It's My Birthday and I'll Blog if I want too!

As the title says, today is my day of birth. Someone early congratulated me and it kind of made me laugh at the fact that I had little to do with being born. It would be another thing if I came out Aliens style having to fight my way to freedom through my mom’s chest cavity, but in reality she really did all the work.

If anything, mother’s should get high-fives in remembrance of their work.

Maybe it took root in the ass-backwards tradition that was elementary school birthdays. To this day I’ve never understood why on your birthday it was YOUR responsibility to do planning and bring in sweet treats if you wanted to have a good time. I mean by that logic, if someone attending your shindig didn’t say “Happy Birthday,” then they were just a schmuck.

Another funny thing about birthdays is that they are always heralded as milestones. Birthday = “Congratulations, you have survived another year! Well done!” In my opinion if a person is deserving of a day of focus on themselves, it should just be called “Awesome Time.”

Then there’s no mandatory need to acknowledge things you aren’t responsible for, but instead celebrate and appreciate the great things you’ve done in your life and the future things you’ll do.

I will comment about one more thing before I go in regards to birthdays and I’m not sure if it’s a curse or a blessing. With the heavy amount of time people invest in social websites like MySpace and Facebook, people have become acclimated with getting spoon fed important dates. To be honest, I’m not really sure I’m jiggy with the fact that people who never find the time to talk to me just send me a message on the site or a text message. Frankly, it just seems like people are upholding their own image of being genuine and really could care less. Each and every person has my phone number. Calling me goes a long way in this age of digital shorts. In the end, it's appreciated, but it's like asking for ice water and getting warm water with a lemon you never wanted in the first place.

Anyways, off to sushi, then hopefully Ninja cooking (aka Bennyhana(sp?)) and then some evening ice skating with hot chocolate. Later Alligators!