i decided to use this profile pic today because it was taken on my 6th birthday at Showbiz Pizza. [and today is my birfday.]
i haven't really given a shit about a birthday in years, but 30 seems like a cool one. and i'm very stoked. i hope the following sentiment doesn't offend anyone, but i'm so excited about being 30 and not being married or having kids or feeling old or hating life. i know some of you are those things, but i say it mainly because i called my best friend in the world...who is also turning 30 in a few weeks, and she is not looking forward to "getting old". she is married, has expressed regrets about it even though she loves him dearly, but she is also the youngest of 3 girls...all of whom are married with kids. i'm scared she isn't going to age well if she already considers herself old.
i'm typing this at work, and my building has been under renovation all summer. susan called me down to the second floor because the workers wanted to sing me happy birthday. it was very sweet. they could not believe i was 30. then one of the movers, a short, cute little lady who looks like she's in her 50s, asked me to guess her age. in fear of over-shooting though, i guessed 51. she floored me when she said she was 67!!!
THAT is the kind of 67 i wanna be.
so it's a good thing that this is a mile-stone birthday [is it?] because it's turning out to almost a week-long celebration. it kicked of yesterday when i got my new roller skates!!!! i went home and skated in the parking lot of the shoe store [in my back yard] for about 20 minutes. my ipod has shit the fan, so that's a really long time consider i had no tunes.
then i came inside and checked the mail. and i had a package:
colter got me a sawyer LOST Action Figure!!! my boss insists i bring him to work. she's a LOST junkie too. he's so neat, and he says 4 phrases, AND he came with a FULL SCALE replica of The Letter [to mr. sawyer].
i woke up this morning and my sweet roommate [justin] had baked me a fritatta....nothing like waking up to the smell of bacon on your birthday!
my mom is coming into town thursday and leaving saturday before my party [because she can't hang].
if you're local, come to my bithday party saturday. 9pm at the brentwood skate center [skatecenter.com/brentwood]. pre-party at my house at 7pm. short shorts & tube socks encouraged. or any other ridiculousness.
this past weekend my friend daniel came into town. he's moving to baton rouge soon, and he thought we should record before he gets too far away. we did 3 of my songs...two of them with justin on drums...and i'm excited to see what he does with them. he also let me join him for a tuesday In The Covers With Diel. that is not a euphemism. every tuesday daniel posts a video of himself performing a cover song, and this week i joined him on some ray lamontagne. i strongly urge you to subscribe to
his blog because there are always neat videos that are quintessential daniel, be it words, pics, movies, or covers.
on my walk in today my brother called me from germany. AND he's gonna have my niecelings call back this afternoon. this day is sweet already!
love y'all.
oh, and thanks for the well-wishes...i haven't commented back yet, but y'all are sweet and much appreciated.