Party time again!

[wiseheart]

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!

Comments

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

Happy early birthday!

That cake looks delicious! :)

[aviv-b.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday! I'll be reaching the same milestone in a few months - so let's party!

[artemis10002000]

Happy early Birthday! *huggles* I would love some cake and now, let's party!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Cheers, mate! Perhaps if I get enough comments, I'll get inspired to write some Gwen-killing for our fellow antigwennites as a Hobbit-style birthday gift. The little buggers have the custom to give presents to other people on their birthday, to make it unforgettable. (If you scroll down, you'll find your personal gift snippet on the bottom of this page. No Gwen-killing, but I hope you'll like it nonetheless.)

You weren't here last year, so FYI: the virtual birthday party has threefold goals: to get as many comments as possible, on as many pages as possible, while getting the most possible threads to collaps due to the comments to each individual thread.

Last year's yield was very high indeed, so we'll have to work hard to top that.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Hehe, thanks! I also intend to use all of my icons when replying to the comments, so that the threads would look pretty, too.

Here, have some more cake! *hugs back*

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

It *is* delicious! There are various recipes for the filling, the most famous of them just taking a pound of butter and a pound of dark, melted chocolate and work it together in a waterdamp bath (aka stirring it over a pot with hot, boiling water until it becomes a thick creme), although Granny made it with cocoa.

[artemis10002000]

Oooh, cake! *eats happily*

Oh yes, pretty threads for the win!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Nice icon, too. Although my favourite still is the one according which you shouldn't drink water... and Rhade, of course.

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

Sounds very rich! :)

*tries to think of things to start a conversation about, but fails - brain is rather dead at the moment, from watching the Doctor Who finale*

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Do you like the 11th Doctor? I haven't seen him yet at all - but I guess after 10 it could only be better.

I've purchased a few DVDs with the 4th one (Tom Baker) and the very first adventure of Jon Pertwee as the 3rd (partially with Gemma's help), and I must say I quite like the classic stuff. Even though my whole interest in the Whoniverse started with Torchwood and I prefer the 9th Doctor.

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

11 is okay at times, but I find that he gets rather annoying at times - he seems much younger than either 9 or 10 and it reflects too much in some of his behaviour and story-lines. It is partly that he seems much less responsible and caring than the other doctors - he causes about Amy, Rory, and River, but it seems that he would let anyone else die in order to save them and that he has less care about the consequences of his actions. However, it is hard to tell how much I'm biased by this second half of this last series, which for the first time since I started watching has been the worst series of episodes. It has felt as if the ideas where there but not quite working - the episode specific characters are not compelling or well drawn, the pacing and suspense seem a bit off.
(I like 10 - partly because he was the doctor when I started watching, and most of my favourite episodes involve him, but I like the different versions of the doctor and watching which bits of his character change and which stay the same) :)

I'm still intermittently watch 1st doctor stories - which are really odd to watch compared with the later ones because the doctor far less heroic.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Ten annoys the hell out of me - this overgrown child behaviour, and the idiotic crush on Rose-bloody-Tyler. Plus, I don't think that David Tennant is a very good actor. He's too hectic and overacts terribly for my taste. Of course, compared with Christopher Eccleston most people would come out wanting. I even bought the film "Elizabeth" on DVD, just to see him play in something different, despite the fact that I dislike Kate whatshisname who plays the tile role. You know, the actress who played Galadriel.

I wish I could watch more of Classic Who. The few samples I got make me wish for more. I'd be specifically interested in seeing Five in action. And more Four and Three. Unfortunately, we only got our refound at the end of our England/Wales trip, when I couldn't go into any HMV shops anymore. :(

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

Yippi! Party-time! Happy, happy time of year; you throw the best virtual parties ever. The cake looks delicious. *points to icon* I brought chocolates to share.

