Hey, happy recent birthday Saturnyne! I'm sorry that such events pain you - over quickly enough, though, aren't they. Like ripping off a band-aid..

gah! Birthdays! I'm not even sure i was born. More like "evicted".

Next year i'm setting up a total exclusion zone round the event. Although i might relax it a little for cake and prezzies...

S.x

PS: thanks though, dear Jessie.
xxx

great presents!! wishing you a happy day.

damn those pesky birthdays. jessie is right about the band-aid thing.
still, i hope you have several more reasons to smile today- and have a very very happy birthday!

Oh dear, B... reading your snd our fab 3rd Daughters comments, i just had to re-alter my post for the nth time.

Da birthday has bin and gone ages ago... in fact i probably would have posted this sooner had i managed to get the pesky digital camera working for my pic of Elvis.

Even then I still wouldn't have mentioned it but for Pumpkin and Tam's gifts, which i hugely appreciated for their warmth and making me smile for ages.

S.x

Huzzah for melodrama!

Truly enjoyed your 'Melodrama Alert' and the words that followed. I am a fan of the 'unbirthday'; you tell coworkers (that inevitably ask) that your bday is about 5 weeks after it really is. As it gets closer to that fake 5 week date they always ask what you'll be doing that day. I love being able to say 'oh, my birthday was weeks ago'... they'll argue that you told them it was ___ (whatever the fake date was) but no one can argue when you say, 'No, I'm pretty sure I know my own birthday...' Unfortunately you can only use this once. Unless the people around you are dumb enough to fall for it again. In which case I say tell them you have 2 birthdays and get more gifts. After all, might include more dark chocolate [yum!].

On the non-people-bashing side; I'm glad you got to experience some kindness. Those are the kinds of things that restore a little faith. Good for you. And good for them for remembering how to be that way.

i can think of at least one good thing about birthdays: it brought you to our lives.

=)

i cannot believe i wasn't invited. it would have been a regular bloodbath. well, happy birthday anyhow. =)

Oh jesusfuckingchrist. I ought to stab you out of principle!

awww! you could just call ure bday, gift day instead..? hehe, I luv your 'Elvis' by the way, it's too bad he's so short, I find musicians Very hot.

I shall not evah wish you a "happy" birthday. I will tell you that I am pleased that you were born and that you have successfully passed another anniversary of that date. I am attempting to teleport loads of choccie to you to celebrate your continued presance among us.

Happy Belated.
I knew Elvis was still alive and kicking.

O course when i say "birthday" i am only inferring in the vaguest sense that i was "born"

I have it on good authority that i was either
A: Hatched out of a duck egg
B: Carved from a block of solid mercury and animated using the finest magic available.
C: Don't actually exist at all, except in your imaginations. A bit like God, as the atheists among us might say...

S.

Picture of a cake with a candle in it ?

COOL!

It'll save me a fortune next year and I get to eat the cake.

No way CArl! It wouldn't work, y'see... cos i'd know that it had been pre-meditated all year.

I'm afraid you get the short straw every year by buying me all them expensive prezzies instead. It's one of the laws of the universe.

O' course, the upside to that is that you get prezzies back. Sometimes even on the correct day!

Nope Teufel, i was definitely one of A B or C. Probably C cos i checked in with yer subconscious earlier and it told me so.... Hah!

S.

*secretly figures out the exact date of The Sat's birthday and marks it for next year on the calendar to flood him with b/day cards and fuzzy bunnies*

Hope it wasn't too much of a bummer cuz we luff you lots.

and you have to tell me what the hell the rule of thirds is...

I loved this post. I´ll say it again that I´m always amazed at how you can be both funny and melancholic. It´s like you´re always playing hide-and-seek with your own self ...

Personally I'm more amazed at how he can have a foot in his mouth and his head up his ass -- but you're quite right, he's always playing with himself.

Woman a. t. Well:
Good point. Thass wot probably maks me so awesome!

Tam:
Good point. Thass wot probably makse me so awesome!

Heeeeee!
Guffaw!
Chortle!

S.x

Happy belated birthday. I, too, totally dread my birthday. It is an inevitable black cloud moving painfully towards me every year. But how beautiful that you found such sweet moments in your day to bring you such delight!

Look at it this way, each birthday means you've successfully got through 12 months without ending up either bankrupt, in prison or dead (in most cases).

