and i can honestly say, it was the best birthday ever.
it's amazing. the way you can plan a birthday celebration. make a list. decide on a place. call everyone. and then it comes down to it and you are sitting at this restaurant with two other people just hoping you aren't saving a table for 20 for nothing. after an hour of waiting... and then 23 people show up.
if life was measured in quantity, this birthday was a success. i got everyone to come. and that felt good. but even better than that, i think everyone who came actually had fun. i hope so at least, because i was trying my darndest to get around, sit with everyone and talk. and i think i did that. and people i never expected to be there showed up. and it felt good.
they told the trivia guy it was my birthday. so he announced, over the loudspeaker, to everyone. megan, he said, happy 25th birthday. what shot do you want? being stupid and maybe a little intoxicated at the time, i had a brain fart and yelled out jaeger because it was the last alcohol i had discussed out loud with someone. well, fuck me. a jaeger shot on the stage was a first, but fun. being sung happy birthday by a ton of drunks was not a first... but fun. and then the flaming birthday cake.
you know you are old when the flame from your candles actually starts to melt your birthday cake icing design on the top. i was rushing to spit them all out and it was just flaming up everywhere. i feared for my long hair. but candles out, i'm getting my wish...
and then i got some of the best presents this year. in order of appearance (but not importance) would be my tickets to party with the super fans at ga tech football games this year (i've always wanted to be a super fan)... and then my sushi set, so i can make my own (fully cooked) sushi, yay!! and then i got this kick ass mexican day of the dead mask that i love. and eventually, i'll be receiving DC seasons 1,2,& 3 in the mail (along with the extended seasons finale). i'm such a geek.
after trivia we went and did karaoke. the karaoke guy found out it was my birthday and had me come up and sing green acres with my brother. not only do i not know the words, but i don't even know the tune. i was a little confused and not seeing the connection. after that, i sang my karaoke song (badly this time) but it was very appropriate so i had to do it anyway....
Twenty five years and my life is still
trying to get up that great bill hill of hope
for a destination
