3.26.2008

Randomly Sweet

More birthday presents for me! Today (just in time to be taken on my Vegas trip) I got a prezzie in the mail from Random Michelle. It's in keeping with her "Random (but not really)" persona: it is kind of random (I certainly was surprised!) but is for my birthday, so -- not really.

She went on my Amazon wishlist and got me The Years of Rice and Salt, by Kim Stanley Robinson, which I had put on there based on the recommendation from another online friend, belsum. I've been wanting to read it for a while, and because it's a gift, I'm putting it on the top of the "to read" pile.

Thanks so much, Michelle! You are very sweet and I am glad I know you (and not just because you gave me a gift). You are truely Teh Awesome. You will have to send me your address, in case I want to randomly return the thought -- if I have, oh, cookies or something that need a good home. ;)

Later: Oooh, today's my lucky day. I also got my passport back, complete with an Indian tourist visa. Yay!!!!

11 comments:

Janiece said...

I have Random Michelle's Snail Mail. In case she gets twitchy, I'll share.

Bwahahaha!

Anne C. said...

Muahahahahahaha! You're the best, Janiece. :)

Nathan said...

Jeez we're weird. Happy Birthday again. When's the actual day and am I allowed to ask how many of these you've had?

Anne C. said...

I love how weird we are (including you and your oddly dated blog posts :)
The actual day is Saturday (the 29th) and this will be my 34th. I'm old to wonder about the young whippersnappers I interact with (particularly at work) and young enough to be laughed at by people who consider me a young whippersnapper. It's a good age.

Random Michelle K said...

I'm not a wimp! I'll send you my address. :)

And you don't have to send me anything. Giving gifts makes me happy, so I'm already all YAY! and all. (laugh)

And I'm glad you liked it. My husband loves his Mars series, so I hope its good. (We actually have this book at my house. But I wasn't sure if it was F or SF.)

Anonymous said...

I love watching your multi-day birthday celebration. It's like a birthday festival! :)

34 is a good age - I was there 9 years ago. ;) Enjoy!

Anne C. said...

As I enjoy both F and SF, it's a pretty safe bet. I'll give a review (spoiler free) when I'm done.

And I know you didn't do it to get something in return, I just want to keep my options open. :) I have an idea, but I need to see how it pans out.

Anne C. said...

Heh, Jeri, I love my birthday festival too. It draws out the fun for longer.

belsum said...

Oooh YAY!!!! I can't wait to hear what you think of it. I've been slowly starting to ponder a reread...

Tania said...

Gosh, I remember 34 like it was just last year...

WAIT!! It was last year.

Anyway...

PARTY ON!!!

voyagerinmo said...

And a "thankfully not belated" Happy Birthday to you!

And a small BSG note (if you hadn't heard already) to share: the S4 opener will be available early online the day of the showing for an hour (and one hour only) online at Sci-Fi.com ... here's the deets: http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/
03/last-night-the.html