Re: December 12

And my birth­day
Like a piglet1, lay
On a brown paper towel
Or a tiny plate

Holy
In its glossy coat

One year ago I turned twenty-one. My brother took me out to a wine bar in Pasadena. Matthew bought me a book of poems. I saw Alisha for the first time since she had returned form Sierra Leon. Jor­dan, Alisha, Daniel, Matthew, and I sat and ate deli­cious appe­tiz­ers and wine. Then more peo­ple I love came (James was there!?!?). Jenna brought me beau­ti­ful orchids. We went to Lucky Baldwin’s and rat­tled on for hours and felt happy.

So much has hap­pened since this day. Off the top of my head: I had two art shows, began writ­ing this blog, fell in love with tastey beer, roaches bred and crawled all over my body every time I sat down in my apart­ment, friends grad­u­ated and moved away, I moved into a tiny and lovely new apart­ment, got and became a bey­once, met some very ten­der peo­ple, par­tic­i­pated in UB3, got a baby cat, and I am about to fin­ish my super-senior semester/undergraduate degree.

2007 was epic. Thank you twenty-one.

Dear 2007, if you were a per­son, I would give you a hug. If you were a cat, I would kiss you on the eye. But you are a year. You have dif­fer­ent parts.

1puerquito or cochinito, soft molasses cook­ies shaped like pigs

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  1. Also, I had too much at Lucky Baldwin’s and threw up on the side of Daniel’s car the whole way home.

    It’s really nice how your birth­day is in Decem­ber because when you look back on the last year of your life it mag­i­cally lines up with the last cal­en­dar year.

    I can’t believe all that has hap­pened this year. It’s mind blow­ing. James lived here and wasn’t mar­ried and didn’t have a baby. We didn’t know the tasty exploits of Avery or Stone. WTF.

    The pigs are the one thing that have remained faith­ful and unchanged.

    Comment by Matthew — December 8, 2007 #

  2. Damn. A lot has hap­pened. It doesn’t feel like it. I’ve known you for 3 years now. WHAT??!! We are grow­ing so fast. I love you. Hap­pi­est of days.

    Comment by Alisha — December 9, 2007 #

  3. Happy birth­day!!!

    Comment by Mike O. — December 12, 2007 #

  4. Whoa, so much has hap­pened in the last year. We got mar­ried and jobs. The smelly butt grew up!

    Comment by Matthew — December 11, 2008 #

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