So I was feeling kind of lame that I wasn't going anywhere this year for my birthday, but I'm more or less OK with it now. I know some people can do it, but to me travel is all about the memories you can make with someone. I didn't know Catherine all that well when we went to Vegas last year, but we had an awesome time.

So there are other things appearing on the agenda. First off, I'm buying myself two gifts. The first is an iPhone. I have a date tomorrow night, so I'm not going to be one of those assholes (*cough*Alex*cough*) who fights with geeks at the Apple store. I will at my convenience on Saturday call the nearest AT&T store and see if they're in stock and buy one then. Then I can blog from anywhere (which is probably Tyler's wet dream ).

I bought myself a new couch for the downstairs room. That's not so much a gift as it is something I've been meaning to do for a long time. It will change the feel of the room, and I'm not sure it'll go with the cheap red Target curtains, but we'll see. I'd like to replace my desk too, since it's kind of a cheap Office Max piece with laminate flaking off after six years of use. With such an awesome couch, I don't want to bring it down with a crappy desk, but that room will be a work in progress. The sexy micro fiber comes Thursday morning.

On Monday, the actual day, there are a couple of evening showings of Transformers in the next town. Maybe I can convince some of my local friends to go see it with me. It's more than meets the fucking eye, man... robots in disguise!

If tomorrow night's date goes well, I'm hoping to schedule another one at some point during the week. I like this one, so hopefully I won't scare her off.

Carrie, the CF-er with the Mazda, wants to go to Cedar Point for the 4th. Since meeting her at Chocolate Buzz, I can say with a reasonable degree of certainty that she's not crazy or an ax murderer, so she's gonna crash on my couch (not the new one!). I'm gonna see if I can get some fireworks shots, assuming the crowds don't suck too badly.

The later part of the week, I think I'm going to take some days off and have a coding mini-camp and see what I can churn out in a few days. I feel like I've been making some progress and writing inspired code, so I'd like to take advantage of that if it is in fact a trend.