Melanie (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} myprimalscream) wrote,@ 2008-07-25 17:57:00 |
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Mi5 - Birthday Style
I've debated over doing this weeks 5 because it requires me to plug into my often defective memory bank.
This is not something I posses a skill in. Probably because most of the memories from my youth have been suppressed. If a psychologist could get his hands on me, I am pretty sure I could create an awful lot of couch time. Enough to give him/her reason to retire early.
Bill & Susan will be celebrating all 3 of their children's July birthdays, so that is what inspired Susan with this week's questions.
1. What is your most vivid childhood birthday memory?
~Childhood, I honestly can't recall a single one. If you count my 18th birthday as my childhood then we can go with that one. My Best Friend at the time - Gloria, took me on a surprise weekend to Disney. I recall that I was having fun & didn't want to leave early as Gloria had planned. We almost got into a fight over it. Little did I know it was because there was a party going on at my house which is why she wanted to be home early. It wasn't exactly for me though. I mean they included celebrating my birthday in the festivities but everyone there was friends of my moms & her cousin Faith and Faith's son's friends because it was Faith (or was it her son's) B-day party as well. There were only about 3 of my friends who had been invited. I was quite a bit more popular than that. I honestly felt that including me was an after thought. I didn't need a individual party but this one was most certainly not mine. I really felt let down & a bit jealous because my mother went all out for her Cousin's birthday. She had never even planned my previous parties beyond the cake. This one was a HUGE party with a D.J., enough food for an army, a keg (see not 4 me) and all sorts of activities going on. There were probably 50+ people there. I felt like a wallflower because I hardly knew anyone and besides my 3 friends (2 were my neighbors) there wasn't anyone else even close to my age.
2. What is your most favorite adult birthday moment?
~I am pretty certain I have mentioned this before, it would have to be the year Richard surprised me and filled my apartment with balloons. I mean FILLED, you couldn't walk anywhere without being overwhelmed with latex. That was so incredibly cool. We had balloons turning up for weeks after that.
3. Does any gift that you've ever received for a birthday stand out?
~Same birthday. For the week leading up to it he wrote me a poem/story for each of the 7 days preceding. The 1st one he placed in plain sight, the next one I think was hidden in my lunch bag and each day I would have to search for the next one. He gave me a nice watch for my birthday that year. I still have it although the cards/poems he wrote to me are more valuable to me than that watch ever could be. I still have the cards. Not because I keep them to hold on to him but to the memory of feeling so valued, desired and loved by someone. It's a treasured piece of my history.
4. Did you ever have a theme birthday as a child? If so, what was your favorite?
~I honestly don't believe so although I could have, I highly doubt it.
5. Talk about a birthday milestone (e.g. 16, 21, 40, etc).
~21 seemed like it would be a milestone because I could drink legally so therefor I would be considered an adult. My mother had always allowed me to drink on occasion as long as it was at home and responsibly. So for me the drinking part was not a big deal. I didn't drink that much to begin with, maybe 2 glasses of an alcoholic beverage a year. On this b-day she took my friend Gloria & I to a bar to celebrate & sing karaoke. She bought me 2.svg/40px-Shot_Glass_(Standard).svg.png)
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and what I remember most about that night was, it wasn't that much fun & seemed pretty inappropriate to be drinking like that with your mother. I didn't get drunk and I don't believe I had more to drink than that. I do recall being called up to the stage to sing the birthday song & before going I said "Wait, I need a shot of liquid courage." and that is pretty much it.
~When I turned 30 I figured ok, this is it. Now is when I start to feel like an adult. I'll tell ya, it didn't happen then either but somewhere in the last 2 years it has kind of snuck up on me. The only thing I felt about 30 was that my body was no longer youthful. OY!!!! In 2 months I will be 35. Its funny looking back at when I was younger (say 16) remembering what I thought life would be like at 35. I'm not as old as I thought I would be. Life has certainly taken me down roads I never expected to a place I hadn't initially planned on but I am not too disappointed. Frustrated by certain things yea, a bit anxious for others sure but all in all, not too disappointed.
