i've been trying to write this blog entry like 5 times but i never get round to completing or saving it so it just gets lost in cyberspace. i'm getting tired of doing this over and over again so i'm just gonna give highlights of my birthday weekend which went really really well, all things considering.

Act I. eve of bday.
marty falls asleep before midnight and after midnight, i wake him up by thumping my index finger repeatedly on the tip of his nose so he can wish me a happy bday. i get sulky because he barely manages a grunt and right then, i decide not to celebrate my bday at all...

--> I'm afterall a girl and it's my prerogative to throw girl tantrums as and when i like to.

Act II. Morning of bday
wake up feeling much better about bday, decide not to go in to work. had breckie with marty in verandah. beautiful morning. chilly weather

Act III. Noon of bday
Lunch with beat, ee lin, sang, marty and some other colleagues. Sang passed me my bday party pack and i knew my bday was gonna be cool no matter how shitty the rest of the day turned out. this was sydney and nothing was gonna stop me. ROCK ON!!

Act IV. afternoon of bday.
persuaded beat to go shopping with mart and myself. went to oxford street where shopping is expensive but figured "hey it's my bday!!".... wanted to do major damage to bank account but barely managed a scratch. Darn... beat on the other hand was on a roll... t'was still great fun trying on weird caps, sunnies and clothes... lesson learnt: marty looks gay in a tilted cap.

Act V. evening of bday
invited beat over for simple dinner of puttanesca and angel hair.

Act VI. after dinner
wanted to give beat lift home but she said she needed to digest and wanted to stay a while longer... thought... "OK... weird for beat to say so considering boyfriend was waiting for her to bring dinner home and how would staying on at my place help digestion anyway"... ended up watching dumb video clips of the net. (please see www.angryaliens.com and www.youtube.com search for mad tv, parody of memoirs of a geisha for entertainment)
finally at around 9ish, thought to self... surely beat wants to go home now and suggested once again that i could send her home... Marty immediately pipes up eagerly "show beat the brokeback moutain bunnies clip!" (see www.angryaliens.com )... thought to self... "ok something is definitely up... can it be more obvious?" Apparently... i lean forward to search for the clip on my laptop and marty and beatrice who are seated on either side of me lean in towards each other and start whispering...
this was my cue to turn around and ask "ok... what the hell is going on"
can't anyone around here get a surprise right i wonder???
they put on their most guilty and sheepish face ever... i don't think they could ever win an emmy for acting... sigh....
so the truth came out,.... amanda was planning a surprise... wahaha... well surprise was on her.

Act VII. Amanda comes....
amanda sms-es mart telling him she's here and to get him to bring her in... mart is a wuss and doesn't tell amanda that i already know about the surprise... i drag beat into the stairwell outside my apartment door and wait for amanda to come so we can jump out and surprise her from behind... amanda, gen, karl and the 2 martins comes with a cake and flaming candles... they open the door slowly and quietly... i spring out from behind and say SURPRISE.... everyone turns around and looks at me... expressionless... my brow furrows and i feel like time has stood still... why aren't they surprised??? i say "surprise" again once more.... this time less enthusiastically and more unsure of myself... everyone springs to life just then and we all have a good laugh as i get birthday hugs from everyone... yay... apparently the estonians were stoned... that explains the lack of emotions...

Act VIII. Exchange hotel
went there for drinks, listen to live band, get wasted... ended early, went home to spend QUALITY time with the love of my life... had a great night with him chatting and bonding, went star gazing, saw bright shiny planet in the sky... fell in love all over again... SHHHWWWEEET!

Act IX. The morning and noon after the big night out
woke up and lazed in bed for 5 hours... i'm amazed... can you fucking believe that?? and we didn't even fall back to sleep... woke at 830 and actually got out of bed at 130 for lunch... went for shanghainese at ashfield... we were sooo famished... guo tie, fried rice and chinese pancakes... yummmmm

Act X. afternoon activities the day after the big night
went to glebe sappho books for great coffee... went walking in the glebe markets... went to park at broadway, played with cute dog that looked like toupee, decided to visit lisa and dom and check Pontoof out... (Pontoof is cute whippet that lisa and dom just got)... brought Pontoof to the park with Dom, played with several dogs.. headed off to mart's place to get tickets for play

Act XI. evening action
took a nap at mart's place, snuggled for a little while in front of heater... brrr.. cold night out. went to seymour theatre to watch play about beastiality -- "the goat or where is sylvia" is the title of the play... had drinks with mart's friend at the rose hotel after that.... and then had dinner at super bowl... hot congee and fried noodles for a cold wintery autumn night... went home, collapsed in bed after a short frolic.

Act XII. Sunday morning...
dragged mart up and met up with amanda for breckie... yay daylight savings... one more hour in the day... went to le petit creme for breakfast. hot viet waitress that victor drooled over still works there... put on a bit of weight though.. but then again doesn't everybody... went shopping in the city after that and put a $50 deposit on a $250 pair of boots.... YESH... finally... got something for meself... Mart buys me a 2nd bday present... a jamie oliver cookbook... Yay!!!! my idol.... i wonder if he is hinting something...

Act XIII. Sunday arvo.
Headed off to manly to meet up with peter... amanda, gen and karl came along... play beach volleyball and soccer... fun fun fun...

Act XIV. Sunday evening.
Sun down, get beers and big out on hungry jacks and cheap chinese cai fan... after dinner and beer guzzling, realised it was only 830pm... what the hell? night's still young so headed back to marty's place where there was tv watching and play station soccer playing... finally called the weekend over at 11~ish... Collapsed into bed at 12 midnight tired but satisfied that the weekend was well spent....