BIRTHDAY-VERSARY November 3, 2009

WOOOOO HOOOOO!!!!!! Well, it’s that wonderful time of year again. I am so excited. In case you’re unfamiliar with this awesome week of celebration I call “birthday-versary”, it’s the week surrounding November 6th, my birthday, and November 11th, Damian’s and my anniversary. It’s usually a week of gifts, excitement, surprises, fun, trips, and more gifts. This year, however, I’m afraid we’re going to have to tone it down. The economy has been rough on us too this year. Nevertheless, I’m expecting it to be fun and exciting, just without so many gifts and trips. As usual, I don’t know what Damian has planned. Last year, he surprised me by sending a girl in a chicken (cock, as Damian likes to say) costume to the office to wish me a Happy Birthday. It was pretty funny. Because my coworkers seemed to like it too, I think it turned out to be a gift for everyone . He also surprised me with a trip to the Bahamas. It was wonderful, so relaxing. I must say that my boyfriend is the best ever. He treats me like a queen. He’s definitely a keeper. At first, I thought the special treatment would only last during the courting period, but here we are 4 years later and he’s still great.


This year though, there’s one more thing that we’ll hopefully be celebrating. Y Combinator does seed funding for startups. They get you to the point where you’ve built something impressive enough to raise money on a larger scale. Then, (the best part), they introduce you (OH SO IMPORTANT!!) to LATER STAGE investors. “Cha-ching.” That’s when you get the millions of dollars to run your company. Given that Ycombinator has done this for over 180 companies, I know that they could help me as well. So, I applied and on November 5th, I’ll know whether I made the first cut of companies. Making the first cut affords you the opportunity to travel to the Bay area to meet with them. Then, if you make that cut, you’re in and the program begins in January. I think I have a great idea and I’ve built a prototype, therefore, I’m very optimistic.


I WILL be celebrating 3 things this year, birthday, anniversary, and making the first Ycombinator cut.