Ladies and gentlemen, the legendary Genesis.
As I'm sure many of you reading are aware, today is my birthday. Unfortunately it just happens to be a Monday too. I never really like it when my birthday falls on a Monday because it makes it harder to plan stuff for the event. Fortunately there's also the weekend before my birthday in those instances, so that helps. As far as gifts go, I pretty much just got a lot of money from the relatives. I actually prefer to get money as a birthday gift because I never really know what I want for my birthday. I think that's partly due to the fact that my birthday falls so close to Christmas.
As for birthday events, those I'm sorry to say have been a little lackluster. The previous Saturday was pretty good though. My aunt and I went out of town and had a late lunch at an Outback Steak House. That was my first time going to an Outback, and I have to say it was pretty good. After that it was time to do a little shopping for manga. Unfortunately my aunt and I had to go to two different bookstores to find all the manga I wanted. Two different bookstores! That was just outrageous.
Plus as far as bookstores go, there's kind of a problem that's looming on the horizon. It seems that the Barnes & Noble that I've been going to regularly is going to close down due to the mall it runs out of being torn down and rebuilt. I don't know if the shutdown is just temporary or if they're simply going to a new location. But this might make things a little inconvenient for me. Then again, I can probably just go to a different Barnes & Noble or start ordering manga online again. I'll just wait and see what happens.
On Sunday, my birthday was yet again eclipsed by the Superbowl. And I am by no means a football fan, while my dad is. So I spent most of yesterday down in my room having a little Gundam SEED marathon. As for today, my actual birthday, I've pretty much just spent the afternoon watching more Gundam SEED. And my dad has had a pretty bad cold for most of the weekend, so I don't think we'll be going out to dinner or anything tonight. This cold's so bad that he had to stay home from work. I'm not doing so hot myself, actually. While I don't think I've had my dad's cold, I've had a sore throat pretty much all weekend.
So in closing, this hasn't been the worst birthday I've ever had. But I've had better. I would however like to thank everyone here on TheO who wished me a happy birthday in some way. Whether it be through guestbook signature, gift, or something else. You've really all brightened my day a bit. So again, thanks.
~Darkarax
