Rec | FAKE HOLIDAYS

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these are basically inside jokes taken too far, or silly excuses to throw theme parties. for example: tomorrow I’m seeing an old friend for the first time in forever so we can celebrate Rex Manning Day and listen to music on vinyl and just generally catch up. every october my friends and I celebrate Tommy Day, which is just a day where we get drunk and hype up our friend Tommy. Tommy Day always falls months after Tommy’s actual birthday.

@laura_thomp

Apr 6, 2024

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@capyboppy

i’m so curious - what are the origins of Tommy Day? how does one celebrate?

Apr 6, 2024

@laura_thomp

capyboppy years ago during a very normal bar hang one of my friends insisted on putting all of our birthdays on his google calendar. due to extenuating circumstances (several shots of fernet) he input Tommy’s birthday on some random day, then forgot about it. later, he got the ”birthday” reminder and so he sent Tommy a bunch of books as a gift. when they arrived Tommy had to break the news that we had missed his birthday by several months. regardless, we kept the calendar notification and now every October we send Tommy books and deranged emails impersonating Dave Eggers (which is yet another inside joke).

Apr 6, 2024

@capyboppy

laura_thomp incredible. also love that Tommy gets so many books

Apr 7, 2024

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