Thursday, 8 May 2008

On birthdays, Babylon 5 and being 25

I thoroughly enjoyed my birthday party last weekend. I'd like to think it struck about the right balance of silliness and grown-upness. I'm left wondering how many more years I can get away with doing that kind of thing. I'm aiming for another 25, but I have a feeling that eventually I'll have to give up on the idea of train cake, music and slacklining.

I am very excited by the prospect of 42 DVDs full of Babylon 5 goodness. I fully intend to watch them all over the next few months, and then dip in and out of commentaries and such for a while to come (after I've finished dealing with the Matrix boxset, Alien Quadrilogy and Bladerunner final cut, to name but a few). On that note, I have all of Babylon 5 of video, and I'm hoping someone will take it off my hands so I can reclaim some shelf space. Adam, I'm looking at you.

I'm also chuffed with the selection of classical CDs I got, the selection of coffees, and the option to get yet more stuff from Amazon, which is always fun, if excrutiatingly difficult at the same time (because every time I make a selection, I know I'm not selecting at least a dozen other things I'm hankering after).

Mainly though, I'd like to thank all of those who came to my modest shindig (and those who made it happen). I enjoyed you being there, and I hope it wasn't too dull for any of you either. Thanks.

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