So Saturday night I was invited to dinner for a friend’s birthday. Actually her birthday is today but we celebrated it Saturday night. In an ironic twist my birthday was Saturday… so I spent my birthday going to someone else’s birthday dinner. I had an absolutely great time, met a bunch of new people (most of them models I can shoot with later) and laughed like crazy.
I know most people wouldn’t spend their birthdays that way but then I’ve spent a few birthdays in much worse ways. When I was younger I looked older and never got carded; but then again I have never been a big drinker… needless to say my 21st birthday didn’t mean a lot to me. I actually spent it at a 7-Eleven with my best friend Brian playing a video game. It took us about twenty dollars in quarters but we finished that damn game.
My twenty-fifth, twenty-sixth and twenty-eight birthdays were spent at funerals; a pretty bad streak there I think. The last one was the most ironic as it was for my girlfriends father. We went out to eat after the service and her mother told the waiter it was my birthday… so they brought out a piece of cake and sang. Very odd after a funeral.
My twenty-fourth birthday was supposed to be a surprise party… except I found out about it two weeks before hand and manipulated the guest list so the people I need to be in contact with to launch my publishing company would be there. Also, the girl who was supposed to get me out of the house before the guests arrived ended up flaking so I was standing in my front yard as people arrived.
Overall, I haven’t really had good birthdays but I find myself coming out of the ‘just get the day over with quickly’ phase and now I’m getting into the ‘shouldn’t it mean something’ phase. People are so used to me not wanting to do anything for it that now when I’m starting to want to do something, no one even asks. The irony isn’t lost on me.
I did get flooded with birthday wishes from friends through emails and I greatly appreciated every one of them.
Changing topics but keeping with the irony theme, it was reported tonight that Shaquille O’Neal welcomed his new daughter into the world today. Six minutes later Kobe Bryant welcomed his new daughter into the world. These two players who used to be teammates and then enemies are now tied together in one more way. Hopefully when these two retire they can find their friendship again…
I know most people wouldn’t spend their birthdays that way but then I’ve spent a few birthdays in much worse ways. When I was younger I looked older and never got carded; but then again I have never been a big drinker… needless to say my 21st birthday didn’t mean a lot to me. I actually spent it at a 7-Eleven with my best friend Brian playing a video game. It took us about twenty dollars in quarters but we finished that damn game.
My twenty-fifth, twenty-sixth and twenty-eight birthdays were spent at funerals; a pretty bad streak there I think. The last one was the most ironic as it was for my girlfriends father. We went out to eat after the service and her mother told the waiter it was my birthday… so they brought out a piece of cake and sang. Very odd after a funeral.
My twenty-fourth birthday was supposed to be a surprise party… except I found out about it two weeks before hand and manipulated the guest list so the people I need to be in contact with to launch my publishing company would be there. Also, the girl who was supposed to get me out of the house before the guests arrived ended up flaking so I was standing in my front yard as people arrived.
Overall, I haven’t really had good birthdays but I find myself coming out of the ‘just get the day over with quickly’ phase and now I’m getting into the ‘shouldn’t it mean something’ phase. People are so used to me not wanting to do anything for it that now when I’m starting to want to do something, no one even asks. The irony isn’t lost on me.
I did get flooded with birthday wishes from friends through emails and I greatly appreciated every one of them.
Changing topics but keeping with the irony theme, it was reported tonight that Shaquille O’Neal welcomed his new daughter into the world today. Six minutes later Kobe Bryant welcomed his new daughter into the world. These two players who used to be teammates and then enemies are now tied together in one more way. Hopefully when these two retire they can find their friendship again…
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