I'm going to have a 5 day birthday party every year for the rest of my life -or- I need a roadmap to get out of these eyes

Birthday Celebration Day #1

I leave work to head over to the watering hole to get myself some dude fuel. After several beers and a few shots of whiskey I get on the bus to head home. I get home around 5:45pm and wait for Mike to arrive. Mike arrives. We piddle around for a few minutes and then head down to the North Star to watch Off With Their Heads. The first band did nothing for me... it's the old singer from Bigwig playing in a similar style band... i sit and watch through an open window but cannot get into the lack of intensity put forth by their lead singer.

Off With Their Heads is next... I talked with Ryan outside for a few minutes and tried to squeeze either song off of their split with The Measure [sa] into their set. He says he doesn't know them, and that it won't be happening. Oh well. They rip through about 10 songs in 25 minutes and leave the stage. Mike and I go outside and begin our conversation on what American Idiot is really all about. We see eye to eye and head inside to watch the Casualties.

There was a part of me a bunch of years back that really liked the Casualties. I kind of still do... i think it's more nostalgia based than anything, but the few songs I remembered were pretty cool to see again live.

Youth Bridage played next, and I don't really remember too much about their set. On the way home, Mike makes me try to appreciate Oasis. It didn't work. The dude is just a whiney, nasaly stupid jerk. I think I share a birthday with him... great. If you ask me I needed to be born to bring some sense of evenness based on the amount of suck that was born a few years before me.

Birthday Celebration Day #2

I leave work at 3:15p and head home to take a shower and a nap. The nap proves to be the best decision i've made in a long time. all 52 minutes of it. I shower and head out to the bus stop. Get on the bus and head into Hatfield. I meet up with Emily, Maria and Jaime at the bar. We sit on the porch and have some pretty entertaining conversation. Bucket and Jeremy showed up a bit later, and the conversation and drinking continues. Shots were bought, hugs were given and a good time is had. After a short while Emily and I return to my house. I made pasta and we ate it. It totally needed to happen. We watch a bit of TV and retire for the evening. I like sleeping next to someone an awful lot, but it makes waking up alone a pretty lonely experience. It's a good outweighing the bad thing... you won't hear me complaining. Emily leaves in the morning and I think about staying up for the day, but I remember that tonight could wind up being late, and since we're going out to celebrate the best goddamn thing in the world (me), I should at least be aware and awake enough to enjoy it.

So here I am... sitting on this couch, getting ready to head to the grocery store, and wearing a new shirt. I'm very excited to go out with my friends tonight and would die in a heartbeat for each and every one of my friends and relatives. I've said it 10 million times, but without my friends I'm nothing. Without my family, I am nothing. It's amazing to be shaped by outside forces when you swore you'd never do it. Friends and family are just that important to me.

I'll report back on day #3 of birthday radicalness. Who the hell knows what's in store? I think everyone but me... awesome.