Claiming a Millennium

While watching a part of the Oscars tonight with Ryan & Lauren, we got into an interesting discussion about Will Smith. (See also: I was with Bethany talking about Will Smith; I was at church talking about Will Smith; etc.) In this particular conversation, we were wondering how he made the jump from dorky teenage rapper in the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air to action hero. Seriously... he was in Fresh Prince for 5+ years, did Bad Boys, then did Independence Day, and now he's in approximately half the movies that require someone to shoot someone else.

I can't think of anyone else who has gone from totally cheesy to legitimate actor without any stops in between. The one thing that he didn't get rid of, however, was his ridiculous music. (Ridiculous music that I liked, but ridiculous nonetheless.)

So as Will Smith was lifted up onto the Oscar stage on a rising platform, we were wondering why he got to do that when no one else did. Ryan responded, "Well, I guess it technically is his millennium."

And this led us to an obvious question: How come Will Smith got to claim the entire millennium for himself? (In case you're not aware: Willennium.)

Who makes up these rules? Is it like shotgun... you just are in sight of the millennium and yell your name + "ennium"? If so, I challenge his claim. This album came out in 1999. There's no way he could have seen all the way to 2000 (or 2001, depending on how you look at it). In that case, I can only assume after doing no research that nobody else has realized this, nor have they disputed Will Smith's tyrannical rule.

It's time for a new tyrannical rule. I hereby declare this the Jeffennium. In a related note, I've been told "Jeffennium" sounds stupid, so I'll also allow "Fuzzennium", which has a certain ring to it. Please call when you have written my career launching vehicle co-starring Martin Lawrence.

Some of you may say that you can't yell shotgun once you're already in the car. Well, you can if the other guy cheated. Get in the back, Will.