I have gotten way behind on this

2/19: The Day of Whining Roses
2/20: iDay
2/21: The Day of Brightly Colored, Comically-Ineffective Rain Boots
2/22: The Day of Precariously-Maintained Social Status
2/23: The Day of The Evil Reverse-Zodiac*
2/24: The Day of the Middling Chinese-food Place
2/25: The Day of Correct Bus Fare
2/26: The Day of The Complete Wanker (Unabridged)
2/27: The Day of The Eyepatch as a Clever Fashion Accessory
2/28: The Day of Telling That Same Story a Thousand Times
(2/29): The Day of the Single Girl

Thus concludes February, the Month of Scrubs Reruns, and now on to March, the Month of Ides. Man, I'm behind

(* which we will not get in to this year)

The Arboreal Zodiac, part five

2/5: The Day of People Who Passive-Aggressively Use "We" To Mean "You."
2/6: The Day of Foam-Sword Cosplayers Out on the Uni Lawn
2/7: The Day You Realized You Missed the Memo Wherein "Cosplay" Was Meant to Stand In for "Dress-up."
2/8: The Day of the Short Fiction Writer
2/9: The Day of the Tall Fiction Writer
2/10: The Day of Vintage Postcards from Around the World
2/11: The Day of Ypsi
2/12: The Day of the Instant Coffee-Shop
2/13: The Day of the False Syllogism
2/14: The Day of Lurve
2/15: The Day of Men Who Own Hats
2/16: The Day of Sense-of-Entitlement Benefits
2/17: The Day of the Oblivious Motorist
2/18: The Day of the Oblivious Pedestrian

The Arboreal Zodiac, part four

1/29: The Day of Those Weird Stacks of Rocks.
1/30: The Day of Briefly Forgetting Where You Live.
1/31: The Day of Free Wi-Fi.
2/1: The Day of Owning Enough Bumper-Stickers to Encompass Your Many Beliefs.
2/2: The Day of The Groundhog. Everywhere. Can't avoid it. Sorry.
2/3: The Day of The Collected Works of Akira Kurosawa.
2/4: The Day of Shooting Yourself in the Foot.

The Arboreal Zodiac, part two

1/15) The Day of the Giant Stroller
1/16) The Day of Faux-Lesbianism as Performance Art
1/17) The Day of Facebook
1/18) The Day of Midnight Movies
1/19) The Day of the Fairy Doors
1/20) The Day of Hope
1/21) The Day of Change

The Arboreal Zodiac, part one

Friends, I have been remiss, and there is much catching up to do. For now is the time to relate to you the byzantine intricacies of Ann Arbor's own personal zodiacal calendar, the Arboreal Zodiac. Unlike other antiquated and let's-face-it-downright-lazy attempts at assigning astrological significance to years, as in the case of Ancient China, or months, as in the case of Ancient Greece, Present-Day Ann Arbor Michigan has Three-Hundred and Sixty-Five separate zodiacal categories! Now, because every time-wasting Internet Blog has to have a theme, and in order to drive up readership into what I'm sure will be a hurricane of interest, I shall be parsing these out on a weekly basis.

Now, of course, each date, as with any zodiacal calendar, comes with special astrological significance. A child born on January 11th, for example, The Day of the Out-of-Town Michigan Fan, will spend an inordinate amount of his or her life in traffic jams. Sorry. Can't do nuthin' about it. That's fate. Whereas a child born on June 16th, under the sign of People Who Own Small Dogs, will be blessed the small yappy noises of good fortune all the days of his or her life. If you have questions regarding what each of these portends for your child or would like to schedule a reading, please contact my secretary.

Now, to get us caught up:

1/1) The Day of It Being 103 Years 'till it's 2112.
1/2) The Day of the Fratboy.
1/3) The Day of the Ugg Boot.
1/4) The Day of the Parking Ticket.
1/5) The Day of the Great Indie Band Nobody's Heard Of, This Time I'm Serious.
1/6) The Day of the Hot Woman Who Works at the Comic Shop But is Totally Married.
1/7) The Day of the Prius
1/8) The Day of the Salt Deposits on the Road
1/9) The Day of the Flautists
1/10) The Day of the Really Tall Piles of Snow.
1/11) The Day of the Out-of-Town Michigan Fan.
1/12) The Day of the Arbor Brewing Company.
1/13) The Day of Shilling.
1/14) The Day of the Blogger

There you have it, the first two weeks of 2009, the Year of Dissertation, and January, the Month of Sundaes. Updates to follow.