Jess K. '10 | July 07, 2008
"Things That Are 20"
* 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.
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Me in a month and a half as well. Happy Birthday!
Posted by: Anonymous on July 7, 2008 04:32 PM
First !
Don't worry Be happy
Basshunter used that in LoL =/
So unoriginal
Posted by: Bassil on July 7, 2008 04:32 PM
And, Happy birthday
Posted by: Bassil on July 7, 2008 04:34 PM
happie b'day!
Posted by: Anonymous on July 7, 2008 04:40 PM
Happy "Internet popularity" day! :D
(No, seriously, happy birthday.)
Posted by: Paul on July 7, 2008 04:55 PM
Your a Seibei fan?!
I really would like the Kitten Apocalypse shirt by him.
Posted by: V on July 7, 2008 04:58 PM
Happy Birthday Jess! You're older now... yay! ;)
BTW, That pacman article? Intense.
Posted by: Jeremy '12 on July 7, 2008 05:15 PM
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
Posted by: donaldGuy on July 7, 2008 06:22 PM
Happy Birthday!
Posted by: Anonymous on July 7, 2008 07:06 PM
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 =(
Posted by: Li'12 on July 7, 2008 08:04 PM
Happy Birthday, Kamber. On the subject of Bobby McFerrin, this is the greatest thing he ever did:
Posted by: Sam on July 7, 2008 08:10 PM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Posted by: Lauren '12 on July 7, 2008 09:19 PM
Happy birthday!
(And Totoro is 20?!)
Posted by: madmatt on July 7, 2008 10:06 PM
happy birthday!
Posted by: sam r. '12 on July 7, 2008 10:24 PM
Every September my friends "forcefully" insert my head into a delicious birthday cake, and I thank them for that.
Happy Birthday Jess.
Posted by: Jean on July 7, 2008 11:09 PM
Happy Birthday!
I remember your last birthday post.
Posted by: Steph on July 7, 2008 11:26 PM
Happy Birthday!
This was an awesome way of reminding us!
Posted by: Edgar on July 7, 2008 11:28 PM
Aww, happy birthday :D
Posted by: Anonymous on July 8, 2008 12:25 AM
YOU'RE OLD! BWAHAHAH!
Happy Birthday, JKim =D.
Posted by: Piper on July 8, 2008 02:10 AM
I knew you would be at the end of the list. Happy Birthday.
Posted by: Anonymous on July 8, 2008 07:04 AM
Happy Birthday Jess (btw, nice T-shirt)
Posted by: Judy '12 on July 8, 2008 10:15 AM
Happy Birthday, Awesome!
Posted by: DanN on July 8, 2008 10:25 AM
Happy Birthday Jess! 20 is awesome, but awesome is not 20...hmmm....
Posted by: renacat on July 8, 2008 10:41 AM
Happy Birthday !
Posted by: Aditi on July 8, 2008 10:41 AM
誕生日おめでとう
Posted by: nakoruru on July 8, 2008 01:38 PM
יוֹם הֻלֶּדֶת שָֹמֵחַ!
Posted by: Anonymous on July 9, 2008 04:21 AM
Happy birthday!
Posted by: Vin on July 9, 2008 05:30 PM
