Lindor Truffles

Picked up a birthday present from the apartment package cache today. Lindor Truffles are delicious! So cool.

Just a Chance that Maybe We'll Find Better Days

On the occasion of a birthday.

And you ask me what I want this year
And I try to make this kind and clear
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
Cuz I don't need boxes wrapped in strings
And desire and love and empty things
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days

So take these words
And sing out loud
Cuz everyone is forgiven now
Cuz tonight's the night the world begins again

And it's someplace simple where we could live
And something only You can give
And that's faith and trust and peace while we're alive
And the one poor child that saved this world
And there's 10 million more who probably could
If we all just stopped and said a prayer for them

So take these words
And sing out loud
Cuz everyone is forgiven now
Cuz tonight's the night the world begins again

I wish everyone was loved tonight
And somehow stop this endless fight
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days

So take these words
And sing out loud
Cuz everyone is forgiven now
Cuz tonight's the night the world begins again
Cuz tonight's the night the world begins again

Better Days
The Goo Goo Dolls

Mayfair with a friend

I met up with a good friend this evening at Mayfair Mall, where we enjoyed the extended holiday hours. Those new iPod shuffles are indeed drool-worthy (no, didn't buy any, so don't get any ambitious ideas if you think you're on my holiday list, and no, please don't get me one, while I like drooling about them, I doubt I'd actually use it. I have a hard enough time engaging in the real world without music running in my head all the time to distract. But thanks, it was a nice thought). The pomegranate juice drink at BarnesBucks was interestingly novel. And the micro magnetic Scrabble-on-keychain game actually is pretty fun. Which just goes to show that fun is basically entirely in company.

And continuing birthday celebration! I may actually become addicted to these chocolate caramel truffles.

Turkey was great, the fish fry was worth trying once, the run this morning was an, um, adventure, but I'd say meeting up at the mall was a highlight of this trip to Milwaukee.

Birthday festivities

I ended up celebrating my Sunday birthday on the following Monday this year. Probably best to get a day of separation from the weekend anyway -- takes another chunk out of an already-short week.

I had a delicious homemade Indian dinner, saw Casino Royale, and enjoyed birthday cake. Life is okay.

And it turns out Indian and birthday cake makes a fine breakfast.

3 pounds 13 ounces

A coworker recently had a healthy baby boy, weighing in at just over nine pounds. On the occasion of my birthday, I reflect on starting life at a little less than half that size, a hefty 3 pounds 13 ounces.