I don't think getting worms for your birthday is weird at all. I looked into this a few weeks ago, and decided against it.

I live in a neighborhood with lots of apartment building dumpsters and the rats that accompany them, so my worm compost bin would have to be indoors. I read that fruit flies are an issue, and I don't want to deal with them. But I'm still seriously considering it. Being a vegan, I have a LOT of vegetable scraps.