(no subject)
Jun. 26th, 2012 08:06 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
impyGuess what happens in two weeks?
My birthday! :D
Yes, we have begun the official countdown. Not that I have anything planned for said birthday, but it's coming in any case. This means I'm pretty much not allowed to buy myself anything from now until then. Not sure if I'll keep to this if Draculaura or Ghoulia pops into TRU.com again (I cannot believe my order got lost. Rar!) but that's about the only exception I'm making. Well. Unless the Scary Tales show up somewhere and then I will not be held responsible for my actions.
I have received one present already. Cass bought me Rizzoli and Isles Season 2 when she found it for sale. :)
I suppose with the two-week warning bell, I do have to compile a list, huh? Hrmm. Still need ideas on a Blu-Ray for when the Avengers appear on DVD.
It's not a birthday countdown without a moment of "Seriously?" so let's get this over with.
So. I'm going to be 31 this year. 30 bothered me for half a second, I think, but 31 kind of blew my brain out with the realization that I'll be 9 years from 40.
Now, when Cass was going to move back here, I pointed out that since we did her 29th birthday up like it was a Huge Ass Deal, she could return the favor and we'd pretend 31 was a Big Deal, too. She agreed.
And then didn't move back.
Anyway, there was a day somewhere after Tiggles died that I was having my head done in by the whole "holyshit, 40's coming." thing and I mentioned it to Cass. I think she'd started to hint that she wanted people to visit for her 30th, and I pointed out that wasn't gonna happen unless she remembered our previous bargain.
(Also, can I point out that it blows my mind that she expects 4-to-6 people to travel to visit her when it would be infinitely cheaper for those same people to just pay for her and Matt to come down? Seriously. INFINITELY CHEAPER.)
I get a call a week or so after that and she says that she's got a birthday idea for me. She's found a flight for like, the day before my birthday and she'd be in town for less than 24 hours or so and she was willing to do it, but since it'd be $140 or so, it'd be my present and essentially then some.
I considered this. Seriously.
For ten seconds. I'd feel weird having someone spend that much on visiting me for less than a day. Or hell, even a full day. Especially when I know they're broke. So I told her no, and why I was saying no. And it kind of pained me to do so because I was serious earlier about wanting someone to make a BFD about my birthday. But the practical part of me couldn't justify letting someone spend that much. She accepts the logical response and sounds a bit relieved at not having to spend a small fortune (comparatively speaking) that I'm positive she doesn't truly have for this.
Which I didn't really begrudge her until she really began to plan her birthday extravaganza.
When she first mentioned it, it was going to be a beach house in NC or possibly Virginia, depending on what could be found, but she was pushing NC. For basically a low key thing? Hell yes, I'm in.
Then I get an email from her a week and a half ago? Maybe two weeks, and it's asking for votes on two cabins in Tennessee. There's a moment of "did I miss something? How did we end up in TN?" but I looked at the cabins in question and aside from momentary panic considering 4/6 of the people going smoke like fiends (if we go and Cass doesn't smoke at all, I'll eat my hat and apologize profusely for doubting her.)
Price tag for these two days, not counting rental car, gas, food, booze, or the entertainment she wants to go indulge in while we're out in the land of bears, skunks, and raccoons? $120.45. Then she's talking about putting another $60 on top so she can see the various Ripley's things.
Why shell out the massive cash for an amazing cabin if you're not going to spend any time in it? Seriously asking this. Also, you'll notice the price tags attached to this trip versus the price tag attached to the one I vetoed for myself.
Sigh.
Now to nap and hope that the mailman brings my box of toys.
My birthday! :D
Yes, we have begun the official countdown. Not that I have anything planned for said birthday, but it's coming in any case. This means I'm pretty much not allowed to buy myself anything from now until then. Not sure if I'll keep to this if Draculaura or Ghoulia pops into TRU.com again (I cannot believe my order got lost. Rar!) but that's about the only exception I'm making. Well. Unless the Scary Tales show up somewhere and then I will not be held responsible for my actions.
I have received one present already. Cass bought me Rizzoli and Isles Season 2 when she found it for sale. :)
I suppose with the two-week warning bell, I do have to compile a list, huh? Hrmm. Still need ideas on a Blu-Ray for when the Avengers appear on DVD.
It's not a birthday countdown without a moment of "Seriously?" so let's get this over with.
