5 days. That’s how many days until I’m 23. I’ve never really been all about birthdays. No particular reason why. I wasn’t one of those kids that had a birthday three days before Christmas and then had to suffer through the dreaded merger of presents. And I was never really that afraid of Clowns. They just bugged me because they thought that all they had to do was make a dog out of a balloon and then I would be entertained. Come on. What ever happened to respecting the intelligence of the audience? I guess I’ll never know. Anywho, I just have never have really liked birthdays. I remember when I was a kid I always got so uncomfortable when everyone started to sing the happy birthday song to me. But I think that’s just because of the OshKosh b-day.

Remember OshKosh? Well I know my Mom sure does. Because one birthday that’s all I got. Clothes from OshKosh B’Gosh (Interesting side note…it took both me and Jess a good 5 minutes of googling to find the proper spelling of that evil company). Most notably I got a train conductor’s uniform that my mom made me wear to my involuntary b-day party. So, there I sat. 6 years old, wondering which part of my face cake I was going to get to eat (I’ve always prefered half face, half background for some reason), and having everyone sing ‘Happy birthday to you…’ while I looked ridiculous in my black and white striped overalls. She even made me wear the hat for Pete’s sake!

So maybe that’s why I’ve dreaded birthdays since then. Because I’m always expecting to be forced to wear some ridiculous and be the center of attention. At least Jess is making me an awesome cake. Apparently that’s a perk to her job as a cake decorator. Free cake. So she ordered me an awesome custom cake, and I can’t wait! Chocolate cake, chocolate icing…mmmm. It’s going to be good.

Talk to you all soon!

Oh and here’s an awesome story that’s very relevant at the moment. SETI Tracks Down Laptop. Damn Homeland Security for considering my Laptop and Lord of the Rings DVD’s a security threat (That’s the official statement from a Delta representative).