karen meisner ([info]_stranger_here) wrote,
@ 2007-02-08 19:21:00
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we have ideas yet that we haven't tried
OMG it's only a few hours til my birthday.  I keep forgetting, but it's still happening, time is creeping up on me.  Pär is downstairs baking cakes and I am planning a series of celebrations over the next few days and these things will help nourish my soul through the long complex grey weeks until senility kicks in.  And sweet, merciful dementia. 

What is this talked-of mystery of birth
But being mounted bareback on the earth

~ Robert Frost



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[info]bondgwendabond
2007-02-09 02:15 am UTC (link)
Happy almost-birthday! I put a little package in the mail for you today, so it may not arrive until Saturday or Monday... so birthday celebrations must continue at least through then.

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[info]_stranger_here
2007-02-09 03:05 am UTC (link)
!!!

I have birthday celebrations planned through next Thursday, so we're in the clear.

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[info]orbitalmechanic
2007-02-09 05:18 am UTC (link)
It's already your birthday in China! Happy happy happiest!

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[info]_stranger_here
2007-02-12 09:51 pm UTC (link)
And by now it's practically my next year's birthday in China, but belatedly: thank you!

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[info]czakbar
2007-02-09 07:58 am UTC (link)
Happy Birthday!!!

I have something I want to send you. But I have the worst sore throat in the world right now and am calling off sick this morning because I can't even talk without wincing and so I won't get to the post office till next Monday. It should still make it by next Thursday, though. So I hope you can forgive a belated present!

xoxo

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[info]_stranger_here
2007-02-12 09:52 pm UTC (link)
Are you kidding? I can forgive anything when there's presents involved. (And of course, there's nothing to forgive, as I wasn't expecting a present. Also, thank you for extending my birthday week!)

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[info]psamphire
2007-02-09 09:10 am UTC (link)
It must by happy birthday time by now, so happy birthday! (Is it tomorrow in America yet?)

Have a great day.

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[info]_stranger_here
2007-02-12 09:54 pm UTC (link)
Patrick, I'm going to tell everyone when your birthday is coming up. Prepare yourself.

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[info]psamphire
2007-02-13 11:43 am UTC (link)
I assume this means my wife betrayed me... :)

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[info]lydialicious
2007-02-09 11:44 am UTC (link)
A very happy birthday to you, Karen! May all your celebrations be filled with sumptuous decadence and indulgence! Mmmm, cake.

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[info]_stranger_here
2007-02-12 09:54 pm UTC (link)
Thanks, Lydia :) Mmmm, cake.

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[info]aet
2007-02-09 11:45 am UTC (link)
Happy Birthday!

Do you have to play staying asleep until your son is ready to sing you up with birthday greetings? If you do, then I wish you to keep from giggling prematurely when a vase drops or the preparation for waking up the birthday child gets too noisy and lo-o-ong time activity in other creative ways!

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[info]spudofdoom
2007-02-09 03:26 pm UTC (link)
Actually, she had to struggle not to blow her birthday wish on "I wish I had gotten another hour of sleep" when Jeremiah and I barged in on her this morning.

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[info]silk_noir
2007-02-09 11:57 am UTC (link)
Happy senility!

Er, dementia! (Oh, that's not right either)

Um...

Feliz cumpleaños!
Tillykke med fodselsdagen!
Fortuna dies natalis!
Penblwydd hapus i chi!
Hartelijk gefeliciteerd!

Hee hee....

Happy birthday.

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[info]buymeaclue
2007-02-09 12:43 pm UTC (link)
Birthday birthday birthday! Yaaaaaaaaaaaay birthday!

::confetti::

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[info]ocannie
2007-02-09 01:29 pm UTC (link)
Happy Birthday, Karen!! Hope the weekend-long birthday celebrations are fantastic!

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[info]maryrobinette
2007-02-09 02:56 pm UTC (link)
I'm a day ahead of you on the whole birthday thing and I highly recommend it.

I hope you have a very, very happy birthday!

