Chick-Fil-A + ‘Rock Band’ = Best.Birthday.Ever.
So, yesterday was my birthday and I really wanted to keep the day as low-key as possible, spending it with some friends and some food. After I discovered a few months ago that I was within driving distance of a Chick-Fil-A restaurant in Redondo Beach, CA I’ve made it a habit of gettin’ down there for eats as much as I can. The very kind owners of the Chick-Fil-A inside the South Bay Galleria Mall in Redondo contacted me with an extremely generous offer to host a party for me and my friends … I figured my birthday would be the best time to have such a party so that’s what we did. I hadn’t anticipated that Bob and Michelle Sun, the restaurant owners, would go all out for me and my friends … they really gave me a superfun and very delicious birthday party. Here are a few pics from yesterday’s fun:
Yes, that is the official Chick-Fil-A cow mascot at my party with me and my friends. I cannot express enough gratitude for Bob and Michelle’s kind generosity. My friends and I were treated with all the Chick-Fil-A we could eat and then some … I really felt like I was on top of the world. I have to send out much, much love to the Suns for taking such amazing care of me and my friends. Much love also goes out to Darion, Mike, Jill, Paul, Corey, Jim, Derek, Jordan (and his friends Mike and Aaron) and of course David for coming out to my dinner party :)
After the jump, check out a bunch more pics from the second part of last night’s fun — our Rock Band party at Darion’s apartment …
Here are a few pics from my Rock Band party … Kirsten and Josh were able to join us for this portion of the night’s fun. We named our band Hawt Kawk and named the band members Rayge (the emaciated emo lead signer), Playgue (the punky lead guitarist), Jayde (the metalhead bassist) and Layne (the burly Berliner drummer):
The highlight of the game was finally winning our Deluxuliner tour bus but after the 15th time playing Say It Ain’t So by Weezer, we ditched the tour and just had mindless fun for the rest of the night. Much, much love goes out to Darion for hosting the party — he decked out his apartment and provided food and drink for all of us — he’s the best :) Love to Mike and Jill for the amazing Birthday Cookie, too :) All my friends rule, I love them all dearly. They showered me with very generous and thoughtful gifts … I just love them very very much :)
This afternoon, David has a birthday surprise for me … I dunno what it is yet but we have to leave soon … I’ll be posting more blog stuff later on tonight after we get back from wherever we have to be :)
Lastly, thank you all for the kind birthday wishes that y’all have been posting in the comments or emailing my way. Much love to you all for the very kind words :) xoxoxoxox
Tags: Chick-Fil-A, Hawt Kawk, Le Gang
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July 13th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
Happiest of birthdays, Trent. I love me some Chick-fil-a too!
July 13th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
I hope you enjoyed your birthday party, Trent!
Sorry that I have to inform you of this – I liked Chick-Fil-A too – but their’s still a standing gay boycott against the franchise. They are owned and operated by fundamentalist Christian that give to a butt-load of anti-gay charities. That’s also the reason that none of their restaurants can be open on Sunday.
July 13th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
Happy belated birthday! I love me some Chick-Fil-A but we don’t have one in Vegas. I worked at one back home (in Georgia) for like a year and a half. Don’t miss the job but I miss their food SO much!
July 13th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
I feel your pain Trent. As a Canadian, I only gets some of the goods when I’m down at my dads in North Carolina. Hello waffle fries…will you marry me?
July 13th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
Oh how I miss the Chic Fil A, theres not one anywhere near San Francisco. Happy belated birthday, Trent. Can’t wait to read what the big surprise was.
July 13th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
Wow! Looks like you had an awesome birthday! So happy for you!!! :)
That’s just about the coolest thing ever that chick-fil-a threw you a birthday party! Complete with the cow!! :)
July 13th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
OMG, too freakin funny…it’s like Chuck-E-Cheese birthday, but for adults!
happy birthday trent, here’s to another year of gossip and hot men! (and RockBand!!)
oh, and the tapestry of The Gang came out so good!
July 13th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
1. Happy birthday!
2. I was @ that Chick-fil-A yesterday too! It was darn good too! Polynesian sauce, ftw.
July 13th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
Happy Late Birthday! It looks like you had a blast!
David is too cute. ;-)
July 13th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
Happy Birfday weekend! After reading about Chick-Fil-A a few months ago on your blog I found the same one you talked about and it WAS great! Too bad the whole time I didn’t realize it was pronounced the same as filet and kept calling it chick fillah! haha <3
July 13th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
Happy B-Lated Birthday Trent!!
I love your obsession with Chick-Fil-A!! South Bay Galleria is literally like 10 min. away from my house!! haha so hope to run into you one day =)
Btw, there is another Chick-Fil-A in another mall called Del Amo Mall in Torrance , CA which is another 10 min. away from South Bay Galleria so you should check there out too.
July 13th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
aww…. awesome blanket. now you always have your friends to keep you warm!
