Happy Birthday to You

Happy birthday dear Uhh,

Basically, this is a blog post to say the top 17 moments I remember about you for the years I have known you.

1. You and I were talking around a campfire when we were on this cub scouts camping trip.
2. We first talked to each other briefly in Ms. Dibble's class.
3. We first became "friends" at THE SPOT, along with Amanda and Deanna.
4. You, Deanna, and I were talking for two hours about random stuff, including skiing, boy scouts, school, THE SPOT, and your brother on a Friday at the Swim Center (if you remember, we used go up there for Fridays).
5. We first had Ms. Thibault, and basically this was a foreshadow of how we would continue on to the Science Bowl with her for these years.
6. You, and a bunch of other overachieving 8th graders stepped into Mr. Nguyen's room on the second day of 8th grade, at 07:00, really wanting to sleep longer.
7. We all participated in the 2007 regional science bowl with Katie, Amanda, and Kristen, with Ms. Thibault as support.
8. You played "Ms. Thibault" along with the other people in the Middle School Advanced Orchestra. (This doesn't really concern you, but I'm afraid I may not make it to 17 points.)
   
9. We went to that promotion ceremony for 8th graders advancing to 9th, and my dad got one picture of me, Julian, Mendoza, Deanna, Amanda, and you.
10. The day I transfered into Precalculus with you. Basically we got bored doubling Algebra 2/Precal that year.
    
11. Ms. Headington's field trip - Zeum and/or A Midsummer Night's Dream. I forgot if you went to either. If you didn't, that's too bad, since my memory may not be serving me correctly.
    
12. Disneyland - it was fun spending time in the park with you, Amanda, Elim, Steven, and others that year. Too bad Amanda can't be with us for the Mexico cruise this year.
    
13. The day at the Awards Ceremony thing for 9th grade was "exciting." I guess the administration got bored enough to put us separately on the program for the students picked the the assistant principal.
    
14. Hmm, point 14. I feel like Woodrow Wilson right now. I'm running out of points to make. So there is no point 14.
    
15. For my 15th year of my life, aka sophomore year, I guess it would be that you were the first person I talked to about "The 42 Suite, III. Florence." You were the first one to know about me getting that rating of 5 from those judges. That just goes to show you are one of those friends who cares.
    
16. For my 16th year of my life, aka junior year, I guess it would be that we were talking about how our schedule was very screwed up at the beginning of the year. Wait, I was still 15 when school started. Nevermind about the "16th year" thing.
    
17. Today in APUSH. "Today is Yueming's birthday, we must sing happy birthday to her! Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday dear Yueming. Happy birthday to you. [applause]."
    "Why didn't you tell me it was her birthday today?" - Melissa
    "I already promised her first." - Chloe
    "Okay, quiet down!" - :E

There you are...a list of 17 things for your age. By the way, you know that 17 is an unlucky number in Italian culture, right? Basically, 17 is written as XVII, which is an anagram of VIXI. "Vixi" in the past tense in Latin means "I have lived," and therefore the present tense implying "my life is over." ("17 (number)") But your not Italian, so this should not concern you.

Anyhow, happy birthday you goat who "farts a lot" - Chloe ("Olympus" 40).

Sincerely,

Montgomery Zzyzx

PS: All other people who I send this post to please comment.



References:

• "17 (number)." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 22 Sep 2009, 04:36 UTC. 22 Sep 2009 <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=17_(number)&oldid=315440745>.
• "Happy Kazoo to You 2 Birthday !!" YouTube. 29 Jan 2007. Web. 22 Sep 2009.
• Olympus. VII. 2008. Print.
• "Victor Borge - Happy Birthday (1)." YouTube. 26 Dec 2007. Web. 22 Sep 2009.