I seem to have escaped more-or-less unscathed from my birthday yesterday, although I suspect that if I try to get up from the couch again my hangover will be waiting for me.

I'm not sure there's anything to really say about turning 28: as an age it is well and truly meaningless, a little fake even. The odometer has rolled over again, and I have the same adomania, the same Torschlusspanik that I had on New Year's Day — but no plans to act on it just yet. See hangover, above.

Yesterday night we watched Josie and the Pussycats and played the product-placement drinking game, which is sort of a birthday tradition at this point. I hadn't seen that movie since last year and I'd almost forgotten how much I love it. I cut the guest list this year after last year's craziness, but there were still almost too many people for both my space and the game.

Brooke and Jenna actually brought a set of leopard ears for me to wear during the party, ensuring that there will be still more pictures of me out there that are completely unsuitable for a Facebook pic. I made several abortive attempts to text Markie before she arrived, so she could set me up for the "They're not bunny they're leopard, and they're not stupid they're special" line from the movie. But alas.

Anyways, before the main event I had Brooke, Barry, Jenna and Kevin over for a game of Last Night on Earth, the online "We've Got to Go Back!" variant. It was fun, even though I played the zombies and got absolutely destroyed. We had some good but overpriced pizza for dinner, followed by some Dairy Queen cake, then played King's Cup as people trickled in.

I'd been mulling all week about what I actually wanted to do on my birthday, and I think what I actually came up with was pretty close to ideal. I don't remember everything — which is to be expected with 10 people sending me drinks all night — but it seems like there was so much that could have gone wrong yesterday but didn't.

Barry and Kevin spent the night upstairs in the Infinite Bunkhouse (I keep forgetting to call it that) and we stayed up long after everyone else left. I didn't get to sleep until past 4. I feel like I deserve some recognition for not being exhausted right now.