Oops! sorry Lynda... i missed replying to yer.

Rule of thirds, eh? I've just emailed you a link to look at.

Sk8rn? I'm currently saying your name out loud. Or trying to. =}

Nice to know i'm not alone in those birthday blues feelings.

Carl. Again?

S.

even when you are rambly and lacking sleep, you are still coherent. i can never be that. are you drunk on too much coffee as it is?

The frog is a source of endless speculation by my parents as to what is hiding benath the small black square on the groin regions...

And I have to agree about Galloway - even though he's lying through his teeth he was fascinating to watch, as were the shocked faces of the Americans around him!

Get some good sleep my love

xxx

Heh, I live in the US and I haven't heard about that spectacle yet, to be sure I'll be watching the news for a glimpse of it tomorow!

Yeah, there really are some messed up commercials on. I saw one today for life insurance or somesuch. An old (70?)man did all the talking while his 'wife' sat next to him and nodded..not one word. At first I found this offensive. I kept watching of course and came to the conclusion that 1.she was deaf or 2.didn't give a damn about what he was saying.
Either a bad actress or great wife, tehe.

Neat observations, kid.

Max Cady

PS: No kidding! You wanted to be a newsreader? What a coincidence, I wanted to be the guy what types out the news-sheets!

Ok, first visit here... you are rambling. I like that. I do believe I'll return another day for more! =)

pure genius!! ... i'd luv to stay up all night and chat with you... a night of sparkling conversation, if nothing else ;)

TRansience!

Outrageous! I've never been accused of coherence before! Oh the shame. I mentioned yr comment to some of my "real-world" friends the other night, and they practically choked on their drinks. I grin.

Janey!

THfrog used to have big eff off bollocks and ginormous cock-age... until someone complained. Rotten gits!

Iridescence! (How i heart my "!") You've not seen the pseudo Michael Jackson trials? They're hillarious! Should be made into a proper telly series. I fall outta my chair laughing at the mere thought of it. Oh yeah- Who thinks Mr Jackson is guilty yet?

Max Cady! "Kid!" Wow!- Youuu must be VERY old!

TEufel! I'll bet it's the very same hated frog. Fight Club? Shit! i'm buggered, then... i can't fight for piss!

PS: i can be contacted by anyone via my email and MSN addy, which are both the same. Plus my Yahoo addy. All of which can be found on my very swish looking profile.

Livewire! Yeah, you'd better come back, or else. I'll look at you funny if not.

Stella! Aww! Thanks Stella. But are you sure you'd want to talk alllll night? ;} ...still, if ya ever want, yer can get me via the aforementioned MSN and yahoo thingies. I can even use a crappy mic on at least one of them! Whoop!

S.x

Hee! I don't know much about the alleged Galloway participation in the Oil-for-food scandal, but I fucking love him for putting those stupid yank poor excuses for Politicians in their places.

For my part, I have decided to put my money where my mouth is, so to speak, and get off my arse and join in some political protestation (very tame of course), rather than just talk about it.

Tuesday night between the wee hours of 10pm - 12pm CDT, I will be fulfilling my part of a 24 hour Citizen filibuster.. I'm thinking I'll read something from 1984 - should be pertinent?!
Ooh.. also, Sat - I have more piccies on me flickr if you care to see http://www.flickr.com/photos/brendish

I'm quite proud of a couple of them, too!

I'm getting my news here from now on. They don't say 'fuck' or 'cunting' on NY1. :)

i find this totally fucking perverse and snicker enthusiastically every time the ad comes on

Oh my, how you make me laugh! I'm rather looking forward to future postings on 'bibblybob' too.

Saw a commercial for the michael jackson thing. Horribly disturbed. Well, he just disturbs me in general though and on that alone I would say he's guilty.. but that's not very fair I guess so I won't say anything. Hehe. Have you seen the South Park eposoide he's in though? F-ing hilarious! :D

Hey hon, just dropping by.

*totters away tiredly*

Jacko...I just don't understand.
I.Just.Don't.Understand.

They're 'resting the case' ... LAME!

Just imagine that i've replied to you all here, and was scintillatingly witty in the style of Oscar Wilde. I probably mentioned hats or something.

THank-you.

Hee-hee!

S.x

*horrified expression graces face*

Kitten huffing! Lmao.

you like your pussy...cats.

