oh yeah!

after what seemed like 7823629512375623523 times of both solicited and unsolicited (explicit or subtle) prodding from practically everyone i know, i have been starting to save since june (my 1year self-imposed splurging has already elapsed)

i never thought i would have fun while being thrifty at the same time... i'm really enjoying my youth --- without being materialistic, aha!

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knowing myself, i rarely (read: never) care about people having the same birthday as mine... fact, i even sometimes - fine, many times - forget about greeting others during their birthdays. heck, i even at times forget to greet my uncle and the brother of my grandfather despite the fact that we have the same birthday! if i happened to greet you, i then must have a *great* reason to have done so :)

much more to the entertainment industry. people having their birthday during april 24th include (fictional character) Charlie Andrews of Heroes. ok, obviously i am a geek knowing this mundane character's birthday (implying i don't not like heroes ;p). of all 365 (or 366 during leap year) days, she --- or aptly, the creators --- chose april 24th. but, who cares right? i don't.

what did not escape my attention though was Tyson Ritter of the All-American Rejects. i'm not really the hard core rocker type --- me? hardcore rocker, come on! --- but i do like the genre (with the likes of Dashboard Confessional, The Fray, Snow Patrol, etc.) of the music they play especially It Ends Tonight. uhmmm... i also selectively listen to secular music, hehehe. actually, when that song landed number 1 in a particular tophits countdown, i downloaded and even kept a softcopy of the said video in my harddrive.

small world, or is it really? the band made a guest appearance in one of the *many* series i watch, Smallville season 6 episode 3 playing this song. more over, not with the rest of the band, but Tyson again appeared as himself in another one of my favorite series, House season 3 episode 17.

and lo and behold, of all birthdays, he has the same as mine! exactly april 24th, but just a year earlier. even if i hate his junkie and bulimic appearance (hey, i could even close my eyes and just opt to listen to the music, haha), me having weird and very selective likes of songs do like some of the songs from this band (well, at least this particular song). mind you, it's not just because he has the same birthday as mine --- i don't care, remember?

imagine if i had continued with those drumming lessons and further polished my keyboard/piano *skills*, then proceeded to playing the guitar/bass, then maybe even violin! i guess these are the instruments april 24th people are supposed to play after all, haha.

i just pray that one day, they would finally encounter Someone and would play so that other people might know too! ;p