okay. finished packing. sort of. the only things left are like toiletries and my pajamas which i'll pack tomorrow.

ohmyGOD. i am living with weird people. but very nice, thoughtful ones. =D just got serenaded for my birthday. which, i should remind you, is a little over a month from now. so melissa calls me a little after 8 pm and asks me to come out onto the balcony. first of all, melissa is the world's worst liar. she said that she wanted me to go out to the balcony because there was a strange green light outside and she wanted me to check it out. right. the entire time she said that, she could not stop giggling. so i walked to the balcony door but stopped. the blinds were drawn, so my first thought was that someone was standing on the balcony ready to scare the bejeesus out of me once i drew the blinds. so i reluctantly pulled the blinds aside and the first thing i see is ben down beneath the balcony holding a video camera. i immediately noticed the red light. i screamed and jumped behind the blinds. okay, perhaps the scream was a bit...well, weird, but i was only wearing my pajamas! and i am having a bad hair day!! anyway, i was like, "no, i'm not going out" and tasha was like, "c'mon cherry, go out. C'MON." so i feebly replied, "okay" and walked out where i see not just ben, but sanaz, melissa, allyn, grace, helen, lil mike, and matt standing there. all of a sudden, i hear ewan mcgregor bust out, "MY GIFT IS MY SOOOONG...." oh, he wasn't actually there of course (ooh, that would've been nice), someone just pushed the play button on the cd player. but i hear sanaz and helen join in the singing. and so began my weird, random, very EARLY birthday serenade. it was pretty funny because at one point, this group of like 5 or 6 people passed by them while they were still singing. i saw them coming and i was like, "wait, i can't hear you guys!!" ;) the people walking by just gave sanaz and the rest of them funny looks.

anyway, after they finished the song, they told me to come down to get my cake. just at that moment, an at&t telemarketer calls. so i picked up the phone and walked downstairs just listening to the telemarketer. "blah blah blah blah gift certificate blah blah blah blah blah..." so when i get outside, i see that they attached 19 candles to a box of brownie mix. they started singing happy birthday to me and the telemarketer was STILL going on and on. why didn't i just hang up? i don't like doing that, it's rude! but i completely ignored her; when they finished singing happy birthday to me, i was like, "okay, thank you, bye bye!!" and hung up. i blew out the candles (oh shit, i forgot to make a wish) and then they presented me with an actual cake. this cute little chocolate cake. then we went back up to the apartment where they made me take a bite out of the cake..without any utensils. got chocolate all over my face. then everyone just hung out and talked for a while.

so this was all sanaz's idea. suddenly everything makes sense. they also gave me a card, and the funny thing is, i saw part of it on sanaz's desk the other night. i saw a printout of the words "happy birthday" but i thought that was just for her mae class or something. and last night, ben borrowed my video camera for his "acting project." and earlier tonight, sanaz left to go borrow a boombox from her friend for ben's "acting project." i really had no idea though. but i'm very flattered. :) still a bit strange. i mean, my birthday is like over a month from now!! this was so random. but cool nonetheless. thank you sanaz. and ben. and melissa. and helen. and grace. and allyn. and matt. and mike. ;D

mmm...i'm tired all of a sudden. time to blah around.