When real things happen to imaginary people

Today is a wonderful day? You know why? Because it is the birthday of two of my favorite people in the world.

Happy, happy birthday to my darling girl, kambriel! May the coming year be full of joy and creative energy!

Happy, happy birthday to my goddaughter Princess Tickybox! Oh good heavens, you're SIX!

Birthdays! Two very dear and special people are celebrating birthdays today!

Happy birthday to one of the kindest and most talented women I have the privilege of knowing, kambriel!

Happy birthday to Princess Lillian Tickybox, who is OH MY GOODNESS FIVE today! I am still kind of freaked out by her turning five, because she was a wee tiny infant just, like, yesterday. (That tiny baby I'm holding in my LJ icon? That would be Tickybox.) But five she is, and I'm very happy to be her Auntie Jilli.

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Music! Wow, I ask you folks for music recommendations and you just GO. Which is fantastic, thank you! I have a slew of new artists to track down (I'm going to give Last.fm a whirl later this week), and I'm listening to the Dark Cabaret playlist smu put together for me at this very moment.

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Hey, let's have an event reminder! This Thursday night, I'm reading at the Night Kitchen here in Seattle!