Hello 31!

Yesterday I turned 31, and after a few calculations I realized that it's been 10 years since I turned 21. Then I went on a trip down memory lane, and remembered going out on my 21st birthday and people buying me terrible shots at Charley's. Then I remembered I blogged about it and I went back and re-read the blog about my 21st birthday, which was in my most prolific blogging era. Then I had to go to the Charley's website to look up what is in a Hairy Gorilla Fart.

But that aside, I've updated my annual birthday message chart.

- Overall my numbers aren't great this year. It's the lowest amount of FB happy birthday posts I've received since I've been keeping track (excluding the infamous 2011 birthday snafu). 27 posts is not good.
- I suspect part of the issue is that it was a Monday, and people are probably too busy being grump-a-dumps on Mondays to wish people happy birthday. Last year I teased adding the day of the week to the chart. It's here now!
- My total number of friends has dropped 5% form last year, but my total number of FB messages plummeted 25%. I don't think it's just the Monday effect. I anecdotally suspect people are using facebook less and less, and therefore my numbers will probably continue to decline in the future to the point where this post is just too sad to write.
- Keeping with the tradition of the past few years, I'll continue to tease a new feature for next year. Next year will be a TRENDLINE!!!!!! Will it me a moving average, linear, or logarithmic? Check back next year to find out!
- It was a good year for calls, I doubled my average of 2 per year. It was a bad year for Snapchat (0), Twitter (0 again), and other social media platforms (0).
- I have bittersweet news on the double Rachel Morgan front. I was very excited to get facebook posts from BOTH Rachel Morgans. BUT, in the past year both Rachel Morgans in my life have gotten married, so now neither one is a true Rachel Morgan, and the suspense of which Rachel Morgan wished me Happy Birthday is no more. But congrats to all the Rachel Morgans out there for finding your special someone.
- After five years of reliably being called a fartface, I was not called a fartface this year. It was a true birthday snub.
- In even more depressing news, after definitively calling out Ray Smith as a Happy Birthday fraudster and vowing not to mention him again, he doesn't wish me happy birthday. So has it been legit the whole time? Is he reading this? If so, I need to know the truth. It's killing me Ray!

Until next year!