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 06:13 pm (UTC)> hmm.. I suspect I am not a good person to give you recs, as I kind of
> bounced off Earthsea and Dark is Rising - although I should
> possibly try reading Dark is Rising again at some point as I read
> it as a teenager when I really wasn't a sff reader.
> Most of my favourites are worldbuilding and politics heavy - Guy Gavriel
> Kay, Paksenarrion series - Elizabeth Moon, Chalion and
> Sharing Knife series - Lois McMaster Bujold
(no subject)
Date: 2012-10-07 06:14 pm (UTC)I think perhaps I like a lot of disparate things in fantasy, so we might
have overlapping tastes. I love Earthsea for the wonderful writing
as much as anything else. Having constructed an encyclopedia for the
universe, it's definitely thinner than say Tolkien. I can understand not
caring for Dark is Rising; for me it stands up less well than the
others to reading as an adult.
I really ought to try Bujold's fantasy universes, as I enjoy the
Vorkosigan series, particularly the books that deal with Barrayar
politics.
(no subject)
Date: 2012-10-07 06:16 pm (UTC)> Her fantasy books are great - really interesting worldbuilding and loads
> of politics and interesting characters.
(no subject)
Date: 2012-10-07 06:17 pm (UTC)Which do you suggest I start with? I'm always on the lookout for a new
Yuletide fandom.
(no subject)
Date: 2012-10-07 06:22 pm (UTC)> Curse Of Chalion is a good place to start (definitely read it
> before Paladin of Souls as spoilers).
> The Sharing Knife ones start with Beguilement, but the
> series is very slow starting - the first two books are mostly romance
> plot wise with other things going on in the background before things
> start getting going (I wasn't particularly enthusiastic about the series
> until the forth (final) book came out and then it grabbed me properly ;)
> )
(no subject)
Date: 2012-10-07 06:24 pm (UTC)I need to start making a wishlist :) Mr EA got given a bunch of Amazon
vouchers for a work bonus, and I have his password [rubs hands
evilly].