im 28.
been real slack on the updates. but it is because i have been way busy in the real world. that kinda work can be nice from time to time.
so. today is my birthday and ive gotten 3 amazing gifts. one, the trailer above for 'where the wild things are'. im not a huge arcade fire fan, but but that song is just a straight killer, son. and it fits so well with the theme they are working on with that there thang. wonderful stuff, i very much hope the movie can pack that kind of emotion. i have a theory that where the wilds things are actually teaches little children how to be punks with big, loving hearts who turn into monsters and destroy intolerance and bigotry. it is just a theory. i also think goodnight moon turns kids into blood-thirsty zombies...so you know, take my opnion with a grain of salt.
the other great gift i got came this morning when the girl im seeing(ahem, crazy about, ahem) snuck into my apartment really early and left a bottle of bourbon and 2 slices of key-lime cheesecake in my fridge. she put it in a brown paper bag with a quote from moby dic written on it that says; "grub ho! now cried the landlord, flinging open a dorr, and in we went to breakfast". there was a also a sweet, sweet note and a balloon. fuck yes!
ive been rereading moby dic over the past few weeks and freaking out all the time at how good it is. the bourbon and cheesecake is a joke from a linguistics text i had to read. i told her like a month ago how someday, on vacation, bourbon and cheesecake is gonna be my breakfast. homegirl remembered and then made my dream a reality. goddamn, it was just so perfect and nice. already in the hall of fame of amazing gifts up there with my first nintendo, a drawing of tom waits, kids in the hall tickets, a barbara kruger book and a puzzle with dinosaurs on it. xie xie, kilo.
i should also mention my roommate wrote happy birthday in shaving cream on the bathroom mirror when he came home from the bars last night. kid is a fucking sweetheart. gonna miss him when he moves to nola. xo, nik, xo.
AND yet another wonderful birthday moment came in the form of mad love from ohio last night at 11pm (my time) when it was midnight up there. sorry i didnt get to my phone brothers and sisters, i was already way the fuck asleep cause i had meetings all morning today. AND there has been mad love on the facebook too...and texts etc...
(incidentally, i had bourbon and cheesecake for lunch so as not to have a buzz on while i sat with my creative writing teachers and talked about work id been doing)
tonight im having dinner with my dearest tuscaloosa crew at a really great seafood place. gonna rock some fried green tomatoes, a gin martini and sushi ya dig? then off to the bars to drink.
my linguistics class is canceled tomorrow because my prof. is going to a conference. so i can sleep in. and might i add this is the same linguistics class in which i got an A on the first test ive taken in 6 years! fuck yeah. i also got a perfect 100 on the mid term paper. bring it on academia! i can take it, you fucks.
i hope all of you are out there feeling fine today. because i know i am. most of the above things that are making me stoked have come from friends. and without those people i'd be a fucking zero, no joke. im doing what im doing now because all of you, at one point or another, made me feel like i was strong enough. i can't thank you enough for that.
think i got some loans approved which means like 2 weeks in clevo this summer.
i miss everyone who isn't with me today. when i'm rich and 40 we'll have a perfect party on my yacht. it will be on blocks right in front of my executive trailer.
xo
thank you, all of you.