What did I get for my birthday?

• a full series of paragliding lessons
• a lovely vintage globe and a cool little 50’s-looking orange cruet from Lisa
• a bottle of Bärenjäger from Robert and Jessica
• a nifty bottle of hand-made love potion from J and Erin
• a used pair of Theil speakers (on loan) from Henry
• some handmade micro-cupcakes from Amy
• a one-hour massage
• a ton of new music: Blind Guardian, The Bloody Hollies, Bob Dylan, The Flaming Lips, 8-bit Operators, Kreator, Lady Sovereign, Lindstrøm, Nouvelle Vague, PJ Harvey, Primal Scream, Stereolab, T.I., Three Mile Pilot, The Undertones, MC Hawking (amazing, check it out!), Clipse, From First to Last, and a few more…
• a super burrito with black beans from Taqueria Cancun
• four new T-shirts from Villans
• 4 tubes of Berocca and 2 pairs of socks from Simply Australian
• a Canon MP830 printer with auto duplexer and document feeder
• a fantastic dinner at Walzwerk with 20 great friends - photos should show up here shortly
• a bunch of Happy Birthday phone calls and emails from old dear friends
• and something John says is still on the way…

wow. Thank you!