The Day When I Got Hatched

[greygirlbeast]

On this day, in 1964, in a deep-sea hydrothermal vent, almost ten thousand feet down along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, I squiggled forth from beds of giant tube worms and albino crustaceans. I drew my first watery breath, sucking in superheated brine, belched forth by black smokers and loaded with nutritious sulfides and acetyl thioesters, and then

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[cucumberseed]

I am glad the sea was in a sharing mood that day. Cheers!

[stsisyphus]

And my damned gills won't grow back.

At least you still have your tail.

The great library of the Chancel of Labors at Iron Pine.

...Complete with dead scholar in the basement.

I do wish I could run the game with the graphics at optimum. I'm running fine at medium, but there are obvious resolution issues that occur all the time.

Of course, I hope your birthday is peaceful and the words come easily today.

[greygirlbeast]

At least you still have your tail

Well, what the damned surgeons left of it.

...Complete with dead scholar in the basement.

Yes!

[corucia]

Best wishes for your 47.75th... Hope your birthday wish comes true (but if it's for the cometary impact, I'll hope that it waits until after I've gotten a chance to read Blood Oranges!)

Re: On the occasion of the anniversary of your birth

[greygirlbeast]

(Images of smiles and wonderment when we were all young.)

That is especially kindly.

[kurtmulgrew]

Happy birthday. What flavor cake?

[greygirlbeast]

My tastes in cake are somewhat mundane. Yellow cake with chocolate frosting.