Aw, Man, I Totally Missed Nate's Birthday

. . . well, not exactly, but my gift to him is definitely going to be pretty late. And, unfortunately highlighting this lateness, Nate's gift to me arrived from Amazon today. Nate, I will definitely enjoy the collection of the great short works of Herman Melville and the DVD of Bill Morrison's nonnarrative art film Decasia. (Decasia was definitely performed with a live orchestra at least twice while I was living in New York, but I missed it.) My gift to Nate might be a little dorky in comparison to this, but whatever: it's not like this has stopped either of us before.

Somehow Nate's birthday manages to sneak up on me every year. In '09, I resolve, the gift will arrive on time.