Felicitations

[tealin]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR PRATCHETT!


It almost makes me wish I believed in astrology so that I could think we had something in common.

Comments

[heroandbob.livejournal.com]

Yeah... But you do anyway. Being all talented and creative.

But it is kinda cool being the same sign anyway.

[thefordmustang.livejournal.com]

Astrology or not, you both seem to have the same sense of humor and outlook on life.

[flusterdance.livejournal.com]

Why be like someone else when you can be like yourself?

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

I'm perfectly happy being myself, and wouldn't want to be anyone else. It's just cool when you can find a connection that links you (however tenuously) to someone you admire. If I didn't believe astrology to be complete rubbish, I could say 'Wow, we're both Tauruses!' and then there could be some sort of pshychic bond by which some of his infinite coolness might rub off on me, or be reflected on me through the astral planes by means of magical starshine and – rubbish. So far the best I can manage in a non-rubbish way is 'I read his books' and, to a lesser degree, 'we both speak the same language.' Oh, and I went to one of his book signings, so we were briefly in the same building.

I agree, blind devotion to someone and trying to mold yourself in their image is self-destructive and leads only to misery, but if you don't even admire anyone you end up being a self-absorbed narcissistic egomaniac.

[flusterdance.livejournal.com]

Apparently there's just something about me that keeps making you crazy.

What I meant was, you shouldn't stress about not having much in common with Terry Pratchett, because if you had everything in common with Terry Pratchett, then you'd be... Terry Pratchett. Anyway, it's no good to compare yourself to other people, because no matter who you look at, you'll never quite match up. Like comparing sheep and horses. "Oh, I'll never be as wooly as him." that's because you're not a sheep, you're a horse. You can be fast and smart and do that weird thing with your lips, and that makes up for the fact that you're not wooly.

[pyri-prongs.livejournal.com]

Whoo! Happy Birthday, he's getting old ^_^

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

Not that old, he's not even sixty yet. Long live King Terrence!

[morbid-bunny.livejournal.com]

HEAR HEAR! -cheers- Because Mr. Pratchett deserves a cheer!

[azvolrien.livejournal.com]

Hurrah!

[ari-enchanted.livejournal.com]

Yay Pratchett!

And I have to know what you think about this. (http://ebaumsworld.com/disney-animation-reuse.html)

[disneyboy.livejournal.com]

I know I'm not twirlynoodle, but you can find out what I thought about it here:
http://disneyboy.livejournal.com/8324.html#cutid1
(...aw, crap, you're right. Who CARES? Twirlynoodle, what do you think about this?)

[disneyboy.livejournal.com]

WOO! I LOVE the celebratory icon! (and I must admit, I wasn't QUITE as shocked this time - I snuck a peek at all your icons a few days ago, and discovered your diabolical plan! Ha ha ha ha!)

[disneyboy.livejournal.com]

My claim to fame (have I already mentioned this?) is that my birthday falls on the day that Dark's carnival arrives into town in Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes - check the flyers in the movie if you're curious!

[thefordmustang.livejournal.com]

Cool, cool trivia! Brilliant! I have to check that out when I next see SWTWC again. (It was a great movie, and I am a big Ray Bradbury fan- he grew up in Illinois and often writes about Illinois and Missouri farm and small town life- and he is great at it. My two favorite stories of his are "Frost and Fire" and "Uncle Einar" (short stories)

Cannot say much about my birthday. In Robert Heinlein's novel "To Sail Beyond the Sunset" it falls on Santa Carolita day which, in the far future is supposed to be this galaxy wide day of festivities and orgies. It was named after the main character's daughter. Definately not my style, but Mr. Heinlein was poking fun at society and showing how, over the centuries, an ordinary person's birthday can turn into a big event that has nothing to do with the original person.

Otherwise, I think some incident in the Spanish American war also happened on my birthday, but I cannot remember what it was, now. I have to research it again.

[disneyboy.livejournal.com]

Hey, if people insisted in having festivals and orgies throughout the galaxy on MY birthday, I could live with that. (as long as there was no destruction of property or anything like that)
I haven't read "Frost and Fire" and I'm having trouble remebering what happens in "Uncle Einar" - shameful! How can I consider myself a true Bradbury fan? But I have met him a few times (one of the advantages of living in So-Cal) and acted like a babbling cretin ('I worship you! You are my idol!", etc.) and he still signed my books. He is losing his hearing and mostly confined to a whelchair but still very funny, feisty, and cool.

[thefordmustang.livejournal.com]

Wow! You have met the great Ray Bradbury. ** Goes on knees in admiration** I never got that chance- he was long gone to Southern California before I was old enough to read his books.

The Uncle Einar story (and I maybe have the wrong title?) is the one about the winged man living an ordinary life in 1940s rural Illinois and hating that he can no longer fly due to an accident that stranded him in Illinois. Frost and Fire is about a planet so close to the sun with time going faster than ours that a human lifecycle is reduced to just weeks.

[disneyboy.livejournal.com]

Ah! I remember "Einar" now! He gets married and has kids, right? (do they fly?) I can't remeber if he ever made it home (I'll just have to read it again!) Dang - "Frost and Fire" sounds scary!
You should come out to Comic-Con if you want to meet The Man!

[thefordmustang.livejournal.com]

Yes, you are correct!

Nope, his kids don't have wings and he never flies again, but he discovers a wonderful way to fly and while teaching the kids how to fly a kite.

Frost and Fire is more sad than scary. The great idea of the story is that a few young people decide not to accept their destination and try to figure a way to get people off the planet and its deadly gravity- sped up lifecycle. What they do is pretty original.

Wow- I did not realize he would be at Comic Con. I should look into it. Thanks for the tip.

[disneyboy.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah - now I remember about the kite! Heh - I must have read that back in high school! Or was it junior high?
Bradbury comes every year (as he also does to the LA Festival of Books) and probably will continue to do so as long as he can do anything at all. Last year they had a great panel wiht him, Forrie J. Ackerman, and Ray Harryhausen chatting away and reminiscing.

[thefordmustang.livejournal.com]

No that would be a nice memory to have, just to hear those three great ones chew the fat together. They have created a legacy that has impacted so much of today's perceptions of science fiction, fantasy and movie special effects.

[disneyboy.livejournal.com]

Yes. Amen!

But what about today?

[noodledaddy.livejournal.com]

Here's the plan . . .

[noodledaddy.livejournal.com]

Take a drawing from Twirly's web site and either put a new caption on it or make a balloon to make the characters say something about Twirly's birthday. Here are some examples:

Re: Here's the plan . . .

[disneyboy.livejournal.com]

My entries are here. They are lame. You have been warned.

Re: Here's the plan . . .

[thefordmustang.livejournal.com]

These are utterly brilliant! It was a good thing I was not drinking coffee when I looked at them. I especially liked Mr. Harry "One Drop" Trooper, the hang man.

I wish I had time to do these as well.

[okiwan.livejournal.com]

Oh my gosh, I am late. Oh well,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TWIRLYNOODLE!

[marcyleecorgan.livejournal.com]

*dashes in with late, but still well-meaning birthday wishes*