30th Birthday Celebration

Ok, I've had the best two days of my life. Before you ask no, I did not have sex but I had so much fun that doesn't matter. I'm pretty much about to describe all that happened. There will be people who have the same initials so for the first time I'm adding I and II to those with the same first and last initials. It's based on chronological order of where they appear in events.

Day 1(Pirate Fest)

The first day of my birthday celebration was September 25th 2011. It's one day before my birthday but it's also the day that most everyone I know and invited was(for the most part) off work. So the day started normal enough I got up ate some cereal and watched a bit of tv. The plan was for me to meet AH I at the Delmar Metrolink station as it was the easiest way for us to meet up to go to Pirate Fest.So I took a shower, got dressed in my Pirate Garb that I was going to wear for Fest, and headed out the door.I got to the Metrolink stop around 10:30 and went to the wrong end of the station. AH I called me to ask where I was and I walked down to the other end of the platform once I realized where she was. We left there and went to her place so that she could finish getting ready and we could wait on LA* and R. After everyone was ready we headed out to Wentzville for Pirate Fest. Stopped at Wendy's on the way to get food (yummy) and stayed on the highway the reast of the way. We got to Pirate Fest at about 12:30 or so. Me and LA went ahead in as AHI and R had some talking to do.

Now my friend J had texted me earlier to let me know that her and JB had a couple of tickets waiting for me and AH I. So me and LA get to the gate and we were talking about how this was going to work as AH I and R were still talking and there was only tickets for me and AHI. The plan had been that me and AHI would get those tickets and R would pay for himself and LA but things got easier when LA and I ran into MS I. I totally wouldn't have noticed her if she hadn't run up to me to say hi and give me a hug. I made introductions between her and LA and she asked me if we needed passes. I said yes right away. With the two she gave me that left the two that J left me and AH I for AH I and R instead. So after telling MS I to watch out for AH I, LA and I walked into Pirate Fest. While we were walking up the first hill LA saw a stand that was selling little flower head pices that she wanted to get. Since she didn't have to use the money her mom gave her for passes she used some of it for that. She asked me to hold the money for her after that because she didn't have any pockets and knew it would be safe with me. So after that we walked up the hill a bit more and we decided to go check out this juggler that looked to be having a cool show. I must say he was quite impressive. Especially when he gopped on a ball and started juggling fire. while I was watching the juggler I messaged AH I and told her about the two remaining tickets and that she should only take two as the other two were for Team Rocket(lol). admittedly I didn't call them that in the text but it works for here.

So after watching the juggler LA and I started walcing around. I stopped over to the Drcosinister Blades booth as I'm friends with the man who runs it and I wanted to say hi to him. while we were then I ran into a couple more of my friends we chatted for a bit but they were on their way out so they didn't stay very long. After that LA and I started walking up the hill and were trying to decide where to go next when i saw my friend MO working booth. I just had to go say hi. Turns out she wasn't feeling too well but it was good to see her. my friend AO was also there and it was good to see her as I hadn't seen her in quite a while. I was glad that, for the most part, she's been doing pretty good and was happy. LA and myself were getting ready to leave that booth when AH I and R caught up with us.

We all started walking together going further in to Pirate Fest when AH I said that she had to go find our friends L & M so she can take engagement photos for them. LA wanted to watch some hoola hoop performers that were supposed to do a fire performance. Since I wanted to see more of my friends it was decided that I would continue to walk with AH I and LA would stay and watch the show with R.

As I'm walkiing with AH I, I saw my friend DZ which was good as I had something to give him another friend had asked me to hold on to until I saw him. so I gave that and waved/said hi to a couple other friends and moved on.

