I HAD EVERY INTENT to write something personal and profound here today, on the day I turn 36.  Believe it or not, I have some stuff I want to say.  But the last few days have been packed, packed with both activities and ideas.  The Maui trip was good: full of dolphins and whales and fedoras lost and replaced.  Heck, I even got some dancing in (much to my surprise).  It was also a good “growing” experience for me, helping me come a little more to terms with growing up and being an adult.

Today, of course, was the big day.  Breakfast with a friend and then Sunday school and church.  Then I made my way to Dole to catch Cabin in the Woods, which I’ve been waiting more than a year for.  It’s full of Mutant Enemy goodness, with a few good twists that have good echoes of great Buffy possibilities.  Not a flick the average movie-goer would like perhaps, but it was a good trip for me.  And then tonight was dinner with neighbors, which is always nice.

And so the big 3-6.  I know that every year is a turning point, life like a maze.  And that’s part of the excitement and the fear.  The longer I’m here, the more things and people around me change.  That’s part of what I need to work out, make some sense of.  But a good day to the start of the year, for sure.