The pyramids, the Great Wall of China, Stonehenge... not today. This is the day we celebrate one of our weird world's true wonders -- that puffy, pop-able, pleasure-providing packing product known as bubble wrap.
Today, Jan. 28, 2013, is Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day (BWAD). Who says? The Bubble Wrap people do. They even have a site to prove it.
Bubble wrap has been around since about 1957, but somehow it didn't have an annual day of recognition until 2001, when an Indiana radio station (finally) began the tradition.
Ask the person in the next cubicle his or her feelings about bubble wrap and you're bound to get a nostalgic tale of jumping feet-first off the couch onto sheets of giant bubble wrap, or memories of popping the tiny bubbles from the sleeve that held their very first calculator back in the mid-1970s (okay, that's what my co-worker heard when she asked me about it).
The point is, bubble wrap has touched all our lives, and now, thanks to this whole internet thing (which I have to say really seems to be taking off), you can even play with bubble wrap online. Here you can customize your virtual bubble wrap by size and color, then snap to your heart's content -- complete with realistic sound effects.
So happy BWAD to you all, and if you have time, sneak over to your office's supply cabinet, grab a little bubble wrap, and give it a pop or twelve. It might make your day a little brighter... just like it did all those years ago.
Boston Globe
One one hand, genius: On another hand, strike another blow against simple childhood joy . :(
That guy would.
/happily pops away.
And now that I've been on topic, you guys, I have no idea what to do. My school's student body is 85% African American, so in an effort to reach out the them and our community, our students are planning an event celebrating and bringing awareness to the African American presence in our community. That's awesome. I have no problem with that. My problem lies within the fact that my grade is planning entertainment, and we can't just let the kids contacting everyone. The teachers need to get everyone lined up and then "guide" the kids to our choices. My problem is that our whole team is white. In fact all but 3 teachers at this school are white. I feel completely racist and stereotypical trying to think of things that would be considered "African American entertainment." Am I really being a terrible human? How can I not be a terrible human?
And this is why I love you. <3