topic of, perhaps, less interest

first off, i just thought i'd point out that it's no longer snowing; we've now got that delightful precipitation known as FREEZING RAIN. still, that means no school, which means mara and i can spend twenty minutes trying to figure out how to make biscuits and gravy. it is, apparently, not as easy as one might think. i am picky about my gravy.
also, i got up at SEVEN today. that is seven IN THE MORNING. i didn't acutally plan to get up and stay up - merely to get up and PEE - but i was compeled to stay. up. anyway, this is probably the earliest i've gotten up in...almost half a year, if not more. not counting, of course, the matrix revolutions debacle, where i STAYED UP, basically, all night.
thirdly, i am considering, for only the THIRD TIME since i have moved to corvallis, having a birthday party. if you have been given a cupcake, you can, for obviously reasons, attend. if you have NOT been given a cupcake, you still can. attend. anyway, i'm putting this up HERE because the most likely date for this orgy of joy would be january 18th, a mere two days before the actual day of my birth. those of you who are out of, um, town (i.e., in college) are the people whom i am most directly addressing. in other words, let me know if you can come, because i don't want to go to the trouble of trying to plan a party that no one will come to. it would break my cold, black heart. also, i'm not really the best a planning parties that don't involve primarily watching movies, so any suggestions as to activies on this day of remembrance would also be appreciated. and excepting sex with people a little under eighteen, you can forget about anything illegal, since this party will be being hosted by my parents who, cool as they might be, probably don't want people smoking pot and getting drunk in their house. and in case anybody was wondering, should you decide to come, i will not have any expectations present-wise, since i assume you are all as broke as me. except for pike, of course, who had better get me something nice, and he knows damn well why.
toodles.