Birthday Party - The Second Coming

[wiseheart]

As you all know by now, LJ has decided to crash our birthday party - the original post is no longer visible. But some of us still had most of the comments in our inbox and decided to reconstruct the original party as well as we can, because we had great fun and the discussions were wonderful.

However, to avoid the same mishap occurring to us, we've decided to open up a second entry for further comments while working on rebuilding the original. We still have two days left, and we won't allow LJ to crash our party!

The original entry had 1328 comments, on 6 pages. The reconstructed party has now 500+ (all reposted within one day and a few new ones added), having reached Page 7 already.

Let's see what else can we come up with. New guests are welcome to share the fun. :)

Comments

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

FIRST! That has never happened before. *does a little dance*

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday!

(should be said for the new post! ;) )

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

I concur whole-heartedly!

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

In the rush to make sure I actually did get in first, I intentionally opted to make my comment as short as possible, so here is the comment actually wishing you a happy early birthday. May the party rage on, with (virtual) cake and conversations aplenty!

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

Wow! Really cool cake!

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

And let's start some topics as well:

Apart from attending wiseheart's fabulous birthday party, did you do anything fun today?

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

I'll get us started by answering my own question:

I went for a short walk along the river. The weather wasn't as glorious as yesterday, mostly overcast and a bit chillier, but I spotted a number of trees beginning to turn colours with bright splashes of red and orange. Before my walk my Mum had phoned me and we chatted for quite some time, about among other things patchworking. When I got back from my walk I collected together the materials I am using for the patchwork bag I am making for my niece's birthday next month. I then cut out the pieces I will need and have even sewn the first bits together. I really enjoy patchworking, but I do find getting started on a new project requires a concentrated effort. Now that the major design is determined and I have cut most of the pieces out, I can just do a little sewing when I have a spare moment.

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Mr EA says 'happy birthday!' He's just across the kitchen from me and would post it himself, but he's forgotten his password! He sends you a nice relaxing picture from the Lakes (points to icon). He says 'let's meet up when we're next in Budapest!'

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Oh, definitely! But then you'll have to visit us at home and we'll cook you something from Granny's old favourites. Also, I'll bake cake!

[sammydragoncat]

Oh, those do look good

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Second attempt with the cake offering.

(http://wiseheart.livejournal.com/pics/catalog/8204/113040)

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

A very impressive and delicious looking pile of cakes! :D

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

And the comments have started collapsing on this post too! Go us! o/\o

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

Already! o/\o

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

May I have another suggestion? The Party Pooper LJ entry is getting incredibly long and complex.
What about moving the not-yet reconstructed threads (like the one about Trek species and I think one or two more) over here? There aren't many left, and it might be easier to deal with them

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a good plan! I posted the top comments to most of the threads (all that I could find easily), so it should be possibly to see which threads haven't been replaced yet :)

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

Is it just me or is LJ being very slow at the moment? I had serious problems posting a comment to the 'LJ Party Pooper' post just a minute ago, with the page freezing after I clicked 'Add a comment'.

[sammydragoncat]

no, it's slow for me too

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

I realise I didn't repeat the happy birthday from me! So, happy birthday! I hope you have a day that's memorable for all the right reasons.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thank you! *hugs*

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

And, hey, is this the hundredth comment?

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

Well we are certainly past 100 now. :-)

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I think I'll go to bed now. Sorry, ladies. I was up until 3.15 in the morning, and it's already midnight again. Barely 5 hours of sleep seem to be a lot less than at the time when I was 30. *yawns*

Have a good night!

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Goodnight!

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

Can I bring some apple pie to the party? My agile friends came today and climbed up a ladder to my apple trees to gather about 30lbs of apples.

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

Yay, apple pie! That is an impressive amount of apple (and homegrown apples are the best!)

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

It's time for me to go to bed as well! It has been a fun resurrected party, and I look forward to more tomorrow. Good night all!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

So, back to work, but that isn't all bad because, look, I got hold of a really fast computer to say hallo to you nice folks. *g*

I had one lesson in the 8th term today and will be with the kids from the 5th and 6th term in the afternoon - those who stay at school because their parents are working. It's such a nice change, not to have to wait 10-20 minutes for a reply to be typed up and another half a minute until it loads.

Any work-related issues you want to talk about? Radek is concentrating really heavily *points at icon* but I have 2 free hours to listen.

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

I had planned to mark some reports this morning, but I haven't been given them from the student office yet. On the other hand I am sure there are plenty of other things I should be getting on with...

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Also, since we've agreed to recreate some of the old threads here - and because we need to get to the next page, hehehe - I thought I'd launch here the favourite Trek aliens again. I won't be able to get hold of the actual comments until I got home, but at least the top level comment should be up.

