I stayed up past midnight and watched the date change. It's now December 21. It's now my birthday. I made it through another year. It's odd for me to look back and think how radically my life has changed... how my position in life has changed, and how I've changed over the past several years. It's interesting to think about where I thought I'd be at 27. When you're a kid, 27 just sounds... well, old. My first-grade teacher had us all write letters to ourselves while we were in first grade, then held on to them for 15 years and mailed them out to us when we graduated college. I can't remember what my letter said exactly, but I remember it said something about being married and having a kid by 23 and making some absurdly small amount of money that sounded like a huge salary to a 5-year-old. Thanks to Wendy, Francisco, Eve, Joelle and Mikey for taking me out tonight to celebrate, even if all of us (except Wendy) seemed to suffer some ill health effects from the food and drink and ended the night early. I appreciated their company more than they know, and there were many choice hysterical lines from the night that I wish I could remember. The only ones I can think of at the moment is "I stereotype because I care" and "I thought, after she said, 'What am I going to do with you?' he replied, 'Eat me. Eat me for posterity,' not keep me." Oh, and my host seems to be experiencing server issues. If you sent me e-mail at any time yesterday, there's a distinct possibility it bounced back to you and I didn't get it. I also can't seem to send e-mail right now, though I can receive at the moment.