To start with, a Momentum Update: Okay, the file organizing I wanted to get done this past month didn’t happen, for two legitimate reasons. Reason #1: March was not the greatest month. I’m not complaining about the prolonged winter conditions so much like many people are these days since I come down on the side of trusting it will all end soon, and having something to look forward to is a huge motivational factor for me. But other things happened in the mix of life that I am decidedly not happy about, and sorting through computer files became too trivial to take seriously. Reason #2: There was no real accountability for me to get the files organized other than I kind of wanted to, so I didn’t get it done. What’s going to happen? A monetary fine? Not so much. People are going to point and make fun of me with degrading comments wherever I go? Like I’m not used to that. More time wasted while I look for files that are only sort of easy to find? That’s kind of where I am already. So ultimately, no accountability.
But my plan for April has huge accountability built into it. Long story short -- the idea of a party at my house has recently evolved throughout several randomly connected Facebook postings, and now it’s taking place close to the end of the month. With potentially dozens of people coming to my house (many for the first time since the significant bit of redecorating I had done over the summer) there’s pressure for me to have the place looking its best. So my April goal: Clean the house from top to bottom so anyone who comes and sees it by the end of the month, and probably a two-week window following the party, would be fooled into thinking it always looks like nice before it all goes wrong again.
Anyway. Today’s post isn’t exactly a “Take Out the Trash Day” collection of topics, but it is a two-for-one deal, so let’s move on. I know this is being published on March 31 so it’s a day early, and today is Easter Sunday so very few people will probably notice that this post is even going up, but this is one of those years when April Fool’s Day lands on a school day so I’ll be teaching instead of blogging that day. Instead of once again rehashing the story of my epic prank from so many years ago (though if you’d really like to read about it you could always click right HERE), I thought we could play a fun little game and came up with a list of ten things about me that might be true or might be April Fool’s Day jokes. The one clue I’ll give is that more than one item on this list is actually true, but it’s up to you to determine how many of them aren't and which ones you’ll believe:
1) I’ve never seen any of the “Godfather” movies.
2) I was once tear-gassed during a riot.
3) I’ve never been drunk in my life.
4) I own a Barbie.
5) I once had the same student in my class during four different school years.
6) I haven’t been able to fully extend the ring finger on my right hand since breaking my wrist at six years old.
7) My writing has been published in five different newspapers, including the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
8) I’ve never been the Best Man in a wedding, but I was once the Best Dude and listed as such in the wedding program.
9) Complete strangers have asked for my autograph and sincerely meant it.
10) My music library contains over 15,000 songs, but none of them are by the Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan or Michael Jackson.
So... what’s real and what isn’t? Any April Fools out there falling for the jokes?
