Hooray for cake! I had a two-bite carrot cake this evening in your honor, and because I wanted it. It sounds like your birthday was perfectly pleasant.
And almost sixty-five percent of that was actual compliment. Is that a personal best?
Xander ,'End of Days'
The Crying of Natter 49
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.
Maria - Jan 04, 2007 8:32:03 pm PST #189 of 10001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Scrappy - Jan 04, 2007 8:40:31 pm PST #190 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Not someone with a birthday, awesome though she is. The hint was that she DEFINES awesome.
§ ita § - Jan 04, 2007 8:41:32 pm PST #191 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It sounds like your birthday was perfectly pleasant.
It was! I had three migraines, but they were brief and responsive to abortives. The bar might be set low, but I cleared it with flying colours.
Hmm. What's the origin of "with flying colours," I wonder...
eta: Maybe Robin's skating partner would know...
Liese S. - Jan 04, 2007 8:43:46 pm PST #192 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I'm glad you had a nice birthday!
I bet Robin's partner was erinaceous!
Scrappy - Jan 04, 2007 8:46:36 pm PST #193 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Yes, Liese! How completely lucky am I? It was great fun and she is excellent company, on the rink or off. And a styling chick who has some fab moves. I am very grateful she drove all the way from Anaheim on a rainy night after flying all the way here. We had some terrific conversation and hang time. She said to tell the LAistas she'd be emailing folks once she knows her schedule.
Maria - Jan 04, 2007 8:47:49 pm PST #194 of 10001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
edit: Nevermind, Liese and ita are better with the clues than I.
What's the origin of "with flying colours," I wonder...
The Oxford English Dictionary says "[i]t is a military metaphor for leaving the battlefield still in possession of one's flag." It apparently was an army thing from the 17th century.
Burrell - Jan 04, 2007 8:51:13 pm PST #195 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Oo, Robin, I am jealous! What a lovely evening.
ita, I'm glad there was cake, and that the migraines were on their best behavior.
Liese S. - Jan 04, 2007 8:59:34 pm PST #196 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
So lucky! What fun!
Jesse - Jan 05, 2007 2:55:22 am PST #197 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It'd be okay. The problem would come when you had to keep changing the kid's name every other month when a new version of the product came out.
Or the company gets bought -- isn't that what happened to the new Boston Garden? It was the Fleet Center? But then there was no more Fleet Bank? Edit: Oh yeah, that's tragic: now it's the "TD BankNorth Garden." [link]
Sounds fun, Robin! You found just the right lure for her!
Theodosia - Jan 05, 2007 3:23:53 am PST #198 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I see that people both came up with my naming solution for the twins and my guess as to who Robin's skating partner did. Still, even though I was beat to it, I have the satisfaction of knowing I came up with the "right" answers.
Hell, I'll take my satisfaction whereever I can possibly shoehorn in the slightest amount of satis.
Today will be enlivened with a visit to an orthopedist to try to figure out what is wrong with my shoulder, which is still hurty if I try to stretch my arm too high overhead or touch my opposite shoulder blade. If it was just that it hurt when I threw a javelin, I'd give up javelin-tossing, but I'm too young to have to give up reaching for stuff on the top shelf, you know? I suppose there's going to be x-rays and or MRIs and fun stuff like that there. I suppose a small amount of shoulder-ma would be in order....