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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(no subject)
Date: 2012-10-07 11:36 am (UTC)And this ought to be the magical Comment #600. We're doing very well.
(no subject)
Date: 2012-10-08 04:51 pm (UTC)I'm beginning to think we might actually make it to a thousand!
(no subject)
Date: 2012-10-09 01:43 pm (UTC)Oh, yes, definitely. And I don't really mind if we get less pages - I
value our discussions much more than page numbers. We have actually a
great deal less participants than ever before, but I've never enjoyed a
party this much. There's a lot to say about actual friends coming
together rather than casual guests dropping by to say hello.
(no subject)
Date: 2012-10-09 01:48 pm (UTC)I think I might have first met you via Altariel linking to one of your
previous parties, actually. So perhaps casual guests dropping in can
develop into friendship :) But indeed, the atmosphere this time has been
great, with lots of long interesting discussions that don't push the page
count, but do feel like a party.
(no subject)
Date: 2012-10-09 01:53 pm (UTC)Probably; but that was after you'd already put one of my stories on your
recommendation list - which hardly ever happens to me - so you were a
well-known and highly valued name for me. :))
Not that I'd mind casual visitors. I do love them. As you said, they have
the potential to become friends.
(no subject)
Date: 2012-10-09 01:59 pm (UTC)I recall knowing you were a friend of Altariel's, occasionally seeing you
around Henneth Annun, and admiring your Tolkien stories long before I got
a livejournal. (Btw, Espresso Recs is coming up for 10 years old, shortly
after your birthday, believe it or not!)
(no subject)
Date: 2012-10-09 02:01 pm (UTC)I do remember, now I think about it, being surprised that you weren't a
native English speaker when we did the non-native speaker section of the
Mithril Awards.