Happy Birthday, Matt - that's an amazing birthday cake!
Giles, if you would like to get by in American society, then you are going to have to follow our traditions. You're the patriarch. You have to host the festivities, or it's all meaningless.
Buffy ,'Sleeper'
Natter 47: My Brilliance Is Wasted On You People
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Volans - Oct 12, 2006 10:35:40 am PDT #3376 of 10001
move out and draw fire
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 12, 2006 10:36:15 am PDT #3377 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Thanks gang. The actual day's tomorrow, but I'm not coming in to work, so my co-workers jumped the gun by a day.
Though now that all the sugar is hitting my bloodstream, I may just vibrate my way into the future like the Flash.
sj - Oct 12, 2006 10:37:56 am PDT #3378 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
That sounds like quite a cake, Matt. Enjoy your birthday/day off tomorrow!
bon bon - Oct 12, 2006 10:38:33 am PDT #3379 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
What a gesture! Happy BD!
Steph L. - Oct 12, 2006 10:49:41 am PDT #3380 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Happy Birthday's Eve, Matt!!!
erikaj - Oct 12, 2006 10:58:44 am PDT #3381 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Wrod, bunk.
-t - Oct 12, 2006 10:59:45 am PDT #3382 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That sounds like a wonderful cake, Matt! Happy anticipation of birthday day!
Sparky1 - Oct 12, 2006 11:08:29 am PDT #3383 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
Yum, cake! A very merry unbirthday today, Matt! May it be good practice for a more perfect day tomorrow.
§ ita § - Oct 12, 2006 11:17:37 am PDT #3384 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Happy early birthday, Matt. That's a lovely thing for them to do.
I studied Zen meditation for a while. They recommended taking a household chore, and making it a meditation. For quite a while I would take the dirty dishes out of the dishwasher and wash them by hand. It was soothing, despite my roommates thinking I was insane.
Not something I do so much anymore. Cleaning is either joyless discipline, or a quest for OCD satisfaction.
Though seeing my apartment clean and tidy (and knowing everything in the closets and cupboards is organised) is a very good feeling.
I'm both cleaning and organising in my newly-found free time.
AirstreamNA - Oct 12, 2006 11:32:51 am PDT #3385 of 10001
When you're racing - it's life. Anything that comes before or after is just waiting.
Happy Early Birthday, Matt. BTW, what local Italian bistro would you be referring to (since there are only a handful here in Memphis)?
Speaking of turning a chore into meditation, I managed to do that with the laundry, which I used to loathe. Fortunately, doing the dishes has never been a problem for me.
BTW, thanks to all for the very warm welcome everyone.