yesterday was my birthday. i had a great day. i slept in and had a delicious cup of coffee and read the paper. then, jake took me to the star wars exhibit at the oregon museum of science and industry. it was AWESOME. the website said plan on it taking about an hour to get through; i think i was there for about two and a half. i watched all the videos, touched everything you were allowed to touch, and took pictures of jake next to the most awesome stuff like darth vader, the robots and the wookie costumes. darth vader's costume was HUGE. it was the first thing i saw when i walked into the exhibit and my jaw just dropped at how ENORMOUS it was. that was pretty satisfying, because what if i had gotten there and it was my size? not intimidating. the best interviews were with the sound guy, who said he used bear noises for chewbacca, and anthony daniels, who played c3po and was way, way into it even though putting on the costume was obviously like relegating yourself to being in a tin can for hours. then we went to burgerville and i had a chocolate peppermint milkshake. it is just not my birthday without a milkshake.
then i went to tutor. the family i was tutoring for found out on monday that 1. i love comic books and 2. wednesday was going to be my birthday. when i came in yesterday, there was a bag of home-baked delicious goodies and a pretty heavy present waiting for me. i was awed by how thoughtful they were, and then i opened the present - the new "Absolute Sandman", a hardcover set of the first 18 issues of neil gaiman's celebrated comic. unbelievable. not only expensive, but obviously carefully researched and purchased.
also i got two messages from jordan pierce while i was at the museum, both of them parts of a song he had written, composed and scored for me for my birthday. best day ever.
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