July 13th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
How fun and wonderful for you and your friends! So glad you had a GREAT birthday weekend! XO
July 13th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
Happy Birthday Trent! I love what you did on your birthday – food, friends & fun! That’s exactly how I always spend mine, too (and usually with some family thrown in for good measure!)
Ain’t no Chick-Fil-A here in Vancouver, but I hafta say I’m VERY curious about this joint now that I’ve read this post…
P.S. Is it just me or is Darion revealing himself to be a deliciously fun guy in almost every pic I see of him?
July 13th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
Chic Fil A rocks my world, and to find out that you feel the same way?
Well, well.
I just wish they had In and Out in Florida.
Do you think you could use your grand influence to make that happen? Seriously, I miss the Real Burger soooo much.
Chic Fil A’s where we go for the chicks, but sometimes we have to have cow.
Happy Birthday, T!
xo
E
July 13th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
Oh listen to the haters…
“that’s the reason that the restaurants can’t be open on Sundays? Because they’re owned by fundamentalist Christian gay haters?”
Get your facts straight.
I’m a born again Christian, and I don’t hate gays, and neither do any other Christians that I know.
We love everyone.
However, I hate ignorance.
July 13th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
Hope you had a great bday! Wanted to let you know that what another poster wrote is indeed true … ChickFilA as a corporation is AWFUL — they give tons of money to bigoted and misogynist causes in the name of “christianity”. I feel your pain, man, but I hope you’ll start to boycott them. I encourage you to check out their financials and post that info on your site — you have a huge audience and maybe you and your $$$ could persuade them to be better people.
July 13th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
You had a FANTASTIC birthday! Woo woo!!!
July 13th, 2008 at 6:32 pm
Happy Birthday, but you should not be promoting that company. What’s next? A Cracker Barrel sponsored party?
July 13th, 2008 at 6:36 pm
Many best birthday wishes and many many more….
July 13th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
OMG, What a birthday! You guys looks like you had so much fun!
July 13th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
Well maybe these owners of Chick-Fil-A aren’t jerks because Trent is openly gay is he not? and here they are, hosting a party for him, knowing full well the entire world will find out.
besides who can resist their nuggets and lemonade??
July 13th, 2008 at 9:27 pm
This weekend was my birthday too!! I hope you had a blast like I did. :)
If you love Chick-fil-A, you should definitely put in the effort to wake up early one day and get their Breakfast Chicken Biscuit. Best thing on their menu. Seriously.
July 13th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
Trent your hair looks GREAT! Happy Birthday!
July 13th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
Awwww! Looks like you and your peeps had lots of fun! I’m glad you had a lovely birthday, Trent. You know what’s weird? I’ve seen you and your friends so many times in pictures here and there that it’s like I know you guys, and I go… “Oh, look at Darion’s cool shirt!” or “Is David getting a tan?” (Ain’t that a little bit sad?) LOL
July 14th, 2008 at 1:30 am
Many happy returns!
July 14th, 2008 at 1:50 am
Happy Belated Birthday Trent! Living in Alaska, I miss Chick-Fil-A something awful!!!!
I wonder if they would mail me some???
So…what was your suprise present from David????
July 14th, 2008 at 6:40 am
Happy Birthday, I love me some Chick-Fil-A. Seems your special day was a blast, wish you many, many more.
July 14th, 2008 at 7:09 am
Happy belated birthday… Since moving to the Northeast from the South, I’ve had days where I feel like an amputee must, because I reach down for my 8-piece nuggets and they’re just not there anymore…. I know the company’s owned by a conservative Christian, but waffle fries go a long way toward reconciliation…
July 14th, 2008 at 8:06 am
HOPE YOU HAD A FANTASTIC BIRTHDAY!!!!!
July 14th, 2008 at 8:45 am
What an incredible HEARTED birthday gathering that you really deserve to have!!!!! Very happy for you to be celebrated in such a FUNtastic way!!! And, you know, Trent, if I could have been there I would have been the band groupie dancer!!!! :)
July 14th, 2008 at 9:35 am
Happy belated birthday! :)
July 14th, 2008 at 9:37 am
Happy belated birthday- looks like you had fun. Also I love your site!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
July 14th, 2008 at 10:40 am
Happy belated birthday!!
Looks like you all had a blast!!!
July 14th, 2008 at 11:11 am
oh my god that is my mall… i worked there and went to lunch on the 3rd floor all the time. That is so awsome!! happy belated birthday take care. Lovies
July 14th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
OH MY GOD!!!! You have the best friends in the world!!! You guys have such fun adventures!! Looks like you had a fantastic b-day!
July 14th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
Trent,
Sorry to rain on your birthday parade, buddy, but you MUST (and I’ve told you this before) look into where Chic Fil A puts their money politically. Trust me, their food doesn’t taste good enough to justify financing THAT.
July 14th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
Happy Birthday!!
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