So. I'm going to be 31 this year. 30 bothered me for half a second, I think, but 31 kind of blew my brain out with the realization that I'll be 9 years from 40.
Now, when Cass was going to move back here, I pointed out that since we did her 29th birthday up like it was a Huge Ass Deal, she could return the favor and we'd pretend 31 was a Big Deal, too. She agreed.
And then didn't move back.
Anyway, there was a day somewhere after Tiggles died that I was having my head done in by the whole "holyshit, 40's coming." thing and I mentioned it to Cass. I think she'd started to hint that she wanted people to visit for her 30th, and I pointed out that wasn't gonna happen unless she remembered our previous bargain.
(Also, can I point out that it blows my mind that she expects 4-to-6 people to travel to visit her when it would be infinitely cheaper for those same people to just pay for her and Matt to come down? Seriously. INFINITELY CHEAPER.)
I get a call a week or so after that and she says that she's got a birthday idea for me. She's found a flight for like, the day before my birthday and she'd be in town for less than 24 hours or so and she was willing to do it, but since it'd be $140 or so, it'd be my present and essentially then some.
I considered this. Seriously.
For ten seconds. I'd feel weird having someone spend that much on visiting me for less than a day. Or hell, even a full day. Especially when I know they're broke. So I told her no, and why I was saying no. And it kind of pained me to do so because I was serious earlier about wanting someone to make a BFD about my birthday. But the practical part of me couldn't justify letting someone spend that much. She accepts the logical response and sounds a bit relieved at not having to spend a small fortune (comparatively speaking) that I'm positive she doesn't truly have for this.
Which I didn't really begrudge her until she really began to plan her birthday extravaganza.
When she first mentioned it, it was going to be a beach house in NC or possibly Virginia, depending on what could be found, but she was pushing NC. For basically a low key thing? Hell yes, I'm in.
Then I get an email from her a week and a half ago? Maybe two weeks, and it's asking for votes on two cabins in Tennessee. There's a moment of "did I miss something? How did we end up in TN?" but I looked at the cabins in question and aside from momentary panic considering 4/6 of the people going smoke like fiends (if we go and Cass doesn't smoke at all, I'll eat my hat and apologize profusely for doubting her.)
Price tag for these two days, not counting rental car, gas, food, booze, or the entertainment she wants to go indulge in while we're out in the land of bears, skunks, and raccoons? $120.45. Then she's talking about putting another $60 on top so she can see the various Ripley's things.
Why shell out the massive cash for an amazing cabin if you're not going to spend any time in it? Seriously asking this. Also, you'll notice the price tags attached to this trip versus the price tag attached to the one I vetoed for myself.
Sigh.
Now to nap and hope that the mailman brings my box of toys.
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
(no subject)
Date: 2012-06-26 02:59 pm (UTC)Ryan Lambert is 40 (well, 41) and he still looks/is amazing, so this wouldn't bother me at all. (How you like THEM logics, LOL?)
Still, dude. That sucks - but I guess she sees it differently because (1) it's her birthday, and (2) it'll be more than just the two of you so ~theoretically~ its less money but mostly because (1) it's her birthday? *sigh*
I'd make a BFD out of your birthday if we lived in the same time zone. (Hmm...still may, albeit via the confines of the internets.) Just because, you know, you're *that* awesome. I wish I knew anything about Bluray so I could help guide your quest, but alas :-/
Just don't let SVC ruin your big day, okay? =)
(no subject)
Date: 2012-06-26 06:02 pm (UTC)Your logic skills are impressive, madam. Impressive!
I can see the theory behind it, if not for the fact that if she came here, she'd have the same people she wants to see for her birthday already here. Annnnnnnnd I wouldn't have been adverse to hanging out with them for said birthday. (Nor do I think wild horsies would have kept her from visiting them anyway. :P) Still! I figure if I vent now, it'll bug me less as time goes on.
Aww, snifflie to the love. :) And I feel better; no one I've asked seems to have any opinions whatsoever about the Bluray player, which is both comforting (I'm not the only one!) and a little weird since Bluray's decidedly a Thing and my friends are not the type to be denied their special features. *muse*
I'd momentarily forgotten SVC was how I was kicking off my birthday. I'm actually looking forward to them, but in a very big train wreck sort of way. The bar is set so very, very low and I don't know whether to hope they manage to still sink lower than my expectations or to hope they're actually good.