today is the day.

happy birthday to me
happy birthday to me
happy birthday toooo meeee eeeee

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

it’s so weird how “january 28″ always looks so, nice? comfortable? not sure how to describe it. i have probably just been conditioned to “like” the look of it, but do others feel the same way about their birthdate? not the actual day itself, or the fact that you may get gifts, but just the written date.

23 Responses to “today is the day.”


  1. 1 drew

    happy birthday to you, and to my second son.
    eli.
    happy birthdays people.

  2. 2 mark

    indeed, happy birthday. january 28 does have a nice look to it, even and round. comfortable describes the written date perfectly. taken with the year (january 28 2005), it’s somewhat less asthetically pleasing, but i blame the “5″ for the dissonance.

    i would argue that if you were to take into account the year every time you wrote your birthday, that the date would appear somewhat less comfortable. especially when attention is brought to the date when it is still january, when some (like me) are still getting used to the idea of a new year. 2005 still seems off to me somehow.

    regardless of the above nonsense, happy birthday. i wish you joy.

  3. 3 jess

    that is right. you have a child birthday as well, drew. we get to celebrate with frodo. yay! happy birthday to us!

    and yes, the 2005 does make it look silly. i really do like how it fits with my birth year though… january 28, 1979. i really really like it.

    i am now full. and surprisingly overwhelmed at work again. wahoo.

  4. 4 drew

    speaking of full.
    i had mongolian grill for lunch.
    i’ve been trying to convince michelle i can nickname elijah “frodo”.
    but she says “eli” works better.
    the coincidence between me being a big LotR fan and naming my son elijah was not noted until after he was born.
    :) yeah i’m dumb.

  5. 5 Ryan

    It’s about time you admitted it Drew. I’ve been trying to tell you that for YEARS!!! On a side note, my friend that goes to Central Michigan asked me last night if I knew where Grand Island was, and when I said yes, she said that this book she was reading said it was HORRIBLE. The book she’s reading is about the meat packing/fast food industry, so basically the book said that the meat packing plants in GI were horrible…but I stuck up for ya none the less. Happy Birthday Jess and Eli.

  6. 6 jess

    why thank you ryan.

    i think i read parts of the same book your friend is reading. steven either got it from the library or bought it. and yeah. the meat packing plants in GI in that book got a HORRIBLE bit written up about them. not that others were any better. they just happened to talk about the GI ones.

  7. 7 drew

    monfart meat packing was probably the plant.
    it has been closed.
    5 years AGO.
    however, the company, swift & co. isn’t much better.

  8. 8 Ryan

    Yeah, from listening to her talk about the book, makes me not wanna read it. Cuz apparently, its completely turned her off of a lot of meat, and that would kill me. She doesnt wanna eat fast food that much either. I’m just way happy being oblivious to the crap thats going into my stomach. I’m sure that one day, a McDonalds hamburger will probably kill me, but ya win some, ya lose some.

  9. 9 mark

    fast food nation? isn’t that required reading for you hippies?

    kidding, of course. factory farms and the food industry are two very scary things.

  10. 10 kate

    Well, Happy Birthday to Jess and Eli…I need to add you both to my calendar. And Drew’s Mongolian Grill comment has really made me think I need a Grand Island day-trip before the big popping day. Not that I want to see you so much as I’d really just like to eat at your restaurant. :)

  11. 11 jess

    kate - i love how open you are with priorities… and if it means anything, i am sure i can find some good place to eat here if you’d be interested… heh

  12. 12 drew

    kate. mark. you two and the boys are more than welcome to come to GI for whatever ill concieved reason you want.
    mongolian grill or otherwise.
    they also have takeout. we have learned to love that feature.
    when exactly is the big popping day again?

  13. 13 mark

    Big popping day is early April, maybe late March if were fortunate and all. And yes, we’ve been told once or twice (major understatement) that we could have an April Fool’s baby. So, no need to fill us in on that one. :)

  14. 14 mark

    Oops…I said “were” instead of “we’re”….Mark’s overactive grammar portion of his brain is just cringing right now. :)

  15. 15 drew

    nah, no need for the fools. just go for the 2nd.
    :P

  16. 16 mark

    No, actually what’s cringing is the “why didn’t she put her own name in the comment form” portion of my brain.

  17. 17 KATE

    picky picky. guess your name just should stop appearing by DEFAULT. some of us are just so preoccupied with ourselves that we don’t have time to notice whose name is there.

  18. 18 mark

    no need to shout.

  19. 19 jess

    aren’t you two “one” since you are married and all anyway? it shouldn’t matter whose name shows up in that case… :)

  20. 20 drew

    in that case i’d like to rename you markthleen or kartk
    :D

  21. 21 jess

    i vote for markthleen.

  22. 22 mark

    i vote that this is a stupid conversation.

  23. 23 drew

    yay! i win!

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