I've debated over doing this weeks 5 because it requires me to plug into my often defective memory bank.
This is not something I posses a skill in. Probably because most of the memories from my youth have been suppressed. If a psychologist could get his hands on me, I am pretty sure I could create an awful lot of couch time. Enough to give him/her reason to retire early.
Bill & Susan will be celebrating all 3 of their children's July birthdays, so that is what inspired Susan with this week's questions.
1. What is your most vivid childhood birthday memory?
~Childhood, I honestly can't recall a single one. If you count my 18th birthday as my childhood then we can go with that one. My Best Friend at the time - Gloria, took me on a surprise weekend to Disney. I recall that I was having fun & didn't want to leave early as Gloria had planned. We almost got into a fight over it. Little did I know it was because there was a party going on at my house which is why she wanted to be home early. It wasn't exactly for me though. I mean they included celebrating my birthday in the festivities but everyone there was friends of my moms & her cousin Faith and Faith's son's friends because it was Faith (or was it her son's) B-day party as well. There were only about 3 of my friends who had been invited. I was quite a bit more popular than that. I honestly felt that including me was an after thought. I didn't need a individual party but this one was most certainly not mine. I really felt let down & a bit jealous because my mother went all out for her Cousin's birthday. She had never even planned my previous parties beyond the cake. This one was a HUGE party with a D.J., enough food for an army, a keg (see not 4 me) and all sorts of activities going on. There were probably 50+ people there. I felt like a wallflower because I hardly knew anyone and besides my 3 friends (2 were my neighbors) there wasn't anyone else even close to my age.
2. What is your most favorite adult birthday moment?
~I am pretty certain I have mentioned this before, it would have to be the year Richard surprised me and filled my apartment with balloons. I mean FILLED, you couldn't walk anywhere without being overwhelmed with latex. That was so incredibly cool. We had balloons turning up for weeks after that.
3. Does any gift that you've ever received for a birthday stand out?
~Same birthday. For the week leading up to it he wrote me a poem/story for each of the 7 days preceding. The 1st one he placed in plain sight, the next one I think was hidden in my lunch bag and each day I would have to search for the next one. He gave me a nice watch for my birthday that year. I still have it although the cards/poems he wrote to me are more valuable to me than that watch ever could be. I still have the cards. Not because I keep them to hold on to him but to the memory of feeling so valued, desired and loved by someone. It's a treasured piece of my history.
4. Did you ever have a theme birthday as a child? If so, what was your favorite?
~I honestly don't believe so although I could have, I highly doubt it.
5. Talk about a birthday milestone (e.g. 16, 21, 40, etc).
~21 seemed like it would be a milestone because I could drink legally so therefor I would be considered an adult. My mother had always allowed me to drink on occasion as long as it was at home and responsibly. So for me the drinking part was not a big deal. I didn't drink that much to begin with, maybe 2 glasses of an alcoholic beverage a year. On this b-day she took my friend Gloria & I to a bar to celebrate & sing karaoke. She bought me 2
of and what I remember most about that night was, it wasn't that much fun & seemed pretty inappropriate to be drinking like that with your mother. I didn't get drunk and I don't believe I had more to drink than that. I do recall being called up to the stage to sing the birthday song & before going I said "Wait, I need a shot of liquid courage." and that is pretty much it.~When I turned 30 I figured ok, this is it. Now is when I start to feel like an adult. I'll tell ya, it didn't happen then either but somewhere in the last 2 years it has kind of snuck up on me. The only thing I felt about 30 was that my body was no longer youthful. OY!!!! In 2 months I will be 35. Its funny looking back at when I was younger (say 16) remembering what I thought life would be like at 35. I'm not as old as I thought I would be. Life has certainly taken me down roads I never expected to a place I hadn't initially planned on but I am not too disappointed. Frustrated by certain things yea, a bit anxious for others sure but all in all, not too disappointed.
