Hey folks,

This is another long, but light hearted read. About a phenomenon that has haunted me the seven days up to and including my birthday of August 30th, for as long as I can remember. Without fail, this chain of unlikely events has unfolded time and time again.

It's weird to say the least, and I hope it's simply coincidence. As my Mom always says though, everything happens for a reason, and I'm hoping that reason concludes this Thursday, August 30, when I turn 21.

I'll give you folks examples of what exactly I'm talking about, I can only really remember about 3-4 years back (they aren't spectacularly amazing, the amazing fact is that they repeatedly occur the same day)

It always starts August 24th without fail, this is the day I've quite literally come to call the 'Good Day'

2007: August 24th, 2007, was the day I made the choice to move my life further on, and amusingly it was also the same day, I found out I was being asked to return for a third, and final interview for a government job. Good news.

2006: Last year, this was the day, I was hired on to my next job at Startek, even as I was in the midst of a bloody battle with my previous employer to correct the reason stated on my record of employment from 'Job Abandonment' to the actual Resignation it was. Good news, that I was hired even though it quite literally looked like I had just flaked out on a similar job.

2005: Two years ago, this was the day I found out that I had taken first place in a creative writing competition and won the $500 first place prize. Good news, even if a week early than it should have been (was supposed to be announced August 30th)

Footnotes: This day, has for the past two years, been good news about getting good jobs, prior to working full time, it was always some kind of monetary gain, lottery ticket, contest, gift for a kind act, etc etc.. The only thing in common is the day and nature of what happened.

August 25th I call this one, the 'Odd Day'

2007: Quite simply, this was the first time, in forever, that a lady (she was pretty good looking to) started flirting and seriously trying to pick me up. Just plain odd, I've never before attracted female or male attention, it's always been me chasing them. Odd but fortunate.

2006: This ties into the job I got last year, instead of having to go four weeks jobless due to the training classes being full, someone had to quit before training started and I got into training next day. More odd but fortunate news.

2005: I'm a bit foggy about this one, pretty sure it was the day, I was randomly confronted by a few of my friends about being 'gay' and being offered unconditional friendship and support. I'm actually bisexual, but at the time, it was just plain odd.

Footnotes: As has been the trend, these days have been a little weirder, but always fortunate. It's from the following day forward that start to worry me.

August 26th This is the day things start to go Sour

2005, 2006, 2007: It's the same, and continues to be the same years previous and years continuing. I've actually made a regular habit of observing this day for good reason. Every single year without fail, milk, no matter how far away from expiration, has gone sour, when taken straight out of the fridge. My mother and I tried to avoid this last year by opting to buy milk the night before, it was fine that night, but when the morning came, it had curdled and it had been in the fridge all evening.

Footnote: This probably has the most resounding implication of some kind of weirdness, as I was seriously lactose intolerant up until I hit puberty and grew out of it.

August 27th I dread this day, but it's the least in those to come. Fights always happen on this day.

2007: I got caught in the middle of a major relationship fight of two best friends, because I let slip what I was drawing a friend for his birthday. For clarification, these two friends are boyfriend/girlfriend, I had never been told of the girlfriend's near psychopathic hate for anal play, while the boyfriend has a fondness for it. As mentioned, when I accidentally let slip that I was drawing the boyfriend two lesbian anthro foxes playing with anal beads. The proverbial shit hit the fan. Totally unexpected as they had been getting along so well, even in private.

2006: Probably one of the tamest years yet, this was simply a large disagreement between sides of my family. My father's side of the family had been visiting at the time, and the topic of my bastard father (he abandoned his family, without a proper divorce when I was only two years old, and has so far been a lying cheat, trying to repeatedly ruin my mother financially, emotionally and socially). Like Shakespearean plays, much to my mother's protests, they all launched off into an uncalled for tirade, as my father had just been audited and caught red handed of fraud.

2005: Two friends, broken noses and baseballs bats, over $20. They weren't drunk, it just got out of hand really fast, and there was nothing I could do to stop it. Luckily, it was only broken noses for them.

August 28th The day the technology breaks, one of the most annoying days.

2007: My motorola phone, which has been kept in top shape, unexpectedly fries itself. A known manufacturer's defect, but I had never done anything to provoke the defect, it simply tripped, fried itself, and left me having to sign on for another 3 years to avoid paying $200 for a replacement phone.

2006: My original PC tower, the one I bought and built entirely myself, unexplicably, shutdown and stopped operating. Testing the components seperately revealed that they all worked. But when combined together, it was like the Voltron of FAIL. Just wouldn't boot, no matter what, and this trouble persisted through four accomplished and trust worthy certified technicians at varying shops in town.

2005: My sony walkman mini disc player, suddenly popped off it's hinges and bent the metal mechanical arms that the door used to open and close, without provocation. I'm the kind of guy who only needed one mini disc, and never opened the device after putting the original in. The one time I accidentally open it, it just up and wrecks itself to the point of it being cheaper to buy a new one.

And that so far, is 5 of the 7 days. I will update you guys with new journals as I endure the final three days. Wish me luck :)