Birthday recap

Yesterday was my birthday. Generally speaking, I don't like much fanfare. I'm not a 'have a birthday party' kind of guy, but I did take the day off of work, so that was cool. I had some nice plans, but I did absolutely nothing that I planned to do. But I did have fun. Here is what I had planned:

1) Sleep till noon
2) Go out to restaurant with wife.
3) Veg out and play WoW.
4) Go to bed early.

That was the plan, and it was looking mighty fun. Let's do a recap of what actually happened:

I slept in. Not till noon, but at least I didn't wake up with the alarm. Always good times.

Hung out with the wife. Very good times. We didn't go out to lunch, but she went out for lunch and brought me back stuff. I really do love her, and not just because of the boobs and the fact that she sometimes brings me stuff (Though lets be honest, they both help her case...).

Didn't even login to my computer. Weird (for me).

Watched Smallville. I'm up to Season 6 now. Shana got me Seasons 5, 6, and 7 for my Birthday. Technically she gave me Season 5 last week, due to my amazing persuasiveness (or 'begging', if you want to use layman terms.)

I also got my new mouse in the mail. It is a gaming mouse and it is AWESOME.

Oh hey, side note, that last statement reminds me that I did go on the computer...I guess I'm a liar. I only was on a few minutes to play with my mouse though (no, that isn't a masturbation euphemism...you have a dirty mind).

Helped my son out with his swing. Think we figured out the footwork a little better, and I found out that he is closing his eyes when he swings...probably why he isn't hitting the ball. Worked with him for a while after school to try and fix it, and I saw MAJOR improvement in his form. We then went to go hit up the batting cages to test everything out, but they were closed. Bummer. Still, the practice netted a big improvement to his swing.

I'm making a note in my brain (where all the good notes go) to practice with him a couple more times before Saturday's game. Got to get that kid a hit so he can get his confidence up. His throwing and catching skills need work too, but really the kid needs to just smack the living hell out of a ball first and remember why he likes playing baseball.

Watched the Heroes season finale. WHAT A DUMB FINALE. Screw you Heroes, you SUCK. The epic fight between Sylar, Peter, and Nathan TOOK PLACE BEHIND A CLOSED DOOR?!?!?!?

Who came up with this money-saving idea? Fire THAT GUY. And kick THAT GUY in the balls a few times while he is packing up his stuff. What a stupid human being THAT GUY is. Save money on Tracy morphing out of the kitchen sink or whatever later in the episode. Hell, save money by FIRING ALI LARTER in the first place. Save money on anything else possible, and give me a fight between Peter and Sylar. GIMME GIMME GIMME. And will somebody in the writers room give Sylar some damn GONADS? Why is Danko still alive? Why didn't Sylar kill him? Hell, I could make a long list of the people Sylar SHOULD have killed, if he was actually the psychopath killing machine that we all want him to be. He is a KILLER! Make him...KILL.

It was the dumbest Season finale I have ever seen, and an absolute disappointment on almost every level. Afterward I watched the 'Chuck' season finale (yay Tivo!), and they completely blew me away. Was conversely one of the BEST season finale's. Heroes completely SUCKED. Chuck used to be a 'filler' show that I watched because it was before Heroes. It had a hot girl on it, and didn't make me want to vomit. Now I barely even want to tune into Heroes at all and I am really starting to like Chuck.

BTW, I hear Chuck is 'on the bubble' for cancellation. NBC, if you cancel Chuck before Heroes, I will hate you so much...

Anyway, I had a good day.

Happy Birthday to me

Happy birthday to:

