Birthday woes

Today is Jeff's birthday.

Confession 1:
I had no idea until some online organizer thingy (Yahoo! calendar? Gmail address book? Friendster?) reminded me. Happy birthday Jeff.

Confession 2:
I'm not really sure if his birthday is today (3/15 JST) or tomorrow (3/15 Eastern).

Confession 3:
I'm horrible with birthdays. I'm worse than horrible with birthdays. To wit:

* My brother's birthday is 8/19...I think.
* Heidi's birthday is either 6/1, 6/30, or 7/1.
* Heidi's cousin's birthday is 7/25. Even though I've only met her like once or twice, I know hers as well as mine--because it is mine.
* My dad's birthday is 1/20. This year was the first time I actually knew without a reminder, and only because that's the day before my uncle's wedding. I got major points for flying back to Taipei on this day, unknowingly.
* Simona's birthday is 11/24 and our anniversary is 12/3. I know these like the back of my blog (and I 2xchecked my expenses spreadsheet too).
* My mom's birthday is 6/29. I didn't even know I had once written this down on my blog.
* The birthdays of both of my grandmas, grandpa, Mark, Chris, Eric, Pennawitz (sometime in Oct), Von (sometime in April? May?), Ev, Dave, B-do, and just about everyone else whom I have the pleasure of calling a friend, are all mysteries to me.

I guess I can't really be too upset about Von reminding me about Dave's birthday on my birthday. Oh yeah.

* Dave's birthday is 7/27.

So, pretty please, can I get a (insert that word on the tip of my tongue, last read in a sports column, which means having a one-time, no-strings free pass): if you come across this post, could you just email me with your birthday lest I suffer the guilt of forgetting/not ever knowing it?

(update 4/18/06: Thanks to all of those who allwed me a mulligan and re-reminded me of their birthdays.)