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This coming Saturday is my birthday. As such, I have been planning a weekend of fun to celebrate. Apparently, my beloved ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cheshcat beat me to the punch.
Last Saturday was my surprise party. And what a surprise it was! Shortly after New Year's,cheshcat told me to block off the entire weekend for something that she was organising. Very mys-TEEEER-ious! All I knew at first is that the lovely bunnypip would be coming along, too.
No problem. I blocked off the days and thought little about it. Until -- bit by bit -- it kept coming up. The adorablemiss_amaranth mentioned knowing what was planned and assuring me that I would enjoy it. She would be at the Pride march in Brighton on that day, though. The ever-awesome xmakina asked if we could hang out, as miss_amaranth would be out of town; I told him he needed to consult with cheshcat... as she was in charge of the scheduling for the weekend. In the end, it turned out that getting together in the morning would work... before the Cat and the Bunny and I had our evening plans.
Time passed and hints continued to come my way.bunnypip mentioned needing to do preparation. This meant "bake a cake"... but cheshcat covered it by saying that bunnypip needed to read the play -- making out like we had tickets to a special performance of something. This became odder on Friday, when bunnypip said: "Why is my kitchen a mess? I can't tell you." To borrow a phrase from Alice: Curiouser and curiouser!
Come Saturday morning,cheshcat went to get crunched and the chiropractor and I went to meet xmakina in the city centre. He played his part -- that of the distraction -- beautifully! I had no clue what was going on. Texts from miss_amaranth convinced me that she was in Brighton -- not Oxford! cheshcat claimed to need a nap, requiring that I call before coming home. Very clever! Unwittingly, I held up bunnypip by calling to chat when she was on her way to Oxford. Ooops!
Eventually,xmakina and I returned to the Flat With No Name. cheshcat greeted us sleepily at the door in her bathrobe. xmakina requested a drink, which I went to fetch........ and -- of course -- was greeted with a rousing SURPRISE!!!
Well done, everyone!
The party was well set up for your friendly neighborhood Nomad: The helium balloons were red and black -- one of my two favourite colour combinations. The cake had an Iron Man head on it. Mini-rockets -- instead of candles -- were used to mark the decades on the cake! There was also a karaoke set ready to be hooked up to our telly. Excellent planning!
Giving me an early welcome to my thirty-sixth year wascheshcat, bunnypip, L2, miss_amaranth, xmakina, wolfpeach (with a small in tow), topbit, pinkoi, and hughe. This gave us enough people to bring out the party games -- hooray!
We started off with the awesometacular Bag o' Nouns[*]. With two teams of four, ours won... but barely! We then moved on to Apples to Apples which, amazingly enough, I won! I enjoy A2A... but am not usually very good at it! I ended with seven cards; apparently I am: obnoxious, insulting, depressing, miserable, unreal, philosophical... and colourful! Whee!
By popular demand, we then returned to Bag o' Nouns. This time, the teams were off balance -- five to four. Not surprisingly, our team -- with five -- won... but it doesn't really matter, as a great time was had by all! Next game was Saboteur, whichhughe won. I ended up as a saboteur in two of the three rounds; I think I work best when I don't have to lie.
Afterward, we took a break from gaming to get some food and sing some karaoke. After L2 and I began with some solos -- I sang Billy Joel's Uptown Girl -- it evolved into a group sing-a-long. Withda_pupdetz as the backup singers. And many excellent dance moves! Wunderbar!
In the evening, we broke out The Shinnin'[**].topbit was eventually revealed as the traitor... and proceeded to kill me then marry off my ghost. Ooops! It was a close game, though! If the spectral wedding had not concluded when it did, miss_amaranth would have charged in to save the day!
Finally, too tired to game any further, we sat around and chatted until stupid o'clock in the morning. Then I drove the last guests home and snuggled into bed with my beautifulbunnypip. Truly an excellent early birthday celebration!
The originally planned party is still taking place this weekend... so watch this space for more details tomorrow! In the meantime, this was a most excellent start to my birthday season... so an enormous "thank you" tocheshcat and everyone else who made it such a success! Y'all can pat yourselves on the back, knowing that you made this Nomad feel all special and tingly inside! I am quite, quite lucky to have such phenomenal friends and partners in my life!!
[*] Many thanks to the amazingtawneypup for teaching me this game!
