Yesterday was Friday the 13th. I had marked it on my calendar with yellow highligher and some aqua blue sharpy, so it pretty well stood out. I was counting down the days, waiting for the unholy day to come. Questions raced through my mind. What exciting thing was going to happen? What plans did I have? Where would I go, what would I do, and most importantly, what was the weather going to be like?

I woke up to my phone alerting me that I had a text message, interrupting strange dream I was having of me driving down the interstate watching in wonder at a police car moving sideways. "So early?" I thought.

It was my friend Allison. "Happy Friday the 13th!"

Ah, yes! A smile spread wide over my face. We exchanged what we were doing at the moment and left it at that. Conversation over.

Unfortunately, I did nothing yesterday. And it was nearly one hundred degrees and I was in no mood to step outside.

Before I go on, I will tell you a little about what Friday means for me. I don't usually watch TV except for 'Dr. Know' on the Science Channel. Fridays, however, are different. That is usually when most of the horror movies come on and AMC has their 'Fear Friday', a collection of random horror movies that seem to becoming rather predictable of late, I'm afraid. Every week after everyone goes to bed, I settle down with popcorn and assorted food and drink and watch whichever movie happens to tickle my fancy and 'The Soup' (a totally unrelated TV show).

As I said before, I was excited it was Friday the 13th. That's because, in my logic, it would be like Halloween, when all the sensible movie channels play nothing but the Halloween series. "Surely today will be the day everyone (the movie channels) decide to break out all their Friday the 13th movies!" I thought. "Yes! It must be so!"

Was that the case?

No, it was not. I sat there, on the couch, scrolling through the guide, looking, searching, hoping the word 'Friday' would pop up and the evening would be set. No dice. Nothing. Not even a non-Jason Friday the 13th related movie. I was quite disappointed. Curses for me that I never bothered to pick up Jason or his mother at Hastings!

I hate unemployment. So depressing.

Still here? I'm suprised, for I have it set in my head that I'm a rather dull and boring person, although no one has told me that I am.

So there were no F13 movies on the tv. Why should I care? Because. Would it not do Jason justice to show him chopping someone up on the day we all know so well, partly because of his series? This makes me fairly upset, even if it does seem a bit out in left field. I think I said it above, but I will say it again: we show Halloween on Halloween. Why can't we show F13 on Friday the 13th? I've seen it on when it wasn't Friday and it wasn't the thirteenth. Then again...

I never see April Fool's Day on April Fool's (to be quite honest, I never looked, but one of my friends would have told me, I'm sure). I never see Black Christmas, Silent Night Deadly Night, or any of those other winter horrors around Christmas (I've checked that one. Too many family classics: A Christmas Story, Miracle on 34th Street, It's a Wonderful Life, etc, etc, but come on AMC, you have Fear Friday!). My Bloody Valentine never plays around Valentine's Day. There are more, I'm sure...

Granted, yes, I have most of these on DVD, but I never see them on TV. It puzzles me. Sure, there's stuff that must be censored and such, but still. Have a little holiday horror spirit! By that I mean all holidays.

If you're looking for my point I'm getting to, I'm not positively sure I have an actual point. I'm just saying, so many holiday movies and no one wants to play them on their day. Yes, yes, I know, with the exception of Halloween. But you know that.

*sighs* That's my rant for today. I must bid you adieu.

I gotta stop writing such long posts...

Au revoir,mon amis, á la prochaine! Goodbye, my friends, until next time!