Apparently (and somewhat ironically) I am not very good at April Fools jokes. But the night before last at around midnight, I was inspired by Google's hilarious spoof. (For those of you who missed the link in your Gmail inbox yesterday, they announced a new feature that allowed you to send emails from the past.) I thought it would be fun to have an April Fools blog post. Of course, it had to be something believable with a somewhat ridiculous aspect to it.
I think the problem was that it was too believable; it just didn't happen. The only impulsive thing I have done recently is get drunk and order a drum set online last week. And since it appears backordered indefinitely (they just changed the estimate for when it would be in stock from 3/31 to 4/30), it kind of takes the fun (and risk) out of the impulse buy.
The ridiculous part being, in my mind, that I chose to tattoo a bar code on my shoulder, unfortunately is also too believable. It probably was the first thing that popped into my mind because sadly I have always kind of liked the aesthetic of the bar code, despite hating all that it represents.
So Kate left me a message saying that she did not believe me for one second. Pam almost killed me via text message. And it looks like maybe I should get a tattoo before June so as to have something to show off. Perhaps I will get "I am not a blogger" tattooed on my arm.
3 comments:
that was awesome! it is supposed to be believable! last year gmail said you could order printouts me all your emails. i'm jealous me your april fools prowess.
wow you totally had me fooled
im kind of disappointed though, i thought a bar code was a really cool idea...
You bought a drumset online? Is that april fools part 2? :) carol
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