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Birfday Din

Thanks to everyone for their lovely comment-section wishes and e-cards. Turns out I got out of work at the regular time (it pays to actually ask my boss "Do you need me after 5:30 or can I go home?", should have tried that years ago), met Rob uptown where we bought each other birthday and anniversary cards, and passed by a sushi place displaying little bobble-head porcelain-like chibi dolls in their window, which they were selling for $5 each. And I just had to have the adorable maneki neko for my collection, so that became my birthday present from Rob. We then met up again with Alan and Heather Davis for my birthday dinner here. Then after stopping at a newsstand where Alan excitedly picked up a few packs of these for Heather (he insisted on giving me a pack but I'm afraid I find them just as unappealing as I remember them being from my childhood) it was back to their hotel for another couple hours of conversation, none of which even remotely touched on the news I reported yesterday about Alan pencilling Uncanny X-Men. 'Cause, you know, we tend not to talk specifics when we socialize. But he did give me Laura's thank-you gift, which is about as gorgeous as you'd imagine, Laura (and then some - definitely in the Garth mode). And I got cards and phone messages from Mom & Dad and brother Jay, so it was a bit of all right! Sorry to sound so self-absorbed, but I'm still way behind in blogrolling, news reading, etc. and besides, if I can't be this way on my birthday there's just nothing for it.