December 17th, I believe. One of my good friends was chatting with me about TV shows, and me, being very close-minded at the time, put off his recommendation to watch it for about 2 weeks, until eventually curiosity got the better of me.
Love at first sight.
Oh yeah, and my dad just walked into my room and saw my Pinkie Pie brushable up on the desk and gave me the best WTF look I've seen in a long time.