Today is my birthday. I’m pushing ever closer to the big 5-0 which freaks me out a little (okay, a lot) but I had a good day. I still had to work which wasn’t fun, but this afternoon my brother’s 4-year-old grandson showed up and that was a delight. There was a mix-up with his childcare so my brother had to pick him up. But we were behind on work so the boy came with him. I had forgotten how fun kids that age can be. And exhausting. He asked questions every five seconds and I kept having to find things for him to do.
Later, we had a nice meal at my mother’s place. My father shares my birthday so we always share a party together.
Anyway, it was a good day and my wife bought me some lovely gifts.
Obviously, I love me some Criterion Collection so I got three films from them. I’m especially excited about Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me as we just finished the original series and I’ve never seen the film.
I watched the movie adaptation of Master and Commander the other day and loved it. Everyone says the book series is even better so I’m excited to find out if everyone is correct.
And Batman is my favorite comic book character. I’ve read The Court of Owls before, but it is nice to have a hard copy.
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Happy Birthday! March 25th birthdays include you, Cecil Taylor, Paul Motian, and Hoyt Axton…that is quite a quartet!
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And Elton John!
I’ve got 10 years on you, Mat. Coming up on the big Six-Oh!
Mat, A wonderful birthday from Robin and Inna in Russia!
Happy Belated, Mat!
Don’t worry, I passed the Big 5-0 a few years back and not much really changes. At least, not right away. The body just continues to slowly fall apart, haha.
Ha! I started slowly declining when I hit 40, who knows what the next decade has in store 🙂