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 12:38 pm (UTC)wow - that sounds very cool! :)
(no subject)
Date: 2012-10-07 12:48 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.)
and
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.
(no subject)
Date: 2012-10-07 06:29 pm (UTC)Me:
> That is a wonderful library! (although scary episodes...)
> (and this comment is claiming that it is blank for some reason....)
(no subject)
Date: 2012-10-07 06:30 pm (UTC)That was one scary episode! I think it tied with 'The Empty Child' for
scariest & favouritest (if I'm allowed to make up words). I've found the
new aliens by far scarier than the endless revivals of daleks & cybermen.
(no subject)
Date: 2012-10-09 02:23 pm (UTC)> Definitely - Daleks and Cybermen aren't really that scary...
> I also find the Angels scary - especially after the last episode (....
> stopping as spoilers)
(no subject)
Date: 2012-10-09 02:24 pm (UTC)They were definitely scary! I couldn't sleep afterwards; felt exactly
like childhood! [Haven't seen the recent eps which featured Angels, by
the way.]
(no subject)
Date: 2012-10-09 02:25 pm (UTC)> I've been careful not to watch any at bedtime, because I don't want
> nightmares... and have done okay so far on that score...
> and lj is sulking at me so I don't know if this comment will work :(
(no subject)
Date: 2012-10-09 02:25 pm (UTC)All of your comments have looked ok to me! I don't know what LJ is doing,
but mine is working fine.
As to nightmares, I'm very suggestible. And quite a wimp.
(no subject)
Date: 2012-10-09 02:32 pm (UTC)> Good to hear - it is showing the "add a comment" button greyed out most
> of the time, then spinning when do get to send a comment through.
> I am too - I can't watch anything that is supposed to be scary. When I
> was 11 and away at school my father would read books to tape for me to
> listen to, and thought that Lord of the Rings was a good choice -
> I got as far as the Hobbits being chased by the Nazgul and kept seeing
> Nazgul in the moving curtains on the windows that night... terrifying -
> as everyone else in the room way away for the weekend I ended up sleeping
> with the light on...
(no subject)
Date: 2012-10-09 02:32 pm (UTC)I got conned into watching one of the Hannibal Lecter films once -- I had
to watch another film before I dared set foot outside the cinema, and I
couldn't sleep at all for several days, and had nightmares for weeks. It
was years before I could watch another film with Anthony Hopkins in it,
even!
These days I won't watch a film rated more than 12 unless someone's
pre-watched it for me!
(no subject)
Date: 2012-10-09 02:34 pm (UTC)> Ekk! That's terrible! Very sensible! *offers hugs*
(no subject)
Date: 2012-10-09 02:35 pm (UTC)Thank you!
(no subject)
Date: 2012-10-09 02:29 pm (UTC)I agree the angels really disturb me.
(no subject)
Date: 2012-10-09 02:37 pm (UTC)I find both Daleks and Cybermen ridiculous. I mean, intellectually I know
that they're deadly and merciless, but the visuals crack me up every
time.