As September 1st comes around I am reminded of two things. Exactly one month and five days until I head to Bali and Hong Kong, WOOHOO! and tomorrow is my birthday. As I turn 24 tomorrow I can rest easy knowing that 1) I still have another year till I have to take the dreaded test to renew my license and 2) Becca is still exactly 1 year older than me. Sorry Becca I had to do it :-).

I was thinking that I would write up a wish list not a birthday wishlist really just things i'm missing. So here it is in no particular order:

New Laptop: i've been scanning craiglist every day in hopes of finding the perfect one.
Wave Bird Gamecube controller: those cords really get in the way, and I don't really like the 2nd controller that I have since it does funky things in Super Monkey Ball 2: Bowling.
New Comforter/Bedspread: my old one is shedding and clumping
Someone to write me a recommendation for Grad School: where do you find these?
More time to read novels and scifi books
Someone to fill out Grad School applications come winter
New watch band or watch: this thing really is getting ratty
A haircut (big star), uh, just kidding
A magical current changer to charge my camera over seas that is small enough to take with you without needing an extra peice of luggage, or just a second battery
A second memory card for said camera
An amazing score on the GRE's that will get me into any school without sending in a letter of recommendation
Bike rack that will fit on my car
My memory: where are you?
A new niece or nephew: I can't wait

I think that that's it. Here's a picture of some sort of bird of prey, that lives on that pyling there in the entrance to Harrington Harbor, where my parents keep their boat.