Thanks, chaps!

[blamebrampton]

Wow, that was a lovely birthday! I am dying of cake (my third favourite way to go), and very cheered.

Thank you so much to anthimaeria for my cake, to the sweet thady for the balloons, to romaine24 for the delicious lollipop, and to bryoneybrynn for the preserved organ, you guys are generous darlings with only the slightest touch of gothic. And to calanthe_fics and jadzialove for the cards! Touched and moved in the happy and spiritual non-public-transport fashion!

And then there were creations! jadzialove surprised the hell out of me with a wonderful Drarry -- she is my Snarry friend! Ginny Potter is frustrated at her ex-husband's inability to move on. She needn't be, all it will take is a cunning plan and some industrial infrastructure. Two men walk into a Ministry lift, each a bit screwed-up. Forty minutes later, the up is altered and the boys realise just how much they owe the women in their lives. A Fickle Fate is delicious and fun and ... just pop by and read it, there are too many good jokes for me to relate.

leochi reached my prompt in her 50 kisses art table (flocked), and painted a very sweet and loving morning kiss between Ron and Hermione, it is so right and so smile-inducing.

enchanted_jae must be the fastest talent in fandom, because 36 hours after I left her the somewhat deranged prompts of sword and finger, she popped up with this lovely ficlet on the effect of Draco's fencing practice on his young man: Swordplay, it's hot and clever and fabulous! And then complications_g created some gorgeous icons out of some of my fave pieces of leochi art!

As to the birthday wishes! Fandom, you are so much better at remembering than my RL friends. Thank you to the very speedy under_an_oak, sansa1970, Cal, lilian_cho, frayach, lackofmendacity, christinefic, ciel_vert, sesheta_66, house_illrepute,  brandil, alex_s9 (the SHINIEST birthday wish ever!), no_mad_skillz, winnett, and my lovely Team EWE – I am sure I am forgetting someone important ...Hugs and kisses to all of you!

In other news, I ran into a dear friend I hadn't seen in years on the street today and she followed me home for tea and Diana Wynne Jones bookswapping (I have had four of hers waiting to be returned since I last saw her, she now has five of mine, plus hers). Another friend cooked dinner for me, J and some of our friends, and a publishing house rang to offer me some freelance, I'll find out tomorrow if the redundancy or another gig is in the offing (I hope for the former). Now back to sewing and tidying so our house sitter isn't horrified when she comes in on Friday.

It was a good day! Thank you all for making it so! (And now I am off to hoover with my Dyson handheld. Do not judge me for the fact that I love domestic engineering porn, I gave J a full-sized one for his 30th birthday (he asked!))

Comments

[norton-gale.livejournal.com]

You're welcome, but you have someone else to thank for the balloons, birthday girl!

Birthdays, Prompts & The Need to Learn Cantonese and/or Mandarin

[under-an-oak.livejournal.com]

Wonder what I did for my birthday...oh yes. My friends treated me for a sushi dinner and we then hung out at a Chinese cafe where a guitar-strumming duo entertained the crowd.

*pauses*

This is significant because I'm Malay and know heck-none Chinese and my Chinese friends who were with me can't speak their native language for crap *grin*. You gotta love the new, faux-gen ethnicity.

PS: How can I get prompts (from you, or anyone else mad enough to give me prompts)? I'm in a serious Sahara of fics. My muse dies a horrible death each day, with every email demanding to know, for example, what the hell happened to their salary or why won't the company offer this benefit as opposed to that benefit...HR. It gives new meaning to the word 'hellish'.

[painless-j.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday! Wish you lots of fun!

[empress-jae.livejournal.com]

i didn't forget!!

we just became friends and i getting to know each other, but i wanted to wish you a very happy birthday! i've been in meetings all morning (hence the lateness...oops.), but it's still the 29th in MY part of the world. :D

anyway...HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

♥

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

*hug* Happy belated birthday! :)

[fourth_rose]

Darn, I missed it! Belated happy birthday, dear! *hugs*

[romaine24.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday!

