Virtual birthday party!

Happy birthday to my friend Allison today! You're welcome to join the virtual birthday party, which is in full celebratory progress. Just a few of the current events:

antonia_tiger's cabaret! She is also providing some background music re: another video and says "as actors doing music videos go, who cares if he's really playing the guitar?"



gnomedude brought a troop of gnomes! The gnomes are doing Allison's laundry and marking her math tests as well as renovating Jodi's basement.

khaosworks brought a Cyberman voice changer helmet for Jodi, negatives for this batch of photos for Allison, and for John: "A remote control for Debbie. Sadly, the mute buttons don't work"...I did read that, Terence! :-D John likes the remote control and asks if it will work for a wife, too.



thatcrazycajun brought 10 lbs. of calorie-free Toblerone and a 1 lb. bag of Godiva coffee for Jodi, a Lego Mindstorms kit for John and a Roomba vacuum robot for Allison.

steviebomb brought a lovely ascii cake.



Eva Van Daele-Hunt writes: "Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag!
Happy Birthday to all three of you! For your entertainment, I would like to force everybody present to join in a traditional German birthday song - it is a round:
Viel Glück und viel Segen
auf all Deinen Wegen
Gesundheit und Frohsinn
sei auch mit dabei.
Everybody now: One - two - three: . . ."



damedini brought (for all) a BIG bottle of fabulous champagne, a cake made by the Robuchons in Paris (Valhrona chocolate, natch!), a selection of French cheeses chosen by an expert (with baguette and crackers) and fresh fruit. "Jodi gets a private chocolatessen as an addition on her house. And a chocolate version of a spa mud bath. John I don't actually know: he gets a classic Wurlitzer jukebox loaded with all his favorite tunes. Lights and chrome, of course. Allison I send off to a fabulous spa for a weekend of total relaxation, from which she will be driven in a classic Rolls Royce (Silver Cloud maybe?) to a marvellous restaurant where all her friends, family and the best dinner of her life await."

catalana brings hugs, songs and cake. "I even promise that, in honor of the birthdays, I will play exclusively songs where no one dies...which may make it a *short* concert, but it's the thought that counts, right? *grin*"



blueeyedtigress is pouring drinks for everyone, including a chocolate martini for Jodi and a large goblet of strawberry wine for Allison.

To move the party along, birthday boy unkbar brought a a cooler full of bottles of Woodchuck cider, and of Guinness.



unclechristo brought happy birthdays and "Andromedan knee hugs all round. (elbows, of course for John)" Also some pretty spacey videos. :-D

zencuppa brought two one-hour massages, two transporters, plum wine, and "your favorite chocolate in noncaloric form."



mvt brought a treehouse to read in for Allison, a spell for Jodi "so she can game and filk on the same day," and a Hoka for John.



kinder1of5 brought a cake and masses of chocolate, plus a big bottle of black Batida from her and Michael, and also sang a birthday song:

"Heute mag es stürmen, regnen oder schnein,
denn du strahlst ja selber wie der Sonnenschein,
heut ist dein Geburtstag, darum feiern wir,
alle deine Freunde freuen sich mit dir,
alle deine Freunde freuen sich mit dir

WIE SCHÖN; DASS DU GEBOREN BIST;
WIR HÄTEN DICH SONST SEHR VERMISST
WIE SCHÖN; DASS WIR BEISAMMEN SIND
WIR GRATULIEREN DEM GEBURTSTAGSKIND!!! "

lord_korak snuck into the party at 5 am to drop off some Innis & Gunn for later but promised to be back later with "appropriate virtual gifts."



crystalfall brought birthday greetings and said re: Filkcontinental (filk convention in Germany) this past weekend:

"You [two] and Debbie were sorely missed!!!!! Although we had a really good time with Dandelion Wine and Heather Dale - at least they are Canadian, too ... ;)
Dandelion Wine actually sang Jodi's "Lady" - and once more moved us to tears with this stunning song. And Nemsi and Anke did "I love the Morning" together - it was Nemsi' first spot, and he was so wonderful as a morning-hater!!! And as an encore Dandelion Wine did the Hockey Monkey song, and you should have heard the whole audience shouting this song while doing the hand jive.... Maybe if you listen very hard, you can still hear the echo across the ocean..."



little_cinnamon brought "a new 5-part arrangement for us to sing, and lots of chocolate for all!"

traveller42 brought many happy returns and Guinness.



The party ends TOMORROW, so there's still time for you to join in. :-)



And congrats to Margaret Davis and Kristoph Klover on being invited as next year's guests at next year's Filkcontinental in Germany!

I was delighted to be able to hear/meet Kristoph and Margaret at Consonance earlier this year. Both are super-nice and incredibly talented musicians. I also worked with Kristoph by e-mail while I was recording a flute part for Seanan McGuire's Stars Fall Home CD. I remember thinking that he was a quiet, serious type. When I met him in person, however, I found out I was WAY wrong.

:-D



You can find about more about Margaret and Kristoph, plus hear samples, at their Web site.