happy birthday to me

[foxtongue]

Happy Birthday to Me.

I went to Coney Island today and sang on the boardwalk and had my picture taken in a photobooth and saw the sideshow and went on a ferris wheel and battled with brenno at two rounds of disco bumpercars and remembered all of the lyrics to a thousand pop songs. Earlier this week I went rowing at central park, enjoyed a late night circus arts show, danced at an interactive media chiptunes concert, answered questions at a quizbowl, took self-portraits with cornell boxes, rode the staten island ferry, saw the statue of liberty, conquered half a sheep's head for dinner and kept the skull as my only souvenir, and had my very first art gallery showing. It wasn't all that I wanted to do, I haven't been dancing yet, haven't been to any all-night beauty bombs, but it has been enough that I feel alright closing today like a book and going to bed. Tomorrow, hopefully, my birthday, will be even better, as will the day after that, and the day after that. Every minute here has been a tiny miracle even when I've been unhappy, flowering, blossoming, treasured, better, and that, in itself, is truth.

Comments

[themythicalman.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on your ongoing conquest of The City That Never Sleeps, dear lady, and happy birthday. May it be more than you could possibly imagine.

[porphyre.livejournal.com]

Oddly, it was, though in the opposite direction.

[benpeek.livejournal.com]

happy bday!

[porphyre.livejournal.com]

Mwuah!

[mordicai.livejournal.com]

Dancing is NYC's enemy. We have terrible, terrible cabaret laws, so it is mostly relegated to terrible clubs. Quite embarrassing.

[porphyre.livejournal.com]

I danced a bit at Fuerza Bruta. Which. Was. Incredible.

[mordicai.livejournal.com]

Did they yell at you not to touch the plastic too much?

[porphyre.livejournal.com]

Not in the slightest! Did that happen to you? Everything at our experience was very encouraging.

[amberspiderlily.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday, dear one. May this be the year of the contented and joyous heart.

Buy a real bagel for me. And dance anyway, club or no.

Wicked Stepmother.

[porphyre.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the well wishes. And the same to you!

[metrocentric.livejournal.com]

Copious happy returns to you!

[porphyre.livejournal.com]

Thank you kindly.

[bichoose.livejournal.com]

Yes....Happy Birthday...much deserved...

[porphyre.livejournal.com]

Fingers crossed for a good year for both of us.

[jebra.livejournal.com]

I hope you had the happiest of birthdays. May the next be better still.

[porphyre.livejournal.com]

Alas, it wasn't to be, but maybe next year!

[jasoncm.livejournal.com]

Many Happy Returns of the Day!

[porphyre.livejournal.com]

And many well wishes to you and yours, as well!

[zancro.livejournal.com]

Good for you!

[porphyre.livejournal.com]

I didn't actually get to see my work displayed, but it was a positive experience anyway.

[fluxamonia.livejournal.com]

"The free exploring mind of the individual human is the valuable thing in the world." -- John Steinbeck
I wish you a wonderful time exploring New York on your birthday and the days surrounding it!

[porphyre.livejournal.com]

It was unbelievably comforting to be surrounded by so many millions of people again, like being in a fizzy warm bath.