Birthdays

"The celebration of birthdays is not universal. Many religions oppose celebrating birthdays, relating it to paganism, and other religions."

["Birthday" Wikipedia].

Tomorrow is my birthday...and I am dreading it! I have realized in the past few years that birthdays are too much work. I end up just getting angry at all of my self-centered friends and not having any fun. Even right now, I'm trying to figure out which restaurant to go to- but it has to be one that everyone likes, not too far, etc. My friends always tell me "Who cares what everyone thinks- it's your birthday! We will do whatever you want."

Too bad that that never ends up happening. People always end up complaining about what I choose to do and it just ends up falling apart. This year I wanted to be left alone. But stupid friends (who do not have a good track record of being considerate) said we need to celebrate. So now I am forced to pick a stupid restaurant. Last weekend, I was supposed to go to a Haunted House with my San Diegan friends. It was my friend's idea. I told them not to eat too much before when we went out to eat because we would become lethargic. I also told them that the line to get in would be at least an hour long. Of course no one listened- we ended up driving the 20 minutes there and then just turning around! It of course was my call because it was "my birthday"- but really it was there whiny tone that called it.

My birthday dream at this moment is to sit and be left alone. I feel like Birthdays were created for the high maintenance people in this world. I'm really quite simple- all I need are a few friends ATTEMPTING to have a good time. Next year, that will be my goal!

San Diegan Birthday Pictures: The Car was the Highlight


1. "Icee" was the best part 2. They're having a great time 3. Entertaining myself

The Getty Villa

This sunday, I had the opportunity to visit the Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades, CA. I had to go for one of my classes- so of course I had a sense of dread going into the whole trip. I had to wake up early (for a sunday) pick up my friends, drive there, and then drive back after only an hour. The day before the trip (and during almost 50% of the trip itself) I was worried about traffic, the time it would take out of my day, wasting money on gas, etc. Even though it was free, it still took a chunk out of the little money I had.

Once we arrived, I was so tired that I wasn’t really taking in what was around me. I had to draw and write down my observations about a specific artifact that interested me. As horrible as this sounds, all of the pottery and statues did not grab my attention- probably because I have seen many examples of them in text books. It wasn’t until I came across the coins and jewelry exhibition that I was finally intrigued. I drew and analyzed a pair of dolls made out of bone from 1100 A.D. for my project. They fascinated me because I could relate to them and saw similarities between the values of that culture and our own. It surprised me because they came from a completely different era!

In the end, I’m very glad I was “forced” to go to the Getty Villa. It is probably not something I would’ve done on my own (because I am quite lazy) and I actually learned something new that interested me. I didn’t even waste that much gas!