Stacy Horn

These are my friends Cori and Jimmy and they took me to a movie (Knocked Up) and dinner (the fabulous place that we all love and can never remember the name of) for my birthday! We passed by the peace sign on the way so I checked the back for the artist’s name this time but no go.

Thank you, Cori and Jimmy!! That was so nice of you guys. OH, and because Jimmy complained to the management about our horrible movie service (they started the wrong movie, 28 Weeks Later, which I’m going to see next Friday so I had to close my eyes and cover my ears and no air conditioning) we got free movie tickets, so I am going to get to see another movie on Jimmy and Cori!

Oh god. Today is my birthday. I am offically freaking OLD. No, oldER than freaking old, because I was freaking old last year. Thank god I’m CUTE.

So today, movies all day I think. Although, I kinda want to lay around and read non-book related stuff. I’m reading Cormac McCarthy’s The Road and it’s stupendous. It is also, embarrassingly, an Oprah pick, but that’s not why I am reading it!! It has a post-apocalyptic setting and as anyone can tell you, I love a post-apocalyptic setting. I’d given Cormac McCarthy a try way back, with All The Pretty Horses, but I couldn’t get into it. This I can.

What to do, what to do. Oh! I should go open my e-birthday card. My sister-in-law Karen has been sending me cards everyday for the past few days. Very sweet and funny. Thank you, Karen and family! HAHAHA. Today was kittens singing me happy birthday!!! Ha! Perfect. Have Satan’s fur puppets Finney and Buddy noted my birthday in any way?? They have not.

I think today I will see 28 Weeks Later, and then this afternoon I am meeting Jim and Cori to see Knocked Up. Only two more days of boring, obsessive birthday posts!

Okay, my birthday weekend has started for real — Jackie brought these for me at lunch! They are a little melted because I carried them around with me afterwards while I shopped, but they are in the refridgerator now, and they will taste delicious! Thank you, Jackie. (They are from the Cupcake Cafe, my favorite place for treats, as Jackie knows. Very thoughful.)

We were taking Brett and Erin out to lunch to celebrate their recent engagement. Congratulations Brett and Erin!! Look at Erin — is my friend Brett lucky or WHAT?? (Okay, he’s great too, they’re both lucky.)

Here’s to true love and cupcakes!

This was just attached to a sign post on 14th Street. Isn’t it gorgeous? I wonder who did it? It occurred to me when I was half-way down the block that the artist’s name might be on the back but I was too lazy to go back and look.

Sally Rhine Feather, the daughter of the guy who ran the Duke Lab is in town and we’re having lunch today. Should be nice.

My birthday is Sunday, so I think birthday week needs to really kick in today. Maybe I will go to the Apple store and use my credit today.

Actually, I should be looking at this like a birthday present. I spoke to my editor this morning, to let her know where I am and it was a great conversation. Among other things, she told me if I was still planning to hand in my book at the end of June, she was going out of town and wouldn’t get to it until July 9th, so I should might as well hand it in then. It’s this enormous gift of time!! It’s funny, because if I needed more time, she would have just given it to me, but still. It’s a present!! I told her about all the things I’ve uncovered in my research, and it was just so much fun to share that with someone who is excited about what you’re working on. “And then I found out this, and this and this!”

Plus, I had my hair color fixed yesterday. What more can I ask for? (Okay, true love. There’s that. But for now, I’m happy.)