Here's to Me...

Today is my birthday. I share the same date of birth as Kobe Bryant. It is also the same day that Shelley Long, Rick Springfield, and River Phoenix were born. Greatest birthday ever? Ummmmmmmm yeah. Also, Little Achiever Benjamin Leblois, my kindred spirit and carrier of the flame of destiny, turns 17 today. Truly a great day for us all. Bask in it...I said bask

As men are wont to do when they reach a certain age, I am reflecting quite a bit on this body of work of mine. I have regrets and I have accomplishments. I have things that I wish I could take away and things I wish I could go back and change. I have things that I'm unbelievably proud of and things that I would never change. This will be the most sensitive post in the history of the universe...I am fine with this as I am now a mature adult...farts...

-Thankful for my friends who have supported me more than they know.
-Thankful for my enemies becuase they have motivated me and made me better
-I regret not playing football in high school
-I regret that I was such a pu$$y in high school. "I hope the NCS girls think I'm funny...I'll just do the funny voices..."
-Thankful for the Simpsons, Family Guy, Pablo Francisco, Brian Reagan, Dane Cook, Dave Chappelle and Chris Rock
-I regret being too immature to appreciate Ali in college
-Thankful that I won a national championship on a team that went 52-7 over a summer and beat a team with 6 current major leaguers on it en route to the title game. Who was the MVP of that team?
-I regret that I never learned an acceptable way to promote myself...I was the MVP of that team...
-Thankful for sports, politics and comedy. Without these things, I would have nothing to talk about
-I regret caring so much about what people think of me
-Thankful that I finally found something else that I love to do
-I regret my horrendous break ups and how unbelievably awkard I make it somehow
-I'm thankful that they all happened though as they led me to the most wonderful lady I have ever known.
-I am thankful to the following game developers: Nintendo, Electronic Arts, Konami, and Square Soft
-I am not thankful for Capcom
-I am thankful for my experiences
-I am angry that I can't go back and do the right thing or at least a different thing
-I am thankful that I am passionate
-Regretful that I have the patience of a child and a horrible temper that makes a succullent stew when mixed with my insecurity. Add a pinch of jealousy, stir, then let sit...parties will be a blast
-Thankful for my ideas and my material
-Regretful that my best ideas are always for someone else's jokes
-Thankful for the DC Improv for getting me started
-Thankful for the Baltimore Improv closing down as I hated getting consistent work there
-Thankful for my sarcasm
-Thankful for this blog as I get to write what I feel like
-Regretful that I wrote a lot of stuff
-Thankful for all my comic peers as we share the same experiences and help each other grow
-Kind of upset at all the guys who just don't get it
-Thankful that I know where I'm going
-Regretful that it took me so long to get started and that I have no idea how I'm going to get there

That's it and that's all. So, in conclusion, happy birthday to me.