[**] Also known as Betrayal at House on the Hill -- another excellent contribution from the spectaculartawneypup.
cheshcat beat me to the punch.Last Saturday was my surprise party. And what a surprise it was! Shortly after New Year's,
cheshcat told me to block off the entire weekend for something that she was organising. Very mys-TEEEER-ious! All I knew at first is that the lovely bunnypip would be coming along, too.No problem. I blocked off the days and thought little about it. Until -- bit by bit -- it kept coming up. The adorable
miss_amaranth mentioned knowing what was planned and assuring me that I would enjoy it. She would be at the Pride march in Brighton on that day, though. The ever-awesome xmakina asked if we could hang out, as miss_amaranth would be out of town; I told him he needed to consult with cheshcat... as she was in charge of the scheduling for the weekend. In the end, it turned out that getting together in the morning would work... before the Cat and the Bunny and I had our evening plans.Time passed and hints continued to come my way.
bunnypip mentioned needing to do preparation. This meant "bake a cake"... but cheshcat covered it by saying that bunnypip needed to read the play -- making out like we had tickets to a special performance of something. This became odder on Friday, when bunnypip said: "Why is my kitchen a mess? I can't tell you." To borrow a phrase from Alice: Curiouser and curiouser!Come Saturday morning,
cheshcat went to get crunched and the chiropractor and I went to meet xmakina in the city centre. He played his part -- that of the distraction -- beautifully! I had no clue what was going on. Texts from miss_amaranth convinced me that she was in Brighton -- not Oxford! cheshcat claimed to need a nap, requiring that I call before coming home. Very clever! Unwittingly, I held up bunnypip by calling to chat when she was on her way to Oxford. Ooops!Eventually,
xmakina and I returned to the Flat With No Name. cheshcat greeted us sleepily at the door in her bathrobe. xmakina requested a drink, which I went to fetch........ and -- of course -- was greeted with a rousing SURPRISE!!!Well done, everyone!
The party was well set up for your friendly neighborhood Nomad: The helium balloons were red and black -- one of my two favourite colour combinations. The cake had an Iron Man head on it. Mini-rockets -- instead of candles -- were used to mark the decades on the cake! There was also a karaoke set ready to be hooked up to our telly. Excellent planning!
Giving me an early welcome to my thirty-sixth year was
cheshcat, bunnypip, L2, miss_amaranth, xmakina, wolfpeach (with a small in tow), topbit, pinkoi, and hughe. This gave us enough people to bring out the party games -- hooray! We started off with the awesometacular Bag o' Nouns[*]. With two teams of four, ours won... but barely! We then moved on to Apples to Apples which, amazingly enough, I won! I enjoy A2A... but am not usually very good at it! I ended with seven cards; apparently I am: obnoxious, insulting, depressing, miserable, unreal, philosophical... and colourful! Whee!
By popular demand, we then returned to Bag o' Nouns. This time, the teams were off balance -- five to four. Not surprisingly, our team -- with five -- won... but it doesn't really matter, as a great time was had by all! Next game was Saboteur, which
hughe won. I ended up as a saboteur in two of the three rounds; I think I work best when I don't have to lie.Afterward, we took a break from gaming to get some food and sing some karaoke. After L2 and I began with some solos -- I sang Billy Joel's Uptown Girl -- it evolved into a group sing-a-long. With
da_pupdetz as the backup singers. And many excellent dance moves! Wunderbar!In the evening, we broke out The Shinnin'[**].
topbit was eventually revealed as the traitor... and proceeded to kill me then marry off my ghost. Ooops! It was a close game, though! If the spectral wedding had not concluded when it did, miss_amaranth would have charged in to save the day!Finally, too tired to game any further, we sat around and chatted until stupid o'clock in the morning. Then I drove the last guests home and snuggled into bed with my beautiful
bunnypip. Truly an excellent early birthday celebration!The originally planned party is still taking place this weekend... so watch this space for more details tomorrow! In the meantime, this was a most excellent start to my birthday season... so an enormous "thank you" to
cheshcat and everyone else who made it such a success! Y'all can pat yourselves on the back, knowing that you made this Nomad feel all special and tingly inside! I am quite, quite lucky to have such phenomenal friends and partners in my life!![*] Many thanks to the amazing
tawneypup for teaching me this game![**] Also known as Betrayal at House on the Hill -- another excellent contribution from the spectacular
tawneypup.