A few years ago I started a tradition of having a marathon gaming day to celebrate instead of a party. The first 2-3 years it was a big board game day that I invited people to. But I realized that playing host and teaching games all day was an exhausting way to celebrate my birthday, rather than a truly pleasurable experience. So then I modified it to a video game day that I did by myself, except for a 3-4 hour window during which I invited people over. Then last year I went deeper into seclusion, spending the entire 12-16 hour day playing games by myself and realized, "yep. This is how I want to spend the day." So this April 13th I'll be taking the day off from work and spending about 12-16 hours playing games by myself again.
Aaah. Nerdy isolationist bliss!
Any of you guys have geeky birthday traditions?