Well folks, if you are reading this on the day that I am posting this, it is my birthday. So instead of writing Happy Birthday on my wall (Unless you write something creative. I love that, and it makes me feel like our friendship is special.), how about you like this post and support me as a future failing writer. (I’m asking only because it’s my birthday. I will never beg for likes on my unbirthday.)
Anywho, so the topic of today’s post is about Birthdays, more specifically, my birthday. We will be going through A) weird birthday traditions, B) more specifically, my weird birthday traditions, and C) a short Power Rankings of my birthdays of my recent memory. (That was the thesis line in the history of the world.)
So at this point, the two main traditions are bringing donuts to my coworkers and going out to eat with my family. First off, why do I have to bring treats on my birthday…that should be someone else’s job? It’s my day, treat me like the king I am. Point 1.2, I once had a coworker ask me for a second donut because he’s “a growing boy.” Sorry Troy, you aren’t a growing boy. You are 55 and weigh 300 pounds! (My donut buying strategy is 1.5 donuts times the number of people.) The second tradition of going out to eat with the fambam is always odd for me. I always feel I really need to do a good job at picking a restaurant, but feel like a failure when I end up choosing BDUBs for the 10th year in a row.
As for weird traditions that I do, there are two albums that I have listened to on my birthday for what will be the 4th year this year. Those two albums are: Beyonce’s Lemonade, and the NBA LIVE 2003. One of these is very relevant about growth and overcoming adverse situations in life, and the other is by Beyonce. I have no idea how either of these began as a tradition for me, but I will continue this time honored tradition until I grow up or move on to the NBA LIVE 2004 soundtrack. My theory is that the NBA Live soundtrack reminds me of my childhood, when my life was at its best (like when I was 11, and Steve Francis was still relevant in the NBA). And, Lemonade represents the struggle of dealing with situations that you don’t ask for in life, addressing those issues, and, like Beyonce’s grandma, being “served lemons, but i made lemonade.”
Ok, ladies, now let’s get information and go through my Top 26 birthdays from 26 to 1. JK LOL. I can only remember like 5ish off the top of my head, so we’re going to go with that.
26) My 24th birthday, I’m gonna stick to sports, so I won’t go in depth on what happened, but you can look it up. Plus, I had a craving for a fruit pizza, and that’s what I asked my mom to make me for a cake…and my brother-in-law has never let me live it down since.
25) My 13th birthday. So the one day of the year where I get to make all the choices for dindin, my idiot, 13-year-old, self makes the dumbest decision ever. We went to Little Caesars, and then went to Cold Stone for dessert. I don’t know why I thought this was a good idea! I’m sure Big Al would have let us get Cold Stone and Applebee’s. We didn’t have to drop all the way down to Little Caesars.
The Middle ones are kind of a blur.
3) My 8th birthday. I had dinosaur candles, and they were awesome! I had made a comment to my mom at the grocery store about how cool these Candles were, and she bought them for me. Pretty cool.
2. My 17th birthday. I joked for a good 6 months that I wanted a surprise party. Three of my friends and my lovely mother planned the whole thing out. I was watching the Husker game in the basement, and my buddy calls me and says, “Hey, you can’t be in your basement all night. Let’s hang out. It’s your birthday.” I reluctantly said, “Yes,” but in reality, I just wanted to watch Nebraska. Anyway, I walk upstairs to a “ERIC PUNT EVERYBODY” and half of my class is in my kitchen, which is crazy because I only have 3 friends at this point. Good times had by all. I don’t remember what we did or anything like that, but still, who can say they had a surprise party thrown for them. It was like I was actually living in a sitcom. And, I’m pretty sure this was the last time Nebraska defeated a top 20 team by beating Oklahoma! And to top it all off, in the craziest turn of events, Matt O’Hanlon had 3 interceptions and won national player of the week or something crazy like that. (NOT TRUE-looked it up, not even close. They beat 7th ranked Mizzou like the next year, and they beat 12th ranked Penn State, and No. 9 Michigan State their first year in the Big Ten. Bo Pelini, please come back in my life.)
1. My 23rd birthday. My friends, Dan, Meg, Lyds, Mollz, Mik, and Katie, helped me throw the most self serving party that has ever existed. We threw a party in the Missouri River Room in the Student Center on the campus of Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota on a Sunday afternoon. We had cheese and crackers, and some sort of juice, and a social hour. Very fancy when you are a 9th semester college student. But, the self serving part came with the later activities at the event. We played Eric Punt Trivia (the greatest of all the trivia), followed by write down your favorite Eric moment, and I had to read them and guess who wrote it. It was a hodgepodge of people that showed up, but that’s kinda how my life is. It was a very enjoyable afternoon, plus I had like an hour where I was just there to entertain people, which has always been my dream.
Thank you all for the birthday wishes, and a very merry unbirthday to you.
bteamballer 
Beautiful, Ricky.
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