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Post by Ace on Nov 11, 2008 11:38:06 GMT -5
Happy Birthday Lauryn!
Here's to celebrating with some cake, margaritas and [Julian unquotable line finisher]! [/b][/size][/color]
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Post by Lauryn on Nov 11, 2008 13:00:39 GMT -5
What a beautiful sentiment! And photo, to boot! You know the way to this birthday girl's heart!
Unfortunately, I seem to be celebrating my birthday by catching a raging head cold. If only that throbbing sensation was caused by margaritas and [Julian unquotable line-finisher] but alas, no.
On the bright side, I think there may still be cake on the horizon.
Y'know, you could make a great game of Mad Libs out of [Julian unquotable line finisher]!
I'll start.
1. [Julian wakes up] Strike me pink! It's my ____ing birthday! I must have ____ my way through the whole thing! Salut!
2. I knew the job in Valparaiso went tits up when I had to raid the local _____ for a ______ing disguise!
3. I was in this sailor wanna ___ ___ bar in San Pedro when some ___ bet me I couldn't go six rounds with ____ the ____ buster! [slaps forehead] Toe wrestling! ____! I am a _____ disgrace!
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Post by Ace on Nov 11, 2008 22:27:21 GMT -5
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Post by Yuliya on Nov 11, 2008 23:25:09 GMT -5
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Post by Lauryn on Nov 13, 2008 20:47:16 GMT -5
Unfortunately I don’t have Julian’s capacity for on the job drinking. Maybe that’s why I haven’t got past the silly Mad Libs stage, lately. Probably the truth is closer to those T-shirts that say “The Top Ten Reasons I Procrastinate” 1. but I do take the hint on a certain fanfic front. No New Orleans this birthday, but it looks like I may be there for Thanksgiving. We’re not doing the usual family reunion / camping / freezing one's ta-tas off in the mountains thing over the holiday. I’d like to say it was because this year it struck us as a bit too Palin-esque -- but our plans just fell through, LOL! On the other hand, if you can think of some way I can go on a shopping spree and charge it to the Republican National Cmte., let me know. They don’t have a Neiman-Marcus in New Orleans, but they do have a Saks.<wink> |
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Post by Lauryn on Nov 13, 2008 21:08:27 GMT -5
 Abd  on the cold. Happy birthday and many happy (happier!) returns! I wish I could be as funny from my sick bed as a gay Robert Preston, down and out in Paris in "Victor / Victoria." "There's nothing more inconvenient than an old queen with a head cold." but that would take more Method acting than I could manage.<wink> Thanks for the birthday wishes! Believe it or not, they're very therapeutic! |
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Post by Ace on Mar 30, 2009 4:41:54 GMT -5
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Post by Yuliya on Mar 30, 2009 14:04:51 GMT -5
Wow!  How many Pierces!  I've never seen these photos before! In a way (in a good way) they remind me of a T-shirt I once had - 16 ways of getting on (and falling off) a camel. Thanks! ;D  |
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Post by Ace on Mar 30, 2009 16:34:50 GMT -5
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Post by Lauryn on Mar 30, 2009 17:23:09 GMT -5
Wow! How many Pierces! I've never seen these photos before! In a way (in a good way) they remind me of a T-shirt I once had - 16 ways of getting on (and falling off) a camel. Thanks! ;D Happy Birthday, YS! Hope it's a festive one! Hmm. What sort of trouble could a girl get up to with all those Pierces... I'm sure you'll think of something! Ace, I love that collage! I'm not much for wearing T-shirts but I'd love to have one with that design. |
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Post by Ace on May 16, 2009 15:39:34 GMT -5
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PIERCE
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Post by Ace on May 16, 2009 20:38:07 GMT -5
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Post by Lauryn on May 20, 2009 14:09:37 GMT -5
My, what a word count! I think this blogger may be a fresh-faced new intern at IDT before long! <large wink> Seriously, though, it is refreshing to find such close readings of PB's performances; so few critics seem able to do this without being distracted by the bright shiny object of his Bond-ness / image or his mere good looks. |
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Post by Ace on Nov 11, 2009 18:38:16 GMT -5
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Post by Lauryn on Nov 12, 2009 19:59:25 GMT -5
Wow! I wake up the day after my birthday to find out I've cornered the market in Pierce options!
