So, yeah, I had a pretty good birthday. In the morning I found various birthday greetings left by people in different corners of the interwebs: here in comments, on Facebook, Twitters, emails, and also text message. It’s all very modern, and it was lots of fun reading them all. Later in the afternoon, I co-opted [...]
Hey, guess what! It’s my birthday on Saturday. I’m going to be turning 33 on the 22nd, which has a nice sort of symmetry to it. The Saturday before Christmas is one of those days that tends to get owned by the Yuletide build-up, so I thought I’d deal out a subtle (SUBTLE!!!) reminder this [...]
Hey, it’s the 22nd so that means it’s my birthday today. I’m 32. This is twice 16, which has all sorts of disastrous consequences, the worst being the phrase “But I’m twice your age, sonny!”
It’s been a hectic week of Christmas parties, but thankfully they’re all over. Today the seasonal frivolity was topped off when I and one of my workplace homeboys started busting out some old school gangsta rhymes on the bus on the way back to work. I was doing a bit from NWA’s “Fuck Tha Police” [...]
Ah, thirty. Well, I’m glad to finally have made it here and for it to not be some distant looming menace. My present stash was impressive. A big box from the whanau awaited, filled with such goodies as a keyring with an impressively bright light, a kitchen utility knife, and a hundred-year-old cooking book that [...]
I was going to do some sort of post farewelling my 20s, but I’ve spent most of today with this mild motion sickness and associated feelings of nausea, then I was really bored so I went to the supermarket and engaged in a bit of lite shoplifting, which was genuinely thrilling for about five minutes, [...]
Today was very ordinary. I returned some videos, checked my post office box, went to the gym. I went to the German cafe down the road and had coffee and a vanilla slice, because I thought I ought to do something sweet and celebratory for my birthday. I also explored the scrapbooking supplies shop, which [...]
There was a big ol’ box at the post office. Inside it were the following items: * Two wooden salt and pepper shakers shaped like cats, complete with googly eyes. When you tip the pepper cat up, it makes a noise like a cat would make if it was really sick. The salt one doesn’t [...]
1. This is the first time I’ve not actively promoted my birthday on my web site. In the past I’ve had posts and always did a couple of email reminders. This usually resulted in a few emails. This year I didn’t do that. It wasn’t like I was feeling old or ashamed of turning 28, [...]
I went hooning today with Mike. It was r00l choice!!!! He gave me an early birthday present: The Maxi Tools Powermatic Tool with Realistic Movements. This comprises of the following pieces of plastic fun: A saw – but with little wheels instead of teeth. A hammer – it rattles when you bang it. [One of [...]