Birthday!
Last year on March 15th, I celebrated my birthday. By some strange coincidence, I’m having a birthday on the same day this year. (And still without Entenmann’s St. Patrick’s Day cupcakes, sadly.)
I turn 26 today. I’m not too sure what to think about that. A bunch of my friends are getting married and it seems like many of the rest are about to go back to school, so if I was going to judge myself by what my friends were up to I’d be very confused. I won’t do that, then.
I have to say that Amazon Wish Lists are great. Everyone’s who’s given me a gift so far has at least looked at my wish list, and the results have been three books — two from my list and one that I’m told is better than anything on my list. Looks like I have a lot of reading to do. (Speaking of which, I’m proud that I read some Real Literature this past week. I picked up John Steinbeck’s The Moon is Down after a trip to the National Steinbeck Center back in December. It’s a very good book.)
In case you’re curious, here are the books I’ve received so far:
- The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language by John McWhorter
- The Universe in a Nutshell by Stephen Hawking
- You Are Not a Stranger Here by Adam Haslett
I’ve also celebrated my birthday by contributing to a Roth IRA, registering a domain name, and finishing my taxes. I guess these 26th birthdays get celebrated somewhat differently than the ones I had in, say, elementary school.
August Mueller Said,
March 15, 2004 @ 6:28 am
Happy Birthday Eric-
Oh boy- now you can officially say you’re in your upper twenties. Welcome to the club
Judi Said,
March 15, 2004 @ 10:11 am
Happy Birthday, Eric!
26 is not so over-the-hill. I met my Eric shortly before my 26th birthday and the rest as they say…
Have a great day, don’t work too hard!
Laura Said,
March 15, 2004 @ 11:10 am
I’ve also celebrated my birthday by contributing to a Roth IRA, registering a domain name, and finishing my taxes.
Don’t forget the bit where your roommate got you a cake and Larry sang about the RIAA.
Also: I’m one of those friends who’s about to go back to school, and when I get to judging myself by what my friends are up to, I usually figure that means I’m a zillion years behind folks like you who’re already well into their careers. You get filed in the “People my age who totally have their s*** together” category in my head…
Anonymous Said,
March 15, 2004 @ 5:53 pm
Happy Birthday!
Chris Hanson Said,
March 15, 2004 @ 7:56 pm
Happy birthday, Eric!
Jeffrey J Hoover Said,
March 16, 2004 @ 8:23 am
Happy Birthday Eric. Pisces rule!
BTW- In case you hadn’t guessed, my birthday was recently too. I turned an age to answer all (at least if you follow the adventures of Arthur Dent).
Anonymous Said,
March 16, 2004 @ 9:13 am
Happy birthday!
Brian Palmer Said,
March 16, 2004 @ 9:13 am
Happy birthday!
Marc Said,
March 16, 2004 @ 11:19 am
Happy Birthday!
Sha Sha Said,
March 16, 2004 @ 5:37 pm
Haaaapy Birrfday!
And I don’t know about you, but I certainly contributed to a Roth IRA for my 5th birthday.
Hoop Somuah Said,
March 24, 2004 @ 3:11 pm
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Camilo Said,
March 25, 2004 @ 7:23 am
Hapy Birthday! And perhpas you are a grown-up, with that all finance talk of yours.
Wworry when you get to register for the AARP
Scott Ellsworth Said,
March 25, 2004 @ 4:03 pm
Hi, Eric.
Happy Birthday.
New book suggestion: Freeman Dyson’s Disturbing the Universe. A very good read.
Scott