Post-birthday stuff

[yendi]

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, 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 (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 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, 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).

Comments

[dark-blade.livejournal.com]

Oh bloody hell, I did NOT forget to wish you happy birthday here on LJ...

Err... or.. I guess I did..

EEK.

*hugs* Happy Day After Your Birthday! Glad you got some cool stuff. :)

Erm. Uhoh, what happened that should not have? :(

[mermaidnchains.livejournal.com]

Tis a shame you had a bad moment in your birthday. Heres hope that the rest of the day, and the weekend brings you much peace and joy instead.

BTW - birthdays are mostly of the suck, in my opinion. I just like to let them pass with a minimum of fanfare (and some booze if available) and enjoy the rest of the year.

As an asside - my daughter asked me what 'was up' yesterday, and among the things I listed I said it was your birthday. She answered 'oh, Elynas Dad'. I started to correct her, with the whole 'well yes, step dad, but when 'song and he get married, he will be her legal dad'(Its that whole must explain how marriage and legality work to my child thing that hung me up). My child, without a pause said 'No, Mom - he is her real dad because he loves her. He is her real dad no matter what, even if they never get married'.

And of course, she is exactly right.

[terracinque.livejournal.com]

the third collection of Y the Last Man (glenn5, was this the one you felt there was a plot hole in?)

I don't remember any plot holes, but if that's the one that includes the resolution to the space station storyline, I thought that was a huge copout.

Glad it was good

[aki-dreaming.livejournal.com]

I didn't post on your birthday either, and I meant to... *sheep* Tell me about Tokyo Drifter. It sounds interesting...

[skylion.livejournal.com]

I didn't wish you a Happy Birthday yesterday. So...Happy Birthday!! Your one of my few friends, either online or off, that is my exact age. And I turn 33 in a few months.
And..you got some cool swag.
::jealous rays::

[yendi]

Yep, it was. And yeah, cop-out is right. Although it did answer the big question I had about the current state of the virus (or whatever).

[yendi]

Eh, bad crap can happen. No big deal. Perfect days only happen in books.

And no worried about posting/not posting birthday wishes. :-) I was so behind on LJ, I'd never have known.

Re: Glad it was good

[lubedpumpkin.livejournal.com]

Whaaaat rolls downstairs, rolls over in pairs, rolls over your neighbors dog

Whats great for a snack

and fits on your back

its LOG LOG LOG!

[great icon.] :)

[gutman.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday. I'm a new guy on your journal, I thought I should drop by and say hi.
Hi.

[morenasangre.livejournal.com]

Yay! Glad your day was mostly-good, and glad the DVDs came in time. I've just started watching that show, and I adore it. I'm just a weird person with dark humor, and that show delights me and cracks me up. Glad you're enjoying it too!

Re: Glad it was good

[aki-dreaming.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

I need one of Muddy Mudskipper eventually.

[terracinque.livejournal.com]

Did it? How so? My impression was the men died of the fire sooner than they could have died of what killed all the other males.

I don't think we're ever going to learn more than we already do. In a later issue a character mentions a book called The Last Man by Mary Shelley, which was about the death of every man on Earth save one.

Another character asks what killed all the men in the novel, and she's told, "It never says, but that wasn't the point..."

[yendi]

:-) That's the nicest thing I've read on LJ in a while. *hugs* to you and your daughter.

[yendi]

Hi, and welcome!

[yendi]

Yeah, I'm actually surprised that the show has done as well as it has. It's a lot less mainstream than, say, Sex and the City or The Sopranos.

Of course, there are few HBO series that don't pull me in.

[yendi]

*nod* That issue is in the collection as well. But I got the impression that they lasted longer than they would have, otherwise. But the fact that it was a one-time event doesn't mean we'll ever get an explanation.

[yendi]

Yeah, I got better swag than I honestly expected. Hooray for 32!

[eldritch00.livejournal.com]

A belated happy birthday, and cheers to your lovely stash! I've heard good things about Brust's "series" (this is the one where you can read the books out of order, right?) but have yet to read it.

[terracinque.livejournal.com]

But the fact that it was a one-time event doesn't mean we'll ever get an explanation.

What I took from the mention of the Shelley novel was, that was Brian Augustyn telling us he'll never explain why all the males died, because that's not his point.

[yendi]

Well, I wouldn't want the writer of the "Left Behind" graphic novels to explain this one to me, anyway. :-)

But yeah, I'm assuming we'll never get the explanation, and I honestly don't want it -- it's almost impossible to have that happen without it being disappointing or anticlimactic.

[yendi]

Actually, that series is pretty critically chronological. The Vlad Taltos ones can be read a little bit more out of order (order of writing, not order of events in the books), although I still think they're best read in the order he wrote them.

And thanks for the belated bday wishes.

[masterrobyn.livejournal.com]

"Hail Atlanta!"

Happy Birthday Dude!

[ariadnesthread.livejournal.com]

Happy belated birthday to you!

Work's been kicking my butt, and I've had another super-nasty cold, so I totally forgot to send you greetings yesterday. I'm glad you got good birthday swag!

Hugs to you and the ladies.

[phantom_wolfboy]

Happy belated! I didn't say anything yesterday cause I was all migraine-y, and I knew it wouldn't come out properly . . . but tomorrow is always another day!