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[info]gregvaneekhout
2007-02-09 02:57 pm UTC (link)
What a fabulous day, that we get to contemplate the wonderfulness that is Karen and be thankful that we live in a universe blessed by her beauty, compassion, wit, talent, and elegance (among many other fine qualities to boot)! Happy Birthday!!!!!

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[info]brooksley
2007-02-09 03:08 pm UTC (link)
Hey!!! Happy happy happy to you. You're probably still asleep but the earlier coast has started celebrating your birthday already. Hurry up and greet the day. We love you!

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[info]_stranger_here
2007-02-12 09:57 pm UTC (link)
I miss you honey! Love you too.

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mwah!
[info]_stranger_here
2007-02-09 03:37 pm UTC (link)
Thank you so much, you adorable people! This is the first birthday in ages that I'm celebrating with fanfare, and now I finally get why people enjoy these occasions. Any day that begins with chocolate cake and messages of love is a hell of a happy way to start a year.

love,
Karen

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Re: mwah!
[info]psamphire
2007-02-09 04:04 pm UTC (link)
I hope you've got enough chocolate cake for all of us. Virtual chocolate cake, anyway. :)

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[info]lyn_never
2007-02-09 03:42 pm UTC (link)
Happy birthday, Karen! Chocolate cake sounds like a fantastic way to kick off a week of celebration.

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[info]hanspersson
2007-02-09 04:10 pm UTC (link)
Congratulations!

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[info]sanders268
2007-02-09 04:43 pm UTC (link)
Karen, I wish you the happiest of birthdays and everything that your heart desires for the upcoming year.

xoxo

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[info]stillsostrange
2007-02-09 05:07 pm UTC (link)
Happy Birthday!

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[info]sallytuppence
2007-02-09 05:36 pm UTC (link)
HAPPY FABULOUS BIRTHDAY!!!!

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[info]koshkalet
2007-02-09 05:39 pm UTC (link)
Hope you have a lovely birthday and good cake and lots of kisses and hugs!

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[info]alicek
2007-02-09 05:42 pm UTC (link)
Happy birthday! The birthday-spread-out-over-many-days approach is the loveliest one.

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[info]jennreese
2007-02-09 05:43 pm UTC (link)
Holy shit! It's your birthday! Huzzah!!!

I almost called you on my way to work this morning. I was going to sing you a little birthday song, possibly making you feel nostalgic about our "Chess" days at Clarion, and possibly making slightly nauseous.

But I decided you might still be asleep, since it's your birthday after all, and so I didn't call. (I still sang the song, though.)

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[info]_stranger_here
2007-02-12 09:57 pm UTC (link)
Aw, you should just go ahead and call. Now that I'm living in the midwest, it's a rare Californian who's awake before I am. I'll call you soon and you can sing it to me then ;)

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[info]kymmz
2007-02-09 06:00 pm UTC (link)
Happy happy happy BIRTHDAY!!!!

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[info]megmccarron
2007-02-09 07:17 pm UTC (link)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Marilyn Monroe says happy birthday too.

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[info]rambleflower
2007-02-09 07:30 pm UTC (link)
Happy day of you! I hope you have a wonderful week or so of celebrations and many more to come! ::big virtual birthday hugs::

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[info]untoward
2007-02-09 09:21 pm UTC (link)
happy demented birthday!

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[info]giantsloth
2007-02-09 09:51 pm UTC (link)
Happy days to you. I will lift a chopstick in your honor at the Red Palace.

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happy
(Anonymous)
2007-02-09 10:22 pm UTC (link)
happy happy happy birthday!!!
-shana

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[info]jonhansen
2007-02-10 02:08 am UTC (link)
Happy birthday! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake!

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Happy belated!
(Anonymous)
2007-02-10 06:36 pm UTC (link)
I am slow and pathetic in my well-wishing, even though my computer has been sending me reminders for days and days about this birthday. But I hope that you had a splendid day, with much cake. :-) Did you know that calories consumed on your birthday don't count? It's true...

- Mary Anne

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[info]_stranger_here
2007-02-12 10:04 pm UTC (link)
..and again, thank you all. I don't want to keep replying to each post to repeat "thank you" over and over, but hearing from each of you made me happy.

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