Hey Jakey,

I'm feeling thankful for the small things today! (that's YOU!)

Everyone and their dog is calling me today. Some I want to talk to, most not. Daddy watched you this afternoon and I got to run some errands, then I came home and he went and got Chinese take-out and a little chocolate birthday cake. Whee!

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Happy Birthday to Me (Cracker, 1992)

I was having a good sleep in my car.
In the parking lot of the Showboat Casino Hotel.
I said I remember you, you drove like a PTA mother.
You brought me draft beer in a plastic cup.
I'm feeling thankful for the small things today.
I'm feeling thankful for the small things today.

CHORUS:
Happy
Happy birthday to me.
Happy birthday to me.
And to you.
Happy
Happy birthday to me.
Happy birthday to me.
And to you.

I'm feeling thankful for the small things today.
I'm feeling thankful for the small things today.
I said I remember you, I crashed your wedding.
With some orange crepe paper and some Halloween candy.
Sometimes I wish I were Catholic--I don't know why.
I guess I'm happy to see your face at a time like this

CHORUS

Happy birthday baby, to me.
Happy birthday baby, to me.

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I've played this song every March 13 since 1992. On my birthday in 1994, I got to see Cracker play it live at the San Jose State event center. Today I blasted it in the truck on the way up to the Lake. Yeah, I know, I'm a nut case. I just firmly believe that the order of the universe will decay if I don't get to hear this song on my birthday. Someday I will relate to you the strange and twisted relationship between myself and Cracker.

(Daddy just walked in with a cake and candles, singing Happy Birthday, so I guess its time for a sugar fix!)