Birthdays.

I'm so conflicted about these.
On the one hand- it's just simply nice.
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I'm sure there are more reasons, that will hopefully be coming soon...


Why I don't like them:
They're awkward. Unpleasantly, uneasily, awkwardly awkward.
I get the requisite phone calls (from across the world, three or four countries, actually). I do not like phone calls; I mentioned it earlier. I severely dislike phone calls, because THEY ANNOY ME. I am painfully awkward over the phone, and when it's a giant mass happy birthday whoo call, I freeze a little and stammer thanks and all that stuff.

I get the cards, mailed in from again, all over the world. They are all always generic, with a signature and maybe a little message. Oh, wait- sometimes it's not even a card. I got an EMAIL as a happy birthday wish. Not an e-card, either, which might have been remotely close to passable. I got a lovely three-line email, signed 'The ------ family'. I thought it was a little substandard...but who am I to be vaguely affronted?

Cake-cutting. Let me just say it again. Cake-cutting.
:sigh:
Again, how must I put it...it's awkward. People sing (and 99 times out of 10 [quoting a teacher of mine!] they're out of tune, offkey, or both), you stand and smile and pose for the cameras (because there have to be cameras), and if you haven't picked out the cake yourself, it won't be to your taste.

I know this for a fact, since mine is today :]
I had a horridly surprising yet well-meaning surprise cake-cutting on Saturday with a picnic of family friends and- hold on. Wait.



Never mind. I like birthdays.

Only me...

I'm the only person I know who forgot about butter. Once, I was trying to make chocolate chip cookies from scratch and the recipe advised me to 'melt' the butter down slightly. So I stuck it in the microwave and heated it up...and forgot it in the bowl... I baked them but the cookies were dry and powdery on the inside. I threw the whole batch away and didn't realize what had happened until my mother opened the microwave up and asked, "Why is there so much butter in here?"
This came back to me because I decided to make some more today ;)
I'm a total Runescape nerd...or at least I was. I still am, but I've kind of lost time for it during the school year. I made time for the holiday quests, though. I've never missed one since I've joined, except for the Easter one...I was busy with AP studying...Oh, and I haven't been a member...yet. My reasoning is, once I'm done leveling with the stuff that I can do, then I'll upgrade. Although I've already finished all of the free-player quests.
Ha, I'm typing all of this while video-chatting with a friend of mine...She doesn't know I'm doing this. We're both working on science fair, but I think I can handle multitasking.