happy birthday, brenda!!

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Dear azewewish! Have the happiest of birthdays! Loads of love and smoochy hugs!!
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( Too Many Harries )

I'm sure you can identify them all... *winks*

how have you all been?

Hi! I'm back! How have you all been?

Pointless update (pointless because I do not know how to make bullet points in html so will type in hyphens instead):

- In Holland, we went ice skating on this phenomenally fabulous ijsbaan in Alkmaar!

- I got on with my parents wonderfully! Especially my mother! Those of you who remember the Dark Christmas of 2002 will appreciate the miraculousness of this and take heart in your own family conundra.

- I wrote lots of pages of Harry Potter opus in a notebook, acquired specially for this purpose!

- I played oodles of Mah Jongg.

- I gave myself a Brad Pitt calendar for Christmas!

- I haven't read any fic in weeks so does anybody have good recs? Or can point me to a post that lists such?

- I spent ten days basically lounging and eating. (When I wasn't skating or playing Mah Jongg.)

- I have made a happy house of male couples in The Sims. They are called Hurricane, Bic, Dragon and Roddy. These are thinly-disguised names, as you no doubt immediately guessed... (but my family will not, I hope! Despite uncanny physical resemblances. Although they are all wearing pink tops, shorts and wellie boots...)

- I took a woman friend's keenness to see Brokeback Mountain at its word and immediately rang up to book tickets, and I strong-armed t'h into babysitting both our and her children, and I am going to see Brokeback tomorrow evening at 6 pm!! To quote the Kaiserchiefs: o my god, i can't believe it

- Omg, I really can't believe it. I am delirious! I am spoilered silly by reading everybody's posts on this movie and by drooling over spoiler pics more than is strictly legal. I have dreamed about this movie and I haven't even seen it yet!

And hey, y'all: I am so happy to be sharing my fifth consecutive year with you lot!! Here's to 2006! *squooshes you all*