Happy Birthday To Me!!!!

Now, I never really intended to make a special post dedicated to telling people it was my birthday. However, I have some free time, and felt it was a way to squeeze in some of my favourite memories and photos onto my site without it seeming too out of place. Plus, if there is one day I can post something that doesn’t fit my usual criteria, my birthday is that day!

So here we are, my birthday, November 5th. Guy Fawkes Night. The night synonymous with Bonfires, Toffee Apples & Fireworks.

Up until the age of 18 about 7 or 8, I used to believe every bonfire and fireworks show was all for my benefit. Who wouldn’t right? Sadly, the effect of those fantastic treats and then finding out they aren’t for you tarnishes the birthday moment each year. I mean, they are great and all that, but I remember enjoying the spectacle so much more when I thought it was all for me.

Joking aside, my birthday always makes me happy and I love being spoiled on the day. My wife always goes overboard and spends way more than she should. For my 21st Birthday (10 years ago sadly, man I’m old) she bought me a 4ft framed poster of The Godfather: Part II. Signed by them all, De Niro, Pacino, you name it they signed it. All with the official certificate to prove its authenticity. (Movie related, see, not just ego boosting birthday post, still on topic, just!). Despite her family and our friends believing I’m some weird guy obsessed with horror movies, my wife and I have been together since we were 18. This is her on our wedding day, I can’t believe this girl wanted to marry me!?

Pretty sure they were tears of joy she was wiping away………….Her name is Carly, you may have seen her commenting on a few things around here, but honestly she gets more excited to read my good friend Mark’s Trivia Tuesdays than she does my reviews. True story. He does do good trivia 🙂

Back onto my birthday…………

I have always been told I have no heart, no empathy and no conscience. My kryptonite (aside from my wife, obviously) is cats. Growing up I never had pets, and I know some people don’t care about them, and that’s cool. But when Carly & I got our first house together a few years ago, we decided to adopt a couple of little kittens to give them a good home. Here they are, Roxy & Lynx:

They absolutely worshipped me (and Carly, when I wasn’t around) and I loved them so much. As weird as that sounds. Sadly, the beautiful tabby boy, my little man Lynx was run over and we lost him. I was devastated, beyond devastated. What made it worse was that this happened on my birthday. We let him out, as always when he wanted to go he sat by the door, and we never thought anything of it. Until we heard fireworks, and prayed they wouldn’t spook him. Apparently they did and he never came back. Every birthday since has been bitter-sweet really, as I miss that little bastard more than anything, and I would literally give everything I owned to go back to that night and keep him in. But, I can’t, and that’s life. So it means every birthday, and every time I hear fireworks, I think of him. Which is not always a bad thing, as he gave us so many happy memories. And we still have his sister, Roxy, who every morning I come home from work is waiting for me (inside, the little princess doesn’t like the cold outdoors!).

I think subliminally my love of cats may come from one of my all time favourite films, The Godfather. The cat Marlon Brando holds in that film was just a stray cat he found hanging around the set. He just made it part of the film and wouldn’t put it down. He loved cats, so maybe that’s why I feel the way I do. Film are such a huge influence on my life, so who knows. I actually own this piece of artwork:

I recreated this scene so many times with my cats, but couldn’t work out how to take a photo……… because asking someone to do it or admitting I did that would just be weird……..let’s pretend I never said anything 🙂

Enough is enough, and the bottom line is I hope I haven’t bored anyone with my ramblings. It’s my birthday,  I’m off out very soon to see our local fireworks show, but I will definitely be thinking of my little dude by the name of Lynx.

Before I leave (and throwing in another film reference, just because I can and want to, and won’t be getting all mushy and soft on you again) I will leave you with my favourite music video from my favourite band recreating my favourite horror film. Please enjoy The Kill by 30 Seconds To Mars and their The Shining inspired video.

Thanks for reading, I’ll be back to normal tomorrow! 🙂

Posted by Tysoncarter182 on November 5, 2012

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