Things That Are 20 by Jess K. '10
DID YOU KNOW? 1988 was a leap year.
* Sonny Bono (of Sonny and Cher) being elected mayor of Palm Springs in California.
* The first mass demonstration against the communist regime in Czechoslovakia.
* Sub Pop Records, a Seattle record label known for launching such bands as Nirvana and The Shins.
* Rain Man, Die Hard, My Neighbor Totoro, and Beetlejuice.
* Haley Joel Osment.
* Ronald Weigel’s two silver medals in the summer Olympics for speed walking.
* Super Mario Brothers 3.
* The death of Richard Feynman (abdominal cancer).
* The time it took for Billy Mitchell, father of three and president of a hot sauce manufacturing company, to obtain a perfect score on Pacman.
* The Doughnutgate Incident, in which New Jersey Devils’ coach Jim Schoenfeld told ref Don Koharski to “eat another dougnut, you fat pig!” and was suspended.
* Mike Tyson crashing his $183,000 Bently on Varick Street in New York City.
* Weird Al Yankovic’s “Fat” hitting #99.
* Rageshree Ramachandran winning the 61st National Spelling Bee by spelling his own name. (Okay, not really, but I feel like a childhood with his name had to have given him an advantage)
* The initial plans for mapping the human genome.
* “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” by Bobby McFerrin.
* McDonald’s plans to open 20 Moscow restaurants, featuring the Bolshoi Mak (Big Mac) for two rubles.
* The image of a benzene ring.
* “Price is Right” model Janice Pennington being knocked out by a TV camera.
* Me.
Me in a month and a half as well. Happy Birthday!
First !
Don’t worry Be happy
Basshunter used that in LoL =/
So unoriginal
And, Happy birthday
happie b’day!
Happy “Internet popularity” day! :D
(No, seriously, happy birthday.)
Your a Seibei fan?!
I really would like the Kitten Apocalypse shirt by him.
Happy Birthday Jess! You’re older now… yay!
BTW, That pacman article? Intense.
I sent you birthday wishes via AIM .. but I don’t know if you got them, and this nice opportunity is here so, HAPPY BIRTHDAY (AGAIN)!!!
~Donald
Happy Birthday!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Happy birthday!
(And Totoro is 20?!)
Happy Birthday Jess (btw, nice T-shirt)
happy birthday!
Happy Birthday, Awesome!
Happy Birthday Jess! 20 is awesome, but awesome is not 20…hmmm….
Happy Birthday !
Every September my friends “forcefully” insert my head into a delicious birthday cake, and I thank them for that.
Happy Birthday Jess.
Happy Birthday!
I remember your last birthday post.
Happy Birthday!
This was an awesome way of reminding us!
Aww, happy birthday :D
誕生日おめでとう
YOU’RE OLD! BWAHAHAH!
Happy Birthday, JKim =D.
I knew you would be at the end of the list. Happy Birthday.
Happy Birthday!
And yay for Bobby McFerrin! My dance teacher always uses his music, but other than that it seems like nobody else has heard of him =(
Happy Birthday, Kamber. On the subject of Bobby McFerrin, this is the greatest thing he ever did:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVVUMNv1t9w
יוֹם הֻלֶּדֶת שָֹמֵחַ!
Happy birthday!