Today is Thursday. Meaning tomorrow is Friday. Friday. Question:How much angst did I experience with every Friday growing up? Answer: too much. Why? First of all, Friday was "Spirit Day" at school, which meant that instead of uniforms, we could wear jeans and our "Spirit Shirt"! Well, my Spirit Shirt was never around, or it would be the case that there would be three of us girls, and only two spirit shirts. Sorry Megan, but I have to call seniority on this spirit shirt.
But I digress. This is not why Fridays were so stressful. As any child knows, Friday is OPPOSITE DAY! HOW EXCITING! It's unbelievable how much I simultaneously looked forward to--and dreaded--opposite day.
For those who don't know, Opposite Day (I think it deserves to be capitalized) is when you say the opposite of what you mean. for instance, "I love your haircut!" would be a great compliment to hear on any day of the year. Any day except Opposite Day, that is.
My problem with Opposite Day was not that I didn't take it seriously enough, but that I took it too seriously. WAY too seriously, some would say, although to them I would say, "what a nice haircut".
Here's the deal. it's Friday, Opposite Day, and let's say I want to have a secret meeting with my sister Christine in her room after dinner (this isn't so far-fetched, we had a secret club and thus meetings were essential). Would I say, "Christine, I DON'T want to have a secret meeting upstairs after dinner in your room"? Well that seems pretty obvious. Great. now EVERYONE knows. So how do I phrase it in an opposite-way?
well it can get complicated, to the point of "I don't want to not have a public meeting downstairs before breakfast in my room". Ha! Who's going to crack that code?! (Turns out, not Christine, which defeated the purpose).
Novice mistake.
I always got too hung up on what constitutes an opposite...e.g. dawn is the opposite to dusk , before is the opposite to after, but is before dawn really the opposite of after dusk? It seems like those are the same thing. Do two wrongs make a right? do two rights not make a wrong?
And when I would say, "Megan, don't give me your spirit shirt later", she didn't seem to respond to what I meant, being, "Megan, give me your spirit shirt now!" And then I would have to wear my uniform to school. Not cool, Megan.
To me, it seems like the point of Opposite Day would be to have the meaning of your phrase be the opposite. Maybe this would have been easier if I weren't the only one celebrating Opposite Day. I'll get my revenge some day when I'm testifying for the Supreme Court. "But your honor, it was OPPOSITE DAY! Ha!" I guess it's a good thing I still have that "in" with Sandra Day O'Connor.
With that, I say, Unhappy Monday to nobody!
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First of all, I just want to say that I DID crack the code. and also that it could get confusing because for SC we talked in opposites all the time. so saying you didn't want to have a meeting would be normal, so shouldn't you say that you do want to have a meeting on Opposite Day? and finally, room was moor. duh
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