I wish I was a radio song, the one that you turned up...

Here's a snippet of a conversation Katie and I had with a gym goer last night...

Gym Goer (GG): God I remember when I was younger and could do all these exercises without a problem.

Me: Enjoy it while you can, right?

GG: You bet. [doing bad Cranky Old Guy voice] Back when I was your age. [normal voice] Ummm, what are you two, like 21 or 22?

Me: Heh heh. 32 in December.

Katie: 29.

GG: You've gotta be kidding me. I thought you were both still college students. You must really take care of yourselves. Just wait til you two get to my age.

Me: You're now our favorite gym member.

Never underestimate the power of a compliment. As offhanded as it may have been.

I guess now is as good a time as any to start the official countdown to my birthday. Yeah, I'm pretty bad at this whole Birthday Self Promotion thing. I really need to take lessons from Sandra, Alissa, Karl, and Chase. I am but a mere 20 days away from my 32nd birthday. And I know it's ballsy to say, but I do accept gifts (anyone in my family who is reading this -- all two of you -- that is looking for a birthday or Christmas list from me can refer to my Amazon Wishlist as well - oh hell, I'll even put it in the sidebar to make life easier)!

Comments

[Scott]

The single greatest post title you've ever used. Greatest ever. Period.

[Dustin]

You young whipper-snapper, you.

Birthday presents 'eh? ::scratches chin:: I may have to think about this one.

[sandra]

Woo-hoooooooooooooooo!! BSP!

[ms. sizzle]

i am SO happy you have succumbed to BSP. :)

[francesdanger]

Hap-pre birthday!!

Props on the good lyrics tie in as well.

[kapgar]

Scott, I figured you might like it. And if ever there was a way to lure you out of lurkerdom, using PJ lyrics would be the way to do it.

Dustin, it never hurts to ask. Heh.

Sandra, I learn from the best.

Sizzle, it was only a matter of time.

frances, a PJ fan, eh?

[Bre]

There is NOTHING wrong with hinting at gifts (says the girl who had her christmas list done in October)!!

[kapgar]

Bre, sad thing is we usually have all our Christmas shopping done in October. We haven't even started this year.

[suze]

ahhh, another december birthday. mine's the 25th. I figure if you're working on the bsp, i might as well too.
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oooooh, you're supposed to do that on your own blog...

whatever :P

[kapgar]

Oooooohhhh... now we're crossing into new territory! BSPCP! Birthday Self Promotion Cross Promotion! I like it!

[SJ]

Can I get in on the BSP cross-promotion? Mine's the 7th, and hey! I'll be 32, also! Plus, um, 22 ...

[kapgar]

Any December BSPCP is welcome here!

[Karl]

Woo hoo! Another birthday to celebrate. Hopefully you get tons of gifts. I made out pretty darned good on mine.

[kapgar]

Happy to have contributed to it, even if it was in a rather snarky way. ;-)