Yeah, but Lizzy... did ya see the other links from there? THey're equally cool.

Transience! Why i'm sure i have no idea what you mean... no idea at all...

*grins lecherously*

S.x

hehehehehe! Mebbe I'm just a sad old lecherous girl, but for some reason it was the Britney one that made me laugh hardest...and my other half, who had to come see what was making the racket.

Mind, huffing was pretty fun as well...I became a tad obsessed...

i got 2,343 on the kitty cannon!

S.x

Whoo more kittie links for me! I doff my cap.

But Teufel, of course they looked great! But we musn't tell Madeline that i said that or it will spoil my ruse to make her think they're less desirable. And there's nothing more frustrating than desiring what we can't have.

Alas though, they wouldn't suit me. Oh the disappoinrment!

S.

all the links were great!!
thanks for reminding me how much i love rathergood.com- i hadn't been there in a while.

The kitty gun was fun. I managed to get a highscore of 1786 ft, but also one just 13 ft. Figures.

You should also check out http://www.bonsaikitten.com/

Kitten huffing, lmao
I liked the kitty cannon and the singing kittens best though. Cracked me up.

Onan- Oh i checked out bonsai kitties, but thought they just weren't "entertaining" enough. Apart from hair tearing frenzy of gullible do-gooders who occasionally try an' get the site banned... oh dear... i weep with laughter just thinking about them.

Pshaw! 1,786 is nothing! THass like, still a million behind mine!

Yeah them singing kittens are great Broomy!

S.x

waaaaay too much distraction.
I'm supposed to be doing work, dammit!

Anyone found the hidden link yet, then?

You know nothing can be hid from me.

There is something wonderfully stress reducing about shooting that kitten skywards..

Erm... you probably don't want to try and replicate this

I agree that it is nowhere near your brilliance, but you have to admit that it does take a certain skill to only score 13 ft.

And yes, you would be surprised how upset some of my friends got when I sent them a link to that site.

I did find the secret hidden linkiness thingy yesterday, but the site wasn't working. Or it could have been my computer. Or just me.

ono! i've just realized that i didn't include you in my updated links, Teufel.

Must make a note of that... i knew i'd forget someone! Mind like a sieve... no make that: mind like a colander...

Heh! "Fookin' Mew!" a favourite of mine, that!

When it reaches zero, i get reborn or something. Like jesus... but more like Lazarus really... or someone who was just having a nap.

It's great being dead! Ye get to meet all these weird peeps... Also... ye don't have to pay taxes. More people should die, i think...

=}

S.

Hahahah....this was funny!

wait for it...
wait for it...

haha!
good one, Sat!

ah. you make me miss you. not good. not good at all. and thanks for the linkie! i gave you one, too. about two weeks ago, methinks. =)

i've been holding onto that gif for ages, B.

And i was just looking at your blog, too, Trans. But i thought i should come back when i've had some sleep (I always like to take time to soak up your words). Thanks for missing me. I missed me, too. Hee!

S.xx

Heya Sat, (Can I call youjust "sat".. it's too much for me to handle typing out The Saturnyne the whole bloody time)

I am very glad and in a state of anticipation for your upcoming resurrection. Does this kind of make you like Jesus?

Anyway. Thanks for your lovely comments and readership. And for all the lovely posts I've had the pleasure to read on your blog. I've updated my last post a wee bit so you should check it out. Oh yeah, and I will continue to be commenting on your blog, don't think I won't.

And, who knows, I might get tired of not blogging and start a new one. God knows it seems hard enough to keep away from the computer.

Lyn.

Never thought I'd see that! Good thing she shaved her legs.. that would've been embarrising!

Oh, i think you've earned the right to call me that, Lynda.. can i call you "L"? HEh! I'm so glad yer gonna come and add to my blog with pithy comments etc... i always think my blog wouldn't be complete without my commentees.

Hi, Irid! I was gonna stop by your place and see what yer was up to, but i've been bogged down in a little bit of misery... also in my Photoshop... meh!

S.x

Ooo funny.
It almost caused what would have been a very unfortunate incident involving tea, monitors and noses.
Glad to hear about the upcoming resurection thing too.

Ooh. "L" it is. :)

currently loving audioscrobbler!

PS: Am still a snuffed it.

It's hard being dead and blogging.

