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Today is my birthday. Taking a moment of your time to reflect on all the positive effects I've had on your life wouldn't be inappropriate.

In other news, two days ago both my hard drive and my cell phone gave out. This may sound melodramatic, but I've been depressed as hell over it. With two strokes, it's like a significant portion of my existence has been annihilated. And every time I make a step forward, there seems to be a setback of similar strength to keep me in check. Assuming I get out of the funk I'm in, perhaps I'll have a valuable lesson about the role that technology plays in my life, and how easily it can be destroyed.

Hopefully, I won't be in such a bad mood twelve hours from now, because I swore I wouldn't drink anymore if I was feeling down. I woke up to a lot of birthday greetings on Facebook, which cheered me up a bit. If there is any day to stop feeling down, my birthday is probably it.