Non-Rabbitish Post-Birthday wrapup

[demiurgent]

It's now past midnight, so we've emerged from the rabbit hole. I'm glad so many people liked the story. I've seen tons of good ones elsewhere.

I'm still pretty damn sick, so the "birthday" thing's been kind of a nonevent. My folks did show up with what might be the most adult gift I've ever received -- a Haier "Horizontal Chest Freezer." That's right, seven cubic feet of deep freezing power! Which means I have the capacity for enough meat and vegetables deep frozen on hand to last out Nuclear Winter! So, when the bombs go off, come on over to my place for pot roast.

Last week, my boss made a big deal about the fact that my birthday was coming up and scoping out when other folks' birthdays were. Today... she called me from her cell phone after she left the building, to say "oh my God -- it's your birthday, isn't it, Eric?" Which frankly amused me. I mean, I'm 37. I hardly need little hats or cake I can't even eat.

After work, I went and ran errands, including getting some much needed cleaning supplies and a Pur water filter thing for my fridge, which is a good thing because I have to drink a lot of water but the tap water sucks here in Wolfeboro. I also got wastebaskets. And I stopped for dinner out, but being sick and gastrically challenged, said dinner barely got eaten. I then came home, drugged up and passed out.

So. Thirty-seven.

Seems a Hell of a lot like thirty-six so far. But I have a water pitcher and seven cubic feet of freezer space, so how bad could life be?

Please don't answer that.

Comments

[glitchphil.livejournal.com]

Fenshmastic Rabbit Hole, Snarky! I enjoyed it muchly.

[orikes13.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday either way. I think your rabbit hole story was a really nice bit as a tribute to both your birthday and the whole concept of the day's surreality.

I actually have thirty-six coming up in just a couple of weeks and it is bothering me for some reason much more than thirty-five did. Perhaps it's that whole 'closer to forty than twenty' thing. I know I certainly don't feel like I'm as old as the number says I'm supposed to be.

[rabbi-thor.livejournal.com]

Seven cubic feet of deep freeze storage? Enough to hold, say, an average-sized human body? I'll call ya'.

Look at 37 this way, bro; unlike most of us, you are getting healthier with each passing year. Hell, by the age of 70, you'll be lifting me over your head!

Now there's a happy birthday thought!

[corsetress.livejournal.com]

No, no no. Never store a body in the freezer. Go to hardware store. Get dropcloths. Thick plactic, preferibly, chop to bits. Bring to Swamp or sewer. Let the alligators take cake of it. Don't you guy's pay attention to CSI !!!! Don't forget to use bleach, lots and lots of bleach, every nook and crany. Geesh.

[rabbi-thor.livejournal.com]

But I don't have any alligators handy. There's always the locust tree grove out back. No one ever goes there.

[kateisozzy.livejournal.com]

No, no no. Never store a body in the freezer. Go to hardware store. Get dropcloths. Thick plactic, preferibly, chop to bits. Bring to Swamp or sewer. Let the alligators take cake of it.

...?

...but then... what's left for the casserole?

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

So what's it like to be 37? I'll be trying 36 on for size myself this coming year.

-The Gneech

[flit.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday! I am envious of your freezer!

[akawil]

Happy birthday! Now you can quote Holy Grail honestly for a year!

[wednesday]

Pur? Are those like the Brita filters that fit onto the faucet instead of into the fridge?

I need to replace my filter jug. It leaks.

In the worst available case scenario, you can put little hats in the freezer. Then, when the nuclear winter comes, you can put them on the silhouettes of people to whom you were mortally opposed.

[forsythferret.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday and yes, how many bodies can that freezer hold? That's the best way to rate things like that, I've found. Or gets you the most interesting looks, anyway.

[corsetress.livejournal.com]

Yes inquiring minds want to know.

happy belated b-day, fellow Aquarian!

[urban-muse.livejournal.com]

You're the third fellow Aquarian blogger to whom I've wished a happy b-day today! :)

I hadn't even realized that any of you were also born under the sign of the Water-Bearer, I just liked your writing. Aquarians rule! LOL

P.S. Loved the Calliope posts! You have great style, and if you do get a book published, I'll be looking forward to reading it!