Post Birthday Post
May. 25th, 2008 11:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
zhieTo begin, huge huggles to all respondants to the previously posted picture. Perhaps I was a little mean on my wording of things, but my birthday is a little strange to me at times. First, the day I was born was also the same day that a really terrible airplane accident occurred, so for years and years, I would be reminded of this fact, and how my uncle would have been on that plane had I not decided to go be born and then he decided not to take that flight. Kinda creepy on that. And then, the year I turned ten, two weeks prior, my grandpa gave me my gift (a us savings bond, a projector he had that I loved to use with him, his jigsaw, and a black and white tv that he and i would watch MASH on every Sunday that i still have), because he wanted to make sure I got my gifts before he died and he told me he wouldn't be able to be there for my birthday. He died a few days later, on the 17th; the funeral was a few days later and the dress I was supposed to wear for my 10th birthday I wore for his funeral instead. And then my brother entered the service right around the time of my 21st birthday. So, it's just kind of... yeah. There's a little bit of hesitation every year.
So... thank you for all of the well wishes and for the birthday shouts to those who did send them, either disregarding or not getting the memo ;) And extra big hugs to Dark for calling me to sing happy birthday. I was looking forward to that call this morning :D And to Siesta... the picture is beautiful! Thank you so much!
Anyhow, on to the day...
Did not sleep last night. Attempted to. Gave up after hour and fifteen minutes.
Got up and realized... damn, I'm too old to be sitting in the same position drawing and coloring for over six hours! Legs were screaming at me all day long.
Race! Ah, yes, the race... see, when I was little I was told the Indy 500 was run on or near my birthday for me and that was to keep my watching it instead of all antsy like most kids made to watch the greatest spectacle in racing would get, and then, well, I just adopted it as my race. Back Home in Indiana -- my song (though, I think I was only in Indiana once my whole life...)
So, watched that, had a cook out. We always pick cars and I still have to add up the results on that. Gah, I picked Tomas Scheckter to win it... doh. And I have a feeling Marco's dad has some choice words for him once the race was over. And poor Danica and Sarah... seems like something always happens to them.
Then, I took a nap. Was over at my parent's house, so Jake let me use his futon... which was set up in my old room from when I was about ten. So that was interesting. The room looked so TINY even though the only thing in it was the futon and a fish tank now, I was trying to figure out, how did I get all my stuff in here? And fell asleep with those thoughts.
Woke up, and found my other brother, TJ, had arrived and was napping in the living room. We talked a little, then I went out to see how Mark, Jake, and MJ were doing out in the gazebo, where I had left them to plot DnD stuff. Found they were having a slash discussion, heh, and without me, lol. Anyhow, then we had some pizza and of course cake and then presents, which are difficult to refuse, as they come wrapped with springy ribbons and shiny paper. My cake had peach and blue roses on it, and also fishies! Jake put the fishies on even though they didn't quite go with the roses. Cake was marble, one of my favorites.
Mom raided an accessory shop and got me some cool stuff, and also a mug with one of those mother/daughter sayings that leads to tearing up and hugging and stuff, 'cause my mom's awesome... er, that she makes me cry? Well, I think that makes sense somehow. And then dad gave me a check (well, he's an accountant, it fits, right? heh) and told me I had to show him what he bought me later, heh... and one of those cards that plays music and had penguins on it. There was an impromptu dance party. MJ and Jake got me the deluxe supreme edition of one of my favorite movies, Blade Runner... and they wrapped it twice just to be silly and promised additional layers in coming years. TJ's present was really cool... a statue of a dragon perched on the top of a castle that is also a fountain. Now, the significance? I'm currently writing a scene of a dragon perched atop a castle as part of my original novel. Mark's gift was the Jim Morrison scrapbook, which has all sorts of cool stuff in it. ^_^ Well, and his unintentional gift of also praising my slash works during the discussion earlier.
All in all, a good day. I'm going to pretend the stuff with my mother in law didn't happen, because then it makes the day practically perfect.
