Loot!

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Thanks to everyone (both here and on LiveJournal) for all the birthday wishes! It’s been a fun day so far…I’ve got the afternoon off, so I think I’m going to head out wandering while the sun’s out, and I had a small pile of presents to open during lunch.

Prairie (who’s the Dollar Store Queen, a title that doesn’t sound nearly as impressive as it actually is) got me a few small silly little games, badminton rackets and birdies, and a small stack of DVDs from the Cartoon Craze series that we’ve been having fun with (old cartoons are great!).

Xebeth sent along two Kevin Smith DVDs, the 10th Anniversary edition of Mallrats and Jay and Silent Bob do Degrassi: The Next Generation (I got Xebeth into watching the original Degrassi Jr. High back in high school) and a hilarious little ‘Crazy Orgy’ puzzle game (a tile game where you have to match symbols on the edges of nine squares to make one large square with all edges matching…only here the symbols are cute little cartoons of people in flagrante delicto).

And continuing the Kevin Smith theme, Jer from Nyquil.org was kind enough to send Jersey Girl my way (a real surprise, as I never actually expect anyone to get me something from my Amazon wishlist). Thanks Jer!

Tonight: some of Prairie’s excellent taco salad while watching one of the new DVDs, then the (excellent, I’m quite sure) cake that Prairie prepared for me. Not a bad day, I’d day.

Wikipedia Birthday Meme

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Earlier this month there was a Wikipedia Birthday Meme running around that, given its subject and the proximity to my own birthday, I figured I’d just hold off on playing with for a bit.

So, three weeks or so after everyone else, it’s my turn!

Go to Wikipedia and look up your birth day (excluding the year). List three neat facts, two births and one death in your journal, including the year.

May 3rd:

  • Three ‘neat things’:
    1. 1937 – Gone with the Wind, a novel by Margaret Mitchell, wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
    2. 1959 – The first Grammy Awards are announced.
    3. 1971 – All Things Considered, National Public Radio’s flagship news program, broadcasts for the first time.
  • Two births:
    1. 1933 – James Brown, American singer
    2. 1959 – David Ball, British musician (Soft Cell)
  • One death:
    1. 1758 – Pope Benedict XIV (b. 1675)

iTunes “Coriolan Overture Op. 62” by Sydney Symphony Orchestra (Jose Serebrier) from the album 200 Greatest Classics, Vol. 14 (1995, 8:18).

Birthday 33

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Happy birthday to me,
I’m now thirty-three,
I should have better words here,
but I suck at poetry.

Also: today marks two years since I decided to stop shaving my head and let my hair grow out. The result, after two years without a haircut: lots and lots of curls.

2 Years of Hair

iTunes “Epilogue from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan” by Cincinnati Pops Orchestra (Erich Kunzel) from the album Symphonic Star Trek (1996, 3:04).

The Importance of Education

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I’ve been a fan of Dan Piraro‘s Bizarro comic for years, but this one gave me a really good laugh this morning. Definitely one of my favorites.

(c)2006 Dan Piraro

iTunes “Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 1 in B flat major op. 23: II. Andantino semplice – Presto – Tempo I” by Toperczer, Peter/Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra (Bystrik Rezucha) from the album Classic Gold: Peter Iljitch Tchaikovsky (1993, 7:06).

Back Home

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We’re back. Family and friends were visited, many photos were taken, fun was had. I’m starting to get photos uploaded to Flickr, though so far I’ve just taken care of Friday’s shots. The rest (including many cute shots of my nephew) will have to wait ’til I’m home from school tomorrow.

In the meantime, here’s my girl at our hotel in Corvallis…

By the Pool

iTunes “You’ve Got A Friend In Me” by English Chamber Orchestra (Donald Fraser) from the album Bibbidi Bobbidi Bach (1996, 4:06).