This greeting was sooo much cleverer (and loads better looking) than the others I got. You know the type. Cards about your droopy everythings and birthday candle four alarm fires!
Thanks, Ace! I should have known you could come up with more birthday choices than Julian Noble at a sex club, LOL!
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Post by Ace on Mar 30, 2010 2:26:09 GMT -5
Guess who brought the balloons?
Happy Birthday Yuliya!!
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Post by Yuliya on Mar 31, 2010 8:28:27 GMT -5
Thank you! Thank you! You know, when I looked at the top of the page, I felt a pang of regret that no one will ever post a photo of me looking good in casual, yet stylish clothes in beautiful, secluded spot on the beach (why is it that beaches are always crowded?) just because there is no such photo... And then I realized that it's PB who's at disadvantage! We all get a birthday present of a photo of this handsome, talented actor we all like. And what does he get? Perhaps, he's also want to get a photo of an actor or an actress he admires, and all he gets is a photo of himself!  |
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Post by Ace on Mar 31, 2010 15:15:39 GMT -5
Poor guy. He doesn't even like to do an interview with a mirror across the room. Maybe next year I'll put up a photo with Clint Eastwood with his shirt off -- though that STILL might not be what he'd prefer - birthday or not. Hope you had a great day and the requisite fete-ing lasts at least though the week.  |
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Post by Lauryn on Mar 31, 2010 17:58:57 GMT -5
Happy Birthday, Yuliya!
I hope it’s a festive one. Just make sure you get back to the Reform Club by a quarter before nine.<wink>
Speaking of the passage of time, I apologize profusely for not thanking you for your Christmas gift. Things sort of got lost in space when my computer and home e mail were out of commission.
Thanks for introducing me to Boris Akunin and “The Winter Queen.” A very enjoyable book, and I hope to try the rest of the series. This may take a while because I understand the author aims to encompass all possible varieties of detective fiction!
Young Fandorin and Mr. Steele do certainly have traits in common: dark hair, blue eyes, a nose for trouble, extreme good luck, and an appreciation for a good suit of clothes, no matter how precarious their finances. One of my favorite aspects of the book was how the rivalry between St. Petersburg and Moscow was woven in. It revealed a lot, in an offhand way, about the character of each city.
You probably know, but might not, that there’s a film version of The Winter Queen / Azazel in pre-production starring the actor that was Chekov in the new Star Trek movie.
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Post by Yuliya on Apr 2, 2010 10:06:16 GMT -5
Thank you, Lauryn. Sorry about your computer trouble and I'm really glad you read and liked the book. Yes, the author does try to spoof encompass all possible genres. Actually, there is a book of short stories that does it even more obvious - each story is modeled after a particular author/character - Sherlock Holmes, Arsen Lupin, etc. Yes I know there is going to be a movie, just didn't remember who was in it. I'll keep my eyes open - wonder if they can make a good one. There are 3 Russian ones; I liked 2 (one was made by Mikhalkov, who got an Oscar for the best foreign film about 15 years ago); I don't think anyone liked the 3rd one. I wonder if they can make the tone of the movie right - it won't be the same if the movie feels like it's set in another country. Young Fandorin reminded me more of James Bond than Mr. Steele, though. Not that those two are that much different, but I'd say Mr. Steele has more of a larcenous streak than the other two together. And Fandorin is a more dramatic character than RS. Believe it or not, one of my biggest regrets in these books, at least at first, was that they were set in Moscow. I mean, why? Whyyyyy?  What's wrong with St. Petersburg that he couldn't set the books there? It was good enough for Dostoevsky! And not only did he set the books in Moscow, but he obviously likes it more! Why? Well, you get the picture. You're right, that rivalry is a nice touch, though to be honest, I don't know if it existed then. The two cities have always been different, though, so he's right about the character of the cities. I suppose to some modern day, not too history-minded moscovites it's strange to realize once the city was nice and cozy, not the megalopolis it is now. |
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How many Pierces! 
