Today is my birthday. It is also Harry Potter's birthday. I spent some time earlier trying to write something funny about sharing a birthday with Harry Potter, but everything I tried to create humor out of ended up making me sound jealous of a fictional wizard character.
For example:
- Harry Potter is older than me. He was born in 1980, and thus can rent a car without having to worry about an under-25 surcharge.
- More people will be celebrating Harry Potter's birthday than my birthday. Maybe if my high school years were spent fighting he-who-must-not-be-named instead of crying in the bathroom, that would be different.
- Harry Potter's birthday cards come by owl. My birthday cards don't come at all, since no one sends them to me. (Ha! That’s just a joke. My birthday cards also come by owl.)
So I figured that since all those things make me sound like I'm jealous of Harry, I would make a list of things that Mr. Potter could be jealous of me for:
- Christians will not picket my birthday party because they think I am promoting paganism (subject to change).
- Harry Potter will never experience the incredible character-building activity of marking each year older as another year that he is still in student loan debt.
- There is no chance my birthday cake will turn into a frog. (Also, I hope that nobody reads this and tries to put a frog in my cake.)
Okay. I think no matter how hard I try, Harry comes out on top here. He just deserves the birthday more than I do. I'll have to find another day to have been born. How does August 15th sound to everyone?
Fantastic.