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

[sammydragoncat]

while my day is'nt half over yet (it's just after 12:00 pm here - California), so I'm still doing laundry and I'm about to make myself some lunch. I am looking forward to seeing the second ep of the new season of Once Upon a Time tonight.

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

I don't think I have heard of that series. What is it about?

[sammydragoncat]

Fairytail land crosses over to the real world because of an evil queen's curse - the offical description from the web site:


About the Show





This is Fairy Tale Land. It's filled with magic, monsters and all of the characters we all know from stories growing up. It's real, and so are the people in it. But unlike the "happily ever after" you may have heard about, their stories continued, and The Evil Queen cast a Dark Curse over the land....

This is Storybrooke. It's a quiet, little, New England town filled with people who go about their everyday lives with no idea who they really are. The Queen's Curse has trapped them here and placed her in near-complete control. They have no real memories and no real hope.


Once Upon A Time is, at its core, a story about hope.

"For us, that’s what a fairy tale is. It’s that ability to think your life will get better. It’s why you buy a lottery ticket—because if you win you get to tell your boss that you’re quitting and you get to move to Paris or wherever and be who you always wanted to be. And that’s Cinderella, right? One day she’s sweeping up and the next she’s going to the ball. Adam and I just wanted to write about something hopeful that for one hour a week allows one to put everything aside and have that feeling that your dreams just may come true."
- Edward Kitsis, Co-Creator/Executive Producer

http://beta.abc.go.com/shows/once-upon-a-time/about-the-show

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

Sounds very interesting! I will have to see if it turns up on any of the TV channels I have or else if DVD box sets for region 2 are available (at a price I am willing to pay).

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

The first series was on Channel 5 - there may be repeats on one of their channels at some point...

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I shall have to keep my eye out. One of the drawbacks to not watching live TV is that you end up not knowing what is on, and therefore missing things that you might have liked. On the other hand it also means that you generally don't watch a lot of rubbish just because it is on, so I suppose on average it works out in my favour.

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

*nods* I end up having it on in the background a lot (recently silence has been an issue for me due to depression), as I don't generally get drawn into it as much as radio/audio books, so it is good when I want to focus on something else... ;)

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

We only had the telly on when we were actually watching something when I was little and to this day I find it hard not to watch if it is on. So I try to turn it off if what is showing is not something I actively want to watch. Somehow I find the radio easier to ignore; I can filter out the sound if I am concentrating on something pleasant like reading or chatting with friends through LJ.

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

Yay for being productive and more OUAT - hope it is good!