Today is my birthday

i'm all grown up at 30 years old. I've been anticipating it all year of course, but there is a little more introspection than most birthdays. The changing over from one decade to another makes you think about the last 10 years and the next 10 years. I really don't remember what I felt like when I turned 20. I know i'm different now. This is also a bit of a low key birthday compared to last year's big 7.7.07 bash and the previous year's surprise party thrown by youle and matt, and this is the first year since 2004 that I've not been involved in the FIT festival at my birthday - we almost always had tech on my birthday - joy! But, we're having drinks with a few friends and celebrating that little kimmie was born 30 years ago this evening.

As for the 4th of july - my favorite holiday - very interesting here in chi-town. Number one - i wore a sweatshirt and wrapped up in a blanket to watch the fireworks.... anyone see anything wrong with that? I can't remember ever being cold on the 4th. (well it was actually the 3rd.) We had a picnic with the honeymoon friends and had a great time visiting. We wished we had cheesburgers (or at least something warm) instead of our cool fresh picnic food. The fireworks were unfortunately obscured by some pesky buildings, but all-in-all, a good night.

On the actual 4th, we stayed in our neighborhood, which at sundown sounded like a war zone. This doesn't happen in dallas, but people in all directions were setting of loud, big, bright fireworks that exploded high in the sky twinkling down or sounded like cannons. It was amazing. We stood in the park and saw from south to north around us, 6 different sets of fireworks. there were even people in the park setting them off. The cats thought we had moved them to Afghanistan.

We had a theater buddy from big-d stay with us this weekend while he was taking an improv workshop at Second City and he and his new theater company, Audacity Theater Lab, are going to commission an original matt lyle play. So watch out dallas, you can get rid of the bootstraps, but you can get rid of the matt lyle comedy!!!