I don't like this day; it makes me feel too small

So, I guess I'm 27 years old now, the age at which rock stars die. I'm getting old. I mean, I guess 27 isn't THAT old, but it's kind of old to not have a full-time job. It seems like I haven't really done much with my life. I have a master's degree, but so what? What good has it done me?

I'm always kind of depressed and frustrated around my birthday. It actually hasn't been so bad this year, and today has been pretty good so far (more details on that later). I guess it's partially that the fall is just a generally depressing time of year for me, and partially because I tend to feel unappreciated, like no one cares that it's my birthday. I mean, I don't think I would want to have a birthday party, but it's still kind of a sobering thought that no one would come if I did.

At least bethje cares about my birthday. She gave me a copy of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, which I can't actually play yet. She says she'll loan me her Game Boy Advance after she gets a DS. I guess I could just go ahead and buy a GBA, also. Beth also gave me some Wal-Mart Ali Baba videotape as a joke gift, and she says there's something else that's coming in the mail. Before I took her to school today, she bought me dinner at Illiano's, an Italian restaurant. I had the lasagna, and it was very good. Her mom made me a cake and bought me a shirt, and MY mom has also made me a cake, so I guess I'm going to be eating a lot of cake in the days to come.

It also hasn't been very cold today, which is good. I think it snowed on the actual day I was born, back in 1977.

The Randomizer

I like things like this way too much. It's basically just another application along the lines of the haiku generator, and that thing that made abstract poetry out of web pages. For some reason, those sorts of things are really addictive to me. Of course, I also used to think it was fun to use AltaVista's BabelFish Translator to translate things into other languages and then back into (really bad) English. Maybe I'm just crazy.

Anyway, I tried it ten times, and here are my four favorites. I put the best parts in boldface.

square as it's possible that there's just empty space, but empty space isn't really nothing, is it? But I digress. The new Simpsons "Halloween special" is airing tonight. I'll probably have some invitations I can give out. Let me know if you're pissed off at the American government, you attack innocent people in the batteries. I don't think I would want to reach out to be. 2. I hate shoe shopping, largely because shoes that seem to be done with. Unfortunately, it looks like Bush is currently in the near future. I also need to buy the CD instead of

previously danced to Eminem's "The Real Slim Shady" had switched to Michael Jackson's "Bad." They also added a dance by stripping skeletons, which was amusing, but went on a little too long. The peeing skeletons were exactly the same haunted hayride that Beth and Dorothea are watching Candyman , but even then there was an empty house next door to the Sun, like in that They Might Be Giants was accompanied by an ad involving John Linnell, the nineteenth century painter. I found out about this quiz from jenhime : Based on your OWN side die in the same time,

as Attorney General. I guess I'm supposed to be an annoyingly vocal minority. I guess there ARE a lot of the book), was it intended that the weather is getting colder, which is that a real parrot WOULD be comfortable to have a better selection and better prices. Oh, well. My friends page is all weird. I think they're also less pessimistic, even in a negative light. It's a really weird problem, because I wanted him exposed for the guy I voted for Bush might not be the case that everyone sees someone else as the aggressor, so they attack

with pot-smoking, either, although I thought that no one would come if I were at some outdoor festival/picnic kind of like East and West Pakistan, back before one of these particular charges. I mean, it's obvious from context that they gave me a cake and bought me a particulary large amount of trouble as of late, though. First of all, happy birthday to bethje , my one true love and best friend. I hope I'll turn out to be young and affluent. You're less religious, traditional, and uptight than most Democrats. Smoking pot, homosexuality, and gambling are all okay in