In Honor of GDL and His Birthday....

[sariagray]

Me: Today is Gareth’s birthday! *Pause* Well, tomorrow, but it's today in Wales.
Mom: So soon after yours?
Me: *Blinks* Yes…how dare he?
Mom: *Chuckles* Are you doing anything to celebrate?
Me: I was thinking of taking him down to the pub….*Rolls eyes*
Mom: No, I mean like you celebrate Oscar’s or Elizabeth’s birthdays.
Me: I don’t think he’s quite reached that status yet….*ticks off on fingers* Literary genius ahead of his time, former Queen of England ahead of her time, Welsh guy who was on Torchwood. Nope, doesn’t fit.
Mom: You have to do something!
Me: Well, I was going to drink coffee and listen to Tool before going to work.
Mom: You do that every morning.
Me: Right. I know. *Sigh* I’ll have a piece of birthday cake?
Mom: It’s your cake! Leftovers! It doesn’t count! You have to do something unique! Something special.
Me: *Fake sob* I always knew he was your favorite child! You love him more than me!
Mom: Well, obviously. *Huffs* Was there ever any doubt?

Please note that the entire conversation above took place in completely ridiculous British accents whilst we were fancily smoking cigarettes. It sounded like a bizarre period drama that got crossed with Keeping Up Appearances or something?
 
HEY! Maybe RTD could use us in his kitchen table dramas! *Bats eyelashes prettily*

(Also note that I’m apparently on first-name basis with all of these people…which is a feat, as 2/3 of them died long before I was born…).

 

So...Happy Birthday, GDL, my mother's secret favorite child? (I don't even know).

Comments

[thebuttonontop.livejournal.com]

thats brilliant. I need to figure out something to do for his birthday. :D

Josh may laugh at me. Somehow... I just don't care anymore. lol.

I still adore your mother.

[sariagray.livejournal.com]

Hey, Tool and Coffee. I feel it's apropos. I was going to point out that I'd be smoking, too, but apparently that doesn't matter anymore. *Pouts*

[thebuttonontop.livejournal.com]

nope. nope it doesn't. :P

[sassysailorgirl.livejournal.com]

Oh, Great Mother ;p You're absolutely hilarious! That made me laugh quite hard! And it just so happens that our boy Gareth shares his birthday with another distinguished personality: my cat, Maximus ;p He turns four years old tomorrow!

[sariagray.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday Maximus! :-D

My mother and I get up to many a shenanigan. I think she says this stuff just so that I'll post it. :) ACTUALLY, I think she just wanted more birthday cake....

[sassysailorgirl.livejournal.com]

Maximus thanks you and purrs in your general direction ;p

Your mum sounds like a very cool lady.

[xrai-namere.livejournal.com]

I still think we should send him the penis tie. C'mon, it's memorable! We'll forever be known as "the crazy fans with the penis tie".

Your mom is awesome.

[sariagray.livejournal.com]

Didn't I give my okay? ;)

She can be at times. Apparently, when she wants more birthday cake is one of those times.

I just told her that I was going to dance naked around a bonfire in celebration. She asked if I was going to send him pictures, because otherwise she doesn't see how that'd be the least bit helpful to him.

[xrai-namere.livejournal.com]

Should I ask the store to ship it directly to his agent? It would be cheaper shipping-wise, but less festive.

Also, isn't it too cold for nakedness? I don't know about you, but it's bloody freezing here, bonfires or not. Fucking New England weather.

[sariagray.livejournal.com]

It is slightly less festive but - do they do gift-wrapping and allow you to attach a note? Cheaper is better, after all?

Who are you talking to? I rarely get cold. This is PERFECT naked-dancing weather. It means I won't get all sweaty or lethargic, too. :)

[xrai-namere.livejournal.com]

They're out of stock. :(

But there's this:

[sariagray.livejournal.com]

That's...even better, I think. Actually, why WASN'T this on the show? Like, regularly? It could've gotten its own billing, too.

[xrai-namere.livejournal.com]

Because the props designers had no imagination? Jack would totally dig this. Meetings would never be the same again.

[sariagray.livejournal.com]

I just have images of Jack licking the handle....

I need to go to bed now.

[xrai-namere.livejournal.com]

And no, there is no gift wrapping service or such. I guess I could mail him a follow up card or and email. *shrugs*

[sariagray.livejournal.com]

I feel like sending it here and then sending it there would be ridiculous, but also not a bad idea? I'll let you decide. :)

[xrai-namere.livejournal.com]

It'll also take a lot longer. This store is in Europe. It's more expensive than the tie, 4.99 Euro, but shipping may be free. Just... sending it just so feels so slapdash.
...
Then again, I can't really fork out a lot for shipping.
So direct shipping it is, and a follow up email, card, whatever after that. Yes/yes?

[sariagray.livejournal.com]

Sounds good to me. I'm just along for the ride. ;)

Wait, that sounds worse than I'd intended.

ETA: Also, tell me how much it comes to and I'll give you half?

[xrai-namere.livejournal.com]

Maybe we could get a picture of him drinking from it. Before he bins it/throws it out of the window/gives it to JB/gives it to his agent.

I should have sent John Barrowman one too. *sigh* Next year.

[sariagray.livejournal.com]

If we beg and plead and bat our eyelashes prettily, he just may. :)

[xrai-namere.livejournal.com]

Any message you'd like to give him?

[sariagray.livejournal.com]

The first thing that came to mind was "We come in peace." But somehow, I think not that.

Hmmm.

"While this may seem ridiculous, you wrote 'What the fuck' on my picture that is now hanging in my cubicle at work. Payback."

No, maybe not that.

I don't know. Nothing in particular, I guess. What are you thinking of writing?

