Plenty of people are not “birthday people.†Some experience a lot of ennui with the occasion; others just don’t think it’s an accomplishment worth celebrating. Point is, most of those people don’t have the cast of Parks and Recreation celebrating their existence with cupcakes. Deadpan-czar Aubrey Plaza did, and still her anti-birthday reserve did not break, still her even-keel did not bend. Prompted by Conan O’Brien’s exasperation at Plaza’s birthday blahs, Plaza shared that she did have a little birthday fun, appearing on Anna Faris’s podcast (increasingly the place to be), where her former Parks and Rec co-stars Chris Pratt and Retta gave her cupcakes. Sounds lovely, right? Plaza did admit that it was “very nice,†but, like a punishment-averse kid backing away from a broken vase, added: “It wasn’t my idea!â€
