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wiseheart ([personal profile] wiseheart) wrote2012-10-07 12:34 am
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Party pooper LJ!

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.

[identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com 2012-10-06 10:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[livejournal.com profile] artemis10002000 said:

FIRST!

Mwahahaha!

[identity profile] jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com 2012-10-06 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Gah, lj! :(
I hope the original post reappears!
sammydragoncat: (Default)

[personal profile] sammydragoncat 2012-10-06 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)
I was wondering what happened

[identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com 2012-10-06 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Again, [livejournal.com profile] artemis10002000 replied to a comment:

Indeed! But considering the unquestionable Nietzschean superiority as
> compared with mere kludges, that is not surprising, is it?

Their reply was:

Of course. Nietzscheans can't let themselves be bested by the genetically
inferior.

[identity profile] solanpolarn.livejournal.com 2012-10-06 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Me too! We were having so much fun and it is really annoying that the whole post just has disappeared.

[identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com 2012-10-06 10:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[livejournal.com profile] jenn_calaelen said:

Yay party! Happy early birthday!
bk_forever: (I'd Hit It)

[personal profile] bk_forever 2012-10-06 10:45 pm (UTC)(link)
That is so unfair, LJ! We were having such a good time and you took all the pretty pictures and things away! BAD LJ!

[identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com 2012-10-06 10:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[livejournal.com profile] artemis10002000 answered to the Favourite Cake thread:

Important thread #01: What is your favourite cake?

> If you have a recipe to share, share it. If you have a yummy picture,
> show it! Let us all drool over our keyboards with virtual delight!

Their reply was:

Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte!

Image
Edited 2012-10-06 22:48 (UTC)

[identity profile] solanpolarn.livejournal.com 2012-10-06 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
It seems at least one other person has had this problem from this question on the support board. However, the fact that it is still unanswered more than 4 months later does not bode well.

[identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com 2012-10-06 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[livejournal.com profile] disthrainsdotte said:

Happy Birthday Soledad, I hope you will have fun. Time does indeed fly.

[identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com 2012-10-06 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[livejournal.com profile] espresso_addict replied to a comment in the dragon thread:

> Haven't seen that one. Can't wait to see Benedict Cumberbatch's Smaug,
> though. I think his most seductive voice would be a delight to hear. I
> liked the Great Dragon of Merlin, too.

> And then there was this seriously godawful film titled "Fire Dragon", in
> which a fire dragon and an ice dragon fought each other, and they
> actually were made of fire and ice, respectively. Wonderful idea,
> horrible execution.

Their reply was:

The Earthsea anime film is very odd; some of the backdrops are
beautiful, the dragons are spectacular, but the plot is ... bizarre is
the kindest interpretation. There's a picture of the dragon on the
poster, here (http://www.ghibli.jp/images/ged_poster01.jpg),
but I think the version in the film was better.

I have to admit, despite everything, I'm really looking forward to The
Hobbit
film. We probably won't get Cumberbatch's Smaug until film 3,
though.

[identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com 2012-10-06 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, I still have a lot of comments, and as you see, I'm about to repost them.

I was just about to import the whole thing to DW, but, well, I was late. :(

[identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com 2012-10-06 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
As you can see below, I've found the first cake picture, and I hope I can unearth more from my inbox.

[identity profile] solanpolarn.livejournal.com 2012-10-06 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
It is typical isn't it that the time you are late in backing things up is also the time the primary system fails. :-(

Good luck with the reposting!

[identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com 2012-10-06 11:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[livejournal.com profile] espresso_addict's reply to a comment in a different thread:

> Thank you! :) Well, it's probably easier to make resolutions when there's
> only 3 months left of the year, eh? *g*

Their reply was:

Well, my main resolution was going to be to finish one of my ongoing
novels, which is probably easier to do in 12 months than 3. But I think I
might be a little bit less ambitious.

(I don't have the time to take out the line breaks caused by e-mail, I hope you don't mind.)

[identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com 2012-10-06 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[livejournal.com profile] espresso_addict in the same thread, describing lemon cake for me:

> Hmmm... never heard of that one, but it sounds like a certain sort of
> orange cake I sometimes make for Christmas, only with lemons.

Their reply was:

It's sort of a moist, sweet lemon sponge, with lemony syrup drizzled
through the top two-thirds of the cake. Mmmm...
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[identity profile] elmey.livejournal.com 2012-10-06 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm just going to butt in and say that's my favorite cake as well. Had it at our wedding :)

Happy Birthday by the way!

[identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com 2012-10-06 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
We won't let LJ beat us! Should anyone have a comment/picture/whatever that I've missed, feel free to repost. It will be a pain, but I'm gonna regularly import to DW. So it won't be in vain.
bk_forever: (You)

[personal profile] bk_forever 2012-10-06 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
It's so sad though, all those messages and pictures and stuff taken away. Does LJ not like people having a good time? Did the internet monster eat it? I didn't know things could just vanish like that.

[identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com 2012-10-06 11:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[livejournal.com profile] jenn_calaelen:

> Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte!

Their reply was:

That is an amazing looking cake! :)

[identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com 2012-10-06 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[livejournal.com profile] jenn_calaelen again, answering my cake comment:

> To be fair to my guests, I'm gonna share, too: it's still the traditional
> Dobos Cake (http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/dobos-torte/detail.aspx). I still haven't figured out how to make the insert picture
> thingy work in a comment, but if you follow the link, you'll get the
> recipe as well as 15 photos of the yummy cake.

Their reply was:

Sounds yummy! This thread is making me want to do more baking - haven't
for a while. :)
Edited 2012-10-06 23:11 (UTC)

[identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com 2012-10-06 11:14 pm (UTC)(link)
And she again, answering [livejournal.com profile] espresso_addict's cake entry:

> I don't have a picture or a recipe but my favouritest cake is the really
> sharp, lemony, moist lemon drizzle cake that one can buy from a little
> caravan cafe in the Macclesfield Forest visitors' car park. It is simply
> scrummy, and sitting at a picnic table eating it and watching the birds &
> squirrels in the surrouding trees waiting for the crumbs is really
> restful.

Their reply was:

Lemon drizzle cake is delicious! :)

[identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com 2012-10-06 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
A brief exchange of comments between us along the same thread:

> Thanks! I find that I've taken to celebrating myself - and the fact that
> I've managed to survive another year on this planet - in the recent
> years. :)

> BTW, made some headway with the Umbar story, so Chapter 2 might actually
> be finished in time for the Edhellond anniversary. Woot!

Their reply was:

Surviving is a good reason to celebrate :)

Go you! I have started thinking about ideas - but really need to do some
digging through canon and fact check before I get too attached to an idea
that won't work ;

[identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com 2012-10-06 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[livejournal.com profile] jenn_calaelen in the Dragon Thread:

> Not-so-important thread #1: Seen any pretty dragons lately?

> I watched Dragon Fighter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Fighter), featuring Dean Cain, on German TV tonight. The film
> itself was painfully clichéd and predictable, but boy, were the dragons
> gorgeous!

> Which one was your favourite dragon?

Their reply was:

I recently rewatched How To Train Your Dragon - and the main
dragon in that is very cute (and really feline). I'm also looking forward
to seeing Smaug in the Hobbit film (as well as the rest of the
film, although it will probably be bad in many ways, but hopefully fun as
well).

I really hope that at some point they make a film of the Temeraire
books, as they have loads of wonderful and varied dragons, but not a
lot of hope that they will - or that if they do it would be any good.
Edited 2012-10-06 23:27 (UTC)

[identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com 2012-10-06 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[livejournal.com profile] espresso_addict:

> Lemon drizzle cake is delicious! :)

Their reply was:

It is fantastic, especially when the lemon's nice & tart. We really need
to introduce Soledad to the cake :)

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