[xrai-namere.livejournal.com]

This stupid site doesn't let me pay.

[sariagray.livejournal.com]

NOOOO! Why not?

[xrai-namere.livejournal.com]

It keeps telling me to select a payment method when there is none to choose from.

[sariagray.livejournal.com]

:-(

Should we just print out a picture and mail it and say, "Well, we were going to send you this, but the site is apparently a load of crap and won't let us pay for it. But it's the thought that counts. And no, you don't want to know the thought behind it."?

[xrai-namere.livejournal.com]

Just "Happy Birthday Gareth". I suck at b'day greetings and such. Want any "with love, blahblahblah" or should I come up with a haiku or something?

[sariagray.livejournal.com]

How about we keep the Happy Birthday and then something like, "There was a convoluted story behind this, but that doesn't matter - we promise the story was flattering in every way possible. Besides, we think the present speaks for itself. If you use it, even once, please send pictures?"

[xrai-namere.livejournal.com]

*sigh* I guess. I could make him a penis card. I'm good at making cards.
There's always next year.

[thebuttonontop.livejournal.com]

OMG. this might give me nightmares. lol.

[jedi-harkness.livejournal.com]

I see a plot bunny here... ;)

[usakiwigirl.livejournal.com]

March is an awesome month - between you, Gareth and my boy (also a niece, but she can be a little irritating, so she doesn't count), you guys could rule the world! You three had the whole weekend sown up :D

[sariagray.livejournal.com]

:-D Happy Birthday to your son! I'd totally forgotten that I'd meant to stop by earlier today and say that. *Headdesk*

And we'd intended to. Rule the world, that is. I think the three of us can manage, no? Not that I have any idea what our jobs would be, but that can all be ironed out later. :)

[usakiwigirl.livejournal.com]

I'll tell my boy tomorrow that you wished him all the best. Poor thing started out with a great day. Let me spell it all for you....

We drove up to Harrisburg, PA to meet the sister-in-law, to collect the cat that she has been watching for us for the last two years. No big issues there. Rhyan was a little horrified that it was bloody freezing and there was a light dusting of snow on the car and ground - on his birthday, in March. WTF, Mother Nature!

McDonalds twice in one day, so all was spectacular with the world, as far as he was concerned. While we were eating lunch with his Aunt, we got word from one of his sister's friends that there was a fire at our apartment building and everybody was standing around outside. Not cool, man. He'd not even opened his presents!

Panic set in, but word came that it was a car fire, but power was out in the entire building. By the time we got home, power was still out, so we packed up suitcases and schoolbags and moved into a hotel for the night. The facility told us we could stay in our apartment, but as we had no light, heat, running water or toilet facilities, we said nuhuh. They also said they were moving an entire building's worth of people who wished to be moved, but couldn't tell us when or where, so we just booked. Poor Rhyan, he was shattered. He thought his day was ruined. He just could not see the humour or future irony in any of it.

So, after a month in a bloody Holiday Inn in Las Vegas, we are back in another Holiday Inn in Arlington. God, I'm tired of hotels.

[sariagray.livejournal.com]

Oh gosh! That sounds awful! I'm glad the building wasn't actually on fire, though. The power was out because of the car fire or another reason? Eek! Poor Rhyan! (Also - I love the way you've spelled his name. My brother is just plain old Ryan).

I'm sorry you're back in a hotel. Hopefully the power is back on. At least you got your cat back!

[usakiwigirl.livejournal.com]

I gots late check-out and I'm going back to sleep. The power is not supposed to be on until at least midday, so no point in being there until the kids are back from school. No clue how the fire, if indeed that is what it was, started. Nobody could actually give us a reason yesterday. All the office could say was that it was the fault of the power company, not the apartment complex. But honestly, I felt bad for some of the other residents. This is corporate housing, filled with a lot of government employees, mostly foreign service on training. But there are a lot of families here at the moment who have been evacuated from countries like Egypt that are in political turmoil. I'll bet they weren't expecting to be evacuated again from their evacuation refuge!

Rhyan is feeling much better this morning. We brought all his pressies over to the room for him to "open" - he picked out the lot from the lego store on Saturday, but he played the part of surprised kid very well last night! He got a couple of surprise mini-figs, one of which was one he actually wanted (it's a real crap-shoot as to what you'll actually end up with). It's an elf - he has named it, appropriately, Lego-las. What a damn card.

His name is actually a take on a Welsh spelling Ryan, which is my mother's maiden name. My daughter's name is a barstardized Gaelic name too - Seonaigh, pronounced Sho-na. It's a family name, my parent's first born was Seonaigh, but she didn't survive. Irritated the hell out of my hubs Norwegian family with that, they wanted me to give my kids solid scandinavian names like they all did, but why should I, I don't come from there, just because I have a scandinavian name means nothing! That was more of an accident, than anything, LOL.

[jedi-harkness.livejournal.com]

Your mom sounds as awesome as mine! ;D

At any rate, I hope Gareth's having a great day! :D

[sariagray.livejournal.com]

When my mom is wonderful, she is wonderful. But let's just say she does extremes well. :)

And yes, I concur with your hope!

[bk_forever]

ROFLMAO!!!

You and your Mom are AWESOME =)

(Also, your Mom is so much more fun than mine!)

Happy Birthday, Gareth! Wish I was 30 again...

[sariagray.livejournal.com]

Why thank you! We try. Our next performance will be at...;)

I wish I were 30 now. Not really. Maybe a little...

[bk_forever]

30 is a good age - beats 49 by several hundred miles! I'm nealy half a century old! *looks worried* Am I getting wrinkles?

(My brain is going - I can't spell 'century')