8.8.8 - and for a while it was 88 degrees!

[heidi]

Yes, of course I am posting today! It's my Special Day of Special-ness! What else could I do on 8-8-8? Although, of course, as bestweekever said, it's not as cool as 8-8-88.

August 8, 1988 was a bizarre day for me - it's the day that WSVN, where I was interning then, learned officially that as of January 1, 1989, we were no longer going to be an NBC affiliate, as we'd been for 40-ish years - NBC was buying Channel Four, and we were becoming FOX, which was then maybe two years old, as a network. I remember it so clearly because while all the actual employees of the station were at that meeting learning their Fate, I ran the assignment desk in the newsroom for about two hours, since nobody else was around. Luckily, nothing significant happened in those two hours, and the night's newscast was basically 30% about the network-switch, which had never happened in a major market before, and 30% Interesting Human Interest Stories About the Day.

So, when laughingirl told me earlier this week that a release date for the sequel to The Eight was officially official, I decided I wanted to make a list of eight things that I could say today that wouldn't have occurred to me to say a year ago.

Given the news story of the day, though, I've edited it. So, here's my list:

1. Brian Austin Green is hot!
2. I have so much love for Neil Patrick Harris!
3. I much prefer the name Esmerenee to Reneesme!
4. Hurrah! I get to read the sequel to The Eight this fall!
5. Wow, I wish I could see Hamlet this month! Or perhaps next month!
6. Did you order your copy of Beedle the Bard yet?
7. Paris Hilton is adorable! And funny!
8. John Edwards is an utter idiot, and a jerk. FAIL, sir. Utter fail. Feh.


What's your list of eight things that you wouldn't have said a year ago? Share here, post it on your LJ - whatever works for you.

Comments

[gmth.livejournal.com]

I started my first job out of college on 8/8/88. So today is my 20th anniversary in my field. :-)

[scoreboard.livejournal.com]

1) I don't care what the new job is, I'm sure I'll be happier there.

2) Maybe Cousin Pa will have a good effect on my mother.

3) Why would I be interested in three Brits yakking about cars?

4) Zippy chance Clinton loses to any of these jokers.

5) Zippy chance John McCain survives one primary.

6) Anybody who thinks Apple would release an underpowered vanity laptop for double the cost of a MacBook that does twice as much is smoking the bad grass.

7) I would look preposterous in oxblood Doc Martens.

8) And it's not like they'll ever be made in England again anyway.

(At least I was appropriately dressed for the Alarm/Fixx/English Beat gig...)

[i-phianassa.livejournal.com]

Well on 8/8/88 I was not quite one year old, so I have no comment on that. :) But the 8 things I wouldn't have said a year ago looks like fun, I may make a post about it later.

As for Katherine Neville's The Eight which remains one of my favorite books, have you seen the good news?

[i-phianassa.livejournal.com]

And I just read your post more carefully *is an idiot* but the news is still good! I had given up most hope for a sequel!

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

Oh yes! It's #4 on the lsit!

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

Congrats! That's really cool!

: gives you a pin

[casirafics.livejournal.com]

WANT BOOK. WANT BOOK NOW.

...oh, sorry. Did I go all caps-locky? ;)

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

BOOKS! BOOYA AND HURRAY.

Yes, but so did I.

[rafikiven.livejournal.com]

The Eight? Is that the same The Eight I read in high school about the crazy chess lady who gets her car stuck in the Sahara?

[ceilidh]

Here's what your post looked like on my flist just now:



:D

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

Oh yes! It is!

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

That is bloody perfect. Thanks for making me smile!

[rafikiven.livejournal.com]

OMG! I really liked that book! I didn't know it was very popular. I'm a big fan of chess and really liked how it was worked into the novel.

[scoreboard.livejournal.com]

Clearly I crossed this up and said things I *wouldn't* say now.

D'oh.

In my defense, this whole week is a shredder. ;]

[elfundeb.livejournal.com]

I don't know about today not being better than 8-8-88. Today is 08-08-08, and if you add the hour and minute the Olympic ceremonies began (local time in Beijing) it was:

08:08, 08-08-08.

Re: 8.8.8 - and for a while it was 88 degrees!

[redina]

What's your list of eight things that you wouldn't have said a year ago?

Eight? Uh, can't think eight. Currently, the only thing I can think of is 'I'd totally read Optimus/Starscream Transformers mpreg'... if I could find one.

[hmrpotter.livejournal.com]

Your #6 and 8, I totally agree with.

What's your list of eight things that you wouldn't have said a year ago?

1. Being separated from my husband is not so bad.

2. I have friends that I can't live without.

3. I love the Twilight series

4. I'm cool with not meeting everyone's expectations of me.

5. I've met some really cool people by having a huge online social life!

6. We may finally get a Black president!!

7. I'm totally happy with where my life is right now.

8. (Can't think of one...)

[laughingirl.livejournal.com]

You're gonna get to read it before the fall! ;)

[bitterbird.livejournal.com]

so agree about Neil Patrick Harris I fell so in love with him in Dr Horrible!

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

Well, that would be shiny!

[siriusslash.livejournal.com]

1.I have a boyfriend. And I like it!
2.I have totally and completely embraced my inner geek and she's way funner.
3.I'm at peace with the completion of the Harry Potter series.
4.Supernatural is one of the bestest shows ever.
5.I enjoy baseball.(I would never have thought this in a million years.)
6.I have no intention of quiting my job over my phsyco co-worker.
7.That I was able to stay 100% unspolied for Deathly Hallows. A feat to this day that amazes me.
8.I would be able to give something back to the men and women who give themselves everyday in the millitary. I'm now a voulunteer for Operation Home Front and it's awesome to be able to help the soldiers and their familes.