I am preparing for my first undergraduate lecture course which starts on the 12, as well as having tutees for the first time ever from Monday, so I don't think I will be able to spend as much time at this party as I would like. I hope to be able to pop in now and again though.<\small>

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

Yes, all the Rose bits were annoying - and got more so the further the series went along! However, I found 9 more angsty and less fun - plus him abandoning Jack Harkness because he was too concerned with rescuing Rose from the Time Vortex. Although it would have been very interesting to see how he would have interacted with any of the other companions - I may well be biased by all of his episodes involving Rose.
I still haven't seen that film - it is on my list to watch at some point, but from what I heard when it was new was that it wasn't that good.

I wish I could watch more of Classic Who. The few samples I got make me wish for more. I'd be specifically interested in seeing Five in action. And more Four and Three. Unfortunately, we only got our refound at the end of our England/Wales trip, when I couldn't go into any HMV shops anymore. :(
That's a shame. :(
Hopefully you'll get a chance to get them at some point in the future.

I've heard quite a lot about some of the later doctors (especially the 7th doctor, as he was the one in the serials that Sam watched as a child), and am considering skipping ahead, but feeling ocd-ish about watching episodes in the right order.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Admittedly, 9 did have his annoying habits - I particularly disliked the way he treated with Mickey. But again, 4 treated Harry Sullivan like an idiot sometimes, too, and I still like them both. *g*

I think Rose was a really bad influence on both Doctors - she infected them with stupidity and the total lack of responsibility, while lecturing them about caring. Just like Gwen-bloody-Cooper, if you think about it.

But then, it's a rare case that we'd find a well-rounded female charcter in a TV-show, especially in sci-fi. Although I quite like Sarah Jane and Donna.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Yay! Chocolates are yummy! Work, OTOH, is evil. Always getting in the way of fun and the likes. But even so, it's such a wonderful difference to be able to put a face behind the comments. :)

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

I think Rose was a really bad influence on both Doctors - she infected them with stupidity and the total lack of responsibility, while lecturing them about caring. Just like Gwen-bloody-Cooper, if you think about it.
Totally agree!

But then, it's a rare case that we'd find a well-rounded female charcter in a TV-show, especially in sci-fi. Although I quite like Sarah Jane and Donna.
Very true! I like Sarah Jane in the episodes I've seem her in, as well as SJA (although I'm behind on that). Donna is quite fun and her character arc is probably the best of any of the companions and it is so heartbreaking when it is all undone.
I wish there were more interesting female characters in TV shows, but mostly even when they are set up well to start with the shows manage to screw it up.

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

I am preparing for my first undergraduate lecture course which starts on the 12, as well as having tutees for the first time ever from Monday
Good luck! :)
Its sad that you won't be around so much.

[artemis10002000]

I couldn't resist, what with you showing off sexy Jack *grins*

Here, have some Nietzschean goodness!

More icons is the only reason I keep being tempted by a paid account

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Don't I know the feeling! Even if I have to beg my way into it, courtesy of anonymous benefactors!

But if we're having a testosterone context, I must dig out Tyr, I think. ;)

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it was great with her last year, wasn't it?

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Very true! I so hated what happened to Delenn in B5! She started off in the pilot as this extremely powerful, enigmatic androgynous creature, was still full of strength during Season One - and then, as soon as she grew hair, she lost 99 per cent of her brains. Falling for Sheridan and vice versa, really...

I remember having read somewhere that the original concept used to be to make her a change from an androgynous creature to a female one for Sinclair! I don't know if it's true or not, but it sounds interesting.

[artemis10002000]

Hmm... let's see... Tyr is hard to beat in testosterone contest terms!

Have a robot who *thinks* he is macho, anyway XD

There are far too many pretty icons. Doesn't help that I have far too many fandoms with pretty people!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I see your robot and raise with Buliwyf! (aka Vladimir Kulich)

What can I say, I like my (imaginary) men strong and virile. While I'm pretty content not to have any in real life. Peace and quiet and having the bed all for myself is such a nice thing...

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

She is really good in s1 (she does have some moments later, but her playing second to Sheridan gets SO annoying!)

Someone told me that in the complete script books set it says that in the plan she was going to be male until her transformation, but that the voice distortion didn't work in the pilot so they aired it with her own voice and made the character female all along.

But at least in Babylon 5 there are lots of other female characters, most of whom get there moments! :)