{"id":688,"date":"2007-02-17T12:18:21","date_gmt":"2007-02-17T17:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=688"},"modified":"2007-02-17T12:18:21","modified_gmt":"2007-02-17T17:18:21","slug":"happy-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=688","title":{"rendered":"happy birthday!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My brother, Josh, turns 30 (sorry, 10(x3), Mum) today.<\/p>\n<p>Josh is creative and ambitious, the owner of his own business. He grasps ideas firmly in his hands and sculpts them from air until they become firm and tangible. I&#8217;m wholly jealous of his follow-through and tenacity.<\/p>\n<p>He is a dog lover and the person of Sampson, a wrinkly year-old Sharpei, who roams the hills outside L.A. with him.<\/p>\n<p>Josh is quick-witted and can turn a phrase like no one else I know. He gets away with saying things you&#8217;d tolerate from no one else, merely because he is good-willed about it or funny in an understated way.<\/p>\n<p>We didn&#8217;t get along so well when we were kids, but now that we&#8217;ve grown older, we can actually spend time together and enjoy it, which is great. Of course, because of this, he did have to move across the country. I try not to take it personally.<\/p>\n<p>Happy birthday, Josh. I hope you and Sampson get a nice ramble in today followed by some fun with friends. Know you&#8217;re in my thoughts today and always. I love you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My brother, Josh, turns 30 (sorry, 10(x3), Mum) today. Josh is creative and ambitious, the owner of his own business. He grasps ideas firmly in his hands and sculpts them from air until they become firm and tangible. I&#8217;m wholly jealous of his follow-through and tenacity. 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