posted by catherine / January 11, 2005 /
happy birthday to me! as several people have put it to me already this morning, "you're now a quarter of a century old!" or "you got a couple more toes in the grave, eh?" yes. well. thanks very much. anyway, the first day of 25 doesn't feel much different from the last day of 24, not surprisingly, so i have very little input about being "officially old" as my sister likes to say. but overall, 24 was a pretty good year, so i'm excited for 25.
additionally, my 24th year was an excellent one for blogging. this site has been around since august 28, 2002, and my first "post" (actually just a gigantic shot of milanese streets from the roof of the duomo) was on september 2nd, 2002, but for the sixteen months or so, it was primarily a photo blog where i could share tales and shots of my year in italy. as it happens, unrequited narcissism only morphed into a "real" blog more or less around the time of my 24th birthday. reading through the archives last night, it was actually pretty interesting to see how amazed i was about the world of blogging, and totally naive about everything else as well. for example, from like, january to march, i am constantly Outraged! at all the Really Terrible Things conservatives were doing, and then i also proceed to get excited about sites like talkingpointsmemo.com and eschaton.
but time went on, my writing style became less idiotic (i think), and whenever anything interesting or good or bad happened, i wrote about it here. so let's review some of the minutiae in catherine's 24th year, blog style:
we started attending trivia night at fado; came to expect crushing losses; questioned our worth as human beings
tommy and i went to obelisk for my birthday dinner, and it was excellent, except i ordered squab for my entree and didn't realize that it meant "tiny pigeon with feet still attached."
susan, kriston and i started our face-to-face friendships over three bottles of wine, some hookah and a half-smoke from ben's chili bowl.
i spent a lot of time being nostalgic for italy and writing rambling entries about strombolian sex, the cave people of matera, and the masturbating vespa boy.
the Great Debate commenced: no, not Clark or Dean - Shark or Alligator?
i started flipping the fuck out about cicadas.
tommy and i returned to italy for a bit o' a vacation, and it was wonderful. but this is embarrassing: almost a year later, i STILL haven't put all my photos up. what is up is viewable here. please ignore the assholes who have comment-spammed the site. the pictures are worth it, i promise.
beach weekend 2004 at the outer banks with a bunch o bloggers! pictures here.
i officially signed up for the marine corps marathon via the fundraising team at the lombardi cancer center and started turning the blog into money-whore central.
beer day 2004. need i say more?
i discovered how truly crazy michelle malkin and all the other "security moms" are.
tommy, charles and i moved in to an apt in dc. i learned how not to spread my 32 billion beauty products all over the bathroom, and how a shoe rack can be beneficial to a relationship.
i started writing for DCist.
i saw many adorable ponies while camping on ass island.
i ended up raising $5,000+ with my coworker for the lombardi cancer center and finished the marathon in 4:35.
tommy and i celebrated our 4th anniversary. aww. we went out to galileo to celebrate and were treated with a condi rice-spotting.
i passed out from linking to past posts because good god, that can get boring pretty quickly.
anyway, it's been a good year. i have a great boyfriend, wonderful friends, a nice place to live and hopefully some decent future prospects. here's to 25!
Comments
Happy birthday you old hag! Feel free to stop by and borrow my arthritis medicine whenever you want.
Ha ha, for 12 days you are incomprehensibly old in my eyes. Happy birthday!
Happy birthday, you youngster.
Happy Birthday - are you still playing trivia at Fado's? I failed miserably there for more than a year before I realized the host annoyed the bejesus out of me with his, well, unrequited narcissism. Tried the Pour House last week and was happy with the smaller room (less competition) but it's too early to pass judgment on the host couple there.
I recently found your blog and am enjoying it.
thanks! we play less frequently than we used to, especially because you've got to get there like 2 hours early to secure a table. the host since i've been going is this woman everyone refers to as the quizmistress, who is actually pretty good.
Happy Bday concert buddy!
Happy birthday, Catherine!
Happy Birthday! for the 1, 2, 3 ... 13th time since we've known eachother. It's too bad David and you don't have the same Birthday, that would have been cute!
How early do you have to be at Fado to get a table for the pub quiz? I've been thinking of getting some friends together and going one of these weeks.
it generally starts filling up around 6:30 or 7 (though some days you can luck out if you show up late). but pub quiz doesn't start until 8, so it can be a longish wait.
$10 minimum bar tab per person, too, as of a few months ago. It wouldn't be so bad if their food was any good... oh well.
Hm, depending on how organized I am I may try that one or one of the pub quizzes in Capitol Hill. I can make into the city by 6 or 6:30 easily, but I don't know if I feel like drinking by myself until my friends show up just to reserve a table. Let me know if you guys need an extra player one of these upcoming weeks, it may take me a little while to get motivated and get off of my ass.
How did I miss this! Happy belated. :]
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