happyI've always liked my birthday in terms of time of year (winter) and numbers involved (1/5/78). I have always disliked my birthday in terms of where it falls on the modern calendar, since being born right after Christmas is a really good way to wind up annually rooked for parties and presents. This was a big issue for me when I was a kid. All the other kids got to bring in cupcakes and goody bags! I got to bring...the end of Winter Vacation. Um. Sorry about that, guys. I didn't mean to be the school year's personal seasonal monarch.
As I've gotten older, this has mattered less, largely because I am no longer forced to look longingly at the cupcake heaps of others. Now, I can buy my own damn cupcakes, and I don't have to share them with the rest of the class. I usually wind up sharing them anyway, because who needs to eat that many cupcakes, but still.
Today, I'm going to finish packing for GaFilk (I fly to Georgia tomorrow), do my normal Wednesday errands, go out for Indian food with my mother, my sister, and Kate, and attempt to reassure my cats that I'm coming back, honest, really, I swear. At some point, I may find a way to obtain some cupcakes.
Happy birthday, me! I've survived another trip 'round the sun.
Bring on the next one.
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Hope this year brings you as much good as last year did. You're a bright, shining light in this world and I hope you burn for a long time.
January 6 2011, 16:20:39 UTC 6 years ago
Wanted to mention that one of your books made it onto the list of Best Books of 2010 by Powell's employees. Each picked five books. Congratulations! (I'd share the link but I don't have it here.)
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January 6 2011, 18:03:50 UTC 6 years ago
and i also like my birthday, but hated it in high school/college. It ALWAYS fell on exam week! ^_~
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My birthday was always during finals. My 40th was four days before my son was born, and while I got the requisite lobster dinner, there was no real celebration until summer.
From the one after that until 2005, I was SOL for any celebration, as my mother's stroke forced a command performance down to San Diego for the 19th (I was born five days after her 30th), and to young Buglet, birthday celebrations were of supreme importance. My 50th was rather quiet, although I did finally make it to Chez Panisse (the less crowded section).
I wish my birthday was in a different season, where there was more produce I liked, and when I could have tea parties outside. We tried giving my son an outdoor party one year, and while it didn't rain, it was cold & windy...
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