The World According To Chris Brewer

Currently Listening To: “Groove On” by Roni Size, from the album Return to V (2005)

Link: Listen to a sample of “Groove On” at The Dance Music Resource Pages (MP3, :30)

For some reason, I have never been really interested in celebrating passing birthdays. Every year July 20 comes and goes, and I usually don’t think anything of it. Especially over the past three or four years, I guess I have grown up in that aspect….I used to complain that nothing ever happened over my birthday, but at least I got presents from my family, cards from church members, etc. and my mom would make me my favorite cake with chocolate peanut butter frosting. It was the best, I would always have to drink about six glasses of milk just to clear my throat.

I think I’ve given myself more presents than I have received over the past couple years. Last year when I turned 20 and I was the morning show host, I asked the American Forces Network station at Lajes Field (where I was stationed from June 2003-September 2004) if I could format the playlist according to my musical preference. Of course they said no, but they did let there be a Chris Brewer Music Hour, where I played my top 10 songs of all time (which have of course changed). I’ll even post the songs I played below if anyone wants to see it. Oh, and that evening after the show was over, we had a softball game, and I repeated my performance from the year before, hitting two home runs off the medical warehouse in right field. Thank God for short porches, I think it was only 270 in right. I had done the same thing in ‘03 when I turned 19. Of course I was still really really skinny then and people’s jaws dropped when they saw me hit two moon shots into right field. July 20, 2003 was Chris Brewer’s first softball home run ever. I think I only hit seven the entire time I was at Lajes, and four of those came on two birthdays, July 20 in both ‘03 and ‘04. Don’t know how I did it. Maybe I was pissed that no one from back home thought of me.

So in nine days I will turn 21.
Many people lose their sanity when they turn 21. I have already done so.
Many people drink heavily when they turn 21. I will not do so.
Many people will go on dates with beautiful members of the opposite sex when they turn 21. I cannot do so because I do not have any willing candidates to take me up on the offer.
Many people will go to church when they turn 21. I will do so, considering July 20 is a Wednesday.

What am I saying by this? I don’t want to drink when I turn 21 (read: I don’t want to drink EVER, it’s moronic, I don’t care who you are), so in place of doing this, I want to do something that will still be memorable and commemorate the day I turned into a completely legal adult. So I’m thinking about inviting all my friends (read: NOT limited to church people, that’s moronic too) to a dinner after church, probably somewhere like Cheddar’s, Outback, I don’t know yet. That’s it. If you read this, consider yourself invited. I’ll provide details later.

And yes, it would be neat if someone remembered me on the day I turn 21. Send me a card, put Happy Birthday in your AIM away message, give me a hug, whatever. Just remember me, that’s all I ask.

Thanks.