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wiseheart ([personal profile] wiseheart) wrote2011-10-01 12:43 pm
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Party time again!

Hi folks! *waves*

Time is flying by, isn't it? It's that time of a year again - I'm getting older. In this case, I'm turning 55 on October 9, which used to be an important thing, back under the old regime. Women could retire at the age of 55 back then. So I've decided to ignore all that fantastic headway we've supposedly made towards democracy in the last two decades and enter my virtual retirement, blithley overlooking the fact that I'll have to work another 7 or 8 or only God knows how many years.

So, let's party! Last years virtual birthday party yielded 742 comments on 6 pages, which won't be easy to top, but we're good, aren't we? WE CAN DO IT! So, let's give it a try! In the recent years, it has always been great fun, so let's have fun again!

You're all cordially invited to help yourself to a slice of virtual Dobos Cake recipe - it's my absolute favourite, although I never managed to get it as good as my Garnny used to.

Cheers!

Note: The party will be closed on October 9, at midnight, sharp. Join us and have fun!

[identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com 2011-10-07 12:19 pm (UTC)(link)
New page!

[identity profile] jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com 2011-10-07 12:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay, page 5! \o/

80 comments to go to last year's number!

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[identity profile] rcfinch.livejournal.com 2011-10-07 01:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Well done!

[identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com 2011-10-07 03:05 pm (UTC)(link)
And we inch ever closer to the 700 mark...
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[personal profile] artemis10002000 2011-10-07 01:19 pm (UTC)(link)
*applauds*

[identity profile] jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com 2011-10-07 03:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Very, very near to 700...

[identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com 2011-10-07 03:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Seven hundred!

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725!

[identity profile] jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com 2011-10-07 05:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Only another 17 comments to equal last year (including this one)...

Re: 725!

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Re: 725!

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735!

[identity profile] jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com 2011-10-07 06:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Less than 10 comments to go...

Re: 735!

[identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com 2011-10-07 06:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Even closer now...

[identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com 2011-10-07 06:45 pm (UTC)(link)
WOO HOO! New comments record!

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[identity profile] edge-of-ruin.livejournal.com 2011-10-07 07:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay! Party time again! Happy, happy birthday! Lots and lots of love *hugs*

[identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com 2011-10-07 08:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Hello you! Welcome to the party!

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Congratulations, to everyone!

[identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com 2011-10-07 08:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Great work, folks! While I was away to do as mundane things as working and shopping for groceries, you managed to break last year's record. That's fantastic, to quote the 9th Doctor. Well done indeed.

We'll have to aim for first-grade comments from now on. We still have two days to reach Page 7 - it will be hard, but doable, I guess... plus, if we produce too high counts this year, how are we going to beat that in the next one? *g*

Re: Congratulations, to everyone!

[identity profile] jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com 2011-10-07 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Go everyone! \o/

Hopefully next year lj won't go down/slow in the middle of it...

Lesson time!

[identity profile] lhun-dweller.livejournal.com 2011-10-08 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
I'm going to assume you meant "first-level" comments, but I'm going to pretend you did mean "first-grade" comments in American English because then I can play with that theme, writing a small child's alphabet of entries!

(First grade in the US used to be the first year of full-day school, while kindergarten was only a half-day, either morning or afternoon. Nowadays, K is often all-day: both parents work, lots more that kids have to learn and so on.

Re: Lesson time!

[identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com 2011-10-08 07:45 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I did mean first level comments. Especially since *all* comments in this party are of the highest grade: excellent!

A is for apple...

[identity profile] lhun-dweller.livejournal.com 2011-10-08 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
Shiny and red,
That fell from a tree and
Hit Aragorn on the head.

Re: A is for apple...

[identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com 2011-10-08 07:46 am (UTC)(link)
So Newton was actually Aragorn reborn? Go figure!

B is for Balin

[identity profile] lhun-dweller.livejournal.com 2011-10-08 12:31 am (UTC)(link)
Whose home is the pits
Since the Orcs came to visit
And left it in bits.

C is for Cirdan

[identity profile] lhun-dweller.livejournal.com 2011-10-08 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
Both female and male,
She's Wisheart's friend, and
He knows how to sail.

[identity profile] solanpolarn.livejournal.com 2011-10-08 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
I haven't quite finished my second set of lecture slides yet (which is actually for my first two lectures) so in some ways I am not allowed the reward of dropping in on this party. On the other hand, I did hold my first ever tutorial with my group of first year tutees, so I have done teaching that I should get some bonus for. The tutorial went quite well I thought, and while I think I probably talked more than my five tutees put together during our hour-long tutorial, they did do some talking. I was a bit worried about this, because I had seen them briefly on a few occasions throughout the week, and found them very quiet. However, they did all contribute opinions and answers to questions during today's tutorial, so perhaps their quietness earlier was due to things like just starting university, not knowing each other and not knowing me, which makes sense to me. Hopefully they will get even livlier as the term progresses, so that they do as much, or maybe even more, talking than me each during future tutorials.

[identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com 2011-10-08 07:46 am (UTC)(link)
You do heroic work. *sends supportive vibes in your direction*

D is for Dunedain

[identity profile] lhun-dweller.livejournal.com 2011-10-08 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
Aragorn's kin.
They wander the roads
And hang out at the inn.

Re: D is for Dunedain

[identity profile] solanpolarn.livejournal.com 2011-10-08 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
This is a really cool idea and I love your alphabet rhymes. Sorry for breaking into them with my comment; you hadn't started when I began typing it and then suddenly there were four new first level comments when I had finished.

E is for Erestor.

[identity profile] lhun-dweller.livejournal.com 2011-10-08 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
And in Soledad's world
Erestor gets him
Instead of a girl.

editorial correction

[identity profile] lhun-dweller.livejournal.com 2011-10-08 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
Er, Lindir gets Erestor. Sorry about that.

F is for Finwë,

[identity profile] lhun-dweller.livejournal.com 2011-10-08 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
Struck down by Melkor
Who in turn was defeated
And shown to the Night Door.

G is for Gandalf

[identity profile] lhun-dweller.livejournal.com 2011-10-08 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
And Gimli and Gildor,
Galadriel, Gamling,
And Gollum and Gondor.

H is for Haldir

[identity profile] lhun-dweller.livejournal.com 2011-10-08 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
Who lives in a flet
With two Elven brothers --
How cool can you get?!

I is for Isildur

[identity profile] lhun-dweller.livejournal.com 2011-10-08 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
Seduced by the Ring.
So shiny, and yet,
'Twas the death of the king.

J is for for the author,

[identity profile] lhun-dweller.livejournal.com 2011-10-08 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
John Ronald Reuel.
Not Jonathan -- just John.
The last rhymes with "Ooo! Well!"

K is for King

[identity profile] lhun-dweller.livejournal.com 2011-10-08 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
Ruling Men, Dwarves or Elves.
Middle-earth folks, it seems,
Do not rule themselves.

L is for lembas

[identity profile] lhun-dweller.livejournal.com 2011-10-08 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
Sam's favorite snack:
He at both there and
On the way back. [again]

M is for mithril

[identity profile] lhun-dweller.livejournal.com 2011-10-08 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
And, as we've been told,
All that which glitters
May not be gold.

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