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A friend of mine blogged about how he’s hated April 1st ever since his middle-school students rearranged his classroom in the parking lot.  That makes me wish I had a direct line to some of my teacher-friends’ students.  Mouse, for example, would have a lot of fun with that.

Charles and Sabine made their “complicated relationship” public on Facebook, of course, which I’m not sure everybody got but those of us who did were entertained.  Me?  Well, I just went to lunch with a girlfriend, mowed some grass, observed my roommate thoroughly enjoying a 6-pack of Abita (and later into the evening that shit got HILARIOUS), and went to bed.  Wooohoo.  I will admit, though, that Kat got me with her post about possum farming.
One of the things I read yesterday was a Facebook post that observed that “April Fool’s Day is the one day of the year where un-funny people try to be funny by lying.”  That might explain my love-hate relationship with the day.  I love a good prank, regardless of the day, but it has to be a GOOD prank, and ultimately non-malicious in order for it to work.  Running through the office screaming “the building is on fire” is not a joke.  Saran-wrapping somebody’s car, especially if they’re not in it?  That’s a joke.  Changing the sheets on somebody’s bed and leaving $5 on the pillow with a note that says “sorry”?  Well, I think that’s a hilarious joke, especially if the new sheets are nicer than the old ones.  Anything that involves falsely invoking the police, fire department, or feds?  Probably not a joke… unless you can get that agency to play along with you.  Then it’s a joke, and an epic one, at that.  Bonus points if you get the news anchors to go along with you… and hey, now that Kat’s back at a TV station…. hmmmmmmm.  Shenanigans.
So now April’s here.  The first quarter of 2010 is gone.  Your taxes are due in 14 days.  The season is upon us (if you’re me, anyway) to dedicate at least 5, if not 10, hours per week to maintaining the lawn and garden, and that’s not even time for improvements, just for maintenance.  Personally, I have no idea where the front section of my year has gone, but I think it’s been spent better than not.  I have big plans for the second chunk, too.  There’s a wedding, a canoeing trip, a trip to Kansas with a handful of notorious suspects of the most amazing variety, a few music shows… all that yard work, of course, maybe some fun and games if all the players can be in the same place at the same time, and I’d like to go back to losing a few pounds, too (I’ve plateaued.  No, I don’t want to talk about it).

So… that’s me.  Welcome to April, and if you got got, remember to get revenge, post it to the internet, and send me the link.  K?  K.

*Lyric from “April Fool” by Soul Asylum

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