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Is it better to give a fantastic birthday present or to receive one?

I recently gave a birthday present that involved some strategic and borderline strange planning, and though I hardly slept for a day and a half preparing the deployment of the gift I felt thoroughly satisfied in the end.

Some things I learned along the way of giving one of the better presents I have ever given:

1. If you wear a blazer over top of a hoodie and carry bedding you are automatically assumed homeless by bus drivers....er, actually pretty much every one who sees you.

2. Don't pay for flowers, stealing them from random yards in your city is more fun. And it's the thought that counts. If you buy flowers.... leave the price tag on.

3. Sleeping in a city park is illegal.. who knew?

4. Waking up to the sound of a grunting 4 point buck is very unnerving. I have hit deer with my car in the past and I think I narrowly escaped their revenge on me in the quest to deliver my gift. I now give deer far more respect than the prancing caribou fairies I once thought of them.

5. Always plan for the worst response to a gift. I planned for a restraining order.

6. Listen to YACHT- Psychic City while preparing the gift and Delorean- Seasun after the gift has been given.

Time to start planning your next gift, or if your like me your next giftquest. Let me know what you learn.

Peace, love and granola

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