Thursday, September 9, 2010  Big Birthdays  It's 4:48 in the
morning and today is my birthday. I can't believe I'm writing
this. I'm not the type of person who mentions that sort of
thing. There have been years where if it weren't for my friends
and family I would have forgotten about the day completely. And
all that attention makes me run the other way. When I was
growing up, my mom would offer to make homemade frosted cupcakes
for me to bring to school. Every year I refused. What if the
teacher didn't celebrate birthdays or the kids in the class
didn't like homemade cupcakes? Come to think of it, in all my
years of school that never happened, but September was always
the beginning of a new year, and you just never knew. So maybe
the reason I mentioned my birthday is because I'm still in that
pre-coffee sleepy state. But it's also a big one, and those
always make you feel more contemplative and perhaps a bit more
brave. I've got no major plans for the next decade. Okay, I have
a few but I'm not talking about