Birthday! Woe, Angst!

[rebness]

So, 25. A quarter of a century. It’s troubled me since the 29th of January 2005, and now it’s here. I didn't think it really deserved celebrating, because I don’t find turning 25 very funny. I noticed wrinkles on my hand the other day. Wrinkles! Granted, I have better skin than my coevals at work, but that’s because they use the sunbeds all the friggin’ time and have drier skin than The Mummy. I remain ghost-coloured, yet I cannae fight the wrinkles. I can’t even apply for a Young Persons Railcard anymore, because I’m not young enough. WOE IS ME. WOE. With a side order of woe.

I should also point out that I was born prematurely by two weeks, so perhaps I can pretend I’m still really 24.

Predictably, I resorted to a spot of retail therapy today, along with a pitiful attempt at baking a carrot cake, a gourmet pizza (Artichokes! Am so cultured, yo) and some risotto, which helped smooth over my woe. Unlike the wrinkles over my knuckles.


Thank you for all your birthday wishes, by the way! I'd crack a smile, but I'm trying to keep my face as inanimate and smooth as possible.

Comments

[migraine.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday. ^_^

[rebness.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much, random person! ;)

[coconutswirl.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday. Remember you're only as young as the person you feel.

[rebness.livejournal.com]

That's true. My nan always told my father that I was "born 104" though, so that's rather worrying... ;)

[leithal.livejournal.com]

I saw a great t-shirt once that said "if you can't stay young at least you can stay immature"... not sure if that's helpful.

Happy birthday anyway. xx

[rebness.livejournal.com]

Worthy advice!

*Rushes out to steal traffic cone*

[wickedmanifesto.livejournal.com]

really tho...the scary age is 46...

Happy Birthday doppleganger


(you sound like sally from coupling!)

[rebness.livejournal.com]

I don't plan to live till 46!

Thanks for the birthday wishes. I'll show you my wrinkles when I next see you in like May. I'm a changed woman, all wrinkly! (Must check out Coupling.)

[almostnever.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday! 25, eh? Apparently you were born the same day as Elijah Wood. That was a hell of a day for babies! ;-)

[rebness.livejournal.com]

Yeah! We'll show 'em!

Elijah has this supernatural youthful visage going on, though. It's quite disconcerting. I'm probably only older than him by an hour or something, but it probably doesn't look that way.

Thanks for the birthday wishes. ;)

Huzzah!

[stovetop00.livejournal.com]

To your health and another wonderful quarter of a century! *voice of impending d00m*

Re: Huzzah!

[rebness.livejournal.com]

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

Thanks. ;)

[psychojello.livejournal.com]

omg happy birthday!

[rebness.livejournal.com]

Merci. :D

[saffronlie.livejournal.com]

Why don't you moisturise your knuckles? :P (she said blithely, at young and twenty)

[rebness.livejournal.com]

I do, that's the tragedy of it all!

One day you'll be old and wizened like me!

[fadedacolyte.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday!

And is that a Perry Bible Fellowship comic I see...

[rebness.livejournal.com]

It is indeed! I love those comics-- they crack me up.

[fadedacolyte.livejournal.com]

I thought so. They definitely rank a seven on my Read-This-Today meter. ^^

[rebness.livejournal.com]

Hee, yeah.

Also, your icon just made me laugh out loud! Ahahaha!

[palelaura.livejournal.com]

^__^
Hee Hee that picture...

Awww. *hugs*

I myself have the hands of an old lady. I don't know why but the palm of my hand looks like it belongs on an 80 year old. >__<

[rebness.livejournal.com]

Hands. They betray us, man!

[scrr.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday!
And how does it feel to officially have used up a third of your life?...

[rebness.livejournal.com]

Like life is too short and I'm rushing towards the grave and eternal darkness at a rate so heady, it's impossible to understand. :(

[tsaress.livejournal.com]

in an hope to feel better we will both always be younger than nicky.

[rebness.livejournal.com]

LMFAO!!!

Methusaleh is younger than Nicky. ;)

[pandorasblog]

Awww, happy birthday! And my knuckles out-wrinkle your hands any day; something has gone terribly wrong with them, and me at the tender age of, er, 24. I have the makings of your birthday parcel here; the only reason they're not there is that I cleverly forgot to assemble them in a timely fashion so that you'd actually receive them on your birthday. Likewise Avarie's. The goodies should be in the post this week. D'oh!

[rebness.livejournal.com]

<3 Thank'ees!

I should send you some Nivea as recompense... ;)

[jaffacakequeen.livejournal.com]

happy birthday! and how dare you complain turning 25! what i would do to be 25 again.

[avariecaita.livejournal.com]

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY, AQUARIAN WENCH!!

I will be getting myself a fake id before I go across the pond again. To make me ... younger. The things we do for cheaper trains, planes, and automobiles.

COUPLING R0XSSSSSssssss!!!!!!111 (Almost as much as 'The Office')