Birthday Roundup... [UPDATE]
May 01, 2005 @ 04:17 PMWell, all my birthday festivities are finally over. I had no formal birthday party of sorts, but instead I ended up at gatherings with various people for the last 4 or 5 days. It was kind of fun that way actually. Work had their standard birthday celebration on Thursday. The Squire treated me to a lunch at Macaroni Grill on Friday… Jessica was a two-parter, with a homemade dinner on Friday night here at my place, then treating me to a dinner at Pen Thai on Saturday. Then I hung out with my family this afternoon!
I got a couple of fun presents… Got a nice shirt from my parents, which I’ll probably wear tomorrow. :) Jessica got me a fun iron wine caddy that holds about 8 glasses and 2 bottles of wine. It’s awesome! My sister and her boyfriend got me a really nice pepper grinder, which is perfect because mine was a piece of crap and I’ve been wanting to replace it. The one they got seems VERY nice, with multiple settings and everything! :D
BUT, the biggest present by far was a little thing my mother managed to get for me… It’s a yo-yo I’ve been wanting for several years. It’s from a local yo-yo company (SuperYo), and it’s called the Samurai. Last I checked it retailed for about $200, is a limited edition, set the world record for longest sleep time (12 minutes I think), and is an engineering marvel. :) While I’ll definitely take it for a spin once in a while, it’s almost a yo-yo to look at more than play with. My mom even managed to get the founder of SuperYo – Arne Dixon – to autograph the yoyo for me! I cleared out the best shelf in my entertainment center to display it… and here’s a picture:
UPDATE! DG noticed I never say how old I am… I just turned 26.
Also, here’s another picture, this time of me doing a yo-yo trick!
