the Scans/NoScans Daily Calendar

[schmevil]

This was meant to be part of our end of year ~*extravaganza*~, but the holidays turned out to be busier than expected and the project fell by the wayside. But because we love it (and all of you, natch), we are reviving it in hopes of having something ready this month (which is, btw Black History Month, heyyyy).


So we thought to ourselves, Scans Mods, you know what would be great? A calendar of geekmembrance. A calendar to track all the geek holidays, and the important celebrations of our diverse membership. And then we thought to ourselves, wouldn't that be a fun project for the community as a whole?

Here's how it's going to work:

You nominate days of remembrance and celebration that would or should be significant for a large number of your fellow members. We compile the data and put together a graphic calendar for the community to reference when considering figuring out what to post.

To get things started, we've come up with a few nominations of our own.

Black History Month ~ February!
Free Comic Book Day ~ First Saturday in May!
International Read Comics in Public Day (Jack Kirby's birthday) ~ August 28th!
LGBTQ History Month ~October!
Wonder Woman Day ~ The last Sunday in October! (but never halloween!)
Halloween ~ October 31st!
International Day to End Violence Against Women ~ Nov. 25 (and Dec. 6 in Canada)
National Transgender Day of Remembrance ~ Late November, but varies!
Lunisolar New Year ~ varies, usually second new moon after the winter solstice
New Years Day ~ Jan. 1!

* Note: We will not be including national holidays.

Comments

[bewareofgeek]

International Talk Like A Pirate Day?

[schmevil]

This was suggested on the NoScans post and YES, A GIANT YES TO THIS. (Arr).

[lieut_kettch]

Yarrrrrr! I do be secondin' this motion!

[nezchan]

Interesting bit of trivia, December 6 is also the anniversary of the Halifax Explosion, the largest man-made (not on purpose, mind) explosion prior to Hiroshima, which did enormous damage to the city. Dunno what you'd do for a day like that, just giving you all a crumb of knowledge to add to your giant knowledge cake.

Also, Frederick Pohl used to jokingly campaign for declaring September 6 as International Kick a Pigeon Day.

[schmevil]

Also, Frederick Pohl used to jokingly campaign for declaring September 6 as International Kick a Pigeon Day.

Don't tell the Pet Avengers!

[icon_uk]

But surely a Sunday in Spring is the best time for pigeon tormenting, no?

[polarisnorth]

Towel Day/The Glorious 25th of May?

[bewareofgeek]

Also known as Star Wars Day and Geek Pride Day.

[saralakali]

Somewhere there is a DC Comics dates of importance which has (nearly) every character's birthdays.

[icon_uk]

This one?

[aaron_bourque]

I would've suggested Pretend To Be A Time Traveler Day, but that seems to have just been a one time thing, unfortunately.

[wasabi.livejournal.com]

Some days found on the Interwebs:

March 14 ~ Pi Day. Hooray for circles.
April 10 ~ Siblings Day.
First Friday in May ~ International Space Day
June 29 ~ Hug Holiday Day
July 14 ~ National Nude Day
July 26 ~ Aunt and Uncle Day
August 25 ~ Kiss and Make Up Day
October 17 ~ Wear Something Gaudy Day
November 9 ~ Chaos Never Dies Day
November 17 ~ World Peace Day

[perletwo]

Isn't there an internet meme that is something like Draw Wonder Woman Day? When is that? I know I've seen its results posted on s_d before.

[icon_uk]

There is indeed an annual Wonder Woman Day which I would heartily endorse adding to the list (There not being an "Orphaned acrobat turned sex bomb day" as far as I am aware.

[featheredserpent]

If we're gonna have Refrigerator Awareness Day (to warn all significant others of superheroes about the dangers of fridges), we should also include a Crowbar Awareness Day (dedicated to all past and future Robins).

[benicio127]

Crowbar awareness day

;______________;

My heart just fluttered a little. Do we also have a tentacles awareness day?

[k_linden]

Can we also add Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month (May) and National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 ~ October 15) to this list?

(frozen)

[destroyed]

And Caucasian heritage month, too. Gotta be inclusive.

[dejadrew]

The 9th of May is Mister Punch's Birthday (of Punch and Judy fame).

I understand and agree with no national holidays, but I wonder, are there any FICTIONAL national holidays out there we could celebrate? Is there a Themyscira Day, an Atlantis Sinking Anniversary, a Wakandan Pride Day, a Genoshan Independence Festival?

Perhaps we could pick a day on the calendar and declare it to be Pretend Place Patriotism Day?

[mynondw]

I love this idea. XD

[badficwriter]

I tried very hard to find No Bra Day, cuz I thought they held one, but I can't find it. :(

[featheredserpent]

well, the first Friday in May is always No Pants Day...

[keeva]

The third Monday in May -- which is May 16 this year -- is Miracle Monday.

[lieut_kettch]

Festivus? Bellini Day? Maybe a joint celebration. Feats of Strength around the Festivus Pole while feasting on Bellini Day trout and poking Bellini with our Bellini Day Sticks!

[star_of_airdrie]

Did anyone say October 11, which used to be Gay Jeans Day on college campuses to show support for Gay Rights (we were one of the first campuses to do it back in around 1980!) and is now National Coming Out Day.

(Let's not discuss Heterosexual Footwear Day which one of the intolerant groups created in protest)

[darkblade]

I hate to ask but what exactly constitutes hetrosexual footwear? Shoes are shoes.

[star_of_airdrie]

July 29 - The Anniversary of the Day ENIAC was turned on - the first general purpose electronic computer (at the University of Pennsylvania); the alternative date would be February 14, the date it was announced that it was going to be built. That's pretty geeky.

[icon_uk]

August 29th - Be nice to your computer day - Just in case Judgement Day SHOULD ever happen (Terminator has August 29, 1997 as the original Judgement Day, and I'd rather ignore the "July 24, 2004" date from Terminator 3)

[zyriex]

"Be nice to your computer" day?

My computer makes weird clicking sounds if I have multiple youtube clips on....

"Just in case Judgement Day SHOULD ever happen "

Oh crap

[turtlefu]

Decemberween - December 25
And the Hebrew New Year (If we're including the Lunar New Year, but I don't know about Religious Holidays)
February 4 - Thank Your Mailman Day
And I'm sure there are more, but I can't think of any.

[his_spiffynesss]

April 4th is the < a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isidore_of_Seville">Feast of St Isidore, who is the unofficial patron saint of the Internet.