Let's party again!

[wiseheart]

Well, folks, it's *that* time of the year again: I'll be 53 next Friday. So, it's time for the annual game of "let's the threads collapse". Come in, make yourselves comfortable, have a good time and bring your friends. Last years we had some 400+ comments, now we're in for the new record. ;)

This entry will be bounced up each day until October 9, so that all those who want can participate.

Update: On October 4, we had 195 comments on 2 pages. Well done. We still have got 5 more days, so let's see what we can do in that time. I have to say, the conversations in the individual threads were absolutely delightful. *is happy*

Update #2: On October 6, we had 270 comments - sadly, still on only 2 pages. Only 3 more day left to reach the ultimate goal, which would be 444 comments on 4 pages. But the discussions are great, so at the very least, we have the quality, if not the quantity yet. And that's more important, I'd say.

Update #3: On October 8, we had 388 comments, on 3 pages! Yay! I'm not very optimistic about Page 4, but I think the 444 comments might come together by the end of the day itself.

Pre-birthday gifts:
Got a wonderful bakery book from Mum, titled "Muffins and..." well, I seriously doubt that the English language has a word for the rest. Germans might know what Pogatschen are. They are small, salty or cheesy cookies, made usually of yeast dough... a Hungarian speciality. We already have quite a few recepies, but there are some in that book I never heard of. It will be a delight to try them out.

Also, I got the box-set of 2nd Season Torchwood from the most generous the_wild_iris! Thanks, my friend, you really, really made my day after two rather stressful weeks. I can finally watch the only episode I missed while we were in Belgium - the one in which Owen becomes a zombie. Heh!

Pre-birthday preparations:
I baked some strawberry flavoured muffins tonigh - not from the new book, from the carton box, I'm afraid, but for the colleagues they will do tomorrow.

Mum's bravely going down to the hairdresser's tomorrow, because, as she told me, "I can't look like this on your birthday!" Well, after not seeing a hairdresser for months, there's some truth in it.

The day after tomorrow, we're going to the "Blind Crow" for lunch. Unlike in English-speaking countries, lunch is actually the main meal of the day over here, so it will be great. The "Blind Crow" is a very nice little restaurant, and we can reach it on foot, which is the main issue, as Mum can't climb into any busses yet.


Final update:
Well, folks, the party will still be going on until midnight, CET, but I'm already declaring it a great success. We've made it onto Page 4, we've broken through the 500 (!!!)-comment-barrier, and I'm very happy.

Thanks everyone for participating, especially altariel, rcfinch, solanpolarn, the_wild_iris, theromangeneral and lhun_dweller, who've been working diligently and tirelessly to help me break the record. Should I've forgotten anyone, I humbly apologize.

Comments

[altariel.livejournal.com]

An eighth comment on this page to help our onward march towards page 3! (Although if we keep celebrating at this rate, it might become more of an onward stagger!)

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Onward staggering is good, says Gildor, looking haughtily at us, mere mortals, who are too weak when it comes to Elven feywine.

Nonetheless, we'll need many more level one comments to reach Page 3. Last year we had 425 comments on 3 pages. Surely, we ought to do better this year, right?

BTW, is it just my impression or has LJ considerably slowed down in the recent two days? It's slow like a snail on both my computers, and on the onne at school, too. Or perhaps it just decided it doesn't like Hungarian servers?

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

I have fond that LJ has been a bit slow here, too, giving me time out messages when I try and expand the comment threads sometimes. However, I am not sure if this is something recent, because I haven't been anywhere popular enough to have collapsed comment threads on LJ in quite some time.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Oh, it never happens to me, either, unless I'm having my annual birthday party.

LJ is the slowest for me when I'm trying to post a new comment. I could tear my remaining hair out of sheer frustration.

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

I have never had collapsing comment threads in my journal, but I did sometimes use to frequent LJ communities that did. I don't remember the expansion of the threads taking so long, but it might just be that I am more impatient now. Or it could be a difference in my internet service provider.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

altariel says it's slow on her end of the connection, too. That makes three of us; it must be their problem, then.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

The internet seems to have been slow the past few days: I've had lots of emails take their time arriving and turning up late.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Well, that's a relief... sort of. I was afraid my computers would be dying on me simultaneously.

[rcfinch.livejournal.com]

If you're referring to last weekend, there was some slowing down here, too. But as I don't visit LJ that often anymore - this week excepted, of course :) - I didn't pay much attention to it.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I don't know when did it start. But right now, it really moves with the speed of a snail.

[rcfinch.livejournal.com]

Hm. For me it works normally right now. So it may not be LJ after all.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

It has to be. Other websites work as always, on both my old PC and my laptop. LJ, on the other hand... Especially posting comments takes forever. It's really annoying. Either they decided they didn't like Internet Explorer any longer, or Hungarian servers or whatnot.

I still hope it's just a glitch, though. It kills the party mood if you have to wait for your next drink so long!