what do you do on your birthday?

back when i lived in a fab huge apartment, i used to throw massive, ridiculously indulgent parties with ridiculous themes. at one point, at one of my birthday parties - the theme was glam rock, if i remember - thirty pounds of confetti fell from the ceiling (the effect the 'art director' and i were going for was for it to feel like it was snowing in the building) (which pissed off everyone in my building for years afterwards) (i still find confetti on my shoes sometimes)

go home. eat ice cream (from the tub, no plate required). go to sleep.

that's what i did on mine.

Bah! it is just another day, as di sez.

this year might be a trip to see the easter island head in the british museum but Mario Sunshine is released two days before so i might just be sat in front of the tv all day 8)

andy

* actually, this site: http://www.seeing-stars.com/Hotels/Bonaventure.shtml seems to say that the bonaventure was also in BladeRunner...

I really rather enjoy my birthday.

My last birthday (29) - boozing on a cross-channel ferry before start of a k-brilliant holiday. Happy memories.

Birthday before last (28) - first ever karaoke then walking round the circle line the day after. Grebt fun!

Next birthday is THIRTY - it falls on a Sunday so a weekend of madness in some form is promised.

Oh, and I always listen to "Birthday" by Blur. Have done every year for the past ten years.

Other than that, I am just not organised enough to throw a party for myself, so usually just drinks out somewhere. I use it as an excuse to eat ridiculously fattening, nice food I would normally sigh and avoid. (I know this attitude is unhealthy, but it's only low-level mentalism so don't berate me for it)

(the whole over 21 = birthdays don't matter thing reminds me of my supervisor's story about he was really upset when he turned 21 cos of that line in the black angel's death song about "you sneer at those over 21").

Last one (19) I went did this and then went back to my house where there was some beer in the fridge, very low key, but still pretty cool.

When it is my, my mother's, or my sister's birthday the three of us go out to dinner. The birthday girl picks the restaurant and the other two pay (and my sister and I tend to take advantage of this and pick rather expensive restaurants).

Right now getting my friends together to do anything other than go to a concert is like herding cats, but in previous years we'd meet up at a bar and drink to celebrate people's birthdays.

And then everyone HAS to go, because otherwise they feel guilty, and then social decency dictates that you can't spend any money, which allows you to get really really drunk for free!

Is there anything better than this?

My more popular friend was feeling lonely over the summer as he had nobody to spend his birthday with. I promised him that I would combine my party with his. I did this purely out of friendship. A few days later, however, I realized that since he is more popular, combining the two events is the only way to ensure that people will be there!

Has anyone ever had a surprise party? There is nothing in this world that I want more than that. But I have heard that they are overrated.

in addition to [regretting?] what else, jess?

b-but...um, never mind!

(& I listen to the Headless Chickens' "Expecting To Fly", obv. . .)

Wahey, not alone!

I usually just go to work and then celebrate in the evening somehow. Lately I've ended up having two celebrations, one with work friends and the other with my Close Personal Circle. It's a good balance, and much food is scarfed.

I don't like to tell people about my birthday unless they have asked about it. increasingly this seems to mean that nothing at all happens on my birthday.

The last couple of years I have found out that about 8 people in my extended social circle have birthdays within a day or two of mine. 3 of us have a joint birthday comprising, at the minimum, a visit to a pub and a club. Noone who knows at least two of us has any excuse for not coming

Muahuahua, ultimate power

bizarrely, we always seem to go to the same place, and we never go there on any other occasion.

my place is too small to host a party, but i don't just want to do nothing. what should i do?

Scifisoul to thread.

mine falls, fortunately, on a saturday, this year [and month]. and I'm moving into my new flat today. and my twenty-first was spent in prague with my parents and my brother visiting me. so, I guess I can make up for it this time. with a RAGING KEGGER CRAZY BIRTHDAY PARTYZZZZZz. or a civilised gathering of friends. whatever.

[czech for ten].

[A colorless, oily liquid, C12H17NO, that has a mild odor and is used as an insect repellent.]

my birthday's shaping up to be a goodie. even just from this thread. DET? Department of Education and Training?

Cue BEST PARTY EVER!

All my recent b-days (starting with my 21st), I've ended up jamming really loudly on someone else's musical instruments before the night was over. I plan on making no exception this year; all drummers in the tri-state area, be on the lookout, I break cymbals.

(ha! I did exactly what I always do on my birthday, see up thread)

Damn you mom!

If I can figure out a practical way to ship beer to you, I will. Does anybody know of any online thingamajobbie where you can order beer for people?

My group of friends is about half grad students, so in November, an excuse for a break is always great -- so I took everyone out to dinner and then went to Best Buy and bought everybody DVDs and CDs.

Won't get to do it again till 20KTep, when I'm nearly 55.

My boyfriend drove me to Madison, WI from Toronto to see Modest Mouse for my birthday last weekend (my birthday is 11/14.) I know for most of you this would be a certain form of torture, but I loved it - and I got a setlist. Yay for Birthdays!

My birthday was yesterday. I ated a steak and had 2 martinis and 2 vodka cranberries and got some Old Navy stuff that I specifically asked for. And I got a haircut. SUCCESS.

happy birthday for yesterday!!!

Thanks RubyRedd!!

Sounds like a good birthday to me! xxpost

This year I stayed in bed most of the time, hoping my baby would pop out. She didn't. Instead she came a few days later. :-)

peaceful

We're all going to dinner on Saturday and karaoke, whereupon I will collapse from cirrhosis.