every day this paragraph would go something like this:

Dude like omg I can’t even imagine my life without booze. Like I live and breath Natty Light & Vlad.. and obviously drink it too. I’m like a fucking fish. I could live in that shit. One time, no lie bro, I drank and entire case AND a handle all by myself. And I didn’t even puke, I swear it. If the law told me I couldn’t drink anymore, you know what I’d say? I’d stand up real tall with my feet about shoulder width apart, I’d hold both arms out in front of me, flick up both middle fingers, and say FUCK YOU LAW. I’m drinking, I’m awesome, ain’t nothing you can do about it. Then I’d do a keg stand. 

In other news, on this day in 2003, the space shuttle Columbia and its crew of seven blasted off from Cape Canaveral. This is actually really sad because when that shuttle was descending in February the shuttle broke up and killed all 7 crew members. RIP bros & ladies.

Lastly, on this day in 2004, Michael Jackson pleaded innocent to child molestation charges in Santa Maria, Calif. This made me laugh, and not because I think child molestation is funny, don’t burn me at the stake I know it’s a sensitive subject lately, but I laugh strictly because last night, the beauty pageant episode of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia was playing and Frank makes a song about not “diddling the kiddies” and it gets me every time. I guess since I have the astronauts a RIP then I should give MJ one too. RIP bro, I’m glad you weren’t charged for diddling kiddies.