Saturday, February 02, 2008
I'm having a birthday party on the 16th of Feb, 7pm. If you wanna come call or email me, preferably by the 9th, but a couple of days before will do.
I made a list of people to invite (but lost it) and then I discovered that a lot of the people I thought I'd invited had not really been asked. So. I have a terrifyingly thin grasp on reality. You are welcome, all, and I did NOT forget you on purpose! Got three deadlines that same week, and a couple due the week before. So please, just tell me. :)
It will be dinner at my home, and the food shall be mostly home cooked unless a lot more people than I anticipate turn up. In which case, you should have told me and will have to, sadly content yourself with whatever there is left, or pizza and sandwiches if my mother becomes frazzled and really does run out of food. The house can hold 70 to 90, accounting for the number of very thin girls I know, but you guys are not all free so we're cooking for 50 for now... that's why I'd like to be informed :)
I love you all. *muackz*
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Wishlist
[NO MORE JEWELRY please, unless you've got metal armbands engraved with a panther and dragon like I dream. I wear two necklaces already - I have ten too many when I never take off the two. You are special and I will appreciate your gift BUT there is no way I can wear it so :( we'd both be sad.]
- A nice spacious sturdy backpack that will not die for 5 or 6 years like that beloved slingbag munee got me when I was fifteen, and which sadly passed on last year. Said bag must be able to withstand the weight and edges of about 3 textbooks, various notebooks, my capoeira uniform/running shoes and shorts, and a towel.
- A sturdy shoebag like the SMUSA gave out for FTB 2007. :( Which broke because of Jill Poole's casebook. Also mourned.
- A set of light weights
- A set of those weights you wrap around your ankles
- A really gorgeous mostly plain calf-length deep purple cap-sleeved dress with a vee-neck. (or the name of a tailor who can make that - this has been my wish for years)
- Lessons in video editing and photoshop that I can redeem in the june holidays ^_^
- Lessons in portuguese, italian, spanish, gaelic, japanese, indonesian, or teaching english, that I can also redeem when it is convenient
- A set of really cool knives like they talk about in the books or a quarterstaff (see matrim cauthon - wheel of time)
- Swimming lessons with a teacher and in a place where I won't be miserably self conscious and embarassed. I know it's stupid. I like water, but I hate people looking at me even cursorily in a swimsuit and I'll be too scared to enjoy the sea until I can swim. So.
- Money, or funding for capoeira, is always going to be welcome. Lessons are getting a bit expensive so I'd appreciate a sponsor for a batizado or workshop.
- A cape! Like Batman.
- A couple of lessons in hair styling and simple makeup. I don't want to be nervous because of my lack of polish the next time I need to present. Or go to a wedding. Gone are the days when being clean and wearing a passable dress was sufficient to go without remark, sadly.
- For the poorer ones (this year is going to wear very thin on my pocket too): unlined notebooks, cool pens, a wide black or brown belt with a glittery/shiny buckle. cool junk in any form - I collect Things. A math book, or one in basic physics, because I'm beginning to crave a question to which there is a right answer. Or a book that was on the bestseller list this last year - I haven't even read Life of Pi, or the Curious Incident. Or a book. I like to read. :)
This list is hardly exhaustive. Just to get you off the track of shiny expensive stuff. :)
Eve.
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