I share a birthday with Gary Coleman- WTF?!

Scroll down to the third face and you'll get the full feel of my response when I found this bit of information out.

Soooo, I'm turning 24 in about 3 hours and 20 minutes and I am EX CI TED. Excited in that back in the day when I was young kinda way <---- love that skit.

When I was a kid, I remember having only one- that's right count it- one birthday celebration. It consisted of my step-mom making me all my favorite haitian dishes set atop a DECKED out table that was overly decorated being that I was turning eight. I mean, they had the good china, some candles, a centerpiece (that i think was plastic flowers, but still) and even champagne- did I mention that I was eight? Cause I was eight...lol. But la piece de resistance- THE CAKE... holy heaven. It was the best thing I had ever tasted in my short life and i thanked my step mom hard core for it (later coming into the knowledge that the cake was store bought did nothing to change my admiration- cause she chose a BOMB azz cake...lol)

Otherwise, my birthdays were met with mild recognition and within my teen years, every now and then my dad broke me off with a card and chill gift. But no celebration. I don't know if I feel bad about that though. Some people feel envious of their peers and having huge parties and all that, but because I am my father's daughter, I just kept thinking about how much the clean up process would suck. And I would have to be the one cause I don't know anyone (or very few) who'd volunteer to assist in the clean up process of a party. Some people will assist-against their will... and others will assist-cause they haven't left yet so might as well. But as I got older, I started wanting to have that 'all eyes on me' moment- minus the clean up.

When I turned 18, I went to Universal with friends; and it was BANAZ
19- worked
20- Birthday basketball- I had a tournament with a bunch of my friends at the local Y... another BANAZ moment
21-Birthday dinner with dad- I was honored that he did that cause my dad HATES eating out
22- Birthday dinner with friends, brudder with wife, cousin and extras that I did not invite (who I'm still wonder why they were there...lol), then a club endeavor that was...just alright
23- drunkin night with my home girl

and now 24 shall be another celebration of fun times with friends and fam (just brudder- but good enough for me) with a mixture of happy hour and bowling (I wonder if that will help my bowling score...haha). I may blog about it (whatever I remember- side comment: I am ASTOUNDING, AMAZING, FLABBERGASTED, and every other thesaurus variant of that feeling at those bloggers out there that can report their drunkin endeavors with dialogue included. This is a moment to offer you all a standing O and kudos, especially Diva for her recent addition)

Now facts about my birthday that i discovered which left me going "Really??"

1910 - The Boy Scouts of America became incorporated

1922 - President Warren Harding had the White House’s first radio installed.

1924 - Nevada became the first state to use gas as a means of execution. The state executed Gee Jon for murder.1926 - Today was the day that Walt Disney Studios was officially formed.

1936 - The first ever National Football League draft was today. The Philadelphia Eagles selected Jay Berwanger as the first pick.

1974 - The comedy “Good Times” debuted. The sitcom starred Jimmy Walker and Esther Rolle and lasted 5 seasons.

1992 - “I’m Too Sexy” by Right Said Fred (No. 1 on the charts)

And last but not least Born on my B-Day

Gary Coleman, who starred on TV’s “Different Strokes” was born in 1968... Well...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Gary!