I don't think I've actually ~celebrated~ my birthday with a party for ... ohgod, well, let's just say. Since I was in middle-school?
So. Yeah.
Birthdays for me have basically been a wild array of occasions every year. I usually have what I deem ~birthday week~ in which I get together with all of my favourite people during the week, separately, for little small lunches or coffees or dinners or whatever.
That way I get to see all my favourite people, I don't put any pressure on anyone to ~buy me a gift~ or to attend my big shindig and stand around awkwardly trying to ~mingle~ with a slew of my other friends, and I get one-on-one time with whoever I'm with.
Plus? I get to spend a WEEK celebrating my birthday.
I'm not a huge ~*~birthday party~*~ person -- I like to grab dinner and drinks with people I adore, and keep it low-key. I get super-excited about other people's birthdays! But when it comes to my own, ehhhh, for me, it's typically just another day.
But my most epic birthday was my 23rd; one of my BFFs from undergrad and I had a joint happy birthday/happy trails celebration, and it was ridonkulous. We crammed about 30 people into my apartment to pre-game, and then hit this hilarious dive of a karaoke bar. We stormed the place, usurping all of the forty-somethings, and had everyone singing along to "Don't Stop Believing" by the time we closed down the place. Afterward, we hit Tolly-Ho (it's Lexington's all-hours institution, for sure) for burgers and shakes; I don't think I saw my bed till well after sunrise.
Uh, my 24th saw Moonshine Mania 2K7, and that is something I most definitely not not recommend, ever. Ever ever EVER.
My family tradition is just getting together and doing something nice. I haven't really had any big party things for a number of years, which works for me.
Low key is fine but I do like birthdays that stretch with things that keep cropping up.
Yes, I love finding things for other people's birthdays, its just fun.
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So. Yeah.
Birthdays for me have basically been a wild array of occasions every year. I usually have what I deem ~birthday week~ in which I get together with all of my favourite people during the week, separately, for little small lunches or coffees or dinners or whatever.
That way I get to see all my favourite people, I don't put any pressure on anyone to ~buy me a gift~ or to attend my big shindig and stand around awkwardly trying to ~mingle~ with a slew of my other friends, and I get one-on-one time with whoever I'm with.
Plus? I get to spend a WEEK celebrating my birthday.
Pictures of haircut, plz!
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Since we all have busy schedules, there might be a few parties and mail and things like that, sometimes it even turns into birthday month.
There will be pictures once I get a decent picture of it.
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I'm not a huge ~*~birthday party~*~ person -- I like to grab dinner and drinks with people I adore, and keep it low-key. I get super-excited about other people's birthdays! But when it comes to my own, ehhhh, for me, it's typically just another day.
But my most epic birthday was my 23rd; one of my BFFs from undergrad and I had a joint happy birthday/happy trails celebration, and it was ridonkulous. We crammed about 30 people into my apartment to pre-game, and then hit this hilarious dive of a karaoke bar. We stormed the place, usurping all of the forty-somethings, and had everyone singing along to "Don't Stop Believing" by the time we closed down the place. Afterward, we hit Tolly-Ho (it's Lexington's all-hours institution, for sure) for burgers and shakes; I don't think I saw my bed till well after sunrise.
Uh, my 24th saw Moonshine Mania 2K7, and that is something I most definitely not not recommend, ever. Ever ever EVER.
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Low key is fine but I do like birthdays that stretch with things that keep cropping up.
Yes, I love finding things for other people's birthdays, its just fun.
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