The birthday brunch cruise went off without a hitch and was fantastic. I'm on an early schedule anyway so I had no trouble waking up at 7:00 to make it to San Francisco in time. We went under the Golden gate bridge and passed close by Alcatraz. Food was amazing and I pigged out after some bottomless mimosas. Our waitress even let me take my stacked plates home as long as I kept it discrete.

Because the universe feels threatened by my power, I got word at the end of it that nobody could be in the office this afternoon. I had no choice but to go in, topping off the week of bad fortune. My friends offered to come back to the South Bay when my shift was over, so we went out for sushi at night in town and checked out a gamer bar where I played Street Fighter 2 against George. Ended up watching the live-action Fist of the North Star movie and live-action Mario movie back at the house, both of which were disappointingly boring.

All in all, I had a great time despite the bad circumstances.