S.x

Yes, it was a wierd one alright. Shame the Libs lost several seats to the Torys as they may have made more of an impact. Still, most of Tony's megolamaniac policies are through now - ID cards, tuition fees...it's hard to see how ouw new political landscape will affect that.

And I didn't see any real signs of humility behind the smug git's serious facade...

Janey - sending you HUGS for the deadness

pity you arrived before i updated this again for the Nth time this morning... oopses on your behalf!

S.x

awww... Sat.. you're so sweet (reference to comments on my soon-to-not-be-blog). You almost make me want to keep inflicting upon the world my stream of crap for a bit longer.

Anyway, if you want, then i would love to have one of your pics. I am moving - but in september. And to places unknown. Well, somewhere in LA anyway, and I'm sure it will be in close proximity to the CBS Studio lot, but other than that, my address could very well be 99 Cardbox Box, Cardboard Box City, california.

I'm not joking about that last bit either. I heard Cardboard boxes are all the rage with homeowners these days.

See, I do take note of you! I came back...have to say I love the pic of Procol Harem depicted in the Lib Dems!

As usual and inspired and absorbing posting

Janey/xx

Lynda, it would please me enormously to send you a pic to hang on your cardboard walls.

And am so terribly sad that your blog ain't gonna be around anymore. All those delightful flickr pics, too.

*sigh* I still hope you change your mind, or return after a brief sabbatical or something...

THanks Janey. I must confess, that i'm going through a barren patch of blogging, or feel to be at the moment. So it's nice to hear yer words.

I think i may be rather depressed. Possibly.

S.x

Don't be depressed. We love you and your blog. and you.

Anyway, for my part - a pic of yours to grace the cardboard walls will be much treasured and loved and passed down among the heirs to my cardboard box estate. And flickr will continue to be updated. In fact, I think I might add a couple of spring-like pics now.

Do you have a grave, so that I may place a bundle of lovely flowers upon it in your remembrence? You should get one of those little angel statues, they're so cute!
I know nothing of your politics (or the us's for that matter!) but really it doesn't bother me. Hehehe
I haven't really felt like blogging either lately, so I know whatcha mean! Happy snuffedness tho!

Wait a minute. All of ya'll live in CASTLES?!
THAT IS THE TOTAL SHIZNITZ.

I understand your point, I many times get mad about politicians, but maybe you can take it as a consolation that nowhere in the world people are satisfied. Democracy is good, but it hurts because we´re involved in the process. Ain´t they smart?

Hahaa, great links Saturnyne! Would be even funnier if it wasn't about the fate of the nation :)

I also threw in some Chrysanthem'mmmmmmm loveliness, too!

S.

eew, what a horrible death.
i haven't got any money to send, but i sure will miss you.
*sniffle*
i like the second of the foxgloves pics. and the chrysanthemum is absolutely gorgeous...a burst of flowery delight!
lovely photos!!

i agree, sepia is fantastic. i photoshopped a pic for my dad using sepia very recently, perhaps i should blog it...

wow! flowers and photography - two of my very favorites joined exceptionally well together. beautiful job sat - as usual... :)

the bubonic plague is deathly afraid of azaleas. tis a fact.

Those are lovely funeral arrangements! Glad to hear you're blogging even through your recent demise. THATS dedication, people.

*hugs*

Whens the weirdness coming? When when?

Again nice pics. I feel very calm...

verrryyyy caaaallllmmmmm

Lovely! The foxgloves look like so many mouths hanging open. Thanks for the dedication!

Wow, they are just beautiful!
Now you've got me all in the artsy mood to photograph. Drat you!

an' did you bottle the pus so you could sell it...?!

My mate has a holistic therapy business that involves platinum foot detoxing and hopi ear candles, and they keep the deposits in little glass vials to show to propsective customers. You can sniff'em when they ain't looking...

{sneaks in from the shadows}

I'm loving your flower pictures, dear sir. They're a delight.

And I very much hope your bubonic plague hasn't passed onto me via that nifty email you sent.

That really would have been crafty.

Too crafty.

{sends you kisses & slides back into the shadows}

Yep, i'm fucking awesome. I admit it. I've been hiding it for so very long but it's time to come out and admit to long years of closet awesomeness plus a secret perversion for fabulous.

Teufel: i love flowers for their brief glimmerings. Their life. Their fragility.

S.