The Guild, Supernatural, Hitchhiker's Guide, and Ghostbusters: AKA My Birth Week

 Hey Friends,

Last week was my birthday and there was fun things to do through out the week. I finally decided to adopt a birth week celebration, because I don't get a lot of opportunities to celebrate me. I shook off the misconceptions I had that only self absorbed people did birth weeks. So let me take you through some of the last week plus a few days.

A Little Guildie Fun 

Did some rewatching of The Guild, due to the fact I had been working on my book and a character had been rewatching it, so it got me wanting to do the same. It's also a good time for a refresher since they announced their going to start fundraising for a movie. 

If your not familiar with The Guild, it's a web series actress Felicia Day came out with in 2007 that ran till 2013. It follows a game guild who meet in real life and shenanigans ensue. This is a required viewing in the late 2000's to early 2010's section of your geek history education.

My 42 Birthday and a Misadventure in Cooking 

So like I said in a previous post this was a low key b-day. The PMDD was kindish to me that day. I started with making my pitcher of mockarita so it'd have time to chill. I used The Speckled Palate's Virgin Margarita recipe as a guide. I deviated in that I couldn't get fresh lime juice.

After this I watched a little more of The Guild and Trent The Traveler videos.  My Grannie stopped by to give me her gifts one of which is a purse that is awesome cause it's a cross body bag that holds all my stuff. 

Later in the day I began to prepared the main dish for my birthday supper from Supernatural: The Official Cookbook, Winchester Surprise:

This was my most ambitious recipe I think I've ever tried that wasn't baking. My Mom gave me some pointers before heading to church with Grannie, leaving me to my own devices with just the cookbook as my guide. 

          

Now I deviated from the recipe a bit it calls for ground pork and ground beef, well I decided to use what we had in the freezer which was ground pork sausage and ground deer meat and instead of chopping up pickles Mom suggested I use dill relish that it was basically chopped pickles. I feel the Winchesters are use what you got kind of people.

 

 

The other ways I deviated from the recipe in shredded cheese and instead of corn chips I put pepperoni on top to make an image of a planet to represent Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy for it is the birthday I become the answer to life, the universe, everything.

 

 

I decided on a side of peas. Now my Mom had instructed me that these particular can of peas needed a long boil... I over did it a bit...

 

Winchester Surprise was a hit. Mom and Grannie loved it! The drink was good, but very sweet, so sweet you couldn't drink much in one go. I don't know if the actual margarita drink is that sweet or not. Can someone let me know?

 I also had a late night s'more. It's become the birthday tradition for me.

My Birthday Haul

 

So here is my birthday haul:

Back right the purse my Grannie gave me.

Back left is my Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Magazine, which may have a slight error in it, but I still love it.

Front right is the complete collection of the 42nd Anniversary editions of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series. I'd said I'd like the first book, wasn't expecting the whole thing. Y'all the books smell so good. 

Front center is a Lego Botanicals Dandelion. I've already put it together and it's hanging out in a vase.

Front right is a bottle of  Body Fantasies Cotton Candy Body Spray that was suppose to be a Christmas present but got forgotten.

I also got this homemade bag:

 

   

 

It was a collaborative effort between my Mom and Grannie. The strap had to get adjusted it was a little long.

 

 

June 6th

 

So the Saturday after my birthday was a full day and of course I get a lousy night of sleep. First was my family reunion. A time to reunite with family and partake of food. This year I had a cousin grill up burgers and hot dogs. Fangirl came at my invite, cause we were going out after words in honor of my birthday since she hadn't been able to come up on the day. I figured we lunch at the reunion and hit local stores to save money so we can go out on her birthday. 

I got some belated birthday wishes, and one not so good sentiment. Had a cousin's wife asked me my age I told her 42, she's like that's a good age your getting everything together in your head, then your body falls apart. It's like that's a kind of fraked up to tell some one. I've been feeling good about myself in my 30's and 40's when it comes to my aging. I've felt good physically despite my preexisting  physical issues I've had since I was in high school. I've approached all my birthdays with joy and hope once I discovered the scary tales people go on about being in your 30's, 40's, and so on is bull crap. I feared the big 3-0 back in my 20's, but as I got closer I saw it wasn't the scary beast people made it out to be, and I threw the most fun birthday with rainbow cake and ring pops. It's how I also approached my 40th. So I tend to ignore such talk and follow how my aging is going for me not someone else's aging or preconceived notions of aging.

I was a bit tired and irritable due to little sleep and the fact later that day the inevitable end of PMDD would happen. After the reunion Fangirl and I headed out. We hit up three thrift stores, a used book store, and a stop at Geek Mountain. After the shopping I went home and killed over into slumber.

 

June 6th Haul

 

 So first up is my gifts from Fangirl:

 

 

In the back is the final three books I needed in Tamora Pierce's Protector of the Small series. Then there's the blue dice bag Fangirl handmade for me, it's now holding all the loose dice Fangirl has gifted me over the years.The black box holds these beautiful fluid filled dice that have glittery things within.

They're all sitting in a dice chest Fangirl painted. It's currently housing all the dice sets my friends gifted me.

 

Now we come to the shopping haul. This is all the things we purchased that day:

 

  

 

Top right is a Superman/Wonder Woman comic I got at Geek Mountain.

