Ya never know what you'll get from New Years Celebrations...

A long time ago in a city far, far away....A small Wookiee was spewed forth into this world.

Yup, it's my Birthday! I've done the usual Birthday stuff today, slept late, watched Star Wars: A New Hope, later I'm meeting some friends for some pints.

I've never really understood the big deal with Birthdays. It's not like I had to "Indiana Jones" it outta my Moma. My memories a bit hazy about the whole thing, but I'm not sure I had ANYTHING to do but kinda go with the flow...so to speak...then get smacked on the ass by someone I'll never see again.

Huh...is that where the birthday spankings came from? I'm gonna go look that up. I'll be right back.

- (porpoise) -

Ok..,note to self DON'T EVER Google "birthday spankings" again...

The credit should go to my Moma and Da, but somewhere in time, that got twisted into celebrating the fact that I successfully allowed something to happen that I had absolutely no control over. That's kinda like expecting high fives when you are leaving an airplane, then expecting everyone to continue to give you high fives on this date every year for as long as you live.

Don't get me wrong, I dug all the gifts as a kid, and I'ts always good to hear from friends, I just think my folks should've been getting the cake. After all, they raised me, paid for everything I needed and made sure I wasn't a dick...mostly.

Many things have changed while I've been hanging on for dear life to this spinning rock. Music used to be "released" like a glorious dove to fly to the heavens and grace us with song (or poop depending upon the band) however now music just "drops" and lays there like Mrs. Fletcher wishing she had gotten Life Alert. If no one notices it then it calls it's friend the sex tape and asks it to come out and play.

The Raiders have gone from Oakland, to Los Angeles then back to Oakland like a very slow Pirate yo-yo. They may even be coming back down here again, although The Rams have recently come clomping back to town. Unfortunately for us Los Angelenos, due to tax breaks and budget constraints, all home games will be played in Vancouver.

I used to spend hours playing Pong or defending the earth from Space Invaders while my friends looked over my shoulder waiting for their turn. Now I can get killed by some kid, somewhere else in the world, playing an Orc. The kid will usually proceed to tee-bag me and explain how promiscuous my Moma is.

We now have a fourth political party in the United States. It's run by Bud Light and has been promoting several different platforms. Many of their platforms involve people getting loaded and undoubtedly things getting "dropped" from time to time.


However, Miller Lite is claiming that there are some questions about Amy Schumer's birth certificate so we'll see how this develops.

The most fun for me is that we all now live in a world where Marvel is making amazing movies, Star Wars is bigger then ever, NASA is helping us branch out into new worlds and the world is slowly moving towards a level of diversity that I didn't think I'd see in my lifetime.

Overall, my travels down this road have been a lot of fun, and I've been lucky enough to pick up some great folks along the way. I'd like to thank my folks for "getting to know each other" and making me. I'm guessing they had no idea what they'd get from that particular New Years those many years ago, but I think they liked the result. I know I do.

So as we all spin, I'll keep hanging on for a bit longer. If we bump into each other, feel free to give me a high five. ;)

*Wookiee hugs*

@GlenEwing
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