card-bored

[penfield]

On November 25, 2004, I wrote this:

This year so far -- including IOUs and promises -- I've tallied 11 phone calls, eight cards, seven e-mails, seven gifts and three meals. This represents slight growth from 2003, when I received 10 phone calls, seven cards, five e-mails, four gifts and two meals.

The 2005 score:

Three phone calls, one card, four e-mails, five gifts and two meals. To be fair, at least four people combined on one of those gifts, so it's really more like eight gifts, and I'm not counting one of those meals as a gift even though that's pretty much what it was, so it's really actually like nine gifts and one meal, this doesn't include the free Flat Top Grill stir-fry, although that is really more of a promotional coupon than a gift, much like the 20-percent-off DSW certificate I received in the mail, neither of which I have yet had the opportunity to redeem, so I don't think it counts as a gift. If a gift certificate is not redeemed, does it make a sound?

Overall, it was a somewhat disappointing end to an outstanding year, probably my best all-around year since 1998. Thanks to those of you who contributed in 2005. Your efforts will not be forgotten. Should this trend hold true, here's hoping for an equally shitty birthday card turnout for 2006.

Excelsior!

Comments

Re: Hmmm

[village-twins.livejournal.com]

Let the record show that I've never accused you of being "anti-social," even in the year when you specifically excluded me from your birthday plans. Interestingly, I lobbed you a birthday phone call that year but didn't this year.

Meanwhile, when is your Flat-Top dinner celebration? And can I come? Pretty please?

I'll remember Omonigho's name this time.

Re: Hmmm

[enchanted-pants.livejournal.com]

I'm going to Flat Top tomorrow night, and I was going to invite you, but I recall that you will be en parentis loco. Your social calendar would be a lot easier to navigate if you resented your parents like a normal person.