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Keeper of the Superfluous Es! ([personal profile] themostepotente) wrote2010-03-30 12:01 am

Let Me Show You My 4-0h Face!

Today, I am 40 years old.

We have a saying here in the D: 'Every day with your head above the dirt is a good day.' I've had 14,600 good days, and I consider myself blessed.

Sometimes, I do wonder how I made it this far. There have been some crazy times. Skydiving, motorcycle stunts, train dodging and that time I tried to surf and nearly drown, bitchslapped by a ginormous wave.

This is my seventh year in fandom, and I wanted you all to know how special you are to me. You've stuck with me through the good times and the bad, and it's been like a marriage of sorts. One big, squishy porny marriage.

So, pull up a chair one and all. A sofa. A chaise. A recliner. A barstool. Let's have a party! There's champagne, absinthe, Laphroaig and Malfoy-approved brandy. Tell me about your fortieth birthdays. Or tell me how you plan on spending yours when the time comes. Ha ha - or kindly tell me to fuck the hell off, because you are NOWHERE near your fortieth and plan on staying twenty-one forever.

This year I plan on going to Japan, returning to school and WRITING SOME DAMNED FIC. And not fussing over grey fucking hairs. A good dye job works wonders, yes?

Somewhere, I know my mother's looking down on me and wishing her baby a happy birthday. This, of course, would be followed by a frown and a 'You're 40 now, it's high time you took that stupid ring out of your lip.'

*nearly sets a big fucking cake on fire with a shitload of candles*

Who's down for c and ic?

--P

[identity profile] synn.livejournal.com 2010-03-30 11:44 am (UTC)(link)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

I am certainly down with C and IC. And Japan, wow. That sounds like a blast! : )

[identity profile] themostepotente.livejournal.com 2010-03-31 06:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Thankee, hon!



Japan's been a dream of mine for a while now!

[identity profile] secretsolitaire.livejournal.com 2010-03-30 11:55 am (UTC)(link)
Oooh, Japan? That's awesome! Happiest of birthdays, hon!

[identity profile] themostepotente.livejournal.com 2010-03-31 06:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you, darlin' <3 <3 <3

[identity profile] ziasudra-fic.livejournal.com 2010-03-30 12:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Happy Birthday, Penny!!! Your plans for the year sound wonderful. Have a good one! :D

[identity profile] themostepotente.livejournal.com 2010-03-31 06:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Aww, thanks, Zia ♥

Hoping to get some writing done this weekend!

Were you doing Snarry-a-Thon this go 'round?

[identity profile] gypsyflame.livejournal.com 2010-03-30 12:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Happy Birthday! :D

Hope it's a great day!

[identity profile] themostepotente.livejournal.com 2010-03-31 06:46 pm (UTC)(link)
It was! Thank you, sweetie ♥
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[identity profile] rikibeth.livejournal.com 2010-03-30 12:32 pm (UTC)(link)
I just hit it back in February. I put on a red-and-black sparkly Indian skirt and a black velvet top, drove up to Boston, watched my boyfriend in a bit part in a TRULY AWFUL community theater production of Dracula, got the cami with the play's logo anyway (how could I resist? Black with red DRACULA across the tits!), talked to a friend of mine who's known me since I was 17, finally met his husband face-to-face, went out for late night Chinese and drinks with my boyfriend and his wife, stayed over, had full Irish breakfast in the morning, bought Girl Scout cookies in the T station, and got treated to a shopping trip at Lush.

My boyfriend's toast to me, over the late night Chinese, was "Forty, my ass!"

It was a good birthday.

eta: And Happy Birthday to you, of course! Teach me to post before coffee.
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[identity profile] themostepotente.livejournal.com 2010-03-31 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Dayum, woman! Your 40th birthday was like an ad for the US Army: We do more before noon than you do all day!

Thanks for the b-day wishes, Riki ♥

[identity profile] ella-bane.livejournal.com 2010-03-30 12:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Happy birthday, sweetie! ♥ ♥ ♥ 40-year-old porn lovers unite! <3 <3 <3

[identity profile] themostepotente.livejournal.com 2010-03-31 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
How funny! I was answering this 'just' as I received your virtual giftie! Thank you so much, Ella ♥ ♥ ♥

Oooh, and yours is right around the corner, too!

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[identity profile] sigune.livejournal.com 2010-03-30 12:55 pm (UTC)(link)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

*birthday hugs*

Ten years from now, I hope to celebrate my 40th birthday by having coffee and cake with my two best friends. That's all, really, and no different from how I like to celebrate any other birthday. But then I'm a bit boring that way :-p.

Have a great day!

[identity profile] themostepotente.livejournal.com 2010-03-31 07:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Siggy! *snuzzes* Thank you, doll!

And not boring, just habitual. Like Snape. *G*

[identity profile] noeon.livejournal.com 2010-03-30 01:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Happy Birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Moneypenny, happy birthday to you!

*toasts wildly*

[identity profile] themostepotente.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
MS MONEYPENNY LURVES MS DR NOE LIEK WHOA!!!

Kampai, babycakes &hearts

[identity profile] sevillagranada.livejournal.com 2010-03-30 01:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Happy happy birthday! I have to add my voice to those begging you to keep the lip ring, or even switch it up.

Hope you have a splendiferous day and year, your plans sound like they have plenty of adventurous potential!

