My Birthday!

Yesss, today is my 20th birthday and I am so happy! (And yes, I am writing a blog on my birthday)

On Friday my friend Randy (and avid blog follower) made me this birthday cake! Isn't it awesome looking? Let me tell you, it was delicious too! Strawberries galore!

So today, my mom gave me my birthday present (a Burberry jacket) and this little pamphlet type thing. It's called "1989 Remember When..." and has all these fun facts from the year I was born. Some of them made me go "Wow.." and others, "Eh, figures". Here's some of the facts from inside:

1989 TV Favorites: The Wonder Years, Empty Nest, and America's Funniest Home Videos.
[Never heard of the Empty Next but I loved the Wonder Years!]

1989 Sports News: After the Pirates took a 10-0 lead in the first inning against the Phillies, broadcaster Jim Rooker said he would walk from Pittsburgh to Philly if the Phillies won the game. They did win, and Rooker took his promised walk when the season was over.

1989 Interesting Facts: Irving Berlin, Lucille Ball, Salvador Dali, and Bette Davis all passed away in 1989.
Life expectancy - 75.3
Miss America - Gretchen Carlson (Anoka, MN)

OHH, this is my favorite! 1989 Cost of Living:
New Home: $120,000.000
Average Income: $27,225.00
New Car: $15,403.00
Average Rent: $425.00
Tuition to Harvard: $12,715.00 per year
Movie Ticket: $3.50
Gasoline: 97 cents per gallon [For the record, there is no cents sign on my computer. Hm, I wonder why..]
United States Postage Stamp: 25 cents each

Granulated Sugar: $1.12 for 5 pounds
Vitamin D Milk: $2.62 per gallon
Ground Coffee: $3.69 per pound
Bacon: $1.89 per pound
Eggs: 78 cents per dozen
Fresh Ground Hamburger: $1.29 per pound
Fresh Baked Bread: 69 cents per loaf

1989 Music & Movie Favorites:
Music -
Right Here Waiting - Richard Marx
Like a Prayer - Madonna
Another Day in Paradise - Phil Collins
Movies -
Driving Miss Daisy
When Harry Met Sally
Batman
Dead Poets Society
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade


And that's all the cool stuff! This reminds me of growing up in the 90's. I will soon be writing a blog about my favorite things from the 90's. Oh that will definitely be a long blog! AH, I can't wait! =) But for now, time to go celebrate!

"Meme"

Recently my dear blogger friend Stephany tagged me in a "meme". Basically, you write seven things about yourself and then tag a couple other people to follow.

List seven things about yourself...

1. I hate feet. I can't stand feet; looking at them, touching them, having them near me. Anything involving feet I don't like. I always make sure my toes are done and my feet look nice because I feel dirty if I don't. I especially hate men's feet. I can't tolerate when men don't care for their feet and then I have to look at them. Ickkk, it makes me cringe!

2. When I first discovered sodoku it took me forever to complete one. I would write in pencil and end up erasing half of what I wrote. I would write in the corners and make notes and it would still turn out a mess. I just couldn't wait for the day I could use pens and not make mistakes. Now I can write in pen, no notes or anything, and I hardly make mistakes. I even like to time myself now!

3. I try to keep my itunes library as neat as possible. I have all my music categorized, they all have proper artists, titles, ratings (everything gets 5 stars cause it looks neat) and generes.

4. I can not stand when people automatically assume that I am Muslim. People assume that because I am from Lebanon that I HAVE to be Muslim. I think people are so ignorant when it comes to things like that, that it just gets too annoying to talk to any of them. Just a quick memo, not everyone from the Middle East is Muslim. So yes, I will have ham on my pizza.

5. Even though I am from Virginia, I am NOT a southerner. When I am asked where I'm from, I always say "Northern Virginia".

6. I'm obsessed with the Washington Redskins. My friend at work says she's never met a girl that's as interested in football as I am. (She needs to get out more) I don't care how bad they can be, I will always stand by them!

7. I want to be a journalist. My dream job would be either write for Seventeen/Cosmo or take part in the fourth hour of the Today show. I think Kathie Lee and Hoda have THE COOLEST jobs ever!


I'm not going to tag anyone. Stephany has already done one, and the only real people who follow my blog don't really have one.