#berfday!

But I wanted to note two things:

1.  My brother and SIL sent me a package with a very old British edition of Sketches by Boz, which I've never read, and some barley sugar candies, and some good-smelling soap, ad a smallish, very pretty cerulean blue cross-body bag that will be perfect for bike trips.  I wasn't expecting anything more than a card, so it was a very nice surprise.

2.  Other people who share my birthday, most of whom I didn't know about, and many of whom are super nerdy:

Thomas Jefferson (knew that one)

Al Green

Catherine de Medici

Jacques Lacan

Samuel Beckett (knew that one, too)

James Ensor

Gyorgy Lukacs

Lanford Wilson

We went to Enoteca Maria, on Staten Island, on the recommendation of my Work Husband.

So I went out and got a long-overdue pedicure today.  I had February Feet (tm).  They were gnarly.

And usually I just grab the palest, sheerest pinkish-beige color, because I'm not really a nail polish person, but today I chose glittery, metallic silver-blue. It'll look like crap in 2 days, but but for now I kinda like it.

I learned that my friend of 15 or so years got called for an on-campus interview to University of Impressiveness.

I did not get a call.  And I knew I wasn't going to get a call, but still:

Fuck everything right in the ear.

Today, the Really Good half of the Really Good Pot Roast celebrates a birthday. Rob is a couple calendars older than me, and we've honestly known each other my whole life. In the last dozen years, we've followed each other into music. We began writing tentative little jams, short little goofy songs we could trade off leading. We had no idea what we were doing.

Now, we're on the eve of releasing our second full length album together. We argue over song structure, have developed more complex arrangements, and support each other on wild musical tangents. And we still have no idea what we're doing. But it's a whole lot more interesting.

Thanks for making some of my favorite music with me.

We haven't spoken for quite a while, and not because of distance or life. I can't really explain it, but it was nice to see that response. It completely made my day, even though it doesn't necessarily mean we're going to go back to the way we were.