Happy Fight Procrastination Day! Honestly, putting this just a day after National Be Late for Something Day is a bit confusing, and not fair. On the other hand, it’s not a day to not procrastinate at all, just to put up a little bit of a fight against it. There’s no rule saying you can’t lose that fight.

This is The Reset Button from Classic Nerd, resetting your day.

September 6 in Nerd History

Here are five things that happened on September 6 for those of us who have tasted flavored wax lips.

I.

Birthdays of honor: Idris Elba (1972), Dolores O’Riordan (1971), Roger Waters (1943), Rosie Perez (1964), Jane Curtin (1947), Jeff Foxworthy (1958).

II.

40 years ago, on September 6th, 1983, Cyndi Lauper released her first major single as a solo artist, “Girls Just Want to Have Fun.”

Of course, despite the song’s technical title, we know it’s really “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.”

While not exactly an Otis Redding-Aretha Franklin “Respect” situation, “Girls” was actually originally written by a male from a male perspective. But the song was only ever recorded as a demo and never went anywhere. Lauper altered some of the lyrics to make it more of a female, celebratory perspective.