Well, it did end with a doozie of a lightning storm, but I like lightning storms. Just not driving through them, but that was brief and somewhat exciting.
And now... to write... to draw... or... to sleep....
So... thank you for all of the well wishes and for the birthday shouts to those who did send them, either disregarding or not getting the memo ;) And extra big hugs to Dark for calling me to sing happy birthday. I was looking forward to that call this morning :D And to Siesta... the picture is beautiful! Thank you so much!
Anyhow, on to the day...
Did not sleep last night. Attempted to. Gave up after hour and fifteen minutes.
Got up and realized... damn, I'm too old to be sitting in the same position drawing and coloring for over six hours! Legs were screaming at me all day long.
Race! Ah, yes, the race... see, when I was little I was told the Indy 500 was run on or near my birthday for me and that was to keep my watching it instead of all antsy like most kids made to watch the greatest spectacle in racing would get, and then, well, I just adopted it as my race. Back Home in Indiana -- my song (though, I think I was only in Indiana once my whole life...)
So, watched that, had a cook out. We always pick cars and I still have to add up the results on that. Gah, I picked Tomas Scheckter to win it... doh. And I have a feeling Marco's dad has some choice words for him once the race was over. And poor Danica and Sarah... seems like something always happens to them.
Then, I took a nap. Was over at my parent's house, so Jake let me use his futon... which was set up in my old room from when I was about ten. So that was interesting. The room looked so TINY even though the only thing in it was the futon and a fish tank now, I was trying to figure out, how did I get all my stuff in here? And fell asleep with those thoughts.
Woke up, and found my other brother, TJ, had arrived and was napping in the living room. We talked a little, then I went out to see how Mark, Jake, and MJ were doing out in the gazebo, where I had left them to plot DnD stuff. Found they were having a slash discussion, heh, and without me, lol. Anyhow, then we had some pizza and of course cake and then presents, which are difficult to refuse, as they come wrapped with springy ribbons and shiny paper. My cake had peach and blue roses on it, and also fishies! Jake put the fishies on even though they didn't quite go with the roses. Cake was marble, one of my favorites.
Mom raided an accessory shop and got me some cool stuff, and also a mug with one of those mother/daughter sayings that leads to tearing up and hugging and stuff, 'cause my mom's awesome... er, that she makes me cry? Well, I think that makes sense somehow. And then dad gave me a check (well, he's an accountant, it fits, right? heh) and told me I had to show him what he bought me later, heh... and one of those cards that plays music and had penguins on it. There was an impromptu dance party. MJ and Jake got me the deluxe supreme edition of one of my favorite movies, Blade Runner... and they wrapped it twice just to be silly and promised additional layers in coming years. TJ's present was really cool... a statue of a dragon perched on the top of a castle that is also a fountain. Now, the significance? I'm currently writing a scene of a dragon perched atop a castle as part of my original novel. Mark's gift was the Jim Morrison scrapbook, which has all sorts of cool stuff in it. ^_^ Well, and his unintentional gift of also praising my slash works during the discussion earlier.
All in all, a good day. I'm going to pretend the stuff with my mother in law didn't happen, because then it makes the day practically perfect.
Well, it did end with a doozie of a lightning storm, but I like lightning storms. Just not driving through them, but that was brief and somewhat exciting.
And now... to write... to draw... or... to sleep....
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Date: 2008-05-26 05:20 am (UTC)Glad my call made ya happy
~Dark
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Date: 2008-05-26 08:35 am (UTC)*Mwah*
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Date: 2008-05-26 09:10 am (UTC)It's not on your profile?
Happy belated... I shall now sing to you in my living room.
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Date: 2008-05-26 02:47 pm (UTC)It sounds like you had a lovely day!
I'm happy for you!
*hugs*
WN
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Date: 2008-05-26 07:02 pm (UTC)*huggles*
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Date: 2008-05-27 12:46 am (UTC)Hare...
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Date: 2008-05-27 01:15 pm (UTC)And thank you for your picture I liked it. It's very Hobbity of you. ^_^