Birthday hindsight

It's my motherfucking birthday yo!

Okay, I started celebrating at the stroke of midnight and thus have not had the opportunity to tell you that Columbus was great, the only place to eat after hours is Betty's, Nicole and Veronica who watched the show were kind enough to drive us there, and then I drank four bourbons and started dancing on tables and jumping off high chairs. Feeling v. v. repentant today. This post is not very well structured or edited, but it's the last day of tour and I'm tired and hungover so I apologize.

Last year I had a ten year progress report. As I enter the last year in my 20s, I thought it'd be good to do a highlights recap of my year, since it's been a jam-packed one.

NOVEMBER: Went to Sarajevo with Charming Hostess. Fell in crush with a NY Times reporter. Ate burek.

DECEMBER: Spent Christmas with my chirl Anel and her family at the St. Regis. Tres fancy.

JANUARY: 2nd Ave. Deli shuffles off this mortal coil. I go to Baltimore with Charming Hostess to sing for the excellent Charm City Kitty Club audience. We eat at The Helmand, which is owned by Hamid Karzai's brother.

FEBRUARY: Kind of a slow month, looks like. Huh. I think I was rehearsing for Here Lies Love

MARCH: Went to Adelaide to be in the world premiere of Here Lies Love, a musical about Imelda Marcos written by David Byrne, with musical contributions from Fat Boy Slim. My run down here.

APRIL: Looks like another slow month. But March was pretty big, so I guess it's alright.

MAY: Switched to Movable Type and completely redesigned the website.

JUNE: Ruth Reichl! Also, went to Hudson again.

JULY: Zinedine Zidane lets us down.

AUGUST: I went to New Orleans with Miho Hatori, the Hamptons for Winnie's bachelorette party, Belgium with Charming Hostess, did voiceover imitation of my mom for The Protector. Busy month.

SEPTEMBER: Started writing for NYMag.com, went to Bri and Meg's Missouri wedding, Winnie and Chris's Brooklyn wedding.

OCTOBER: Played on the Hotel Cafe Tour through the midwest, sleeping on a tour bus with 12 13 14 other people. Visited Minnesota, Indiana, Kentucky for the first time. Caved into myspace: www.myspace.com/gandas. Come on, befriend me.

Goals to achieve before I turn 30:

Maybe go out on two dates, maybe one of which can be with a person in his 20s, just to know what that's like.

Have at least 3 elaborate dinner parties.

Drink a little less.

Maybe work not so hard.

Get out on the road a little more.

I'd like to do a show of my own music on my 30th birthday. Which means I have to write some music and start playing it. For real people.

Go see my family more often.