CHIcano: Birthdays Abroad

I don't know about you, but linking my Facebook calendar with my iPhone cal has both eased and overwhelmed me when it comes to those ever "special" events. Most commonly, birthdays create this complexing sensation within me.

Somebody has a birthday every (stinkin') day of the week. In fact, I find my average of one-year older social representations of human beings to be four a day. I know there are only 365 days in most years. But, when 12 profiles all have the same supposed date of birth, I get a tad thrown off.

I will speak for everyone when I say that the "Happy Birthday" posts touching just north of 100 by noon does not have the same affect as it did the first year, the second or even the seventh. Some of my friendly beings shut-off his/her Facebook, completely, on that oh so special day. On the other side of that keyboard is an ever supportive friend who just wants you to know that he/she cares and is still alive. However, the constant fear of ridicule and rejection for what you post on this annual achievement in one's progression to death deters me from posting that simple phrase. This then pushes me to create better content: unique and/or witty. Sometimes it's typing a little memory of the certain someone and I causing mayhem, though now it's turned into adding 27 absurd emoji in the most random order as if it were a secret code for "I care, but COME ON!" 🙈

When I was in Omaha, I could at least entertain the thought of making those special visits to meet someone in the flesh. You know... touch them; kiss them; thrust them. But now, I can't even consider this opportunity. (even if I decide not to attend and continue watching the Law & Order: SVU marathon in my underwear)

So, I have come to the point of blunt realization that I need to innovate my birthday communications and push myself into the realm of the unknown. Thus, I have provided a list of (semi) new ways to communicate the well wishes without wishing you hadn't.

1) Snapchat video