I knew a few people were aware of my birthday, but I had no idea of what was about to happen, that would absolutely blow. me. away.
You see, some little birdies (I see you, @Jaymes805 and @17ForeverLisa) concocted a plan. A plan to let all of twitterdom know of the occasion, via this little dude above.
The lovely @MissTeJota and I share a birthday. Kinda. You see, hers is January 20th, mine is the 21st. But seeing as I'm in the future, we celebrate on the same day. I know TJ was as overwhelmed to see her TL full of moustachioed kiwis as I was. Perhaps TJ can tell us all about why the kiwi has such a fabulous mo in the comments.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
Usually, I wake up to 2-3 twitter mentions each morning, depending on conversations I was part of before going to sleep the night before. On Saturday morning, I had 47 mentions. 47! I was absolutely astonished to see so many amazing well wishes and really awesome, caring tweets.
AND.....
To top it all off, there was more birthday love! The amazing @NixHaw, everyone's favourite South African twitard, wrote this wee post about me. There were tears, I tell you. Tears. She is amazeballs.
Then what else should I spy? @AdonicaSS has a wee surprise up her twitter sleeve too with this avi....
But wait. There's more.....
@SparklyJulNZ, all round BFF in life and Twilight, made this for me..... such a brilliant card from such a brilliant friend. Actually, 'friend' doesn't really do her justice, but on paper, it's all I got.
I spent my birthday surrounded by friends and family, both in person and online. It was perfect. So, thank you all so, so much. I love you all more than you can know.
So, People's Choice Awards, huh? We don't get to see it here in NZ, for which I am duly grateful. You see, all the best bits (aka the Rob bits) are at my fingertips thanks to the interwebs and I don't have to sit through the yawnfest that is the rest of the show.
Gee whizz, I wonder what we might all be talking about right now...
Look into my eyes...
Mmmm. Buzzcut Rob. I REALLY LIKE THIS LOOK.
I know, I know, what about the sex hair? Man's a hairy beast, you know it'll be back. After the Cosmopolis partial shave, I was really hoping for a full shave and was sorely disappointed. Here it is!
I haven't seen any vids from the show yet, but have been perusing Robsessed for the latest in HQ pics...
Cheeky smile
And how about this for the greatest moment in Betty's life? Hmm, possibly not.. but I can imagine a certain polite young man from England would have been on his best behaviour hanging out with the glorious Ms. White...
She's rapt!
I also noticed Boy's been beefin' up a little. I wonder if it's for a role? Maybe that's what the haircut is for too? The possibilities are endless... MafiaRob? CriminalOnTheRunRob? *sigh*
You want some Badass?
All this talk of buzzcuts reminds me of a very important time in my life. I know I've told you about my Shave before but imma take this opportunity to revel in the proudness a little more. The longer it's been since I did this, the more I can't believe I did!
I work for a national cancer charity and in April 2008, I lost my locks. And raised more thank $3000.
scary
Holy shit! there's no hair on my head!
What a poser
Everyone, and I mean everyone, wants to touch your head when you're a chick with no hair. You can check out my YouTube clip here, if you so wish.
And what did it feel like? Everyone said "It's like VELVET!"
So, to close this miscellaneous ramble, I invite you to stare at these pictures and imagine running your hands over this gorgeous head.... and feeling the velvet....
OK I so just got sidetracked by google images... Right. What am I here to say? I promise this post is not about Rob's dick... although, hmmm....
Shit. Focus!
Oh yes. Girls are so fuckawesome. I mean that in a heterosexual, girl power, we rule the world kinda way. Like these ladies did...
You see, I got to thinking about this recently when I was recalling several conversations I had with a friend of mine. You might know her, you might not. But I'm not gonna tell you who I'm talking about so it's really a moot point.
You should listen to this song while you read this post. If you're a regular here, you'll know it's a favourite of mine.
Girls stick together, through thick and thin. Especially when talking about boys. My friend and I have been supporting each other a lot through various man issues, and when we were chatting the other day we laughed about how, when everything's great, we are all "Ooh, aah, he's so dreamy" and then when everything is shit, we're all "Bastard. I never liked him. Arsehole".
Between the two of us, we've each supported one other through dating, a new relationship, and a breakup. Or, in one case, a what's-going-on-I'm-in-limbo situation. No matter what, we will always back each other. If she is pissed off at a guy, I'm pissed off at him. If she is in love with him, I will listen gladly to her raving. I would like to warn him I'll grind his balls into meatloaf if he hurts her, so, yeah, I reckon she's important to me. And I'll go out on a limb here and say she hopefully feels the same about me.
We live in different time zones. I can email her at stupid o'clock, and she's there. She can HeyTell me at work, and I will sneak into an empty office to message her back. The moral of the story is, through all of these situations, it amazes me just how fucking loyal we can be to each other.
Granted, I know there are right bitches out there, but in MY circle of friends, my girls are amazing.
I love that, no matter what is going on with men douchbags, we stick together.
I googled 'girls talk about boys' and this is what I got. Eeek!
Let's start with my RL friends. Loyal to the bitter end. There is a group of six of us from university days... cripes, graduation was eleven years ago and we're still tight. In fact, this was how I came to know the gorgeous @SparklyJulNZ. But that's off the topic. This group of six girls, although at times we've been spread all over the world, can get together, even once a year or less, and we're as close as anything. Of course, some of us are closer than others (i.e. the other four know nothing about fan fiction that Jul and I devour) but in general, we will all always be there for one another.
And then there's the whole other world of my twi-friends. My twatwaffles. My h00rs. Let's face it, you've gotta be a closeknit group to call someone else a whore and it be a compliment, right?
Thanks @ChloeCougar!
I LOVE that no matter what time of the day, what day of the week (insert snarky comment about being Future Girl here) there is always someone on Twitter, and if you need to have a rant, you can. Free for all. These can be people who know nothing about you, apart from a made up name and a 2cm square picture (that may or may not be your preferential pic of Rob) who can become the greatest friends in the world.
I really didn't start writing this post to wax lyrical about how awesome we are, but it turns out, that's exactly what I'm doing. Girls really do rock! My cousin is currently staying with me, she is home from Europe. I haven't seen her in more than three years, yet, we can have conversations about the most important, close-to-our-heart things, and it's great. And she's not even the cousin I'm close to! I don't have any males in my generation in my family (brothers or cousins), or any close (straight) male friends who aren't my friends because they're married to my friends (does that even make sense?). So, I can only speculate, but I'm guessing if I sat one down on the couch and moaned about my love life, he'd either run a mile, grunt, or focus on the TV (or all three).
You know what? I haven't said HAPPY NEW YEAR. I guess in a round-about way, this post is really a celebration of friendships, both RL and twi, and what better way to start 2012 than with a celebration of our awesomeness.
Go ahead, share some awesome in the comments. Thank you for reading.
