Party pooper LJ!
Oct. 7th, 2012 12:34 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wiseheartWell, 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.
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.
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Date: 2012-10-07 11:19 am (UTC)Someone else recommended Night Watch; it sounds like a good bet. I hadn't thought of the Tiffany Aching books, partly because I find the fanfiction isn't as interesting, but I'll look out for them. Perhaps my local Oxfam bookshop will oblige.
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Date: 2012-10-07 03:20 pm (UTC)As I mentioned in a comment below I have recently been introduced to
Garth Nix, through a friend giving me the Abhorsen series for my birthday
(Sabriel, Lirael and Abhorsen). They are young adult
fantasy books with their very own world, i.e. not (bad) Tolkien copies.
And in Lirael there is a fantastic library; one of the characters
gets a position as an assistant librarian and is issued a dagger as part
of her uniform...
(no subject)
Date: 2012-10-07 03:24 pm (UTC)Garth Nix is definitely another author I ought to give a try to; there
seems to be a fair amount of fanfiction for them around. And libraries
are definitely a draw :)
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Date: 2012-10-07 03:26 pm (UTC)My friend certainly knew mentioning the library would draw me in! Indeed
the scene in the library in the Torchwood episode of Doctor Who depicted
in this icon is the moment I became a Who-fan. (I grew up in a deprived
country where Doctor Who wasn't broadcast until after I left, so Ten was
my first Doctor.)
(no subject)
Date: 2012-10-07 03:28 pm (UTC)Gosh, My First Doctor is another thread we could have :) Mine was Four,
though at that date I was definitely in the Hiding Under The Sofa viewer
category.
I'm not remembering the ep from your icon, but the library duo ('Silence
in the Library' & 'Forest of the Dead') is one of my favourites.