Happy Birthday, Shannon, you Woodstock Baby, you!

"as I ... look down the barrel of 40"

"I've noticed more gray hair"

Oh, Shannon... 38 is the new 28. Or something like that.

Now go dig up that picture of the assclown and have a smile.

Happy Birthday!

XOXO, Susanna
Susanna | Homepage | 04.10.07 - 12:45 am | #

Here he is, my gift to you:

http://www.disturbingauctions.co...ls/ assclown.jpg

Susanimal
Susanna | Homepage | 04.10.07 - 12:51 am | #

Yup, notice the whole "divide" thing too (I'm also 3. I'm like, okay, when do I really grow up and start watching the programs about stocks instead of the Cartoon Network? When do I stop laughing over stupid captioned pictures on the Internet? When do I outgrow "Cute Overload" and teddy bears?

I dunno. I guess the argument I make is since no one gave me my copy of the "How to be an Adult" manual (which I thought we were all supposed to get round about our 18th birthdays), and I'm having to make it up as I go along, I GET to make it up as I go along.
ricki | Homepage | 04.10.07 - 8:22 am | #

well, dang the smilie. It's supposed to say 38, not 3-"cool smilie"
ricki | Homepage | 04.10.07 - 8:23 am | #

Happy birthday, Shan!

Can't go wrong with '70s punk.
Cullen | Homepage | 04.10.07 - 9:28 am | #

Happy belated birthday, darlin'. I'm still at 34 and I know what you mean about thinking about stuff more, but foxy ladies like you make me not fear where I'm headed. If I'm half as cool in a few years, I'll be doing pretty groovy.
Emily | 04.10.07 - 10:40 am | #

Well, SHIT! I had typed up a long, thoughtful thank you to each and every one of you and it DISAPPEARED!

"ERROR. Safari cannot open page."

DAMN IT!

Thank you. The fact that y'all are out there, part of this world, makes it all quite a bit better.

Love you,

Shan
Shannon | Homepage | 04.10.07 - 12:10 pm | #

Happy birthday! I called you last night, and left a message without my name. Of course after all these years you may recognize my voice on the phone.

Either way, I'm right behind you...literally and figuratively.
Shannon C. | Homepage | 04.10.07 - 2:12 pm | #

Shanny -

I'm so afraid to call you this time of year. I saw that you'd called, but my night was so very heinous (mom shit - are you surprised?) that I didn't pick the phone up.

Instead, I picked up a bottle of wine and a pack of cigarettes.

Thank you, Hon. Love you. We'll talk soon.
Shannon | Homepage | 04.10.07 - 2:27 pm | #

Ohhhhh, so sorry. I am not surprised, but disapointed, as always, with the "Mom Shit".

And thanks for your words of comfort for me. I will live...they can bruise my ego, but they cannot take away people like you, so I am still the lucky one!
Shannon C. | Homepage | 04.10.07 - 4:45 pm | #

40 isn't such a big deal (not that Ken remembers that long-ago event, mind you). Now at 43 I try to keep it all in perspective by remembering the words of Tom Lehrer -

"It is humbling to realize that when Mozart was my age...he'd been dead for 6 years!"

Happy belated!
Mr. Bingley | Homepage | 05.01.07 - 7:08 am | #

Thanks, Bingley! Of course right now, all that stuff I said seems like so much tripe.

There's nothing like a swift kick in the head to put everything into perspective.
Shannon | Homepage | 05.01.07 - 7:55 pm | #