on a lighter note...

[cellio]

My birthday is later this month, and I get to watch the digits turn over. Ooh, nice round number... sounds like an excuse for a party. :-)

The birthday itself is on a weeknight, with the bounding weekends being a large local SCA event (Coronation) and Rosh Hashana (major holiday), so I've given up on any notion of proximity to the actual date. I won't hold the party on Shabbat (among things, I want to be able to serve hot food), which means the longer I wait the more feasible Saturday nights are. (Certainly come the time change all such issues vanish.) I'm not averse to Sunday afternoons, but I get the impression that some of my friends find this suboptimal.

So, a poll. (Please use comments to express actual preferences.)


[Poll #175907]

Comments

[tangerinpenguin.livejournal.com]

October 25 and November 1 aren't completely out, but those evenings are starting to get constrained so I may have to duck out early or arrive late.

[ralphmelton.livejournal.com]

I like the way you've phrased your question to assess what you actually care about.

[cellio]

Thanks.

[indigodove.livejournal.com]

Any of those dates work for us, AFAIK. We are out of town the weekend of October 17, but that isn't a date you mention, so I'm guessing it's a non-issue.

If you'd like a Gentile servant (for free!) to do anything during the day on Saturday, just let me know :-)

If you'd like a birthday cake, let me know :-)

[cellio]

Thanks for the offers!

Ooh, did you say cake? I would be foolish indeed to turn down a dessert contribution from you. Thanks! You're on. :-)

[cecerose.livejournal.com]

Well...happy pre birthday!!! =0)

[cellio]

Thanks!

[magid.livejournal.com]

Sundays are likeliest for me, though that doesn't mean much...
*giggle*

[cellio]

Hey, if it's the Shabbat problem, rather than the 500+-miles-problem, I'm sure we could arrange it so you could come on a Saturday night. :-)

[magid.livejournal.com]

What 500-mile problem? You're having your party at my house, right?

[cellio]

Sure, I could have a party at your house. I'm afraid I won't be able to make it, but I could invite my Boston-based friends to get together anyway. "Party in Pittsburgh; satellite party in Boston; party-hopping permitted if you can pull it off". :-)

[magid.livejournal.com]

What, no satellite link?
;-)

[cellio]

Well, I don't have the relevant technology, but y'know, with some of the people who read my journal, I wouldn't be completely surprised... :-) (Now we find out who's still reading this thread.)

party

[alfiechat.livejournal.com]

the only day thats bad on this end is the 25th of october. Thats the last weekend for the show that Dave is in, and his Mom is coming in from Wichita to see it. however any of the other days are fine,except for any sunday in october. sorry...

[amergina.livejournal.com]

Well, October 25th is out, since I have other plans. Novermber 8th I could do in the evening. Everything else is fine. I can do any Sunday afternoon, though after October 26th (and until November 24)... I won't partake of anything until after sunset.

[cellio]

though after October 26th (and until November 24)... I won't partake of anything until after sunset.

Thanks for the reminder. (Is there a web site that gives dates for all the fast days in any given year? There are others besides this, right?)

A Saturday party wouldn't start until after sunset, FYI.

[rectangularcat]

I seem to remember that you and Steve share the same birthday - he too is turning a nice round number. What a strange coincidence eh?!

Have a great birthday festival!

[cellio]

Synchronized round numbers, eh? Cute. On the appropriate day, tell him I said happy birthday too, ok? :-)

Party dates

[dagonell.livejournal.com]

October 4th is Harvest Raid in Heronter, I'm committed up to my eyeballs for the entire weekend. Of course I can say "No (problem)" without trouble! :) Sunday afternoons aren't practical because Cigfran and I have to be back at work Monday mornings. :( The other dates are okay, but I'll have to ask a Debatable Lander (BiMDLer? Debater? You people need a noun! :) for crash space that Saturday night.