Happy Happy Un-Birthday

So one of the many many many ideas that floated through my head to write about but i didn't get the time to do so until now is a simple one, one that people in most places where they can read thing would be able to appropriate and have some sort of opinion on (even if it is the kind of opinion that has no thought or focus). And that subject, the subject that i am going to expound upon right now is the subject of birthdays.

Yes, i am going to try and write about birthdays, despite the fact that mine is months away. Why do i feel like writing about birthdays and all that they entail? I have no clue, except that they seem to be popping up in conversation again and again. So here i go. Writing about birthdays... what really is there to say?

Well for starters, everyone has one, if you don't then... well frankly i am quite concerned, but also quite curious so please explain... Anyways birthdays, well what happens at birthdays? Parties, that's what!

Depending on the person depends on the type of party. If your someone who wants to get drunk, and go around pulling stupid stunts then you can do so, if you want to spend a night in a jazz bar quietly sipping on some fine wine you can. For that matter if you want to go sky diving that also is allowed.

People gather together and celebrate that X number of years ago you came crying and screaming into the world if you were lucky. And we celebrate that you survived another year and aged another year and get to start a whole new year. There are as many different ways to spend that day as there are people who have them.

And that brings me to the idea of how would i like to spend my birthday. My birthday is located at the start of the school year, and as i am someone who spent a lot of their life without making friends with a bunch of people that quickly and as such my birthday has been something more in line of quiet contemplation of the past year and looking forward to the new year.

It gives me a different perspective on it, and thinking about this up coming year, thinking about my birthday in a few months and wondering with the number of people i know now how would i really like to spend it? Just the other night driving home i felt a... kind of pulse in the city, an urge to go out to a bar and have some fun.

Would i want to do that? I have had fun with a lot of different people in bars and parties over the past 2 years. I have had a lot of fun, expanded who i am, so is that something i would want to do for my own? No. Not at all.

Rather i want to spend a simple night at my house, maybe have a beer or two, write some, and enjoy not doing anything more than simply feeling comfortable in my skin. The night before or the night after, the weekend that is closest, sure. But that day? I would much rather simply relax and write as much as i could before it became distasteful.

Side note: MWBN (my wanna-be novel), i have set 2 deadlines for it. By August 29th i want to have the first 5 chapters done, and by October 31st have 6-10 done.