It's my birthday!

So, it's September 13 again... I'm now officially 29. Birthdays are awesome, no doubt, but I hate the timing of mine. Once the b-day hits, it's a free fall to the bitter yuckiness of January. The leaves start falling. You can't fill up the kiddie pool in the back yard. And then there's football... I hate sports, but football is by far the worst. And selfish, too. They coudn't just stick to Sunday. It's also Mondays. And sometimes Thursdays. And some other day, too, but I don't care and I'm too lazy to ask (non)VegHubs. Plus he's watching football, so he probably won't hear me anyway...

OK, enough self pity! A couple nights ago, the hubs and I had an AWESOME night in the city. And by city, I mean Chicago. Awesome, awesome Chicago. I will lay out the evening in greater detail later this week in 2 glorious instalments: Part 1: The Chicago Diner (a kick ASS vegetarian restaurant) and Part 2: Cinematic Titanic! If you are a super nerd like me, you know what MST3K is. Well, CT is MST3K of the future. Well, I guess the present. But I have a shit load of stuff to crochet today, so I can't spend all day in front of this machine. But I just thought I'd check in and bitch about my birthday and give you all a little teaser.
(View of the skyline as seen through my bug-splattered windshield. I just get so happy when I see the tall buildings...)

Happy birthday to me! Now I'm going to go eat some red velvet cake from my mom. Yeah...