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vernardThanks to all of you that took time out to wish me a happy birthday. As strange as it sounds, I actualy forgot it was my birthday ! I've been so busy with the phd, with the job at Clayton and with travelling out of town the past two weekends that it completely slipped my mind. Well that and I was terrified of it.
My birthday is always a day of serious introspection to me. I don't celebrate, I think. Really hard and really critically. I'm my hardest critic and I don't pull any punches on that day. And this year I didn't have the energy to fight myself off. So I put it in the back of mind. Pretended that it didn't exist so that I could avoid the fight that I knew I couldn't win.
But the many folks that called, emailed, posted on LJ and such reminded me that while I am my own worst critic, I have perhaps the best fan club in the world to balance it out. You folks are wonderful and I truly appreciate and love you all. Makes it that much easier to handle the next 364 days ahead.
My birthday is always a day of serious introspection to me. I don't celebrate, I think. Really hard and really critically. I'm my hardest critic and I don't pull any punches on that day. And this year I didn't have the energy to fight myself off. So I put it in the back of mind. Pretended that it didn't exist so that I could avoid the fight that I knew I couldn't win.
But the many folks that called, emailed, posted on LJ and such reminded me that while I am my own worst critic, I have perhaps the best fan club in the world to balance it out. You folks are wonderful and I truly appreciate and love you all. Makes it that much easier to handle the next 364 days ahead.
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Date: 2004-11-23 05:18 am (UTC)May you get some of that heaping pile of good karma back Real Soon Now.
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Date: 2004-11-23 05:28 am (UTC)Well, if you're your worst critic, the rest of us have no where to go but up. ;-)
Thanks for that. ;-)
Besides, if you ever satisfied yourself, you'd be bored. :-)
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Date: 2004-11-23 07:27 am (UTC)20 PRINT "Happy birthday to V"
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Date: 2004-11-23 02:41 pm (UTC)I personally don't ever think on my birthday. I keep it as a celebration day. I have to think every other day, and I am always my own toughest critic, so I take the day to gorge myself on cake and liquor :-P.
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Date: 2004-11-23 04:52 pm (UTC)Happy belated birthday! Thank you so much for all you have done for me. I have learned so much from you. You are truly The Man. *hugs*
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Date: 2004-11-23 06:46 pm (UTC)And I'm not The Man. But he was my mentor :)
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Date: 2004-11-24 01:35 am (UTC)welcome to the next 364.
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