Party pooper LJ!

[wiseheart]

Well, folks, it seems that LJ has decided to crash our birthday party - the original post is no longer visible. But I still have most of the comments in my inbox, and will re-post the original entry and list the available comments with the simple mentioning of the names, if it's all right with you. If not, tell me, and I'll delete yours.

We won't allow LJ to crash our party!

Original post

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 56 on October 9, which means I'd have been retired for a year already, 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 have considered myself retired for the last year, blithley overlooking the fact that I'll have to work another 6 or 7 or only God knows how many years.

So, let's party! Last years virtual birthday party yielded 943 comments on 7 pages, which won't be easy to top, but we're good, aren't we? WE CAN DO IT! WE CAN BREAK THE 1000-COMMENT-BARRIER! 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 cake of your choice. If you want to post your favourite recipe in a comment, be my guest. If not, just drop by and say hello.

Cheers!

Note: The party will be closed on October 9, at midnight, sharp.
Join us and have fun! Feel free to start any thread, any topic you want; we can discuss it, mock the general stupidity of life and laugh at it.

Last count was 1328 comments on 6 pages.

NB: Shoud the original party post mysteriously reappear, I'll delete this one.

Comments

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

I think you could read the Ivan book without having read Cryoburn, as it is set well before Cryoburn.

Oh, I'll try the Ivan book, then, and just give Cryoburn a miss.

I'm not quite sure what you mean by heter-oise - especially as it seems to me that only fandom ever considered Ivan non heterosexual...

Ivan in the novels reads as heterosexual, yes, though I think one could argue his lack of interest in commitment to marriage could be due to closeted m/m orientation. Byerley reads to me as queer in the novels. (And rumour has it that By also gets paired off?) One of my problems with A Civil Campaign was the neat way in which everyone got paired off in m/f pairs, especially after all the gender fluidity with Donna/Dono.

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

Ivan in the novels reads as heterosexual, yes, though I think one could argue his lack of interest in commitment to marriage could be due to closeted m/m orientation. Byerley reads to me as queer in the novels. (And rumour has it that By also gets paired off?) One of my problems with A Civil Campaign was the neat way in which everyone got paired off in m/f pairs, especially after all the gender fluidity with Donna/Dono.
*nods* I can see the arguments about Ivan (although certainly his pov in ACC would imply at least very closeted...)


Yes, By gets paired off. But iirc it is fairly strongly implied that he is bisexual... he does end up in a relationship (not sure how far it is stated to be permanent) with a woman, there are also implications that it might not be monogamous...
But I might be remembering wrong as I read it once when the earc came out (and have intended to reread but not got that far yet) - and before I certainly read By as coming across as queer (I wasn't sure if it was how he really was or part of his personna...)

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

I could certainly buy By as bi :) Also, as you write, he could easily be performing queer, to draw attention to himself in ways that are harmless to his true career.