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Ahh yes… My birthday is coming in the not too distant future… It is a time for loved ones to celebrate your birthday and shower you with *stuff*. A wonderful side effect of living in a superficial, materialistic Western society. Don’t get me wrong, I like stuff. However, there sure is an over-importance placed on it… Should I be treated differently if I walk into a store in Jeans and a T rather than an Armani suit? (yes I googled it to check the spelling… *I* certainly don’t own anything from Armani :P) I was watching one of those re-design your wardrobe shows on HGTV… one woman kept saying how ‘Oh I couldn’t wear that… those clothes belong on an CEO’s wife… I could never wear that..’. It was ironic because she held a high position at a major non-for-profit organization and often attended ‘black tie’ events. It is sad but true how quickly we judge people based on their appearance and their stuff. She seemed to be doing it to herself. Where am I going with this? Hmm… My birthday is on the 26th, not the 24th of November, just in case you have forgotten. *blink*