I had to literally count with my fingers to figure out how old I turned today.
38 or 39? Plumb could not recall.
Like, lemme see. I was born in 1971. So. ‘71 to ‘81 is 10 years. ‘81 to ‘91 is 20. Turned 30 in 2001. Right? Double-check. ‘71, ‘81, ‘91. Right! 10, 20, 30. Now the tricky part.
Turned 31 in 2002. 32 in ‘03. OK. But wait! I thought to myself. Took a moment to reminisce about birthdays past. I was homeless — not unusually — on my 30th birthday. That particular winter I actually lived in the restaurant where I also occasionally washed dishes.
Why not? The beer was free after all the other employees went home. And the fact is that dishwashers never get fired — even when the dishwasher has to sleep in the restaurant because he has nowhere else to go.
Even when the dishwashers, after a long night of drug use, emerge into the restaurant’s dining room on Sunday morning & literally scare away the Brunch Customers — even then they don’t fire the dishwasher. Because if they do then someone else will have to wash the dishes — and no one else wants to.
Oh shit hold on. I lost count. Turned 20 in ‘91. 30 in ‘01. 31 in ‘02. 32 in ‘03. Etc & so on.
Well you get the idea — I’m too old to care how old I really am. But I always get curious, with regards to the current tally, around my birthday — and today I was pleasantly surprised to realize that I’m only 38.
Hey Mike e,
Happy freakin` birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Of course,
I forgot it was your birthday,
again.
Almost at 40 now.
Gee,
that almost scarey.
Peter plan complex notwistanding,
didn`t figure on making it anyway,
I thought.
But just look at you now.
Alll grown up.
Independent,
Living the good life,
Got a job,
smile capacity,
a bank account?
Holy shit!
Who would have thunk it?
Certainly not I.
It`s good to see my friend.
I`m proud of you.
It’s not everyday,
that one gets to see such things.
It’s like an eclipse.
Beautiful and scarey at the same time!
Happy birthday Mike e
KC
kc:
thanks for the kind words — and thanks for letting me sleep in your chair for 4 years.
stay strange,
mike e
Arrgggh, happy belated birthday you scallywag. Would’ve been here sooner but alas I was somewhere else, I think. Maybe I really wasn’t anywhere else but I thought I was so….regardless – hope all is well and look forward to an adventure or two in the near future. 53 days till the Derby.
Hello there oh sonny boy!!
Yeah I am with the fella above me…
Arrrg…you scallywag…
I didn’t forget your birthday i remebered it allright
I just didn’t think you would care what i thought…
Whaaaat?
I know I am being silly but it has been forever and a day since we last spoke
I am starting to think you are some guy I met on a cruise ship somewhere while drinking Mikerita’s while eating Guiness…
and sitting in King and Queen Kool lounges talking about the good ol days on phish tour
Or written about in a book where we are driving through the desert on our way to las Vegas and I am screaming aloud about them bats and you are twitching profusely we made until we realize we forgot the ether…
Anyway gotta get back to my other job I have been DJing on Blip.fm
Got over 200 listeners and I have been only doing for two weeks…
I digg it…
I actually did a days worth of music with my name in it Absinthe…
Come check me out there if you want to here some tunage…
Or come Dj there anyone can…
You might never leave I know I haven’t!!
Anyway I hope you had a great birthday…
See you on the flip…
Dug the rap by the way I was reading it while DJing and it totally flowed…
Absinthe
….late as always! Always?…heck,I only became aware you had a birthday this very moment! Cool beanz,man…cool beanz!
YO Tobin Happy Happy late B day…..
From a fellow former dishwasher….
Its all so true….
Hope all is weird…
D
Mine that bird, who knew? thirty eight congratulations man! I believed in you. I knew you could do it. so heres the big question… Now what? ~JGB