Today was fun. So many people remembered my birthday. Weird. I woke up to find like eight or nine IMs from people, and throughout the day Bryan, Meg, and Jenn called. Although I've always felt the whole "ackowledging a birthday" thing is a bit hackneyed and overrated, I have to admit it is nice when people remember of their own accord :)

I met up with Michelle and David, and we tried to go bowling but were deterred by traffic. We found ourselves near San Patricio, so we ducked out of the dilatory morass and decided to watch Million Dollar Baby. Great movie, but not an uplifting experience. So to lift our spirits, from there we returned to my house and ate delicious brownies that Natalia and Mami had made to serve as my birthday cake. Michelle went over to her boyfriend Billy's house to say hi, since it's nearby, and David and I played a little music.

Though he considers himself a drummer, he's pretty good at piano, so we jammed a bit on piano and guitar. He's got a decent grasp of theory and we played some weird chord progressions I'd never have thought of (like Am, A^bdim, E7, B^b). He also knows the piano part from that awesome Rob Dougan song, Clubbed To Death, which was used, among other things, on the soundtrack for The Matrix. That's a fun piece using lots of harmonic minor scales, so we traded fours in that for a while, and it was very satisfying. Such a cool sounding song.

Anyway, finally Michelle returned and we watched some Zim and Radiohead DVDs. Michelle fell asleep before the latter, which is a shame because I think she could really appreciate them, especially ones like Street Spirit and Just. I'll have to show her again sometime when she's more conscious.