1. "when I realized dad wasn't coming back from that cig run" In response to Reply # 0
sitting on the porch with a "#1 SON" T-shirt on holding a half deflated balloon like "DAMN...IS IT THAT HARD TO FIND A CARTON OF NEWPORT 100s ON THE SOUTH SIDE?!?"
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
35. "NO NIGGA! it means surprised & confused into inaction! " In response to Reply # 32
you wont steal my joy, devil - kirk franklin
you wasnt surprised by your birthday! you knew that shit was coming you just dont gaf. youre not non plussed. just take the L & back back we got a parade to throw now
64. "Forget yall and this backformation stuff " In response to Reply # 2
Yall let irregardless slip in, I am taking a stand on non-plussed.
IT DOES NOT MEAN NOT CONCERNED!!
***************************************** . . . If I have something to say when there is a reason involved, I am perfectly willing to talk. Katherine Hepburn
For me, they all kind of ran together. I get excited because me & the lady may take a little trip or go to a cool restaurant or something. And she even threw a big party for me around 35-36. But birthdays aren't that big of a deal to me anymore. I turned 40 last year and she asked what I wanted to do. I told her nothing. Let's do a little bar crawl together and hit that new restaurant. And that was it.
MrThomas43423 Member since Jul 03rd 2002 67613 posts
Thu Jul-23-15 08:46 AM
13. "motherfucking never" In response to Reply # 0
and no...i'm not following instructions.
but growing up my birthday was never a big deal. i'd get a gift or two...we maybe did dinner. but i think i had one party. so i never mad a big deal of it. then i got to college and one of my boys was like...you better celebrate. that's your day. and he's right.
you share holidays if you even believe in them. i mean technically...Christmas is for the Christians and Veteran's Day is for the veterans. Columbus Day and Thanksgiving are for oppressors. Memorial Day is for dead people. you really never get a day.
so i've grown to love my birthday. sometimes i buy a new suit just for the occasion, and 99% of the time i won't be at work. my birthday is on a Wed this year. ain't shit gonna be going on, but i guarantee you i won't be at work. i love myself and that's the most important day of the year. followed by Thanksgiving. i love Thanksgiving even tho the reason we celebrate it is some bullshit. --------------------------------------- it's true what they say...people are strange, when you're strangers.
MrThomas43423 Member since Jul 03rd 2002 67613 posts
Thu Jul-23-15 08:58 AM
19. "you need an adventure." In response to Reply # 18
take some good drugs and just go on an unplanned adventure. --------------------------------------- it's true what they say...people are strange, when you're strangers.
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79560 posts
Thu Jul-23-15 08:59 AM
20. "I was going to take my bday off this year but it's on a Sat." In response to Reply # 13
so maybe I will take Friday off or Monday off.
I never knew that was a thing until OKP.
For years I shrugged off my bday but an older lady at Walmart was like CELEBRATE that shit, life is too short, be happy for making it through another year.
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
65. "Like you & Mr.Thomas, it has never been important to me." In response to Reply # 20
>For years I shrugged off my bday but an older lady at Walmart >was like CELEBRATE that shit, life is too short, be happy for >making it through another year.
27. "Haven't yet. But this may be the last year. " In response to Reply # 0
It's the fourth birthday since I moved up here. Still not THAT close with people here and I don't like toning it down for my birthday. So I'm going out and doing some punk rock karaoke.
------ “There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.” -Albert Camus
34. "when i was like 12" In response to Reply # 0 Thu Jul-23-15 09:49 AM by SHAstayhighalways
my birthday always falls around memorial day and sometimes ON memorial day (may 29th) after i had a party at sport-o-rama that barely anyone showed up to i learned to not get too hype for my bday i had to realize most people have obligations centered around family and bbqs around that time
i mean i have a good time on my birthday most years but i don't get crazy excited or anything if stuff happens, great if nothing happens, cool.
i've had some really great birthdays though my expectations are just really low
43. "when i was 13 or 14" In response to Reply # 0
my birthday is on christmas eve. it would always get lost in the holidays. i'd often get 1-for-2 presents ("it's for birthday and christmas!"), which was very disappointing when i was a kid. getting friends together for a proper party around that time was nearly impossible so i usually had to have my "birthday" celebration some time in the summer or fall. those parties always rang false to me so i stopped having them after the 2nd or 3rd one
i absolutely hated my birthday from ~22-32 years old. i guess that's still technically caring about it... my goal then was to try to sleep or self-medicate my way through it. i got pretty good at doing that. i don't hate it anymore but my preference is to have the day pass without incident and minimal acknowledgement of it. i'm more interested in being able to hang out with my family on christmas
57. "Also, I judge the shit outta these grown-ass 'birthday week/month' fools..." In response to Reply # 0
Posting pics on fb, talking bout "dem Leo's comin"
Muhfuckas posting birthday related shit days in advance. Not party plans, just ' I can't wait' 'the turn up is real' type shit
I be feeling like Morpheus n shit, tryna explain the matrix to simple-ass Neo
'So....you're celebrating a moment in life you don't remember, notated by a man-made concept designed to make you feel as if there is order to the way a person ages?'
I never really gave a fuck about birthdays though, but I always quietly played along, just to not be a contrarian ass nigga. This year was the first year I was adamant about letting it pass like any other day, and it felt great.
63. "i think this year, 27" In response to Reply # 0
i didnt really do a damn thing this year accept let everyone that wanted to kick it take me out to lunch/dinner all week. i think i partied or went out every year before that. this year i was just whatever about it.
66. "BIRTHDAY WEEKEND 2015!!" In response to Reply # 0
Fuck what I was talkin bout. It's my birthday weekend and I'm turning up for 39. All weekend. Bc I didn't have to make it through another year. And I'm doing well and there's promise for things to get better. It's on.
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