Strange that you ask this today of all days, as it is in fact my birthday. I am officially 21 now and could be out at a bar right now. But I have a performance in the afternoon. I'll try to arrange to meet up with some people on Friday or Saturday night. Freshman year I didn't do anything for my birthday. I hadn't made any real friends in my dorm and most of my friends from high school were hours away. I ended up just sitting around like I had done for all of freshman year. Last year was slightly more eventful. I had made some friends from the school that I transferred to and one of their birthdays was just a few days before mine so I actually spent my birthday with people. But usually I sit around thinking about how I'm bad at both making friends and keeping in contact with people. I've never put much weight into birthday celebrations (throughout my childhood and teenage years we would have a special family dinner for birthdays), but it still gets to me that other people are having way more fun than I am on their birthdays.
Me too, but celebrated last night. Happy birthday! Maybe just try having a good time on your own? 21 is a hyped up birthday. On my 21st my friends got me started by making me drink 6 prairie fires, which is tequila and tobasco sauce. I would much rather have hung out and had a really good meal, but that's the way it went.
I dunno, it seems to me that certain spices can be really transformitive in a good way, and in the oddest of places. I had a dark chocolate cupcake with cayenne pepper the other day that floored me. I know the Aztecs figured this out waaaaaay before me, but damn was it good...
Happy birthday to you too! So far, so good. Had our performance and went to get drinks before our dance practice. It's already been the best birthday I've ever had. If I go out next weekend with some more people it will only get better. Also one of my best friends is turning 21 in exactly one month, so getting to celebrate with him will be an even better time.