You know how you have those things that you think "I should really do that thing" and you just never get around to it. And eventually that thing reaches some ridiculously late point of completion. And your procrastination almost becomes fascinating to watch. You begin to wonder "will I ever accomplish that task?"

It's about ten days after my birthday and today has somehow turned into my great birthday celebration. I got a package this morning from Sis.

David and I threw a small Oscar night party. The Oscar's website had handy download-able ballots that we printed up for guests. We put together a betting pool to see who could see into the collective mind of the academy - $5 per person. I started handing out ballots and a couple of guests got so serious and driven about filling in the ballots that I wondered what I had gotten myself into. I foolishly thought this was for fun. One person entered his dog so that he could fill out two ballots.