Happy Birthday...

...to me. I'm now 23. So this is the age when you realize that you're starting to reach mid-20's. I need to accomplish a lot more within the next couple of years.

For the past couple of years, I can't really remember celebrating my birthday. Probably because I never really did. It always fell towards the end of the year, which meant lots of work and exams. I was also away from my family, so I never got to throw down that hard. I would usually celebrate the next weekend after I had flown home. Well, today was a little more of the same. I use my birthday as more of a reflective day to think about where I've been and where I want to go. I'm not the party kind of guy. I also don't really like cake that much, mostly because it's not very healthy for you.

Today was pretty awesome. We rolled to church early as usual (a must) and then went with my mother to Gyu-Kaku. That place is amazing. Whenever I step inside that restaurant, I put on my game face. It's like a battle that I must win. My goal is to eat as much as possible without puking. If there's one thing I like spending my money on, it's food. I destroyed that place. I think I took out about 3 orders of chicken, 2 beef plates, noodles, vegetables, and 2 bowls of bim-bim BAP. I DID WORK. The Korean dishes always bring back memories of my Korean teacher from Georgetown, Prof. Marshall. She had me conversational within a few months. Writing was hard but, ... Ahh memories.

After eating and watching the Lakers defeat the Jazz, I opened some of my presents. I got a gift card for groceries, SICK, and a new juicer, RAD. I told you I like food right? I love getting practical gifts. My gifts were really cool.

In other news, after a year of off-and-on reading, I finally finished Dr. Drew's "The Mirror Effect". It's a quality book that's very applicable to today's celebrity-driven, media-heavy culture. He paints a portrait of narcissists, describing how they come to be (childhood trauma), how they function (sexual acting-out, addiction, destructive behavior), and their main characteristics (entitlement, superiority, authority, exhibitionism, exploitative, self-sufficiency, vanity) . He concludes by offering his insight as to how to avoid becoming a full-blown narcissist yourself. Good book!

I ordered myself a bookshelf just now for my birthday. It was 50% off on Staples.com! Cherry-wood FTW!

Finally started my forex account. FXCM Micro accounts FTW.

Will start studying for the GMAT soon.

Still producing

New cologne: Lacoste Redzone, still testing. So far so good for a casual cologne. Smells very good.

Amazon.com is my lifelong friend.

Dealsea and Slickdeals: for all your dealshopping needs.

HauteLook, JackThreads, Gilt, Rue La La

My new computer is a dream. Go Dell

Great birthday today. Did I forget anything? Probably. I have internet ADD.

God bless.