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It's my birthday and I'll blog if I want to

Funny thing, we moved to Florida after I sword I would never move down here. I always thought of Florida as hot as balls and full of cue tips (old ladies.) Turns out this area is young, hip, and as far as the weather is concerned, the Northeast is worst.

Maybe is because JAX is the western most spot of the eastern seaboard. Maybe is those sea side winds, whatever it is, I'm in love with it. I'm never, ever going back up North.

Why am I telling you this, because this has been the year of change for me and today is my birthday. I share my birthday with so many. First my aunt Asuncion, she's however down in the Dominican Republic. Second, my good friend Gina; happy Birthday Gina! Next, my ex-coworker Rachel. Lastly, Napoleon Bonaparte, my idol and hero. Many claim him as insane, I see him as an inspiration who left one of the biggest legacies know to date.

Back to the changes, one of the biggest ones was my second marriage, yet another thing I sword that I wasn't going to do again. My baby is great and she surprised me today with a Nintendo Wii. Biggest birthday surprise to date. You see growing up in a beach country is hard not to be at the beach summer times, so I always got shafted as I was away for my birthday and celebrations were nice, but pretty much presentless. I think that's why I don't care about birthdays, presents, etc.

Next change, new job. I worked for a publishing company in CT, though I learned a lot in my two and a half years there, I felt like my hands were always tied and didn't care for the direction the company was headed. Through family and friends I was able to find a job in publishing down here and I feel lucky to be working among so many generous and hard working individuals.

The last change is my memory. As I get older I felt like I just couldn't remember anything. I was chatting with a good friend today who pointed out that is not that we can't remember or that we are candidates for alzheimer's, but the fact that there is just so much more to remember. When we were younger, the facts were easy, school and friends contact information. School is easy, always was for me. Phone numbers then easy as well. With a handful of friends all with one number to remember, piece of cake, birthday cake. Now, as grown-ups, we still need to have that school knowledge coupled with practical work knowledge. Project priorities and contacts responsible for each task. Each contact phone, email, cell phone, and home phone information. Relatives names, contact information, kids names, ages, birthdays, and the data dump goes on and on. So is not that I'm losing my memory, but data overload. STOP!!!!

Someone once told me that perception is reality. It doesn't matter whether is true or not, if you perceive it one way, then that's your reality. My perception is that I know too many and they all have way too much for me to remember. Many say that we have become tied up to technology to remember everything, but the reality, as I perceive it, is that without technology we wouldn't know where to turn to hold all the data.

The bottom line is that I'm still not that old and I no longer feel like I have alzheimer's, instead I know understand things better and only remember that which is crucial. And eventhough it was a quiet birthday, I feel very content. My first wife once threw me a surprise birthday party and I thought it couldn't get better than that. However, I think this birthday tops that one. Maybe I'm more mature and see the value of an intimate birthday with the one you love by your side or maybe is the Wii. Either way, thanks Punki for an awesome evening.

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