thank you for pointing that out

so yes, i do recognize the fact that being entirely content - no, more than entirely content, totally ecstatic - to learn about star wars and read comic books for my birthday makes me a complete geek. i knew that already and if you didn't, well, surprise! i have tried in other years to get together with a dozen plus friends and have them all buy me drinks, but that never really turns out being as much fun as you think it's going to be. mostly, all my friends just don't have things to say to each other, and then i vacillate between trying to draw them together by talking to them all at once and trying to make them feel special individually by withdrawing with them and asking them about their lives. it never really works and it's not that fun and honestly i don't really drink that much anyway. these days i prefer a small adventure with one, maybe two friends (they have to know each other beforehand) or a warm evening in. on one hand, this makes me feel extremely old; i still know a lot of people who just want to go out on the weekends and spend $40 at a bar or get dolled up and go to a party. i'm not that kind of people anymore, really; the big party always turns out to be a disappointment and i usually want to smack the majority of people at the bar. on the other hand, i don't really want to meet anyone, i already have most of the friends that i need, and what kind of friend do you meet at a bar anyway? so, i did not want to "go out! whooo!" for my birthday this year, and honestly, it was the best birthday i've had in a really long time.