I am the type of person who can literally forget his own birthday. I’ve done it. I pretty much remember two dates out of the year. Christmas and Halloween. But my girlfriend insists I remember her birthday. It’s only one extra day, and I thought I could do it. I sat around repeating it until I thought I had it. I set an iCal event, and created it on my personal calendar at work so my BlackBerry would remind me, and I figured I was golden.

After all, even if I forgot the date I wouldn’t miss the date, right? Make sense? It does to me. This is pretty much the only way I can remember things like this.

Then she and I were sitting around talking, or more accurately, lying around talking. And she brought it up. And I said, “It’s the 29th, just like Bruce Willis.” I ended up being half right. I would have been better off had I shut up instead of incorrectly guessing. I could have then snuck away, looked at my iCal, and all would have been well with the world. But since it’s the 19th and not the 29th I decided to do something to have a daily reminder. So I stole a countdown clock from a former co-worker (to be fair I’m pretty sure that’s what he put it out there for). Anyway, you can see the clock to the left there. It’s roughly 34 days, 5 hours, and 27 minutes until her birthday. If I forget again, I figure I’ll get it tattooed on the back of my hand (even though she hates tattoos).

The worst part of this whole thing is I have been sending Bruce his card late all these years!