:: My Birthday Part II and other stuff :: And there's still more to come! Monday: I got to spend time with my favorite soon to be 4 year old Gabbie and my mom. We had lunch at Manila Sunset. I have this tradition with my mom to have Manila Sunset during my birthday, why... I really don't know. I just like doing it. I think it starts the year off fresh. After that, I went to the movies with them to finally watch The Incredibles. Good movie... not the best Pixar movie I've seen (It's still like Monsters Inc I think) but it was fun, after that I took an hour power nap and went to dinner with Charlie and Amy... at the newly opened Woodranch in Arcadia. Yum! Anyway, one of my fondest birthday memories (but not the only one of course) come from when I first moved out to college. I was coming home the night before my birthday. My friend Sylvester called, and I told him I was coming home, since we had not seen each other for a while, we headed over to norms (this was during my PRE JJ's CAFE days) anyway, I picked him up (it was like 1AM) and we sat and talked there til like 3 in the morning. When we walked out of norms... it was so cold that we ran back to my car faster then normal. Although I'm not doing justice to the memory, it was good times. It also makes me appreciate the intimate things done for birthdays. I thought about Sylvester a lot this past week. It's funny how communication lines can just be ripped apart by trivial and stupid things (like time restraints, relocation, etc...) Back then he was always by my side (no matter how close or far away I was) Everywhere in Alhambra I go I'm reminded of some time of crazy him and me story. He was my best friend, and he was family. I miss him a lot. I'm hoping that I can try and get back in touch with him, but if I don't... that's okay too. He's doing really well though (so I've heard). He plays NCAA basketball for Utah. I'm glad that he's finally getting to where he wants to be. I wish him the best of luck... *sigh* it's that kinda Tuesday morning...