post-birthday whinings

[tanaise]

See, this year I forgot to brag about my birthday coming up, which I almost always do, and so everyone keeps saying, 'oh, was it your birthday," and I'm all like, "yeah, I just forgot to mention it." Which isn't a big deal. They're friends and coworkers, and I don't expect anything from them, so even a birthday wish is a bonus. Of course, I didn't mention it to my father recently--the 27th or so (oh, hey, Andy Rewold's birthday. And Tom (Clark)'s birthday was just the week before that.), so you'd think he could remember that. But he didn't. No phone call. No card in the mail (yet, but I'm betting at all). Not even an email This is why I feel justified in asking nate to put my laptop on my dad's card. :)

And I know that birthdays aren't that important to my father, but they are to some degree important to me, and I'd just like to know that *I'm* important enough to him that'll he'll do stuff he wouldn't otherwise. I know this ties in to other problems, like the fact that I got direct praise for one picture that I just snapped in seconds, no real planning or thought, but not for the poem I spent a lot of time on, and really thought he'd appreciate. And my mom can tell me all she wants that he appreciated, just didn't know what to say, but really, how hard is it to say 'nice poem'?

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Birthday

[wintersweet.livejournal.com]

I hope you saw the birthday wishes on the Bordertown ML. ^_^

[whitecrow0.livejournal.com]

Hey, my birthday was November 27 and I'm still waiting on the card my dad said he sent me and then said he was going to send. Uh huh.
Still waiting on well-wishes for Bevin on 12/9 and Rhys on 2/18, too.
So I know how it is to be a bit irritated and forgotten-feeling