we celebrated my daddy's 61st birthday today--well, technically, yesterday. we went to boopay (that's buffet for yu non-fobs) and sang at-home-noraebang (karaoke)--the shamefully embarrassing kind where your mom and aunt are dancing like battery-operated boogie dolls, and you're swaying back and forth with your sister and cousins slightly buzzed off wine, as your father and uncle belt out a shigol (ol skool asian country) sob-song. Funny how the shamefully embarrassing moments in life are sometimes the most enjoyable and intimate of experiences. Happy birthday, daddy.