Comments on: Okay, Make with the Good Wishes Already http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/okay-make-with-the-good-wishes-already/ falling indelibly into the past Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:47:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Mark Brawner http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/okay-make-with-the-good-wishes-already/#comment-273 Mark Brawner Thu, 31 Aug 2006 23:17:52 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=128#comment-273 <p>High five, sistah!  (I’ll be 39 also one day shy of twelve weeks from today.) </p> High five, sistah!  (I’ll be 39 also one day shy of twelve weeks from today.)

]]> By: ciw http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/okay-make-with-the-good-wishes-already/#comment-272 ciw Mon, 28 Aug 2006 05:38:46 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=128#comment-272 <p>"i happened to cruise by your blog on your birthday” </p> <p> birthday week, that is. </p> “i happened to cruise by your blog on your birthday”

birthday week, that is.

]]> By: christina wilson http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/okay-make-with-the-good-wishes-already/#comment-271 christina wilson Mon, 28 Aug 2006 05:34:51 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=128#comment-271 <p>how fortuitous that i happened to cruise by your blog on your birthday.  i completely agree with you re: the -9 vs. -0 thing.  -0s open out onto new vistas and possibilties; -9’s seem like terminus points.  anyway, good luck this year as you make your way toward that next open door of possibility.  and btw, it’s been far too long since you maria and i had a pow-wow.  we need to do that again soon!  all best, ciw. </p> how fortuitous that i happened to cruise by your blog on your birthday.  i completely agree with you re: the -9 vs. -0 thing.  -0s open out onto new vistas and possibilties; -9’s seem like terminus points.  anyway, good luck this year as you make your way toward that next open door of possibility.  and btw, it’s been far too long since you maria and i had a pow-wow.  we need to do that again soon!  all best, ciw.

]]> By: KF http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/okay-make-with-the-good-wishes-already/#comment-270 KF Sun, 27 Aug 2006 19:19:29 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=128#comment-270 <p>Thanks, all.  It’s funny—as I emailed a friend, being 39 feels, weirdly enough, exactly like being 38 (which felt exactly like being 37, which...), and yet <i>turning</i> 39 seemed an altogether dismal prospect.  It’s funny how much psychic energy gets bound up in that day, only to have it turn out to be pretty much like every other day.  I’ve often wondered if birthday anxiety, particularly as we get older, is in fact less about the actual significance of the day than about the ways that the day really isn’t all that significant any more. </p> Thanks, all.  It’s funny—as I emailed a friend, being 39 feels, weirdly enough, exactly like being 38 (which felt exactly like being 37, which…), and yet turning 39 seemed an altogether dismal prospect.  It’s funny how much psychic energy gets bound up in that day, only to have it turn out to be pretty much like every other day.  I’ve often wondered if birthday anxiety, particularly as we get older, is in fact less about the actual significance of the day than about the ways that the day really isn’t all that significant any more.

]]> By: New Kid on the Hallway http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/okay-make-with-the-good-wishes-already/#comment-269 New Kid on the Hallway Sun, 27 Aug 2006 16:51:53 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=128#comment-269 <p>Belated Happy Birthday! </p> Belated Happy Birthday!

]]> By: Michael Bérubé http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/okay-make-with-the-good-wishes-already/#comment-268 Michael Bérubé Sun, 27 Aug 2006 01:54:39 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=128#comment-268 <p>Happy birthday!  39 will indeed be fabulous.  I promise. </p> Happy birthday!  39 will indeed be fabulous.  I promise.

]]> By: Chuck http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/okay-make-with-the-good-wishes-already/#comment-267 Chuck Sat, 26 Aug 2006 16:01:41 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=128#comment-267 <p>This is now very late, but I did try to leave a comment earlier (for some reason it didn’t work).  At any rate, happy belated birthday! </p> This is now very late, but I did try to leave a comment earlier (for some reason it didn’t work).  At any rate, happy belated birthday!

]]> By: BT http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/okay-make-with-the-good-wishes-already/#comment-266 BT Fri, 25 Aug 2006 02:23:55 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=128#comment-266 <p>Many happy belated returns, from restful Seven Hills Lake in Putnam County.  I’ll be whingeing through my own almost-forty soon enough. </p> Many happy belated returns, from restful Seven Hills Lake in Putnam County.  I’ll be whingeing through my own almost-forty soon enough.

]]> By: KF http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/okay-make-with-the-good-wishes-already/#comment-265 KF Thu, 24 Aug 2006 14:53:52 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=128#comment-265 <p>Thanks, all.  It turned out to be a pretty great day, or as great a day as any day that involves the airport can be.  And I made the decision at some point that any year that begins so well must be fabulous, simply by association.  So onward and upward. </p> <p> (And Frances:  I’m a firm believer in birthday-week, so you’re not late at all!) </p> Thanks, all.  It turned out to be a pretty great day, or as great a day as any day that involves the airport can be.  And I made the decision at some point that any year that begins so well must be fabulous, simply by association.  So onward and upward.

(And Frances:  I’m a firm believer in birthday-week, so you’re not late at all!)

]]> By: Frances http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/okay-make-with-the-good-wishes-already/#comment-264 Frances Thu, 24 Aug 2006 08:52:36 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=128#comment-264 <p>I’m a day late, but have ordained that I’m still allowed to wish you a Happy Birthday. </p> <p> I hope you had a fabulous day. </p> I’m a day late, but have ordained that I’m still allowed to wish you a Happy Birthday.

I hope you had a fabulous day.

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