[identity profile] themostepotente.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you, hon! My day was definitely splendiferous ♥

[identity profile] lizardspots.livejournal.com 2010-03-30 01:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Happy birthday, sweetheart ^___^

[identity profile] themostepotente.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you, Tan <3 <3 <3

BTW - I am so digging on your med posts. You are just the cutest doc, ever. *G*

[identity profile] rinsbane.livejournal.com 2010-03-30 01:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Eee! Happy Birthday, chickadee! May it be joy-filled!

[identity profile] themostepotente.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 05:04 am (UTC)(link)
It has been! Thank you, doll ♥

I should be reccing Gnostic Crane sometime very soon, too. Thanks for keeping it unlocked for me :-)

[identity profile] maubast.livejournal.com 2010-03-30 02:46 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll be 43 in a bit. I'm not much of one to celebrate my own birthday but love to celebrate my friends'. So HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you!

[identity profile] themostepotente.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you, Bast <3

[identity profile] sra-danvers.livejournal.com 2010-03-30 03:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Mine is so so close, so I would love to spend it here, with my fandom friends too...

Cheers!

[identity profile] themostepotente.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
*clinks champagne glasses*

Are you in Russia?

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[identity profile] winnett.livejournal.com 2010-03-30 03:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Happy Birthday. I'm going to Japan this year, too. And we would love for more fic from you. Screw everyone who wants to pigeon hole us based on age. Screw 'em!

[identity profile] themostepotente.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 04:57 am (UTC)(link)
IT'S THE APRIL FOOLS', BEBE! How was your day, sweetie?

Wow, are you really going to Japan, too? Tokyo?
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[identity profile] alovelycupoftea.livejournal.com 2010-03-30 03:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Happy birthday!!!!

I'm on the chaise, cake in one hand, champagne in the other! Which is how I'd quite like to celebrate my actual 40th! Thank you for hosting such a lovely party. That bar tender is rather dashing...

*wanders off*

Right, back to you!! I'm so pleased we've become fandom friends, and I hope it continues! I'd love to get to know you better!

[identity profile] themostepotente.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
Right, back to you!! I'm so pleased we've become fandom friends, and I hope it continues! I'd love to get to know you better!

Me, too! You are such a lovely, gal! I'm really glad we've become friends as well. I meet more wonderful people through Maggie. She's like the fandom matchmaker! LOL


[identity profile] pir8fancier.livejournal.com 2010-03-30 03:39 pm (UTC)(link)
::SQUISHES YOU WITH BIG FAT BIRTHDAY HUGS::

[identity profile] themostepotente.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
*TOTALLY SQUISHES THE CLAIRE BACK*



You know, I've never asked you this before... Do I even spell your name right?

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[personal profile] fourth_rose 2010-03-30 03:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Happy birthday! ♥

[identity profile] themostepotente.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you, m'dear <3 ♥ <3

[identity profile] leela-cat.livejournal.com 2010-03-30 03:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Happy birthday.

My partner and I celebrated our 40th birthdays at Escapade with a host of other slash fen. It was wonderful.

[identity profile] themostepotente.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
That sounds like an awesome way to have spent your 40th, Leela.

Thanks for the b-day wishes, hon!

And I just wanted to let you know that I've really been enjoying our IM convos lately ♥

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[identity profile] juniperus.livejournal.com 2010-03-30 04:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Have a happy -- my birthday of doom comes very soon. :)

[identity profile] themostepotente.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
Dude, we live in the same state, we should totally get together some time, Juni ♥

When is your birthday?

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[personal profile] cordelia_v 2010-03-30 04:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Happy Birthday, Penny! I wish you a year of good health and happiness, and I hope you do get to Japan this year!

And yes, forty is the perfect age to start coloring your hair. I did. :-) Have a wonderful day, dear.

[identity profile] themostepotente.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you so much, hon! This was the year for milestone birthdays, yes?



How's the new decade been treating you?

[identity profile] emiime.livejournal.com 2010-03-30 04:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Happy birthday! :D

[identity profile] themostepotente.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
Tank ewe, Emi ♥

No more plumbing problems, I take it? *G*

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[identity profile] alisanne.livejournal.com 2010-03-30 04:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Happy birthday, bb!
Forty was awesome. Enjoy! *g*

[identity profile] themostepotente.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
Thankee, Ali ♥

I still can't get over you're older than me. You are a young 40, babe!

[identity profile] pinkdormouse.livejournal.com 2010-03-30 07:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Happy Birthday!

[identity profile] themostepotente.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 04:32 am (UTC)(link)
Muchos gracias, Mousie ♥
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[personal profile] arcanetrivia 2010-03-30 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
*nearly sets a big fucking cake on fire with a shitload of candles*

I did that to my mother once when she turned... 45? Something like that. Getting them all lit before the first one melted was a challenge, as I recall. Not to mention the OMG THE KITCHEN IS ON FIRE-looking result.

Happy birthday!

[identity profile] themostepotente.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
You almost need one of those barbeque grill igniter thingies for that, yes?

And thank you <3

BTW - I looove that Snape/Black pic you recced in your journal today. I need to rec that. *G*
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[identity profile] incapricious.livejournal.com 2010-03-30 09:06 pm (UTC)(link)
*sings* Happy Birthday!!!

[identity profile] themostepotente.livejournal.com 2010-04-02 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
*dons party hat*

Thank you, hon ♥

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