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3:05 PM, Thursday, September 28th, 2023:   A new era of birthday videos begins...     Ya gotta understand that we're talking 20 different Ernie birthday videos. Maybe he'll show his head again someday, but man - I just can't figure out how to make them different and when I look back on them I'm bummed when I don't show more videos of the kids in the middle (time restraints for video quality). This way I can make a video specifically about them and this is a good way to start: a nice retrospective. 12 will be something different. Fun. Now to the letter...   Dear Vienna,   Ya know, I read last year's letter and it really still holds true. You're you. And ever since you went back to school after COVID your "you" has been CLEARLY pronounced. It's hard to believe you were ever the shy quiet little kid we grew to know. You're a modern-day Punky Brewster and you don't even know who that is. In the past year, your love of thrift store shopping is QUITE APPARENT and it's one of the few times you can honestly say this about a kid: you're completely different than every single person in your school. Do you realize how much the little kids at your school probably look over at "the big kids" and think you're the COOLEST PERSON ON THE PLANET? Seeing you with your friends is bizarre because you come from the Planet Vien and it's actually hard not to stare. Your presence is so BIG and uncontainable. It's amazing. Like, I can completely see who you are at 18 now. A taller version of THIS. I cannot believe how clear that is now. I'm so excited to watch these next few years of your life.   Now let's finish this pigeon cartoon so you can add yet another feather to your cap of exploding art that you seem to do in your sleep. Goodness you amaze me.   Happy birthday.   Love, love, love...   Dad