Happy Birthday l_aurens!
l_aurens! Hi! It's her birthday! I want her to get a pony! And cake! And a very well meaning belly dancer who is not my sister-in-law who is wearing belly bells! And a trampoline! And ice cream! And an earnest well wish from an extremely dead poet! And a kudzu! Because everyone should have a kudzu, but l_aurens is not everyone. First of all, she is too small.
She is also singular! Get it? Okay I guess I'll have to explain. Here's why:
1. She's a phan! But not the sort of fan of Phantom of the Opera who insists on spelling everything with a ph. Or has nominated Erik and Christine as eternal woobie teddy bears for life and beyond, where there is only cuddling. She likes her Erik skinny and scary and nose-lacking. Also, the Persian. There's not enough Persian appreciation, but l_aurens has it in spades. And in hearts and diamonds and other small trowels!
2. She's introspective in a deep down soul-searching way.
3. She seems to think that Spike's spectacularly small popsicle privates could defeat the amazing awesomeness of Angel's alabaster and alliterative anus.
4. Photography, thy name is someone famous I've probably never heard of. But l_aurens's photography is not only beautiful and sometimes soothing and sometimes fun, it's so...cathartic to see her discover it, contemplate it, attempt to understand it, improve on it--not just in a technical sense but on an emotional and sometimes even metaphysical level.
5. She has interesting things to say about sexuality, gender, vibes of genderfucking, etc. Christine Daae in pants! Yay! Spike as femal Peter O'Toole! Uh...huh? Yay!
6. You know how some people say, let's agree to disagree. Then keep arguing/trying to change your mind? l_aurens doesn't do either. She says, "hey! We disagree! Cool. Let's discuss." And thereafter follows some of the most entertaining and insightful discussion you can get with two cents, two shakes, and twenty-two years of trying to have such conversation but usually falling flat on your face with a certain sort of mud-covered ignominy not exclusive to shipper wars, f_w, and American politics.
And one to grow on:
7. She's cute!
She is also singular! Get it? Okay I guess I'll have to explain. Here's why:
1. She's a phan! But not the sort of fan of Phantom of the Opera who insists on spelling everything with a ph. Or has nominated Erik and Christine as eternal woobie teddy bears for life and beyond, where there is only cuddling. She likes her Erik skinny and scary and nose-lacking. Also, the Persian. There's not enough Persian appreciation, but l_aurens has it in spades. And in hearts and diamonds and other small trowels!
2. She's introspective in a deep down soul-searching way.
3. She seems to think that Spike's spectacularly small popsicle privates could defeat the amazing awesomeness of Angel's alabaster and alliterative anus.
4. Photography, thy name is someone famous I've probably never heard of. But l_aurens's photography is not only beautiful and sometimes soothing and sometimes fun, it's so...cathartic to see her discover it, contemplate it, attempt to understand it, improve on it--not just in a technical sense but on an emotional and sometimes even metaphysical level.
5. She has interesting things to say about sexuality, gender, vibes of genderfucking, etc. Christine Daae in pants! Yay! Spike as femal Peter O'Toole! Uh...huh? Yay!
6. You know how some people say, let's agree to disagree. Then keep arguing/trying to change your mind? l_aurens doesn't do either. She says, "hey! We disagree! Cool. Let's discuss." And thereafter follows some of the most entertaining and insightful discussion you can get with two cents, two shakes, and twenty-two years of trying to have such conversation but usually falling flat on your face with a certain sort of mud-covered ignominy not exclusive to shipper wars, f_w, and American politics.
And one to grow on:
7. She's cute!