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gwyn ([personal profile] gwyn) wrote2014-11-29 11:42 am

Capilicious

Thanks for the birthday greetings! It was a pretty good day overall -- I met up with [personal profile] minim_calibre for sushi lunch, and she was kind enough to give me an adorable blue Captain America bag, and inside it she'd put her chibi Cap shirt that I had admired when we got together a while ago. I went to the store where she got hers, but they were all gone, so I figured it was no Cap for me, but she wanted to get another one in a color she prefers, so she gave me the shirt off her back!

Then I got home and found a beautiful floral bouquet and chocolates on my doorstep from [personal profile] killabeez, which was so uplifting.

I had drinks with my neighbor, and then watched the first Cap movie while I read fanfic, so all in all it was a very Capilicious birthday, which is a good kind to have. The only bad side of the day was that holy crapballs was it raining -- the streets were mostly flooded everywhere I went, and I nearly got creamed by a large van in Ballard going about 40 through a blind intersection that left me really badly shaken. It was a very close near miss, and I was definitely thinking of the two other people on my flists who actually did get in accidents on or around Thanksgiving.

I got some messages from sis_r's friends, and I haven't heard much from them in a long time, so that was nice. One of the hardest things about not having anyone around anymore is that I feel like I'm the only person left who remembers my sister, like her imprint upon the world has just vanished except for me. So I'm glad that there are a couple people who still do remember her birthday and that she was here in the world.
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[personal profile] devilc 2014-11-30 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
I'm glad you had a captastic birthday
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[personal profile] kass 2014-11-30 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
So glad it was a good birthday. I send love.
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[personal profile] grammarwoman 2014-12-01 07:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay for Captacular events! :)
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[identity profile] batwrangler.livejournal.com 2014-11-29 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)
We lost our power/cable/internet on Wednesday, have been running on emergency generator, and only got intermittent cable/internet back late last night -- still no power from the utility company yet -- which is all to say, "Sorry I missed sending you birthday greetings on the day, but I was thinking about you."
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[personal profile] minim_calibre 2014-11-29 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay, for a good kind to have!

I made my parents watch First Avenger while we made fruitcake. I kept trying to tell Dad that the similarity, tonally, to US WWII films of the actual WWII era was a feature, not a bug, when he complained about that. (From the point of view of a Canadian who saw plenty of them when, as he said, they were actually new.)

(I knew going in that this would be his reaction, but I think he'll really enjoy Winter Soldier, so I'm getting him ready for it.)

It was great to see you, and happy birthday again, even though it's a day later!

[identity profile] talitha78.livejournal.com 2014-11-29 11:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Wishing you a belated Happy Birthday. I'm glad it was a good day.

[identity profile] tavella.livejournal.com 2014-11-30 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
I'm glad you had a good birthday!

[identity profile] chelletoo.livejournal.com 2014-11-30 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
Happy Birthday!
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[identity profile] kirbyfest.livejournal.com 2014-11-30 01:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Happy belated birthday!

[identity profile] kerithwyn.livejournal.com 2014-11-30 04:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Happy belated! I'm glad it was a good one.
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[personal profile] sperrywink 2014-11-30 06:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Happy Belated Birthday. I 'm glad it was Capilicious and good.

[identity profile] beck-liz.livejournal.com 2014-11-30 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Happy belated birthday! And eeeek! So glad you didn't get into an accident, too! Close calls like that are so scary.