Domestic Geek

Current mood: frustrated
Man, I was hoping Marcus would take me out to see a movie for my birthday, but THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY NO GOOD MOVIES SHOWING RIGHT NOW!!! What is up with that? The only thing out I want to see is "The Princess Diaries 2", but that's definitely a Netflix title. Dang it.

Oh, BTW, I have a few Gmail invites if anybody still wants one. Leave me a comment and be sure to include your email address.

Man, I don't know why that guy who bought blogsnob felt the need to change the layout of the ads without notice, but I guess I'm eventually going to have to dump it from my site. It's been a long time since I've found any good blogs through it anyway. Too bad.

Current mood: contemplative
Today is my 38th birthday!

After reading a post at Laura's site, I got to thinking about how I have never posted about what it's like having my birthday fall on 9/11.

You know, I still get people who say things like, "So how's it feel to be born on that day?" when they find out my birthday is Sept. 11. I still don't really know how to answer that question.

For the most part, it's fine. It was my birthday before the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks. Granted, that actual birthday sucked ass. I certainly didn't feel like celebrating while I was glued to the TV in shock. But every tragic event in the world has somebody born on that day. Horrible things happen all over the world every day. It just so happens that something really terrible happened on a day that happened to be my birthday.

I don't usually have a big celebration on my birthday. My friend Mike's birthday is on the 5th, so we usually have a small gathering somewhere in the middle. On the actual day, Marcus and I will go out to dinner.

Anyway, my life goes on. It has to. I can't stop celebrating my birthday because some terrorist nut jobs decided to take out their anger on our country and several thousand innocent victims. If I feel guilty for celebrating my life just because there are others that no longer can, the terrorists won.

As for the 9/11 Remembrance, I still bawled during the moment of silence this morning, recalling the horror I felt three years ago. I cried for those that lost loved ones. I have my flag out today in observance of Patriot's day. I do worry that we're becoming too complacent as a country. The horror of 9/11/2001 will unfold in this country again. It's just a matter of time. Unfortunately, it will be someone's birthday.

The guys Marcus works with have too much time on their hands. Here's proof.