Apr. 9th, 2004

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Yeah, I didn't post on my birthday. I had the opportunity to spend most of the day watching DVDs and playing videogames (I adore Airburst, and cannot wait until Airburst Extreme is finally released). So yeah, took a break from LJ.

Didn't do much in the way of actual celebrating, although I'm planning a lunch next week, depending on scheduling.

Did have one of those things happen to me which no one, ever, should have happen on their birthday. Suffice to say, it won't be happening again.

As for the gifts, [livejournal.com profile] shadesong's parents got me three DVDs: Tokyo Drifter, The Thing, and The Third Man. These were all DVDs that were stolen when we were robbed, and all DVDs that I consider essential to any movie colletion.

Shadesong got me Futurama Vol. 2 (with the Lost City of Atlanta episode!), the third collection of Y the Last Man ([livejournal.com profile] glenn5, was this the one you felt there was a plot hole in?), and an IOU on Sethra Lavode, the final book in Brust's Phoenix Guards saga (it was just released, and shipped the day before my birthday)! Yay! Best. Fiancee. Ever.

Then, at the end of the day, the UPS guy showed up with a package from [livejournal.com profile] morenasangre (well, from Amazon, but you know what I mean), containing Season One of Six Feet Under! Yay! This was one of the single best seasons of TV I've ever seen. It's also got the best packaging I've seen on a DVD set in a long time. This gift just rocks.

Finally, [livejournal.com profile] volta arrived, and gave me Futurama Vol. 3 and Genius: The Best of Warren Zevon. Both essential items in my house.

So, yeah, not much celebrating, per se, but a nice day, with some nice additions to the DVD shelf.

(oh, and Mom sent a check, which will go towards some Amazon buying next week).
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[livejournal.com profile] estimatdprophet links to [livejournal.com profile] montanamama's update on [livejournal.com profile] bookslacker's condition. Any good thoughts sent his way would be appreciated, I'm sure.

Heh

Apr. 9th, 2004 02:32 pm
yendi: (Tick -- thanks to scifigal)
Got our Westfield package o' comics, and the latest issue of The Pulse (Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley's title about The Daily Bugle, a newspaper in the Marvel Universe) features a brunette reporter with a familiar look named Terri Kidder. She even at one point chats with an office-mate named Kat. :-)

Not as good as the issue of Thor years ago (by Simonson, of course) in which Thor put on glasses to pass as a mortal, and bumped into some guy named Clark, but still pretty close.
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Yeah, Great Big Sea still kicks ass and takes names. There's no band I'd rather see live. None.

Best performance of "Mary Mac" ever. They're near the end of the tour, and not holding anything back.

Also, great second encore. The crowd (twice the size of any of the previous Atlanta shows) was shouting "Old Black Rum," and when GBS finally came out, Alan started singing Neil Diamond's "Coming to America," before sequeing into the song we'd all been waiting for.

Hands sore from clapping. Throat sore from shouting and singing. More tomorrow.

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