Happy Birthday To Me!

"May the candles on your cake burn like cities in your wake! Happy Birthday!" That's from a Viking birthday song that my sister sang for me this morning which I got a kick out of. Just like clockwork, as it has reliably for the past 24 years, my birthday rolled around right on schedule. It actually started last night when CJ called me at 9:45 local time, saying that because I was born in Eastern time, than my birthday could be legally celebrated according to Eastern time, no matter where I was. I agree, let the party begin! Shortly thereafter, Katie and I gorged ourselves on pizza and fell asleep watching HBO's "Rome." It is a confusing show trying too hard to emulate and coming too long after the success of Gladiator. It is a confusing show, but I will say no more about it.

A great deal of my actual birthday was spent doing very little, and that's just the way I like it! I dropped Katie off at her internship, grabbed a newspaper, and made myself at home on the motel bed. Pretty soon, though, reading about New Orlantis got too depressing so I watched The Incredibles and ate leftover pizza. The proprietors of the motel who have been exceedingly accommodating, surprised me with some balloons, officially making them the nicest hotel staff ever. I also got a call from Ben and the fam, which is always good times.

Katie and I went to dinner at a place called Wood Ranch, which is a BBQ place, as the name would hopefully lead you to believe. The nice waitress brought me an ice cream sundae. Katie said it was because it was my birthday, I maintain that she thought I was someone famous. Johnny Depp perhaps, or a heavily disguised Heath Ledger. In any case, I once again forgot to validate my parking stub, and birthday niceties cease immediately upon reaching the toll booth. It seems I have ridden this birthday wave long enough. I have heard tell that an additional, follow-up birthday celebration is planned for this weekend, I'll have to let you know how that goes.

Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to meeeee....!

PS- There is not one single available copy of Patriot Games for sale in the whole Los Angeles area.