I would love to write you something, however besides doing birthday drabbles, I'm crumbs at it. Poor Alaana I still owe her a story from Nov.

Have a great day and I look forward to getting to know you better this next year.

[thady.livejournal.com]

You're welcome!

Happy birthday! I wish you a lot of fun! :)

[emerald-dragon8.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday for yesterday, hon! I did remember, but I was out all day until about 11pm, when I completely crashed. But I'm only... 7 and three quarter hours late, so it doesn't matter too much...does it?

Anyway...would you like some birthday art? If you would, give me a prompt and a pairing/fandom. :)

*hugs*

[pushdragon.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday! I'm glad it was lovely. I am buying you an imaginary pina colada. Or would you prefer I bought an actual one and drank it for you? :-)

[catsintheattic.livejournal.com]

Happy belated (?) birthday!

[cinnatart.livejournal.com]

my sincerest apologies, I've never been really good with remembering things like b-days. belated Happy Birthday! I'm glad your special day was a good one.

[raitala.livejournal.com]

Firstly, it is still the 29th here, so Happy Birthday!

Secondly, I have just read Sins of the Fathers and have come to prostrate myself at your feet. *prostrates self*

That was the best new piece of fan fiction I have read in ages! Why had I not heard of it before? I know I live in a remote and sparsely populated corner of the internet, by why has no one come and hammered down my door and said YOU MUST READ THIS!

I am a-buzz with the warm fuzzy joy of it and rendered slightly teary by the emotional truth of the writing, so please forgive this random attack of gushing.

I loved it - all of it. I don't feel up to being properly coherent, but I have to say I was gripped by the story and how subtly you explored the themes. I loved the humour you brought to it alongside the more serious and tender elements. All the minor characters and I mean ALL OF THEM, which is a spectacular feat, were captivating, as well as the main ones, who were fantastic.

I loved Lady-Killer!James and Scheming!Lily and Rules?-What Rules?!McGonagall and Neville! Lady-Killer!Neville with his six girlfriends. Scopius and Al were so perfect. I read the sequel too and the exchanges between Harry, Draco and Ron were just perfect, the best kind of funny writing, perfect, unlaboured banter. And I loved the little details, like Harry busting in all virilely into Draco's office and having to quickly tone it down because Hermione is there. And Narcissa! *pauses for breath and realises that is probably enough for now*

Thank you so much for writing this and thank you to whoever made you take part in hd_hols, so that I could meet you. *leaves quickly before gushing starts again*

[meredyth-13.livejournal.com]

So very glad you had a great birthday! :)

[rossurus.livejournal.com]

Thirteen minutes late english time!

Happy birthday sweetie...hope you continue to be wonderfully positive about the world!

[shadowclub.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday!!

[jadzialove.livejournal.com]

It is 11:36pm and so it is still you birthday here.

I am dying of cake (my third favourite way to go),

Okay, my guesses for the other two are: chocolate and kindness

Happy Birthday one more time!

::hugs::

[scrtkpr.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday! ♥

[frances-veritas.livejournal.com]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Belated, but I hope it was a good one! :-D

[kayleigh-jane.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday! A bit late, but sincerely nonetheless.

[snottygrrl.livejournal.com]

omg, i'm torn between ironing my ears for being so lame as to remember and forget your birthday before i managed to wish you a happy one about a dozen times yesterday and today and just staring in awe at the swath you've made in h/d fandom in the short time you've been here (i've been writing and posting h/d for nearly 3 1/2 yrs and only managed to garner 11 happy bdays, you've been here for what? 6 months and your comment list here is like a who's who of h/d [*boggles*]). you are an amazing thing and i'm downright bereft that i have yet to meet you. a force of nature you are and we all want a piece of you. amazingly, you seem to want to share yourself with all of us too. how brilliant is that?

someday soon i am going to hunt you down. [*cackles*]

[who_la_hoop]

*offers belated birthday hugs*

(What is your second favourite way to die then, hmmm? Death by custard? :D)