* 1442 – King Edward IV of England (d. 1483)
* 1545 – Yi Sun-sin, Korean admiral (d. 1598)
* 1630 – Charles Cotton, English poet (d. 1687)
* 1686 – Michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1721)
* 1715 – Franz Sparry, composer (d. 1767)
* 1758 – James Monroe, 5th President of the United States (d. 1831)
* 1765 – Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician (d. 1834)
* 1819 – Ezra Abbot, American Bible scholar (d. 1884)
* 1838 – Tobias Michael Carel Asser, Dutch jurist, Nobel laureate (d. 1913)
* 1863 – Josiah Thomas, Australian politician (d. 1933)
* 1868 – Lucy Booth, the fifth daughter of William and Catherine Booth (d. 1953)
* 1868 – Georgy Voronoy, Russian mathematician (d. 1908)
* 1874 – Karl Kraus, Austrian journalist and author (d. 1936)
* 1878 – Lionel Barrymore, American actor (d. 1954)
* 1889 – António de Oliveira Salazar, dictator of Portugal (d. 1970)
* 1897 – Ye Jianying, Chinese general and politician (d. 1986)
* 1900 – Heinrich Müller, head of the Gestapo (disappeared in 1945)
* 1900 – Jan Oort, Dutch astronomer (d. 1992)
* 1902 – Johan Borgen, Norwegian author (d. 1979)
* 1906 – Kurt Gödel, Austrian mathematician (d. 1978)
* 1906 – Paul Sacher, Swiss conductor (d. 1999)
* 1908 – Oskar Schindler, Austrian businessman (d. 1974)
* 1910 – Sam Merwin, Jr., American mystery fiction writer (d. 1996)
* 1911 – Lee Falk, American comic strip writer (d. 1999)
* 1912 – Odette Sansom, French resistance worker (d. 1995)
* 1914 – Philip E. High, Science fiction author (d. 2006)
* 1916 – Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian automobile manufacturer (d. 1993)
* 1921 – Rowland Evans, American journalist (d. 2001)
* 1922 – William Guarnere, WWII Veteran
* 1922 – Alistair MacLean, Scottish novelist (d. 1987)
* 1924 – Donatas Banionis, Lithuanian actor
* 1924 – Kenneth Kaunda, President of Zambia
* 1925 – T. John Lesinski, Lieutenant Governor of Michigan
* 1926 – Blossom Dearie, American jazz singer (d. 2009)
* 1926 – Harper Lee, American author
* 1928 – Yves Klein, French painter (d. 1962)
* 1928 – Eugene M. Shoemaker, American planetary scientist (d. 1997)
* 1930 – James Baker, American politician
* 1930 – Carolyn Jones, American actress (d. 1983)
* 1934 – Lois Duncan, American novelist
* 1937 – Saddam Hussein, President of Iraq (d. 2006)
* 1938 – Madge Sinclair, Jamaican actress (d. 1995)
* 1941 – Ann-Margret, Swedish-born actress
* 1941 – Nico Mastorakis, Greek filmmaker, director and radio producer
* 1941 – K. Barry Sharpless, American chemist, Nobel laureate
* 1941 – Lucien Aimar, French cyclist
* 1941 – Iryna Zhylenko, Ukrainian poet
* 1942 – Mike Brearley, English cricketer
* 1943 – Jacques Dutronc, French singer and actor
* 1944 – Elizabeth LeCompte, American theater director
* 1944 – Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe, Belgian politician
* 1944 – Alice Waters, American chef
* 1946 – Ginette Reno, French Canadian singer, songwriter and actress
* 1948 – Terry Pratchett, English author
* 1948 – Marcia Strassman, American actress
* 1948 – Dorothée Berryman, French Canadian actress and singer
* 1949 – Indian Larry, American stuntsman (d. 2004)
* 1949 – Bruno Kirby, American actor (d. 2006)
* 1950 – Jay Leno, American comedian and television host
* 1950 – Willie Colón , Puerto Rican salsa musician
* 1952 – Mary McDonnell, American actress
* 1953 – Kim Gordon, American musician (Sonic Youth)
* 1953 – Roberto Bolano, Latin American author and poet
* 1954 – Ron Zook, American Football Coach
* 1955 – Paul Guilfoyle, American actor
* 1955 – Nicky Gumbel, British author and priest
* 1956 – Jimmy Barnes, Scottish-born singer
* 1957 – Wilma Landkroon, Dutch singer
* 1958 – Hal Sutton, American golfer
* 1960 – John Cerutti, American baseball player and announcer (d. 2004)
* 1960 – Ian Rankin, Scottish novelist
* 1960 – Joel H. Rosenthal American political scientist
* 1960 – Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Icelandic strength athlete (d. 1993)
* 1960 – Walter Zenga, Italian footballer
* 1961 – Futoshi Matsunaga, Japanese serial killer
* 1963 – Lloyd Eisler, Canadian figure skater
* 1964 – Barry Larkin, American baseball player
* 1964 – Noriyuki Iwadare, Japanese composer
* 1965 – Steven Blum, American voice actor
* 1966 – John Daly, American golfer
* 1966 – Too Short, American rapper
* 1967 – Kari Wührer, American actress
* 1968 – Daisy Berkowitz, American musician (Marilyn Manson)
* 1968 – Howard Donald, British musician
* 1968 – Andy Flower, Zimbabwean cricketer
* 1970 – Nicklas Lidström, Swedish ice hockey player
* 1970 – Diego Simeone, Argentine footballer
* 1971 – Bridget Moynahan, American actress
* 1972 – Joseph Bruce, American musician
* 1973 – Elisabeth Röhm, American actress
* 1973 – Jorge Garcia, American actor
* 1973 – Francisco Palencia, Mexican footballer
* 1974 – Penélope Cruz, Spanish actress
* 1974 – Richel Hersisia, Dutch boxer
* 1974 – Vernon Kay, British TV/radio presenter
* 1977 – Derrick Wayne Frazier, American convicted murderer (d. 2006)
* 1978 – Lauren Laverne, Disc jockey, television presenter and former singer
* 1979 – Bahram Radan, Iranian actor
* 1980 – Josh Howard, American basketball player (Dallas Mavericks)
* 1981 – Jessica Alba, American actress
* 1982 – Nikki Grahame, Big Brother 7 Star
* 1983 – Roger Johnson, English footballer
* 1986 – George Nozuka, Canadian Singer/Songwriter
* 1986 – Roman Polák, Czech ice hockey player
* 1986 – Jennifer Palm Lundberg, reigning Miss World Sweden
* 1988 – Alice Glass, Canadian singer

And of course:
* 1976 – Me.

Thats right...as I'm sure you have figured out by now, I share a birthday with Jessica Alba, who was in Sin City with Bruce Willis, who was in The Jackal with Richard Gere, who was in Primal Fear with Joe Spano, who was in Frost/Nixon with....KEVIN BACON.

That's five degrees baby!