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It's My Birthday!

August 24, 2010 11:54 PM

or another five minutes, anyway. I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who wished me a happy birthday, and especially to chelsadilla for going so far out of her way to do awesome stuff for me.

My birthday got under way last night at around midnight when I demanded that, because it was past midnight, chelsadilla should give me my present. She insisted that anticipation was important for some reason, and I took the position that it was August 24 and, goddammit, it was my birthday. I also threatened that if she didn't play by my rules for my birthday, i.e., it's your birthday at midnight, I wouldn't play by her rules for hers, i.e., I would tell her what I got her for her birthday three days in advance. She caved and gave me my gift. And it was awesome. There was a Superman card that played the Superman theme, a toy Mr. Pricklepants from Toy Story 3 (for NO REASON), and an iPod Touch. I'd mentioned a few times that I wanted something like an iPod, but I didn't think chelsadilla'd listened or cared. I guess I was wrong. Then chelsadilla stayed up with me while I updated the software on the iPod and loaded some music on to it. For some reason, having a wi-fi enabled MP3 player still seems sorta crazy to me.

All of this was in addition to some smoked sea salt she'd gotten me while she was in California a few weeks ago.

Chelsadilla had offered to treat me to dinner. She'd asked where I wanted to go, and I said that I've always wanted to go to The Melting Pot, but that I'd be more than happy to split the check with her there because it can be sorta expensive. She insisted that we go there and on paying herself. I wasn't entirely comfortable with the idea, but we went.

We had an appetizer cheese course, then the main course--which consisted of various meets that you cooked yourself in simmering red wine--and then a dessert course. Honestly, the main course was the least good. The cheese fondue was pretty good, and the dessert was fucking amazing. I have no idea how much chelsadilla spent, but I'm sure it was too much. I honestly don't know how The Melting Pot justifies its prices. I think half the price would be appropriate for what you get. As it stands, I don't know how often I'd go back.

At the end of dinner, chelsadilla snatched the check away and reached in to her purse and discovered, to her shock, that she didn't have her wallet. She immediately started apologizing for ruining my birthday. I told her it was ok, that I would pay and she could pay me back if she wanted. She started crying. It was kinda cute. I wasn't at all upset that she'd forgotten her wallet, but it was funny how upset she got. In the end, she left and came back to the apartment to get her wallet while I waited at the restaurant. All in all, a small price to pay for dinner and a good time.

So, yeah, my girlfriend set a high bar for birthday celebrations. I'm up to the challenge, though, and I think I can outdo her for her next birthday. I'm certainly going to try, anyway.



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