Welcome to my favorite month of the year. :) Well it's really tied with December for #1, which I realize is silly, making 2 months stand at the top of the gold medal platform together, but it's just too close to call. There's all the Christmas goodness December has to offer. And then there are all these wonderful thing in February:
~ Groundhog Day, good times full of complete hooey but amusing just the same ;)
~ Valentine's Day, which isn't really a favorite holiday of mine for various reasons including the one wherein it just seems a day on which to relegate romance & to give chicks an excuse to freak out if their guy forgets or doesn't live up to all the crazy things in their heads that they never even mentioned to the guy, but this year it is a Tuesday which is full of goodness and it will bring the return of my bogus Valentine's Statistics. I know I failed you on this one last year, but I will make up for it this year.
~ it's unique in it's shortness, kinda like me by which I mean I am unique and short ;) though I don't get a little taller every 4 years and then go back to normal the other three years
~ and of course there is my favorite part of the month . . . my birthday! Two and a half weeks away, I can hardly believe it. I've got plenty of ideas rolling about my mind to do that weekend (my birthday is on a Sunday so we're celebrating all weekend long), but this is your official chance to put in suggestions. If you happen to come up with something even greater than what I've thought of then you shall win a prize. I'm not sure what it is yet, but there will be something. So call, comment, or send a carrier pigeon, I don't care how you do it just get those suggestions in. :)
~ Groundhog Day, good times full of complete hooey but amusing just the same ;)
~ Valentine's Day, which isn't really a favorite holiday of mine for various reasons including the one wherein it just seems a day on which to relegate romance & to give chicks an excuse to freak out if their guy forgets or doesn't live up to all the crazy things in their heads that they never even mentioned to the guy, but this year it is a Tuesday which is full of goodness and it will bring the return of my bogus Valentine's Statistics. I know I failed you on this one last year, but I will make up for it this year.
~ it's unique in it's shortness, kinda like me by which I mean I am unique and short ;) though I don't get a little taller every 4 years and then go back to normal the other three years
~ and of course there is my favorite part of the month . . . my birthday! Two and a half weeks away, I can hardly believe it. I've got plenty of ideas rolling about my mind to do that weekend (my birthday is on a Sunday so we're celebrating all weekend long), but this is your official chance to put in suggestions. If you happen to come up with something even greater than what I've thought of then you shall win a prize. I'm not sure what it is yet, but there will be something. So call, comment, or send a carrier pigeon, I don't care how you do it just get those suggestions in. :)
Comments
I too share your feelings about Valentine's Day, though I'll raise you a IT'S THE FRIGGIN' RETAIL OUTLETS TRYING TO TELL YOU THAT YOU DON'T ACTUALLY LOVE YOUR SPOUSE/SIGNIFICANT OTHER UNLESS YOU ARE WILLING TO BUY A FREAKISHLY EXPENSIVE ROCK FOR THEM. If I see another DeBeer's commercial in the next two weeks I am going to have to go get another television since mine will meet an unnatural end.
Unfortunately, I have not done anything for my birthday, save a dinner out, for 3-4 years running now, so I am useless on that front.
Oh, and last but not least, word verification was good to me. "qavac" [ka-'vak] a word to be used in Scrabble that thankfully does not require the letter U.
Okay, I'm done now.
LOL I can't top your Valentine's comment, but I assure you I am highly amused. You know, should your tv meet with some sort of unnatural end you would just have to go out and buy something pretty. :)
Does qavac have an actual definition or does it merely exist for Scrabble usage?
Happy Groundhog day! Glad to hear PP is a Steelers fan.
Yes the birthday celebrations will be full of all kinds of fun. I think I have a pretty good idea of what I want to do, but suggestions are still appreciated. (Read as: I'm waiting for Raj to come up with some sort of whacky idea that will certainly be too outlandish to do, but so highly amusing that half the fun is in just thinking about it.)
i think for your birthday celebration you have some great options:
1. caravan out to Tennessee so that Shauna can spoil all that brave the trip (and also so you can laugh at the bizzare southern people i have befriended)
2. walk around on hollywood BLVD with a sign that says "the end is near, but it's my birthday, so give me all your money." maybe you should also dress up like the bunny from Donnie Darko?
3. maybe an indian food extravaganza is in order
4. what about a bond fire party on the beach
i think that is all i gots for now... man, i do wish i could celebrate with you dear friend!
Presidents Day is often a troubling thing for me as my birthday falls in such a part of the month that it is on P-Day. The lack of mail on one's birthday = no cards or presents arriving. Very sad. And this year will be the first time I actually get the day off. That being sad, P-Day falls beautifully for me this year as it is the day after my birthday. Hazaa for 3 day birthday weekend! :)
Oh Shauna, how I would love for you to be here to celebrate with me or to take a trip out to see you. Thank you for your suggestions, they all sound fun. :) We will definitely be doing some belated celebrating for both of our birthdays when you're here this summer! I know of a lot more fun things to do here now, it's gonna be great! :)
Here, though, is a complete list of scrabble words that include a "Q" sans the accompanying "u":
QINDARKA SHEQELUM
BUQSHAS QINDARS QINTARS QIVIUTS QWERTYS
BUQSHA FAQIRS QANATS QINDAR QINTAR QIVIUT QWERTY SHEQEL TRANQS UMIAQS
FAQIR QAIDS QANAT QOPHS TRANQ UMIAQ
QAID QATS QOPH SUQS
QAT SUQ
I hope this helps. I love that Scrabble has it's own language. Umiaqs? Seriously now.
Azina, seeing as our birthdays are only two days apart, we should really avoid sending gifts to each other, since it'd be a bit redundant.
Instead, I vote you buy yourself a present and just say it's from me, and I'll do the same up here.
Go big -- get yourself something really expensive. Feel free to spend everything you've got on something you really want.
You have my permission.
Pull out all the stops, because really, it's your birthday and you deserve it.
:P
mvlluuer <-- Joe, this is also not a scrabble word.
a) go to a place, get the free dessert and the song, and before they leave the table say in a quiet but loud enough to overhear voice, "These guys make Applebees' singers look like American Idol."
b) Get several of your friends to go to dinner with you at a nicer restaurant. When the waiter explains to you that they do offer free dessert but that no one will be singing to you at this fine establishment, say "that's no problem, I brought my own." At that point your friends will remove coats, jackets, sweaters, etc. to reveal that they are all wearing the same color polo and black pants. Have them proceed to clap, sing, and make a scene that causes rich people to be uncomfortable.
c) start a contest to see how little you can get away with ordering at a restaurant in order to get free birthday dessert/song. make sure to use the results at other restaurants as a bargaining chip.
I know it's not great, but I'm still formulating. I have a few days.
"cjeucy" - the way french people describe things that are watery/gooey inside. The cherry tomato exploded in my mouth for it was cjeucy. wee, wee, ha, ha!
Don't say nose!