Virtual Birthday Party, Day 01

[wiseheart]

Hi folks! *waves" I know I'm late kicking off my virtual birthday party of 2013, but considering that I worked almost 11 hours today, I think I can be forgiven, right?

It's that time of a year again - I'm getting older. In this case, I'm turning 57 on October 9, so let's party!

Last years virtual birthday party yielded 1328 comments on 6 pages, before LJ crashed the whole thing, and 617 additional ones on 3 pages at the second coming. Which won't be easy to top, but we're good, aren't we? WE CAN DO IT! WE CAN BREAK THE 2000-COMMENT-BARRIER! 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. However, to avoid the same mishap that occurred last year, there will be a separate post for each day until the 9th. We will count all pages and comments together when the party is closed.

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. I tentatively started two topics, just to begin the fun somehow, but you may add anything you want.

Comments

[lhun-dweller.livejournal.com]

Late to the party, but I have to say I enjoyed the first film. I was not swept away as I had been by the LOTR trilogy, but I walked out into the chilly night with our tiny bit of snow a contented viewer. (I saw the movie at a cinema near a historic park, the same one I went to each year for the 3 LOTR films, and once again, winter was in the air. Joy!) IMHO, there were a few "off-pitch" bits IMHO, but I felt I'd had my money's worth of a good tale told pretty well and rendered gorgeously.

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

I waited to see it until the DVD came out, which might have been why I was quite so underwhelmed. If we could wrangle a bit of snow to come and decorate the ground for installment 2...

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Mum & me extra went to the cinema after half a decade not setting foot in one, and saw it first in 3D. Then I bought the DVD, and I must say I enjoyed it in 2D a great deal more. The feeling of being on the set made me nauseous. Yeah, I know I'm strange.

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

I've never seen a 3D film. (Mr EA hates the idea.)

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Now that I've seen one I can understand why.