bring on the dragons

[the_siobhan]

I've heard from a couple of sources now the idea that "how you start your New Year is how the rest of your year will go."

I started my New Year's at work. Which actually sounds about right. I've set myself up to have a fairly arduous path for the next couple of years.

New Year's Day, however, was a lot of fun. I invited a bunch of people to come over to the house and fed everybody massive quantities of food and drink. Then we lay across the living room and watched cheesie movies. (Barbarella! Truly a classic of the bad soft-porn sci-fi genre.)

When midnight struck I was back at work.

So if the concept holds true, next year looks to be shaping up in much the way that I expected it to. Lots of labour sandwiching pleasant interludes of fun times with good companions.

And now it is January 2nd in my time zone. So I'm officially 40 now.

Heh. Still here. Still weird.

*makes the Dude sign*

Comments

[nefinjer.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday. :)

[ferretboi.livejournal.com]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY OH ALPHA MALE! I wish I could have been there with you guys today or yesterday I guess... damn over night shifts. I'm looking forward to seeing you this week end and I have a good feeling about this year for all of us. I think this is going to be a year where good things happen. :-)

[ocean-song.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday (a half hour early here, but already over there)! Sounds like you had a *fab* time!

And I just had to reply because I <3 Barbarella! Did you hear they are doing a remake with Drew?!?

[kest]

Happy Birthday to you. You smell like a kangaroo...I should stop there, probably, huh.

[girfan.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday!!!!!!
:)
40?!
You certainly don't look/act it! ;P

[razorjak.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday ... drink a LOT for me if you are able.

[greylock.livejournal.com]

I've heard from a couple of sources now the idea that "how you start your New Year is how the rest of your year will go."

That's fucking shit, you know.

I'd think someone who had reached your vintage would have figured that out. :)

Happy Birthday Too! Yay!

shit talk

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

Well of course it is, if you take it literally. It's the frame, not the picture.

So you still thinking about making a trip to Canada some time? Hrmmmm?

[peculiaire.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday!

:D

(damn, we missed Barbarella!?)

[reddragdiva]

Well, gosh. Thought it was February. Congratulations on further demonstrating that you absolutely cannot be killed using conventional weaponry.

[missclea.livejournal.com]

Hey Sio! Happy Birthday from me, Jon and the rest of Bordello! :P We look forward to give you a big kiss & hug in person. Take care 'till then, and oh, if I can rock as much as you do at 40, well, I'll be friggin glad! You are amazing! Thanks for being who you are! :D

Nadz, aka Bordello lady xoxox

[2ndaryairplane.livejournal.com]

happy birthday, new friend.
=]

i'm glad to know you and am looking forward to knowing you more.

[panic-girl.livejournal.com]

HAPPY BERFDAY!

[50-ft-queenie.livejournal.com]

Happy Fucking Birthday!! Woo hoo!

Can't wait to celebrate in style with you come Feb 22nd.

Damn, if we'd known you guys were gonna rent Barbarella, we might have stuck around.

[futabachan.livejournal.com]

May the candles on your cake
Burn like cities in your wake...
Happy birthday! (ugh!)
Happy birthday! (ugh!)

[eciklb.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday! I'll have a drink for you (kind, am I not?).

[eve-l-incarnata.livejournal.com]

I've heard from a couple of sources now the idea that "how you start your New Year is how the rest of your year will go."

Do people honestly believe this bollox?

In any case...

[silentq.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday! *hugs* I miss you, and will be there with metaphorical bells on for your big piss up. :)

adding another wish...

[zero-gravity.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday

Made it another year eh? Good job. heheh

I wanted to thank you very much for the invitation to your house for New Year's Day. I really did not get a chance to thank you or wish you properly. I am always a bit shy with a big group of people as well - being a lone wolf and all. I hope we could go out one time and do another lunch and deep conversation.

regards,
cam

Re: adding another wish...

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

I wanted to thank you very much for the invitation to your house for New Year's Day. I really did not get a chance to thank you or wish you properly. I am always a bit shy with a big group of people as well - being a lone wolf and all.

I'm glad you could make it.

I hope we could go out one time and do another lunch and deep conversation.


That would be very cool.

[sola.livejournal.com]

HBD. punx got legz.


heh.

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

*shush*

;->

According to my calculations

[the-other-j.livejournal.com]

Because I know you are fascinated by it, I've just run some calculations in the lunar calendar that I use for calculating stelae*. If you are so inclined, you can celebrate your 12th stele on January 9. Looking further ahead, your 13th stele will fall on May 4, 2006.

Aren't you glad to know that?

Happy b-day!

* Everyone always gets confused when I use the word "birthday" to refer to an event that only occurs every 3-and-a-bit years, so I've chosen a new word.

Re: According to my calculations

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

So what is the source of the name stelae?

Re: According to my calculations

[the-other-j.livejournal.com]

A stele is a marker-stone. Stelae were used in ancient civilizations, notably Egypt and Greece, to mark boundaries of cities or between regions. They were also used in cities as commemorative markers, much the way we use cornerstones and heritage board plaques today.

The word is also used by botanists to indicate the vertical central circulatory and support structures of a plant: the stem of a flower or the trunk of a tree. In this context, the stele is the connection from the roots to the leaves and flowers.

The combination of these two definitions is an accurate summary of what these occasions represent to me: boundaries, celebrations of past achievements, connections to future growth.

[snickerpuss.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm a little slow on the uptake, over here, but I do hope it was grand. *salute* All the best for the coming 365+.