Sun 27 August 2006 - Happy birthday to me
Turned 36 today.
Biggest present: A big framed print of what is probably my favourite painting, Collins Street, 5pm (John Brack).
Other presents: Books to read, CDs and DVDs to listen to and watch, a really nice (and expensive) dinner at Il Solito Posto, a really nice (probably inexpensive) home-made dinner and birthday greetings by email, SMS and card.
And the family sitting in the back garden in the (occasional) sunshine drinking tea, eating cake, chatting and bouncing on the trampoline and pogo-stick. Another great birthday.
August 27th, 2006 at 8:38pm
You have a pogo stick? How wonderful!
Oh yeah, many happy returns and all that
August 27th, 2006 at 8:45pm
The kids were given it several years ago. I assume it’s good exercise, because it’s damn hard work bouncing on it!
August 28th, 2006 at 1:14am
Happy Birthday dude… may you have many, many more too.
August 28th, 2006 at 9:33am
That’s one of my favourite paintings too. So Melbourne. Love it!
August 28th, 2006 at 9:46am
Happy Birthday!
Here’s to many more
/cheers
August 28th, 2006 at 9:46am
Many happy returns of the day for yesterday. Pogo sticks are fun! I can remember them at primary school during playtime but everyone used to fight over who was going to use the couple that were available. Hope the meal at Il Solito Posto is both enjoyable and memorable.
August 28th, 2006 at 12:54pm
Best wishes Daniel.
August 28th, 2006 at 6:21pm
Happy birthday for Yesterday Daniel
Looks like you had a great day
August 28th, 2006 at 6:39pm
happy birthday from a fellow Virgoan. famous bloke born on our birthday? none other than Sir Donald Bradman
August 28th, 2006 at 8:16pm
Happy Birthday Daniel!
I got some nice presents yesterday also (money for computer parts, Tim Burton’s “Corpse Bride” on DVD, a Bill Bailey DVD, “Short Circuit” on DVD, and “Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion” for the PC).
Plus, interestingly, Aberdeen City Council sponsored a Medieval Battle Recreation event in the football field out the back of my house. Which was all very cool, until it rained
August 28th, 2006 at 10:57pm
PDX: Bradman and Mother Teresa too!
Graeme: Happy birthday! heh, yes it would be very cool to sit and watch a medieval battle out the back of your house…
Thanks all.
August 30th, 2006 at 12:54am
Happy Birthday Daniel!
Perhaps we can get our wish for a better public transport system next year….
Alex
August 30th, 2006 at 6:50am
Nice picture. Happy birthday. BTW I think you hung your picture too high. The way decorators do it is they center it at eye level when you are standing looking at it. Looks like you have to peer up at it.
August 30th, 2006 at 10:00pm
HB Daniel !
August 30th, 2006 at 10:11pm
You may be right Nancy… it was originally even higher, and has been brought down a bit. But it’s still marginally above eye-level, and may need further adjustment.
September 1st, 2006 at 12:17am
A belated happy birthday wish to you!!!
Nice present - that painting has been one of my favourites since writing one of my year 11 or 12 art assessment tasks on it. Where have they put it in the Potter centre? I haven’t seen it (not that I’ve spent any time looking for it specifically…)