Hangin' On to the Edge of Forever

[themostepotente]

Today is my 39th birthday, and man do I feel like I'm hangin' on to the edge of forever. Sometimes, I wonder how I've made it this far with all the crazy whacked-out shit I've done.

I still get carded for entrance into the casino, for liquor and for the occasional pack of cloves. I don't think I quite look my age, but still, I don't want to get older, dammit!

I really, really don't want to turn, much less think about, the big 4-0.

I have a whole year to think about this, but ladies, any advice? Thoughts. Wishes. Stories to share. Virtual cake and alkeehol. Hot nakey boys.

--P

Comments

[secretsolitaire.livejournal.com]

Happiest of birthdays to you! No good advice to share...I'm worried about 30, myself. :-/

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

Aww, 30's a piece o' cake, dear. You'll do just fine :-) *snuzzes*

[megyal]

*SNUGGLES YOU*

Happy Birthday my dear. My mom says 40 is the new 18 and my mother is mostly always right.

Keep smiling! That's about the best advice I can think of right now.

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

*snuggles back*

Thanks, Meggy! Moms are always right, too. That's why they're moms! Give mom a hug for me, eh? *G*

[xochiquetzl]

Happy birthday, you awesome grrl, you!

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

From one awesome grrl to the next! Thankee, Xoch :-)

[ziasudra-fic.livejournal.com]

39 is a great number -- they're both "lucky" numbers in Chinese :)

Happy Birthday!!!

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

Really? I did not know that. That's what I love about fandom! Thanks for the birfday wishes, Zia :-)

*smewch*

[drusillas-rain.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday!!!

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

Muchos Graci-ass, Dru :-)

[enchanted-jae.livejournal.com]

Age really is just a number, you know. I'm 41 and don't feel that "old". I feel more like 12 most of the time, what with my obsession with all things Scooby Doo and my tearing around the house scaring the livers out of my cats and dosing my niece with sugar before sending her home. *grins* For my 40th birthday, my sister, brother, his fiancee and I "celebrated" by going to KY and staying the weekend at a reputedly haunted bed and breakfast. Do something fun and spontaneous when the "big 4-0" rolls around. Get a tattoo! Take up belly dancing! Stay at a haunted hotel!

[tekalynn.livejournal.com]

Get married!

Well, that doesn't work for everyone. But that's what I did. : D

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

You're in your 40's? *blinky blink* Girl, I thought you were in your 20's. Srsly.

Ooh, how did the stay at the haunted bed and breakfast go? Any spooky encounters? I would love to go ghost hunting myself as I am pretty fearless. I think that's fabulous, sweetie :-)

[princessjessia.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday ♥!

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! *hearts*

[naadi.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday, hon!! ^.^ Hope you had a really great day!

39! Just a kid! Well, compared to me, that is. *grin*

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

Aww, thank you, hon! I did have a good day.

Whut? I know you're only 25. *winks*

[tekalynn.livejournal.com]

I don't have any advice. I can only say that, so far, I love being in my forties.

I basically think of the alternative to *not* being in my forties, and enjoy myself.

[tekalynn.livejournal.com]

Most importantly, happy birthday!

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

With any luck, I'll enjoy my 40's, too! Thanks for the birthday wishes, dear :-)

[spike7451.livejournal.com]

I wish I was worried about the big 4-0, after my next birthday I have 2 years to the big 6-0, now that is something to freak out about.

Check your user info, I sent something to cheer you up. :)

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

60 is the new 50, hon! And I saw my virtual gifty. Thank you so much. That's very sweet of you! *HUGS*

[ravenpan.livejournal.com]

I didn't realise you were the same age as my husband *giggle* - you're not old at all!!!!

Happy birthdayness!

Hmmm. Advice? ifyou haven't read Neil Gaiman's "The Graveyard Book" I highly recommend it! Thoughts/wishes: I miss you and hope your birthday is fabulous! Stories: #3 has started climbing, and got up the stairs on sunday! She is currently eating her brother's duck-boot tho *laughs* Uhm... nothing interesting.

<3333

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

*misses you liek whoa* We need to get together soonish, love :-)

[judas-iscariot.livejournal.com]

Happy belated birthday my dear Penny.

Forty is what you make of it, just like age in general. My sister has been bitching about her age for years and contemplating plastic surgery for at least eight years now. She is only going to be twenty-six years old, so I think that is ridiculous. Me? I could personally care less. Age comes whether you like it or not, so it is up to you how you deal with it in the end. Yeah, it helps that I know I'll always look way younger than I actually am (the only positive thing out of a genetic pool that is otherwise horrible), but I still think it is all in how you look at it.

Plus I wouldn't consider forty old at all. Wait thirty or forty years- then you'll actually be fairly old. I'm sure you'll wish you were thirty-nine or forty at any rate. You haven't even lived half of your life yet, and you still have quite a bit of ways to go. Me? I wouldn't worry about it. I'd throw a party, just for the hell of it, because I don't really celebrate my own birthday. I'd think of forty as a beginning versus the end.

Time is relative; it all depends on how you view it.

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

Time is relative; it all depends on how you view it.

And how you spend it.

Thanks for the sage advice, lovely :-) *hearts you big time*

[valis2.livejournal.com]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY m'friend. *giant huggles*

And turn forty with your best friends--I'll bet that'll make it so much more enjoyable. ;)

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

Thank you, sweetheart! *bone-cushing bearhug*

[rexluscus.livejournal.com]

Forgive me for these very belated birthday wishes. I hope you had a wonderful day. ♥

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

I did my dearest, Smexy! I miss you. I wish you'd come back to HP. *pouts*

IM me the next tiem you're on Yahoo, and we'll chat :-)