Birthday

[jack]

It was actually my birthday on tuesday, which I managed to totally forget. Apparently this is the age when you stop caring exactly what day it's on, a party feels more important than the day, though it was nice to get texts from family then. And some emails and ljs from friends. And one email from Ex=Jane.

X. Youngest player goes first.
All: *looks around, trying not to make insulting assumptions in either direction*
X: Well, it's you or Susan. How old are you?
Me: *Thinks* 24
Susan: Wow, you are older. When's your birthday.
Me: *thinks* Um, today. 24 *precisely*
All: Happy birthday!
Jaq: *sings happy brithday very very quietly*
X: You forgot?
Me: Since I got to twenty four, I stopped caring.
X: You mean, since this morning?
Me: Apparently.
X: Can we get on.
Me: *looks at clock* Not precisely. Yesterday. Nevermind.

That was altered a bit to try to make the funny bits line up. I think it was actually more confusing than that, and the wit wasn't all me. This blog is semi-fictional.

Comments

[nakedtoes.livejournal.com]

I'M SO SORRY! I meant to send a card but I didn't have your address, and then I meant to email but I got bogged down in post office crap... BELATED HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

I suspect the point of this post is that you don't care, but um.

[miss-next.livejournal.com]

Eeep, forgot that tomorrow wasn't your actual birthday! Oh well... happy belated...

[lnr]

stop caring> must be a bit of a generalisation then, cos I certainly haven't, and it's a long while since I was 24.

Happy Birthday anyway.

[oedipamaas49.livejournal.com]

Last year, I was utterly delighted when I didn't notice my birthday until my mother called me. Felt like a real achievement, that did.

But happy birthday to you, anyway.

[numberland.livejournal.com]

This seems to be rather upside down. I thought about this, said you were younger then me, since I know your birthday and X's age, then decided to check you were in fact 24 to which you said "no, I'm 25"...which is what confused everyone.

[hmmm-tea.livejournal.com]

Strangely, I seem to have had to calculate my age whenever asked since I reached 21. Up until that point I knew instinctively...

Anywho, many happy returns...