March 20, 2007

Almost Birthday Musings

Has anyone happened to check their calendar and then reference that date against my birth certificate? No? Well, if you had, you'd know that we're getting awfully close to a special date. March 22 is both the day I was born and the day I received a Sega Genesis when I was 9; clearly it is worthy of celebration, and I urge everyone to stay at home that day. If we all band together, we can start a grassroots holiday. If I'm not mistaken, a similar blog rumor is how President's Day started.

I don't really like my birthday that much because I don't have any say of it. What if, just this year, I want to push my birthday back to December so I can share the pain of everyone born near Christmas? Or what if I want to skip my birthday this year and enjoy a double birthday next year? I think if it's your birthday, such ideas should be fair game. I also think you should have immunity from law enforcement for just that day, but this is a separate idea.

Birthdays get a little trickier as I get older too because I have to purposely keep from buying things for myself so that others may purchase them as presents for me. (Diabetics, I urge you not to try this with your insulin.) I imagine that's really hard for the elderly. If you're 80 and you want a particular gizmo from Golfsmith, why wait three months and rely on your grand nephew to buy the correct thing? Meanwhile, you're sitting around the house thinking, "If I shatter a hip before I get that golf gizmo, asses are getting torched." You're literally burning daylight if you wait until your birthday to get that. I would just buy it and chalk it up to senility; old people have that right.

On Thursday, will I begin to exercise such rights? We'll see.

Posted by Cody at March 20, 2007 9:35 PM