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So, we didn't make a big deal out of things like birthdays when I was a kid. Generally I'd get a gift and that was awesome, but we didn't have massive hootenannies involving great piles of lavish gifts. And of course, I was a kid at the time, so I wasn't really expected to give anything myself. Military families are poor, and their kids even more so.
As a result of this, whenever I can do something for someone's birthday and it works out I am absurdly pleased with myself. I feel like I've mastered some part of my own culture that has eluded me my while life.
You see, Brian's birthday is toward the end of next month, and still a good ways away. However, I don't get out much and don't ever have a lot of money, so birthday gifts (while richly deserved) are often difficult things for me to give him.
Today I fed him bacon chocolate.
Yes, chocolate with bacon in it. And he didn't die!
Turns out I have yet to find something with bacon in it that Brian won't eat. It really is some kind of magical faerie-food that's good no matter what you do with it, at least if the person eating it is a man. As our friend John once said, "We're men! All men have a love affair with BACON!"
I found him a birthday present and it was a bizarre idea. But it was good! I did it right!
As a result of this, whenever I can do something for someone's birthday and it works out I am absurdly pleased with myself. I feel like I've mastered some part of my own culture that has eluded me my while life.
You see, Brian's birthday is toward the end of next month, and still a good ways away. However, I don't get out much and don't ever have a lot of money, so birthday gifts (while richly deserved) are often difficult things for me to give him.
Today I fed him bacon chocolate.
Yes, chocolate with bacon in it. And he didn't die!
Turns out I have yet to find something with bacon in it that Brian won't eat. It really is some kind of magical faerie-food that's good no matter what you do with it, at least if the person eating it is a man. As our friend John once said, "We're men! All men have a love affair with BACON!"
I found him a birthday present and it was a bizarre idea. But it was good! I did it right!
