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" Guess what lads and ladies... It was my birthday this week!  When I woke up on Oct. 10th (my birthday) and looked at my face in the mirror, colorful letters swam before my eyes. Huge HAPPY BIRTHDAY graffiti adorned all the mirrors, and little post-it notes were stuck on the desk, chair, and my octopus lamp. Rumor has it that my roommate got busy in the middle of the night! I jumped up ecstatic and thanked my lucky stars once again for getting an amazing roommate. I&amp;#039;ll tell you guys about her next time, but for now I&amp;#039;ll say that her personality cannot mesh better with mine; the other people on my floor, however, I cannot care for with the same excitement... Anyway, after grinning through all my classes (it was a Friday, so everybody was grinning, too), I got a call from a friend who told me to be back at my dorm by 7:20 p.m. She had a &amp;quot;Birthday Surprise,&amp;quot; and instructed me to &amp;quot;look cute!&amp;quot; Before I could get ready, my parents also called and whisked me home. They had prepared a feast. Now, the best thing about going to college in the same city as your family is the home-cooked meals whenever you want. Dining hall food cannot even compare! After a delicious dinner with my mom, dad, sister, and cat, I rushed back to my dorm to &amp;quot;look cute!&amp;quot;  At 7:22 p.m., my friends burst into my room bellowing some off-tune version of the Happy Birthday song. They also baked me a chocolate birthday cake, which I loved (I&amp;#039;d be eating some right now, but it&amp;#039;s all gone...). My &amp;quot;Birthday Surprise&amp;quot; was a trip to the movies where my friends treated me to Nick and Norah&amp;#039;s Infinite Playlist. I had wanted to see this movie for a while, but it didn&amp;#039;t quite meet my expectations. After the movie, I thought we were going back to my dorm, but I didn&amp;#039;t recognize the suddenly darker, stranger scenery flashing by the car window. It ended up being the community complex of one of our guy friends, and I realized that the &amp;quot;look cute!&amp;quot; advice had to do with the SURPRISE PARTY going full blast in his apartment! After a ton of &amp;quot;Happy Birthday!&amp;quot; hugs from friendly and foreign faces, I ran to the dance floor and commenced to have an awesome time. My first birthday in college was a whirlwind of fun. Thanks for coming! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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