Top left is a blue bunny Fangirl found cast off in a random section of Goodwill, she gifted him to me for the Blue Bunny Army, I'm naming him Ford after the character in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Middle left is my Goodwill find: Greenwitch by Susan Cooper, the next book I needed in the Dark Is Rising series. 

Bottom is Comic book bags from Geek Mountain, cause I have naked comics in my collection.

 

Ghostbusters Day

 

Lastly is Ghostbusters Day, now the 8th was outside my birth week this year, but it's close enough so I'll count it. Ghostbusters is a special franchise to me, because I was born the week it premiered in theaters. The day started by ducking out for my Mom's doctor appointment and after that was dragged out way longer than we thought we returned home. I got a late start watching the Ghostbusters movie. Like the 40th anniversary viewing I decided to eat a s'more during the Stay Puff Marshmallow destruction scene, it adds a another level to the viewing:

I got the idea for this from The Baby-Sitter's Club #9 The Ghost at Dawn's House. In one scene of the book the girls make s'mores to eat for that end part of the movie. It was a good idea, Mom mom even joined in the fun.

 

Okay that was a long post at least it felt like it writing it, then add in just bad attention span and power going out while trying to write it, it took much longer. So I hope your weekend is good and have some fun out there. See ya!

 

*Thrifty Geek* 

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and My Birthday

 Hello Galaxy Hitchhikers, 

So my birthday is next week and this year I become the answer to life, the universe, everything. If you aren't familiar with Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams the answer to all the previous mentioned is 42. 

My History  

I've been making reference to "42" since before I knew what I was referencing. It all started in high school when the Captain told me about this game she played called Quest for Glory, a game series that came out in the 90's that was chocked full of pop culture references. The particular point the 42 reference came in the game is when your involved in some Monty Python and the Holy Grail style of questioning trying to see a wizard. One of the questions asked is: "What is the meaning of life?" Captain informed me the answer was 42. I just found the idea of a number being the answer to everything hilarious. So we referenced it without realizing where it came from, at least I didn't.

I wouldn't be introduced to series until later in high school when another group of friends started reading the series and taught me the books' thoughts on flying. Which I told my sister who proceeded to throw herself at the ground and try to miss, she failed. I would not know about 42 being from this series until I think the 2005 movie with Martin Freeman. A movie I total fell in love with. It had a great cast and I just thought it was hilarious.

Well in January of this year the first of my living friends turned 42 and mentioned Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and it reminded me of the specialness of this day, and the post that got made when David Tennent turned 42. So one of the things I decided to do in honor of turning 42 is read the series. I've finished the first and am on hold for The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe which is projected to arrive in two weeks or sooner if the current person who has it is a fast reader. So we'll see. 

Thoughts On Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

I loved the movie and the book was like an expansion on it. I always think it's cool reading the books movies come from even if I don't enjoy the book as much as the movie, yes that has happened. This shows me a world's roots and origins plus it's fun to compare.  Adams created a unique zany universe and we're just hitching a ride on the Heart of Gold. It's so full of great quotes and out of this world characters. How Adams managed to come up with all the different creatures, worlds, and the tech, I don't know. His humor was amazing and I see why this series is well beloved. Interesting note I actually read the chapter about the three worst examples of poetry on World Poetry Day. This was the 42nd Anniversary edition which had a little history of how the series came to be by the author and is was beautifully illustrated.

42nd Birthday Plans

Last year's was low key, but sweet. My sister and the Captain came up briefly the day before to drop off one of my presents for Mom, Captain did offer for me to come spend the night at her house, but I always end my b-days at home with the family, so I declined. She suggested that weekend instead which I couldn't cause of my family reunion. The plan I think was to sleepover later but then she got a dog that hated human's existed, needless to say it never happened. Fangirl couldn't come to due to her then diagnosed cancer kicking her body's butt. So it was just the family, Mom and me chilled on the front porch while I did birthday stuff on Animal Crossing then had the party my family throws with Mom and Granny. I was pleasantly surprised by my gifts.

So this year I got started a little early planning things for my birthday. Have had to adjust ideas a couple times, cause of things that came up. First, June 3rd is on Wednesday, so I know my Mom and Granny are gonna spend a a little bit of the evening at church, I don't want them to miss their spiritual enrichment. My sister can't come cause of work, Captain's got things been going on lately, so I hesitate to bother her. Fangirl can't come cause of house sitting obligations. But I'll be getting together with her a few days later to hang. So it'll be a birth week for me.

I've been trying to figure out things to do for my birthday to make the day special. I'm big on each birthday being celebrated in a special way. I survived another ride around the sun, and gives me a day to celebrate me. So one a playlist, of course, must be made with some spacey stuff on it. I'm making a little towel wreath that was inspired by a video I saw. For my birthday supper I'm making "Winchester Surprise" from the Supernatural Cookbook, with side of peas, not sure what other side I can fix. I'm also having mockaritas, basically virgin margaritas. I can have midnight mockaritas! I'll of course play some Animal Crossing so my villagers can shower me with b-day love. I also learned season 4 of The Legend of Vox Machina and a Castiel Supernatural comic is dropping on the day I become the answer to life, the universe, and everything! Lots of stuff going down on my day!

Okay, that's enough yammering for one post. I hope your weekend is awesome, read some good books and I'll see ya!

*Thrifty Geek*