b-day
Well my birthday has come and gone, and here I am at a pretty insignificant age =D
It was however, quite awesome. First, the aforementioned Simpsons Movie was absolutely hilarious, and was a nice start to a cool weekend spent with parents. They went way overboard and spent a lot of money on me for my birthday.. apparently mom had gotten me the couple of CDs and DS games I wanted, then dad wanted to get me some houseware stuff too, so they did that too X) Really sweet of them.. my dad is very seemingly unemotional, and though he wouldn't say it, he gets genuinely excited about helping me out with house stuff.
Ended up going out for dinner three nights in a row o_O Unintentionally though. I knew we'd go out for a nice dinner when Alex got home from his summer work, and I'd suggested to mom that we invite a family friend that had been going through some really tough times as of late. What that turned into, was the family taking just me out, the family taking Alex and I out for our birthdays, and -then- us going to meet the family friends for dinner. Well uh, sure!
I picked a chinese buffet because I figured with the big dinner the next day, they were already spending enough money on me.. was quite good. Then Alex arrived and we went to Mike's American Grill in Springfield. Good lord that place is delicious.. best damn ribeye I've ever had. Then we went to a small down-home pork-bbq place to meet the friends. Kinda meh food, but was nice to see them.
Alex hasn't gotten me a gift, which I'm not sure how to feel about. He's thinking of things, but I did give him some ideas long ago, and we tend to be on time. I feel especially silly because I took an extra trip from work to a post office near home just to get one of his CDs on time for his birthday. Oh well. His priorities are pretty tightly skewed towards his girlfriend, but everyone who's around him is pretty used to that by now X)
Special note goes to Ren and SK too.. Ren got me an absolutely awesome Shadow of the Colossus detailed figurine.. amazingly, she found one that depicts one of my favorite moments, where Colossus 12 rises out of the water to the platform. There's even a small Wander on the top =D Was awesome. And SK got me both a gift card, -and- a phone card so I can talk to ren when we're sans-internet for whatever reason. Having an overly generous friend is a problem people would love to have I know.. but I'm still floored at his generosity.
Speaking of birthdays, happy birthday to Aubrey and Megan =) (it'll probably be the 4th by time you guys see it)
It was however, quite awesome. First, the aforementioned Simpsons Movie was absolutely hilarious, and was a nice start to a cool weekend spent with parents. They went way overboard and spent a lot of money on me for my birthday.. apparently mom had gotten me the couple of CDs and DS games I wanted, then dad wanted to get me some houseware stuff too, so they did that too X) Really sweet of them.. my dad is very seemingly unemotional, and though he wouldn't say it, he gets genuinely excited about helping me out with house stuff.
Ended up going out for dinner three nights in a row o_O Unintentionally though. I knew we'd go out for a nice dinner when Alex got home from his summer work, and I'd suggested to mom that we invite a family friend that had been going through some really tough times as of late. What that turned into, was the family taking just me out, the family taking Alex and I out for our birthdays, and -then- us going to meet the family friends for dinner. Well uh, sure!
I picked a chinese buffet because I figured with the big dinner the next day, they were already spending enough money on me.. was quite good. Then Alex arrived and we went to Mike's American Grill in Springfield. Good lord that place is delicious.. best damn ribeye I've ever had. Then we went to a small down-home pork-bbq place to meet the friends. Kinda meh food, but was nice to see them.
Alex hasn't gotten me a gift, which I'm not sure how to feel about. He's thinking of things, but I did give him some ideas long ago, and we tend to be on time. I feel especially silly because I took an extra trip from work to a post office near home just to get one of his CDs on time for his birthday. Oh well. His priorities are pretty tightly skewed towards his girlfriend, but everyone who's around him is pretty used to that by now X)
Special note goes to Ren and SK too.. Ren got me an absolutely awesome Shadow of the Colossus detailed figurine.. amazingly, she found one that depicts one of my favorite moments, where Colossus 12 rises out of the water to the platform. There's even a small Wander on the top =D Was awesome. And SK got me both a gift card, -and- a phone card so I can talk to ren when we're sans-internet for whatever reason. Having an overly generous friend is a problem people would love to have I know.. but I'm still floored at his generosity.
Speaking of birthdays, happy birthday to Aubrey and Megan =) (it'll probably be the 4th by time you guys see it)