A Quarter Century of Silliness

Today I am officially 25 years old. Crazy! I woke up this morning pretty excited at the possibility of renting a car without huge insurance fees. A road trip may be on the horizon. To celebrate, Jonah and I threw a joint birthday celebration on Saturday night that involved a few bars, Mexican chicken soup (it was so good I ate my small bowl and half of Dan's large bowl) and mango kulfi from Punjabi Deli. A lot of people came out to chat and dance, which was great. Afterwards, Jonah, Rockey and I took a cab (how extravagant!) out to Brooklyn to go hear Annie play and dance the night away. I met James Iha, formerly of Smashing Pumpkins fame, at the show. Apparently he's always out in the city and no one is impressed by his presence, but for someone with maybe one or two B-list star sightings in her 2.5 years in NYC, I was excited. The night ended with me being hit on by a fake Brit and sharing a cab home with my buddies (extra extravagant!). The birthday celebrations continue tonight as Hyunmi, Alison and I are going to see the Magic Numbers play at Webster Hall. Beforehand we are having a quick dinner at Republic in Union Square where I plan on getting one of my favorite dishes - glass noodles.

This morning on my walk to work I was thinking about all of the goals I wanted to accomplish by the time I turned 25. These were set at various points in the last ten years or so. As a whole, I'm doing pretty well. I graduated from college, I'm working towards a higher education degree, I am living in a big city, I have my own apartment, I've traveled to Europe, I've kept in touch with old friends and made some new ones and, importantly, I was alive to see the LOTR trilogy made into successful movies. There are a few things I didn't get done that I was hoping to - I wanted to have run a half or full marathon (well, I was training for a half marathon before I fell and became a gimp), I always wanted to live with Grandmama (my grandmother) for a year, and I think deep down, I wanted to be in some sort of serious, stable relationship. When I look at those last three I really can't complain too much though - I still ran a lot after college before the fall and am working my way back, I had a wonderful relationship with Grandmama and I haven't made any decisions to date in the romance department that I regret. So I suppose that I am one happy birthday girl. I am now looking forward to two birthdays in the future: 30, when I can officially run for the Senate, and 35, when I can run for the US Presidency. Watch out America!

Note: If I told you I would send you pics from this weekend or the past few weekends, I'm working on it!