Now it's at this point that I'm going to gloss over a good section of the rest of Pirate Fest because a.) I'd been drinking for quite a bit and the buzz that had built up was pretty strong,and b.)not much really happened other than just hanging out with friends and having a good time. I did get a really cool picture of three people dressed as Doctor Who plus a young lady who looked like Amy Pond. The funny thing is that the girl wasn't actually with them. I came across them as she was telling them how cool their costumes were and I happened to notice that she was a red head who did kind of look like the actress who plays Amy Pond on the current run of Doctor Who. There was laughs. A few jokes about L's level of drunkness. A bunch of us was using it as an adjective and I think she was wanting it used as a verb lol. During this time I did run into my friend AP and me and her had an illuminating talk(at least on my end)which helps me decide how I'm going to proceed on certain things(more about that in a later post). So after the hanging around, laughing, joking, and a bit more drinking on my part; not to mention some cool pictures taken by my friend MS I of me looking like a Pirate Pimp, it was time to leave as we had to be at Dave 7 Buster's.

Day 1(Dave & Buster's)


The second half of my birthday celebration for that day was at Dave & Buster's. Now if you've never been there the best way I could describe it is that it's like Chuck 'E' Cheese for adults; minus the giant mouse plus the addition of alcohol. Now by this point I was considerably back in the sober range but still having fun. The plan was originally to get there at 6 but it took a little longer to leave Pirate Fest than expected so we didn't get there until 6:30 or so. A couple of people were a little miffed about it and that was understandable as I didn't call to inform them about my late status but that's mainly because my phone had died (I really need to get a new battery). Luckily though once I got there things were all cool. The first friend I ran into was my friend X and her son. i made sure to go say hi to her so that she wouldn't leave because of how late I was. The I saw my friend C who was there with her boyfriend. Waiting not too far inside was AH II and the people with her. I was very happy to see her there to help me celebrate my birthday. while I was saying hi to folks AH I and R was parking their car, it was agreed that since I was late I should do damage control and make sure everyone was still in a good mood. So we went to get seats and the lady in charge of that put us at this long table over by the bar which was big enough to fit most of us. Shortly after I sat down MF (the girl I've been seeing) came in and sat next to me. She looked very pretty and I was very happy to see her too. She sat next to me and we snuggled a bit because we were happy to see each other. Not long after my friends JH, G, and MS II came in. They gave me a gift bag full of stuff from Metropolis I'LL which made me very happy. If you don't know I'm a huge superman fan and it was really cool that they did that.

Ok, I'll admit that at this point I was starting to get a bit teary eyed. You see in all the years I've been in the St. Louis area having real friends is relatively new to me; so the fact that all of these people came to clebrate my birthday with me was really neat and made me feel extra special and loved. I know for some people that may not seem like a huge thing but it is to me. I tried to thank everyone for coming but I kept getting teary and choked up so I stopped. I think everyone got what I was trying to say.

Shortly after this Team Rocket(sorry guys but it's too cute) arrived we then all ordered food and it was quite good. I ordered myself a drink that was really tasty. My buzz from earlier didn't come back because I was sober again by this point and it would have taken more than that one to bring it back. While we were waiting on out food my friends RC and S showed up. They didn't order anything as they had gone to eat after leaving Fest and they came to hang out. It was a really good time and the food was great. I walked out with AH II to her car at one point because she had a book I had bought from her that she wanted to give me. I'll admit I could have waited in the restaurant for her to come back but I had something of an ulterior motive for going with her ;). While me and her were standing outside talking my friends RS and ES showed up. I had told them we all were done eating and we were going to be playing games. they said that's cool they were going to play games too but were also going to order food. I said cool, as there were tables in game area they could eat at. Later on I went with MF to her car to drop off my gifts and left-overs(also with an ulterior motive on my part lol). We came back inside and went to play some games. I loved that. I played some skee-ball with MF, got a group together to play a trivia game that they had. it was fantastic. As the evening went on folks started to leave telling me good by and wishing me a happy birthday. Overall that day was a fantastic day, it was the best birthday celebration I've had since I was a little kid.

Day 2

Monday September 26th 2011 was my actual birthday. I didn't really do much during the day. I did make a nice Logan's Run reference on my facebook and fetlife pages though. I spent most of the day relaxing, drinking, and watching the movies Tron and Tron: Legacy. I picked Tron because it is a movie from my childhood that I loved and it's about as old as I am.

