You Can Have Your Cake and Eat it Too....We don't want it!

Birthdays are original, personal, noteworthy traditions. Some people like to forget them. Others prefer smaller celebrations. But for some, the day must be a flag-waving, DJ-playing joyous sloush filled occasion. Some people feel that a birthday celebration isn't complete without the cake, gifts, streemers and all the fanfare of each guest........shut the hell up!! That should only be the case if your too young to plan your own birthday and that's it!! NO EXCEPTIONS!! Don't get me wrong, it's always good to have a party to help celebrate your bday but it shouldn't be detrimental to the overall celebration of the day you were born.

It seems that from the day we were born our parents only taught us one way to spend our birthday's.....and that's with a huge party with all the fixin's, so we really aren't to blame for always wanting to have a party on our birthdays. But think of this; isn't it also our parents that showed us how to grow and mature into responsible "adults" (I do use the term loosely here!) and move away from our younger habits? i.e. No more kids meals and Mickey D's! This also means to grow up and stop handing out streamers and loot bags when your 20!!

We are so used to celebrating our birthday every year that it seems like it's been a tradition almost forever!! However, I did some research and found out the true history behind birthdays and where it all began...

"When early people had no way of keeping track and marking time (except by the moon, sun or by some important event) little attention was paid to the anniversary of a person's birth. Everyone realized, of course, that people grew older as time passed; but they didn't mark any special milestone for it. Only when ancient peoples began taking notice of the moon's cycles, did they pay attention to the changing seasons and the pattern that repeated itself over and over and so they began to mark and note time changes. That's the start of birthday history.

Eventually, the first calendars were formulated in order to mark time changes and other special days. From this tracking system came the ability to celebrate birthdays and other significant anniversaries the same day each year.

It is also said that Birthday celebrations began as a form of protection. It was a common belief that evil spirits were more dangerous to a person when he or she experienced a change in their daily life, such as turning a year older. To protect them from harm, friends and family would gather around the birthday person and bring good cheers, thoughts and wishes."

So there you have it......screw the cake and streamers!!! One of the G-Unit's is celebrating their birthday this weekend, and unfortunately we had to cancel a potential out of town bday throwdown. But after thinking about it, and doing my research I've realized that it's not about the party or the out of town fanfare.....but instead that we're all together no matter where we are (Yes I know this sounds cheezy but it's the truth). You can put the G-Unit anywhere in the world and I GUARANTEE you that we'll have a clean pair of slacks on and having the time of our life with terps.