I don't care what anyone says, 28 ain't that big a number. Because it's MY birthday and I get to do as I please, at least on this blog, here's 12 things worth mentioning since my last B'day:
1. An economic crisis and a sanitary panic took place and the world spins madly on.
2. I discovered a few things about myself yet I'm not really sure what I am other than a work in progress.
3. I got mugged in a place where I also got to meet with some great people, including one of the most amazing human beings I ever crossed paths with.
4. Was presented as a candidate to fill a position as a substitute teacher in the University where I'm studying my Masters.
5. Learned that some people just don't know what they're doing, but they do it anyway, consequences be damned because they're everyone else's fault anyway.
6. Found some interesting new addictions on TV and started working out again. Sometimes I combine them both! Skillz. I has them.
7. Experienced frustration, uncertainty and a certain amount of anger in potentially dangerous doses.
8. Took my histrionic abilities to a new level.
9. Sold some of my formerly prized possessions to afford new, more interesting ones.
10. Euthanized my most loyal pet to spare him a world of suffering.
11. Realized that since we all got an expiration date, I might as well try to stop looking back on some things that lost all meaning. Habits are tough to break but sometimes, it's worth it.
12. I think I may have found a girl that's "right for me" but t
Birthdays never meant a lot to me, but I guess some rituals are more important to the people around us than ourselves, even if we happen to be at the center of them. Maybe it's not so much the birthday that takes place that we celebrate, but the opportunity to get to the next one in better shape. Having something to look forward to in this way is strangely humanizing. Thanks to everyone I became friends with over the past year for enriching the experience for me.
This year I have someone who took a long ride on a bus just to be with me. So if you'll excuse me I think I'll go be with her.