My birthday

[vilakins]

I thought my birthday in RL would be bit of a fizzle because most restaurants don't open on Monday nights, so I met Greg for lunch. When I got there though, he'd just been phoned about an emergency, so I just bought a samosa and went home where I could follow it with ice-cream and a book. I'd have consoled myself with a massage but hey, it's Monday and salons are closed as well. At least I wasn't Ugly Betty stood up in a fashionable restaurant with cheese fondue for two.

And if I hadn't gone out, I'd have been home when kerravonsen rang. She did leave a lovely rendition of 'Happy Birthday' on my voicemail though, and I knew it was her singing before she said so. [delighted grin and hugs]

Greg's home now and it seems that there are some restaurants open in Mission Bay (which is wall-to-walls restaurants and cafes) so I'm getting a dinner out after all, yay!

And look [points at icon] - I also got an adorable mini Vila from the talented redscharlach, and a gorgeous and happy-making story from vandonovan, Satisfaction, complete with a banner of Avon and Vila in the outfits they're wearing in the story. [loves]

And I really should link to the Vila with roses snowgrouse gave me last year because Vila in a suit with roses? Come on!

As for the Daily Mail, I shall be invoicing them tomorrow.

Comments

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

Once again: Happy Birthday! Glad you managed to get your dinner, after all! :) But why are restaurants closed on Monday? *is puzzled by your strange foreign customs*

[zoefruitcake.livejournal.com]

awww, good Vila pic :0) Lucky you

[ultrapsychobrat.livejournal.com]

Monday was always the traditional closing day for restaurants--supposedly to recover from the weekend. A few here still close then, but most aren't.

[vandonovan.livejournal.com]

Oh, the bitty Vila from redscharlach is marvelous. I have several of hers for Who. But the Vila! Eee, the Vila! ♥ *wants an Avon/Vila one now, dammit* Ahahahaha.

Yay for dinner out! I hope it's a good one--you deserve it! ♥

Happy birthday again!

[arenee1999]

Aww, mini Vila! He's cute. :) And I can't say how much I love Van's story. Seriously, his stories always leave me a bit speachless. XD

And again, Happy Birthday!

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Because they like a night off and they stay open all weekend. All the local ones were closed, but Mission Bay, one of Auckland popular eating areas, seemed to be completely up and running; tourists would still be able to eat out. We went to a Calabrese place I used to go to when I was at uni. :-)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Isn't he cute! And his expression is perfect!

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I have a couple of DW ones too (Five and Ace) but a Vila! [bounce] He's just adorable!

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

The story is fabulous, and such a lovely surprise! :-D

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Oh and I should say: I printed your story out for Greg and he loved it too. :-D

[vandonovan.livejournal.com]

Printed out? Oh my! Ahahaha, well, I'm very glad! *happy*

And yes. I hope she'll do more of the B7 crew. They rock. XD

[kernezelda]

What an up-and-down birthday! Since many others have already commented on the photo use, I'll merely wish you a good evening out with Greg, and hope you had a good day at home with with Claudia and Tessa.

Happy Birthday, and many to follow!

[kerravonsen]

8-)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I should see if she has a Sontaran, ha ha.

[vandonovan.livejournal.com]

Ahaahaha. Why a Sontaran?

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

We had Italian, and I am now soooo full.

Thank you! I certainly hope so!

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Because I only saw them for the first time this week. I watched a DVD I bought ('The Sontaran Experiment' under the misapprehension it was good) and it had a great doco about Sontarans on it. Armed with my new knowledge, I than watched the updated ones on new DW.

I don't want an icon of them; I just want to see what redsharlach did with them. :-)

[vandonovan.livejournal.com]

Ahahahaa. You should watch The Two Doctors when my package arrives. (BTW, ironically, I sent a package to Japan the same day and it arrived today!) But The Two Doctors has Two, Jamie, Jacqueline Pearce and Sontarans! (Not that they're any good there, either.) Ahahaha.

[imhilien.livejournal.com]

I do like that icon. :) I hope you had a nice dinner...

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

The doco said their best showing was in 'The Time Agent' or something similar. And I found one (http://www.redscharlach.co.uk/minisontaranicon.jpg)!

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I did, though the servings were too big for me to finish. We went to a Calabrese place and the tiramisu was excellent.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

BTW who are those two in your icon?

[vandonovan.livejournal.com]

Ahahahaha, The Time Warrior? Yeah. That's their introduction. It's pretty good, I suppose. I like them in general, but in a weird way.

[imhilien.livejournal.com]

That's good. Sometimes it seems you either get big servings, or small servings on a big plate... :-p

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

Polly and Ben?

[norda.livejournal.com]

Yay, dinner out!

Birthday wishes from afar.

[snowgrouse.livejournal.com]

Wah, I should've made you another one. Am rubbish at remembeing birthdays these days. But I AM WISHING YOU A MILLION VILAS WITH ROSES. They'll drink your wine cellar dry, but the conversation will be worth it.

[glitterboy1.livejournal.com]

Good luck with pursuing the Daily Mail. Whether they did it out of laziness, ignorance, or a deliberate attempt to just get away with it, well done for chasing it.

[jhall1.livejournal.com]

A slightly late Happy Birthday from me. I'm glad that you were able to go out for dinner after all.

[spacefall.livejournal.com]

Hurrah, and here's to many more years of vilakins :D

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Um... OK?

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :-D

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

LOL, it would be! And that Vila was worth several years of birthdays!

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Greg says to demand twice the going rate, for piracy, and I might too though I'm a bit nervous.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Me too, esp after driving right over to Sylvia Park for a measly samosa, chiz.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Thanks, and I hope so too! :-D

And I love that icon!

[snowgrouse.livejournal.com]

*big huge huggles*

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

As in The Slave War (http://altariel.livejournal.com/361444.html), coming soon!

astrogirl2 has a Polly icon...

[seileach67.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday! (or is it "belated birthday" by now? Can't keep track of the Date Line!)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I'm almost half-way through the next day, but thank you!

[jecono.livejournal.com]

Oooh - so sorry I I didn't make it yesterday - happy belated Birthday to you, Nico! I hope you had a nice dinner! *hugs*

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

We did, thanks, and don't worry--I'm hopeless at birthdays myself!