Your Birthdate: January 29

You have the mind of an artist, even if you haven't developed the talent yet. Expressive and aware, you enjoy finding new ways to share your feelings. You often feel like you don't fit in - especially in traditional environments. You have big dreams. The problem is putting those dreams into action. Your strength: Your vivid imagination Your weakness: Fear of failure Your power color: Coral Your power symbol: Oval Your power month: November

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

wow! so true!! scary...

well, all in all, it was nice, mellow birthday, just how i like 'em. :) i got some great mail from friends and my parents (i love packages!!), and really nice cards and ecards. aw, i feel so loved. :)

saturday we went to dinner with C&C to the best japanese restaurant ever! domo is a very traditional, "country" style japanese restaurant, right next to a sumo wrestling training place!! if you go in the day time, i hear you can watch the sumo wrestlers practice. it's also some kind of cultural center too. but you walk into the restaurant and it's the coolest place ever. lots of artifacts and these big wood tables with tree-stump like stools. i had the combo seafood nabemono, which i had never even heard of til last night. it was soooooo good, seriously, the best thing i've ever had. they have really great sushi too, called wankosushi. it's not what you're used to though. it's sushi rice packed into a small palm-sized bowl, topped with traditional and some non-traditional toppings. i had the spicy tuna (duh) and the hamachi with avocado. SO good. SOOOO good!!! they also serve little side dishes, much like korean bahn-chan! and they have a great tea selection, which is served in a traditional ceramic bowl. i really wished i had brought a camera with me...it's hard to explain in words. next time. :) then we went back to C&C's house where we just hung out, drank mexican hot chocolate (deeelicious!) and ate just-out-of-the-oven cookies. my belly was very very happy...

today, the actual day, we woke up to howling winds! it was super windy and a bit chilly outside, so i didn't really want to drive to boulder and explore like we had originally planned. instead, i sat by the fireplace and read the sunday paper (okay, i was just looking thru the ads and coupons). we went to brothers bbq for some kansas style beef brisket sandwiches, went to super target (my all-time favorite store. really.), then to CJ's for some really fantastic hawaiian shave ice, before heading home to relax some more. it's amazing that we have such amazing food near our house. i love it!! then, the highlight of my birthday...W made me traditional korean "birthday soup" or better known as mee-yuk gook (seaweed soup). in korea, pregnant women drink a lot of this soup because of its nutrient content (to keep baby and mommy healthy). so it's common for ppl to eat this soup on their birthdays, which my mom always makes for any of our birthdays. since she couldn't be here to make it for me, W made it, and it was deeeelicious!



so even tho i couldn't have a birthday blowout with my friends and family (which is something i always do, haha, not really), it was a great weekend of great food. i think i'm gonna have to work out extra hard this week. *sigh* next year is a big one tho, i think i'll try to celebrate it in another country. greece maybe?

oh, one more thing before i go...W got me the coolest birthday present!! all you karaoke queens (and kings) will be so jealous to know that i am now in possession of a shure, professional quality, wireless microphone!!! hahaha, he knows me so well... and yes, i sang my little heart out. :D