Birthdays

They happen every year. However, I don't think I've ever seen anything that screams, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" quite like this; imagine having to unwrap yourself to start your birthday. It's quite a surprise.

It's funny how people's attitudes towards birthdays change. Typically birthdays are something to look forward to, but in reality, it's just another day. You'd think that after decades of living, your birthday, something you used to consider a "holiday" (or so it should've been in the calendar), is nothing special.

Many years ago, my mom once told me that birthdays are fun until you hit your twenties... then you realize you're just getting old. However, whenever celebrities die in their 50's or 60's, the response is, "That's so sad... he was so young." That makes the age range between 30-70 too old to have much to look forward to, and yet too young to consider death.

Here's a "fun" question: Do you estimate the age you'll live up to, then calculate the percentage to see how much of your life is over/yet to come? I do.