Thursday, February 10, 2005

Biggest Birthday Pet Peeve

I know, I know, any day with cake and presents is cool - but I hate - HATE - being sung to... it's so... so... I can't even put it into words how horrifying this is to me - whether it's co-workers gathered around my cube to present me with a card or waiters in a restaurant forced to sing - I never know where to look, I never know what I'm supposed to do when it's over (I'm bad with "thank you"s), and that song really only takes 15 seconds, but it feels like it takes about a year.

But the weird thing is, I like attention - I crave attention - sometimes I think I'll melt into the floor if I get ignored for too long - but I'm not comfortable having that kind of attention forced upon me - I want to work for my attention, make me dance like a monkey...

Does the aversion to the birthday song make me weird? Or did the "make me dance like a monkey" part make me weird?

posted by Veruca Salt at 2:20 PM |

4 comment(s):

  • I agree with you on that one.
    I also get sick of people who have a birthday and they tell everyone for two weeks in advance and then spend every minute of that day saying, "It's my birthday, what do I get?"

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 3:32 PM  

  • Have you ever noticed that the Happy Birthday never sounds good? Never. I was in a cappella choir in high school, and one day we sang happy birthday to someone. It sounded awful. We could sign Latin hymns with intricate harmonies with no accompaniment, but apparently Happy Birthday was beyond our abilities. It's a terrible song, and you are right to hate it.

    By Blogger Michael, at 7:42 PM  

  • Tom - I can be a brat and remind everyone that my birthday is coming up (thus my daily reminders) but I don't actually expect anyone to get me anything - in fact, I get embarassed and uncomfortable if someone buys me a present.

    Michael - thank you for the validation - I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks that song ALWAYS sounds crappy

    By Blogger Veruca Salt, at 8:11 PM  

  • In a totally unrelated comment, I found someone who haws made and eaten that Kitty litter cake you posted the recipe for a while back. Aparently his family have been making it for years now and it's quite delicious according to him.

    I can't stand being sung to. It's bad enough that they know how old I am, trhey don't need to embarass me with song.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 6:17 AM  

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