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   The Real Post-Birthday Post...

Hi all!
I thought it was time I get off my butt and write a real birthday post, detailling my presents and thanking people, both for the nifty gifts and for hanging out with me on Friday Night (and yes, my birthday is the 20th, for those that I confused). And so, with the neverending story playing in the background (thanks Beto, I love having it on DVD, there're so many things I never saw on my battered old VHS (like what Atreyu sees in the Magic Mirror Gate - the tape was always too dark to see that)).

So, where to begin? The first present I opened (from Nilanka and Marc) was what I thought was a gorgeous photo frame, but further thought (and a few emails) revealed that it was actually an earring stand, which is something that I was just thinking that I would need in the not too distant future, particularly if I keep making earrings.
Also featured in that photo are Han Solo and Greedo, which I received from Brendan and Morgan. (I've also got C3PO and Chewbacca, but they haven't come out of the packet yet, since I'm saving that joy for the weekend.

From Heidi and Tony, I received a rubber chicken launcher, which I have been playing with all week!

James gave me an awesome cupcake cookbook (and I bought myself some accessories):

Jessie gave me some teas (lychee black tea and jasmine), my dad and my brother gave me chocolate and I got a huge stack of books:

• Battle Royale (manga) volume 1 - Charles
• The Ladies of Grace Adieu by Susanna Clarke - James
• Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein - Heidi and Tony (I've always wanted to read this, and my mum positively squeed when she saw it).
• San Sombréro (a land of carnivals, cocktails and coups) a travel guide - From my siblings
• The Planets by Dava Sobel - also from my siblings
• Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman (*worships*) - from my father!

But perhaps most awesome is the present from my mother:
About the only thing that would have made that more awesome would be if Morgenstern himself had signed it. I'm going to have the best long weekend ever; I'm going to lie in bed and read all of my books, and cry over the Morgenstern and squee at Fragile Things and generally have a good time.

Thank you, one and all. I had a great birthday, and I'm glad I got to share it with you all. (I'll tell the stories from Friday tomorrow, since it's nearly my bedtime.) And if I forgot anyone's present (somewhat likely, I am rather scatterbrained), just nag me, because it's not that I don't think you're important enough to list, it's just that I am dumb.

Love you all!

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