Later on I did more celebrating when I went to The Crack Fox for my birthday. Now I didn't make this a party but I knew a lot ofmy friends were going to be there for a different event. As I was running low on money I only took about seven dollars with me. I figured I'd have one drink, hang with my friends, and just have a good time. it went even better than I expected. I had several drinks because the nice thing about going to a bar on your birthday(and letting people know that) is that folks want to buy you drinks to help you celebrate. I think the fact that it was my 30th made people want to help me celebrate it even more. I had gotten to the bar around 9:30 and there were a few people I knew already there that I was talking with, but the real good fun started around 11:00 or so when even more of my friends showed up.

My friends Team Rocket, P, RH,T, D, and AP helped me have a good time. After a couple of hours hanging out and having a few drinks it was time to go home. Now by this point I had been hitting on my friend AP for quite a bit and there was something I just had to do before I went home. So I told her I was getting ready to leave and asked her to step outside with me. Once we were outside I pulled her in and kissed her. If you ask me it was a pretty good kiss. I'm hoping she agrees as I plan to continue that at a later date. After that we exchanged numbers and I headed home.

So that's pretty much how my birthday went. I had a fantastic time and I can't believe haw lucky I am to have the life I do.

*The L in LA is not part of a name, it stands for Little.

Random update

I'm sitting here bored at work and I realized I hadn't posted anything in a while(ok three weeks but it feels like it's been a while) so this is just a random blog. Let's see, well since my last post things have been going pretty well for me. The move into my new apartment went fantastically. I hired the moving company Two Men and a Truck to move my furniture and they did a great job. They showed up around 10:30 in the morning and the entire move was done in an hour. The guys who moved my stuff were pretty cool and were quite happy the move didn't take long. As a matter of fact one guy joked that it was so easy they should pay me(they didn't of course lol). I had planned to invite some friends over to hang out with me at my building's pool as the next day was labor day and they would be closing the pool after that; unfortunatly the weather gods decided not to cooperate and made it a cold and rainy day. So with that and, suprisingly, being tired from the stuff I moved by myself before the movers came I was wound up cancelling having people come over. I really do need to rechedule that.

About a week before the move I went to a party that was being thrown by my friends D & B. I had a great time; got to see and hang with good friends(some I hadn't seen in a while), got to know one friend just a bit better ;). I can't wait until the next party they throw.

It's funny that I mention those two things as they are sort of connected. Not really but on the same day that I moved into my new place I had a date with M, the friend I "connected" with at the party. After that I figured asking her out couldn't hurt. Well the date went pretty well. We went out to dinner and had good conversation to go with our really good food. It was different going out with someone I'd been running into for a couple of years. While we didn't really "know" each other we weren't strangers either. There was no pressure, I didn't feel the need to act like I had to impress her. I was able to be my relaxed self and didn't feel nervous at all which worked to my favor. We ended the night with a kiss and went our seperate ways but with plans to get together again soon. It's been about two weeks and I think things are going pretty well. I enjoy her company and she's said she enjoys mine too. It's nice to be dating someone where there is no pressure and things just feel relaxed.

I also recently got to be a part of Charolette Time's(stage name of course) first official burlesque performance, it was fantastic. She had asked me earlier in the week if I would be up for helping and I said of course. How could I not; she's really attractive, has an awesome personality, and if I thought I was her type I'd totally ask her out lol. Her performance was part of Subversion, which is a local awesome monthly event I go to, which had a country theme(it had a specific name but I suck at remembering it). The plan was that at one point she would point to me, have me come on stage, do some dancing and then kick me off. It went perfectly. I had a great time and friends who were there were telling me how cool that was; so I had a huge grin on my face for the rest of the night. Read her blog here, http://thelifeandcharlottetimes.com/, to see her post about it.

So all in all I've been having a great time making new friends, getting better connected with the ones I've already known for a bit. Next weekend is my birthday weekend. I'll be turning 30 on Monday September 26th. From what's planned, things are already looking to be great. So unless something huge happens between now and then,  that is what my next post will be about.