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

I do believe I told you mine are the Vulcans. Then I probably went on to say, despite Enterprise and refusing to even acknowledge the latest so-called Star Trek film as being anything to do with Trek, indeed possibly even going so far as to claim it doesn't exist. ;-)

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

And, in the same spirit, I remember we had something about a favourite TV-shows, too. Or has that particular thread been reconstructed in the Party Pooper LJ entry?

In any case, the only things I'm currently watching on German TV are the old Star Trek re-runs. Tele5 has been on a sci-fi feast for months by now, showing old episodes of TNG, DS9, Voyager and Stargate and SGA, respectively, over and over again. It's a nice thing to realise that I still like them. :)

[bk_forever]

I'm having a Stargate SG-1 re-watch, I'm halfway through season 4 but haven't had time to watch any for a while. I still love it. =)

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

And another thread waiting for reconstruction:

Did we have music already?

Thinking of this because I've recently returned to my choir, after a year of hiatus. Despite my misgivings os some choices re: what we should sing, I missed singing too much. Otherwise, I don't do music actively much. As a child, I used to play the piano (well, I made lame attempts to do it)
and learned to play the Blockflöte and the guitar a bit. Neither led to much.

So, who else sings in a choir or plays (played) an instrument?

[bk_forever]

I tried to learn to play the guitar many moons ago, but I was never any good. I don't even remember the chords I learned, but I still have the guitar!

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

A friend of mine tells me this week is 'national chocolate week' in the UK. I see no reason to restrict celebrations to people in the UK, though: Chocolate for everyone! (who wants it; anyone who doesn't want it can give their share to wiseheart or me.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes, I'm willing to take offerings. In all the hectic we missed the annual Chocolate Festival in Buda Castle anyway.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I wonder if we get to the second page before the party is over...?

Comment count is very promising. By this speed, we might eventually reach that which has been lost, the two entries counted together.

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

It is looking good, isn't it?

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

I have just shared the results of my baking on the weekend with people at work for a pleasant afternoon coffee/tea break. When asked why I had baked, I told them that a friend of mine mentioned baking for her birthday which inspired me, so we were helping celebrate her birthday: Happy birthday wiseheart from the LCN/TYC corridor!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

What corridor?

Your biscuits still look very yummy. I took some of mine to school, to offer them to a few selected colleagues, and they were ecstatic. Earler on I used to offer them more people, but when I saw my poor cookies lie around on their desks a week later I decided that I'd only give them to those who can value them.

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

I got distracted from this by moving furniture about in my living room - it had been an issue for a while - but now is hopefully more convinient. However, I still have piles of random junk sitting in the middle of the floor - all the things that had been hiding under and behind things - and I should sort it all out, but it is a rather depressing task.

Anyway, party :)

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Party is always good to make one feel better. Especially a virtual one, with no dancing involved, where one would wait in vain to be asked for a dance. Those are my most humiliating memories.

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

Reconstructing a thread from the old post.
wiseheart:
The Your Favorurite City thread.

Since I'm at work, having an hour-long break and a computer that isn't as
painfully slow as mine is (it hasn't Norton), I use the opportunity to
start the requested thread.

My favourite city is Vienna. I've seen a great deal of cities, and
Budapest, the one I live in is absolutely gorgeous, but for me, Vienna is
the best city on this planet. It's a lot like my home town, due to the
old Monarchy, but different enough to be exciting, and it has a unique
flair no other city I've ever visited seems to have.

Historic places, fantastic chocolate, amazing coffee and very friendly,
charming inhabitants (well, most of them) - what else could one wish for?

On to you...

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

badly_knitted:
Due to health issues I can't travel these days, and I've never been out
of Britain anyway, but I used to love York, a very historical and very
beautiful city, and also Lyme Regis, on the South Coast. I remember the
main street was very steep. When I was young I thought of maybe moving to
live there, but it just never happened. A lovely place though, and very
friendly people.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Are we still stuck on Page 1? That won't do!

Anyway, back from work and currently typing up what I've written in the morning for the 10th chapter of "Atonement". The muse unexpectedly had a blur of activity, so the part has moved on from the dead spot it had been sitting on for days.

Mum and I had toast for dinner - old buns sliced and buttered and covered with a slice of cheese and put into the little toaster oven. It was delicious. We also had chicken soup with thin carrot pieces instead of noodles. Oh, and more coffee and Ischler cookies and vanilla crescents. Yum!

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

Yay for the muse cooperating! It is lovely when things suddenly work. *feeds muse*