Birthday

Wil Wheaton, Floydian

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I don’t know whether to be flattered or frightened that Wil Wheaton and I led parallel lives (except for that acting thing).

So it was brought to my attention that I only talked about the not-so-great things about my birthday dinner and comedy event. I didn’t mean to focus only on the fact we almost didn’t have a table. The truth is, it was such a great night. I hardly get a chance to see my friends these days, and it was so nice to see everyone together having a good time.

I think Darren scared away Julie and Laura. They had never been exposed to the Laugh. There was much laughing by all, but the Laugh creates a sort of feedback effect. While everyone’s laughing at the comedian, we start laughing at Darren’s reaction to the comedian. If the comedian were funnier, it’s likely the ground would open up and we’d all fall in.

Pulled it Off

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I’m not quite sure how we managed to pull it off, but it seems like my birthday event succeeded last night without any problems. The restaurant, Old Man Rafferty’s, doesn’t take reservations for Saturday nights, so I was anticipating some issues. Last week I called the restaurant to find out what I could do to ensure that a party of 17 people could be seated as close to 7:00 pm as possible. I spoke to the manager — he said his name was Durg, and even spelled it so there was no misunderstanding — and he said everything should be fine if someone shows up at about 6:00 to put the name in and if the whole party shows up before 7:00. Last night proved to be a little more difficult.

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Back in Jersey

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Thanks to everyone who sent happy birthday wishes! I’m looking forward to getting together with everyone.

I’m back from Florida. I had a great time with my relatives. My cousins have grown up so much, it’s hard to contemplate. One is getting ready to graduate college and is still collecting scholarships like they’re pennies. He’s planning to be a CPA. My grandmother is still getting around at 90 years old.

The neighborhood where my cousins, uncle and aunt live was devastated during last year’s hurricane season. Most of the houses haven’t been completely fixed up — especially the rooves — and probably won’t before the next hurricane season starts.

We visited Las Olas and Miami. Las Olas reminded me of an upscale New Hope. The shops were a bit touristy and not very interesting to me. Nothing beats people-watching in Miami, though. There happened to be a film festival taking place when we were visiting, so there was an interesting mix of characters.

Been a While

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The plans for my thirtieth birthday have been finalized, and they involve food and comedy. It’s a little late this year, since I’ll be in Florida during the weekend of my birthday, but on March 25, I’ll be celebrating in style at Old Man Rafferty’s for dinner and dessert and The Stress Factory to see Kevin Pollack.

Thanks to Amy for making all the arrangements. Let us know if you haven’t received the evite but would like to come. (I can leave this an open invitation on this website because my lack of posting here has resulted in having very, very few readers, from what I can tell.)

It’s been a while since I’ve seen some good live comedy.