My birthday sucked this year.
Last year, 20+ people celebrated with me. This year, more than half of them probably didn't even remember that it was my birthday (or just forgot about me entirely).
Facebook wall posts on your birthday seem to be the new measuring stick of popularity. Even if you never talk to most of your Facebook friends, everyone seems to come out of the woodwork to wish you a happy birthday. Well, I noticed that although I got some wall posts (thanks everyone who posted!), no white people. Curious.
I also only got one real gift this year (but it was an awesome one!). Sure, I didn't get too many the last couple of years, but at least I had the company of a lot of my close friends so I didn't really notice.
Don't get me wrong. I really appreciate that my sister and my friend in Delaware both went out of their way to make the day special. I just wish that certain other people would have remembered too.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Try and keep up
The movers finally came on Friday. The only thing I really missed was my clothes.. I had 3 suitcases and 2.5 boxes full of them (is that too many for a guy?).
Oh, and of course, the evil eye. I put it above my bed tonight so things will be good now.
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My birthday will be a lot more chill (aka not as fun) this year compared to the last few years. Those were probably my favorite nights in Dallas since it was all about me and my friends tried their hardest to come out even if they didn't come out normally. My friend in Delaware is driving down on Friday night though so it'll still be memorable.
My other friend in Dallas came up last weekend to celebrate his birthday so now I know at least a couple fun areas in DC. It didn't come easily though. There's one corner where there's like 4 or 5 clubs literally next door to each other (and where I randomly saw the one family friend I know in the area) and then another club on the other side of town. So we tried to find the corner again from the crosstown bar and somehow ended up on the gayest block in the gay neighborhood. After getting a drink at the one bar where the male waitstaff didn't grope us, we asked around and made it to an area that has a 6th Street vibe to it. Unfortunately, it was already 3am and everything was closing, but I'm definitely going back there.
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The slutty blonde on American Idol was voted off today (I missed the episode partly because of the Democratic debate and partly because I can't stand Mariah Carey). I think her attitude did her in. She was ready to be knocked off on every show. I liked Simon's comment in an earlier episode that she was like musical wallpaper - it's there, you just don't really notice it.
The Australian tattooed hottie is really lucky she survived. Her performance last night was terrible. And why was she so happy after her song? She couldn't stop smiling. It was kinda eerie.
Oh, and of course, the evil eye. I put it above my bed tonight so things will be good now.
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My birthday will be a lot more chill (aka not as fun) this year compared to the last few years. Those were probably my favorite nights in Dallas since it was all about me and my friends tried their hardest to come out even if they didn't come out normally. My friend in Delaware is driving down on Friday night though so it'll still be memorable.
My other friend in Dallas came up last weekend to celebrate his birthday so now I know at least a couple fun areas in DC. It didn't come easily though. There's one corner where there's like 4 or 5 clubs literally next door to each other (and where I randomly saw the one family friend I know in the area) and then another club on the other side of town. So we tried to find the corner again from the crosstown bar and somehow ended up on the gayest block in the gay neighborhood. After getting a drink at the one bar where the male waitstaff didn't grope us, we asked around and made it to an area that has a 6th Street vibe to it. Unfortunately, it was already 3am and everything was closing, but I'm definitely going back there.
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The slutty blonde on American Idol was voted off today (I missed the episode partly because of the Democratic debate and partly because I can't stand Mariah Carey). I think her attitude did her in. She was ready to be knocked off on every show. I liked Simon's comment in an earlier episode that she was like musical wallpaper - it's there, you just don't really notice it.
The Australian tattooed hottie is really lucky she survived. Her performance last night was terrible. And why was she so happy after her song? She couldn't stop smiling. It was kinda eerie.
Saturday, April 05, 2008
Awkward
I attended a hip-hop dance class this past week. It was incredibly awkward, as I expected. But not really in the way I expected. There were about 10 other students - all female and all probably college sorority girls. Yeah, I was the only guy until another black dude showed up about 10 minutes later.
Damn, hip-hop dancing is hard! They made it look so easy on America's Best Dance Crew. I only paid for that one class, so I'm under no obligation to continue. But I think I'll go back, because it's still fun and great exercise even though I suck. Oh, and the eye candy's not bad either ;).
As for the FBI interview, that was incredibly awkward as well. I was expecting it to be about 50 people in a small room taking a test. Well, there were about 400 people and most of them dressed much better than me - and I was wearing a dress shirt and slacks! It was an excruciatingly long 5 hours of testing with only one break in between. And they discouraged getting food because we might not be back in time!
I'd like to talk more about the tests themselves, but since the FBI could be reading this and I signed an NDA stating I wouldn't talk about it, all I'll say is that the questions were pretty interesting and could be interpreted in two ways and it's hard to say which way the FBI wants you to interpret them. The agent also said that half the people fail the first round. I'd say my odds are pretty good.
Damn, hip-hop dancing is hard! They made it look so easy on America's Best Dance Crew. I only paid for that one class, so I'm under no obligation to continue. But I think I'll go back, because it's still fun and great exercise even though I suck. Oh, and the eye candy's not bad either ;).
As for the FBI interview, that was incredibly awkward as well. I was expecting it to be about 50 people in a small room taking a test. Well, there were about 400 people and most of them dressed much better than me - and I was wearing a dress shirt and slacks! It was an excruciatingly long 5 hours of testing with only one break in between. And they discouraged getting food because we might not be back in time!
I'd like to talk more about the tests themselves, but since the FBI could be reading this and I signed an NDA stating I wouldn't talk about it, all I'll say is that the questions were pretty interesting and could be interpreted in two ways and it's hard to say which way the FBI wants you to interpret them. The agent also said that half the people fail the first round. I'd say my odds are pretty good.
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