I'm not really feeling it...

...it being my age. Don't get me wrong, having just had a birthday, I know that I'm yet another year older, and trust me, my opinions haven't changed about being 27 at all. However, I'm guessing I must be a little more at ease with my age or something.

Yesterday, being my birthday, was fun. First, we went to Pannekoeken Huis for breakfast. Pannekoeken are something you should try and experience at least once in your life. They are just plain tasty, if not a little strange.

Pannekoeken Huis is a small restaurant chain that has been in Minnesota for many years, however, they've been vanishing. If you look at this map, you'll see that letter D is in Plymouth, however, upon arrival there, we discovered that it's now a Broadway Pizza. It was a little disappointing, but we were able to go letter C on the map, St. Louis Park, and still enjoy ourselves some Dutch pancakes.

Afterward, being close enough, we went to the Micro Center (the only one in Minnesota) and wandered around. I finally got to check out the Asus EEE PC in person. I was surprised by its speed and responsiveness, and also by it's size. It really is small. I hadn't expected the keyboard to be so tiny, but it only took a moment to figure out how to hit the keys well, and so I imagine it wouldn't take long to become fairly proficient with it in time.

Afterward, we kinda bummed around town, going shopping to burn up some birthday gift card goodness. I got some great books to help fill out my collection, and stopped at Kohl's to get a couple new pairs of jeans, and a brand new Hopeful Sweater, which I wore last night.

We went to dinner at Olive Garden (seriously, I love the place, whether you do or not). It was a fantastic (although typical) hour long wait, so we had time to shoot the shit for a while. We finally got a table, and our server was, we decided, a Romulan. Also, she was a bitch and incapable or responding to our queries and requests. It was still a better experience than the one I had at Denny's the night before, but I really don't have time to explain all the ways that place failed miserably right now. On the plus side, she kept the Rum & Cokes coming one after the other, so the experience got better as the night went on.

After Olive Garden, we went over the Dave & Busters and enjoyed some over priced Chuck E. Cheese like action. (Seriously, they want $14 an hour to play pool?) It was a good time, and we had a lot of fun stumbling around playing random games. One game, however, has become my nemesis, and I will have my way with it. It's called Flaming Finger, and while it conjures images that aren't natural, it's basically just an LED touchscreen maze that costs about a dollar to play. The premise is simple, you drag your finger through the maze before the time runs out. The problem? It said, several times, that I'd lost just as I was reaching the end, even when all 4 of us saw there was still 3-5 seconds left on the clock.

It gives you tickets either way, but still... I hate that game. It was also less entertaining than the Virtual Jumprope game...

Eventually my birthday was over, and people went back to not giving two shits about me... Melissa and I stumbled home, drank some water, and went to bed.

Today I'm going fishin' / snowmobilin'...