Hey Everyone! You'll never believe what I saw when I woke up this morning: snow! Not a lot, but there was definitely snow on rooftops and cars here in Brooklyn on April 16th. Weird! We have had quite a winter here in NYC, but it seemed like it was all done, so waking up to see snow was definitely pretty weird. And just for fun, I decided to put together a top 10 list of random weird things in this world, some of which I have experienced and some of which I have not.
10. Stinging Nettle Eating Contest:
10. Stinging Nettle Eating Contest:
Apparently there's an annual contest in Dorset, England to see who can eat the most stinging nettle. I have definitely not done this one - I'm not nuts!
9. Riding Citibikes with Leonardo DiCaprio:
Loyal blog readers will remember this one: I was riding my Citibike around Tribeca last summer and encountered Leo, also riding a Citibike! How weird is that?! What's the guy doing riding a rental bike? You'd think he could afford to buy his own.....
8. Dry Pork & Seaweed Donut:
You can apparently find this at Dunkin' Donuts in China. As much as I love donuts I think I'll pass on this one.
7. Daniel Day Lewis in "Nine":
This one pains me to say, because Mr. Day Lewis is one of my favorite actors, and will go down in history as one of the finest actors EVER, and I don't actually think his singing voice was that bad.......but I nevertheless found it weird to watch him singing and prancing around in this movie. Judge for yourself:
This one pains me to say, because Mr. Day Lewis is one of my favorite actors, and will go down in history as one of the finest actors EVER, and I don't actually think his singing voice was that bad.......but I nevertheless found it weird to watch him singing and prancing around in this movie. Judge for yourself:
6. Naked Cowboy:
The Naked Cowboy is legendary. He's in Times Square posing with tourists almost everyday, rain or shine. I've even seen him there in 30 degree weather, I'm not sure how his "you know what" doesn't freeze off! And yes, as you can see, I posed with him once too, he may be weird, but I couldn't resist!
5. Overalls Back in Style:
I know that fashion trends are circular so everything eventually comes back in style, but I was caught off guard when this one actually started happening. Congrats farmers across the country: for the next few months you're gonna be at the height of fashion!
4. Pet Rock:
I know this one hasn't been popular in a while, but apparently in the '70s 1.5 million pet rocks were sold. I think that's pretty darn weird.
3. Bagel Head:
There's a trend in Japan where you get saline injected into your forehead so it looks like you have a bagel (or in this case 2) in your forehead. What the what?!?!
2. Groundhog Day
We have a lot of weird traditions in this country, and Groundhog Day is definitely one of them. We look to this little rodent in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania to tell us if we'll have a longer winter, or if Spring is coming. As weird as it is though, the little guy sure was right this year so maybe it's not so weird after all!
1. Me!
If I'm doing a list of weird things in this world, I gotta include myself! I know a lot of people think it's weird that I'm a walking, talking mule, but I celebrate the fact that I'm weird! I'd hate to be average and boring, whatever that means. I think that in honor of our weird weather, I dedicate April 16th as National Weird Day. Weird is good, and I encourage everyone to go out and celebrate what makes YOU weird! Have a great day weirdos all over the world!
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