.......this one is going out to Josh......sorry for the delay. won't happen again.

So my birthday was this weekend. I am officially 25 years old. Last year my friends threw me a surprise party which was a blast. this year was markedly different mostly because it was more subdued. but i had just as much fun. the only hard part of birthdays and such is you have to make sure all your friends who may not know each other very well are not bored and like each other.

We went out to jameson's pub and some of us were in costume. I was dressed as an iPod commercial, which in theory is a good costume and is almost cool in practice, but looks kinda creepy when your whole face is blacked out except your eyes. it had a zoolander effect, but creepier. I took my makeup off halfway through the night because my face felt like a slab of concrete and i couldnt make the facial gestures required of a birthday girl at an irish pub on halloween weekend.

I am the sort that looks back at certain times of the year (4th of July and my birthday) and compare my current situation with that of the year previous. Overall, each time I look back I see overwhelming improvement. One year ago I was going to begin my first real post grad job tomorrow, i lived in a neat, if impossibly small, apartment. I had a junker little car and wasnt sure if I would ever get to be a designer.

This year I am one year into my real job, I am working as a designer and have a better car(in theory). I have a bigger place to live, with a great kitchen, and live near some of my closest friends.

I had a good time this year, and fell asleep with a smile on my face. i wonder what will happen this next year.