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bwa! what a suck-ass birthday. suck ass with jelly, yo.
ok, so i get up on the sunny morn of january 18, and all is well with the world. i finish some reading, so some algebra, good stuff.
i go to the subway, realize josh is running late, then go to the theatre. catalina, the most wonderful person in the whole wide world meets me there a few minutes later.
then we wait.
and wait.
we decide that we don't want to miss the movie. josh - glorious human being that he is - arrives moments later.

i must degrees from my tragic story to say that big fish was amazing. i cried like a baby. well, not like a baby. but lots. it was really beautiful. i think what impressed me most was edward bloom's optimist and sense of joy. i want to live the sort of life he did, and tell the story of it the way he does. and i think we all want to die the way he did.

back to the tragic tale of me - once we get out of the movie, i realize the brani, jeff, and sam have not shown up. i got am e-mail from brani just now, which explained to me that it was my fault for not being better organized. he was not clear on when and where he was supposed to be. my bad - i should have sent an e-mail. i'm gonna talk to jeff later, and i'm sure he's gonna have a good excuse too. and for sam...

so we go on down to the restaurant. we go in... and no one is there. apparently, adnan got grounded, greg got a job, sean and sarah were running very late getting back from PICKERING. max, to his credit, was on his way.
so i was all sad, and quite embarrassed too. i especially felt bad that catalina, someone whom i very much like and respect, had to be there to see that all my friends suck.

i must now degrees again. the food at toku gawa was WONDERFUL. max thought it was too expensive, but i thought that the place was nice, the waitress was very friendly, and most importantly, the food was GREAT. so i was more than happy to dish out some cash for it.

cat went home, and josh, max and i went back to josh's place. on the way, we stopped at starbucks to buy a JONES SODA!!! if you know me, you know how happy that fact makes me. ^_^

sean and sarah arrived shortly. we all chillaxed and watched battlestar galactica, and ordered pizza. i, due to bleeding, was friskier than i think i normally oculd have been. oh, and one thing - we discovered that if josh quaks like a duck, i get turned on. i think i'm pathetic. or horny.
kate and rob went out shopping. as they were coming home, they called josh. he sounded a touch nervous on the phone.
me: what's up?
him: oh, they want to talk to me about something when they get back.
me: what?
him: don't worry about it.
so, of course, i start to worry. i'm all like WFT, did someone die, is he in trouble, why would he be in trouble, he hasn't dome anything...
when kate and rob got home, josh went upstairs to talk to them. a moment later he came down and, in a very serious voice, said "vega, max, sean, sarah, could you come up for a minute?"
at this point i started to panic...
we get upstairs and go to the kitchen, me leading the way. we get there to find the lights are off.... and two cakes are on the countertop, with birthday candles! i start beating josh for letting me get so worked up, and everyone sang and all was well ^_^

so i guess the whole thing wasn't so bad. good movie, good food, and 4 out of 10 great friends.
on the SUPER V! HAPPINESS-O-METER OF DOOM scale, i'd give this birthday *** out of 5, which ain't bad.

PS: adnan - good idea with the geocities.
PPS: i never thought i'd say that.
PPPS: i love josh. a lot. i don't think i can say it enough.