Ah yes...the good old sacred tradition of celebrating one's own birth. Each year you grow older, but not a day richer. A celebration one year closer to death, and not getting any younger. Pretty miserable indeed, wise and noble one. 
And no, my interpretation of that reference is quite right indeed. 
That's certainly an interesting perspective, but the reference I was making was a little simpler. I was just modifying a quote from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night since the name Belmont comes from that game series. Here's the clip. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMTizJemHO8[/youtube]