HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BENNY!

Today Ben is 25. I remember when I turned 25. I said that my theme song for the year would be "All The Young Dudes" for the lyrics "It's hard to stay alive when you're 25." It turned out I had no problem staying alive. Which brings me to John Travolta. He just had his birthday a week ago, the same day as my brother David. Last night Pulp Fiction was on. Ben tried to make me watch the part when Mia overdoses and they have to stick a needle in her heart. No thank you. I almost fainted in the theater when I saw it back in '94 and I had to walk out. Ben wants me to face my fear of needles, but I said there's plenty of time for that when we have a baby. It's not worth it to me just for a movie.

Tonight we're going to go to the movies for Ben's birthday. We're going to see Old School. It looks like a funny movie. Will Ferrell cracks me up.

I just got a phone call from someone upstairs here at work. Cyndi wanted to know why Ben has so much candy on his desk today. So I let her in on his birthday secret (apparently?) cos he didn't mention to her that it was the occasion!