birthday re-cap...

yesterday my birthday happened(as jess' picture post below eludes to), and it was wonderful.

allow me to break-down the day:

6am: got dressed in my birthday dino-bear-suit(DUH!). wake up jess to open up my birthday presents. my birthday presents had accumulated over the last couple weeks and been placed under our stand up lamp. it had been referred to over the last week as the birthdaylamp. here is what i opened:

tristeza : dream signals in full circles
sunny day real estate : pink lp
early day miners - Deep Harbors one-sided 12"
early day miners - Jefferson at Rest LP
joan of arc/bundini brown split LP
onelinedrawing - The Volunteers LP
bright eyes vinyl box set
nick drake box set w/ skin too few documentry
the album leaf - In an Off White Room 10"
elliott smith : pretty ugly before 7"
cool beans zine #4 w/ 7"(mountain goats, three day stubble and biscuit)
hayden : in field & town
rachel's : music for egon schiele
and
david bazan : alone at the microphone dvd
(very very very happy with my presents!)

7:30am: jess and i walk to our favorite diner. got a delicious breakfast, and received a bowl of birthday-fruit for my day from our favorite waitress.

9am: walked jess to work. came home and cataloged my birthday presents. cleaned the apartment. listened to records, watched david bazan dvd.

3pm: pick up jess from school. we go get our eyebrows threaded. then we go to baker square to get my free piece of pie(if you were unaware, baker square gives you a free piece of pie on yr birthday!)

7pm: we meet ryan 2 and his wife abby, and irene at walter payton's roundhouse for a birthday meal. good meal, great company.

i also got numerous phone calls and emails from family and friends which was very nice(especially the one from brayden!). thanks so much to everyone.