Here there be Friday, here there be...

thefridayfive
1. Do you really make wishes when you blow out the candles on your cake? - Idly. I used to, when I was younger, and I took my parents ardent "make a wish!" as a command, not a suggestion. I recall wishing for things like friends, a new bike, motivation. Nowadays I feel certain some small part of me wishes for more wishes. And an apartment. Oh, and love pops up when I'm feeling particularly maudlin.

2. Have any of the wishes ever come true, if yes? - Not directly after, so I don't think it counts. I've gotten all that I mentioned above except for an apartment. I think I would have preferred another bike to love, to be quite honest.

3. How do you feel about birthdays? (e.g., love the attention, just another day, don't want anyone to know my real age, etc.) - I loved them when I was younger. Not because of the whole present-cake-eats trifecta (although? pretty damn good), but because of my mother. She used to work nights and when she came in she'd wake me and my brothers up, prepare us to face the grind of private school. Some days she'd be grumpy (who could blame her?), some days she'd be okay. Well, when it was your birthday she was just a ball of energy: she'd come in the room all smiles, snuggle you while you were in the bed while singing "Happy Birthday" to you in her less-than-perfect but oh so sweet voice in-between punctuations of kisses. Then she'd go "up up up! gotta face the new year!" get you out of bed so you could engage in a groggy and sloppy form of calisthetics, laughing all the while. Both of us, laughing and smiling and just *bright*. I miss those days, although they've set me up so I keep expecting to start my birthdays on an up note and, well, I've been let down for a good long while now.

4. Tell us a favorite gift you've received, or something you'd really like for your next birthday.
Tangible present? Don't think I have a favorite. I never really got anything noteworthy. A sincere word is always the best gift in my book. I'm pissed that I keep expecting this awesome gift that I've been waiting my life for, the thing that means the other party really really *gets* me. Then again, as I don't know what that would be myself it is a bit ridiculous.

5. What flavor cake? Tiramisu which, *fine*, it's not a cake. Angel food with fresh strawberries second.