birthday's 54th iteration

[sergebroom]

I turned 54 yesterday. The day was marked by well-wishers over at Making Light and elsewhere. Thanks, all of you! I did mostly greasemonkey work at the office, but that's OK because I like being a greasemonkey (as long as I'm appreciated for it). After that, my wife and I wennt to my favorite Mexican restaurant, where I had lots of chips and salsa before my burrito magnifico showed up. Back home, we spent some time looking for my wife's house/car keys. Presents were later presented. Her parents had sent me the DVD set of Burn Notice's first season. Sue gave me the steampunk graphic novel The Five Fists of Science. Then we sat down and watched George Pal's wondeful 1964 movie 7 Faces of Dr. Lao.

"The whole world is a circus if you know how to look at it. The way the sun goes down when you're tired, comes up when you want to be on the move. That's real magic. The way a leaf grows. The song of the birds. The way the desert looks at night, with the moon embracing it. Oh, my boy, that's... that's circus enough for anyone. Every time you watch a rainbow and feel wonder in your heart. Every time you pick up a handful of dust, and see not the dust, but a mystery, a marvel, there in your hand. Every time you stop and think, "I'm alive, and being alive is fantastic!" Every time such a thing happens, you're part of the Circus of Dr. Lao."

Comments

[julia-here.livejournal.com]

Hey, I missed that- I was checked out most of the day yesterday (strangely enough, after some vigorous rose wrestling Tuesday), read little and wrote less.

Happy day-after-your-Birthday!

Julia, w/a 1984 pic of me and my hubby for giggles.

[marydell.livejournal.com]

Happy 54th+1 day!

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

Happy day after, and many more days, after.

I may have to watch Dr. Lao again. The first (and last) time I saw it was in the theater release, and I was aggravated that it had failed, IMNSHO to do justice to the book.

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday! (A day late...)

[pedanther]

It would undignified for me to admit that I missed your birthday.

On the other hand, I should offer some kind of appropriate salutation.

...

Let me be the very first to wish you a happy and prosperous 55th birthday.

[jongibbs.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday for yesterday :)

[soon_lee]

Happy Birthday & Congratulations!

[mkhobson.livejournal.com]

Ooh, your 54th birthday (which adds up to 9) was on 9/9/09?

That's pretty dang awesome.

And Happy (belated) Birthday. I'm glad you had a good one. ;-)

[(Anonymous)]

This post only showed up in my feed eight hours ago according to the time stamp, and I've been busy with back-to-school and stuff, so I haven't been following any blog comments. Happy belated birthday! I hope the rest of the year is good for you.

Carol Witt

[(Anonymous)]

Happy belated birthday! I've been sick all week and not checking around even the little bit I usually do so I missed this until today!

It's wonderful having you for a friend.

Susan
http://www.rixosous.com