Monday, June 19, 2006 - Birthday-ness

My birthday was on Thursday, and festivities continued on to Sunday, which was nice. Of course, putting it that way might make it seem like I actually did something of interest. Well, not so much - I got taken out for a dinner a couple of times and ate multiple cakes, but that's about all. Not that I'm complaining - I've had a cold now for so long that I think it might actually be allergies or something, so I wasn't too keen on partying into a drunken oblivion (FYI: Drunken oblivion is a lot like regular oblivion, except with more public nudity).

Plus, it's been extremely hot here in town lately, and very humid as well, so you get this thick, oppressive air that just makes you want to sit down and not move ever again. I don't have air conditioning. I live on the sixth floor of my building. So, needless to say, it gets very hot - hot enough that I can't sleep very well, so my rhythms are all thrown off (last night I slept from 10:30 to 2:45, and then from 6:30 to 8:45).

The award for strangest birthday gift goes, as usual, to my mother. She's always sending me some bizarre knick-knack, and this year's was an Alberta Weather Forecaster (she lives there, and I was born in Edmonton and spent a good chunk of my childhood living in Calgary). That little piece of paper attached to it says this:

You are now the owner of an Alberta weather forecaster. For best results, hang on a nail outside your window. If it's moving, it's windy. If it's wet, it's raining. If it's stiff, it's freezing. If it's white, it's snowing. If it's gone, you've been ripped off.

I say the tourists who buy this thing have already been ripped off. Because, you know, they paid money for it.


Cavan blogged at 10:43 AM | 4 comments


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Bridge of Sighs - Richard Russo


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