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Cake

Today is my mentor's (and good friend's) birthday. Oddly enough, we we're born only a day (and quite a few years) apart. I can safely say that up until this point in my career (my executive career in the entertainment industry, not my writing career), everything I know has either been directly from him, or as the result of his encouragement and guidance to learn it for myself. Starting a few years ago, when I was his assistant, I didn't have a lot of money - and he doesn't like to make a big deal about his birthday - so I made him a simple birthday cake from scratch to thank him for everything. Well, it wasn't really so simple... it was a dark chocolate brownie cake with raspberry jam filling and double-chocolate frosting...

But over the years, even as I've made more money and we've both moved on to different jobs, it's become a tradition that I make some kind of homemade birthday cake for his birthday. Last year, I surprised him at his office on one of the movie studio lots with a white chocolate fudge cake... and this year I'm going to continue the tradition. The wife and I are going to go visit his family this afternoon. Just as soon as I can figure out what kind of cake to make!

Keeping the tradition alive... and not sure how I feel about getting older myself tomorrow. heh