1994

Looking back at my half-life

Today is my birthday.

I like my birthday. I like the October-ness of it, I like the symmetrical 10/10-ness of it—I enjoy the fact of it, all around. I am not a subscriber to the Patton Oswalt theory of extremely limited celebrations. Life is hard enough—you should celebrate what you can, when you can.

I don’t make a fuss about my birthday or ask anyone t…