Birthday Oh Four

By , May 20, 2004

The best part about having a birthday is that you can make people suffer. Wait, that came out wrong. What I mean to say is, when one’s birthday comes around, one can use that as leverage to make one’s friends engage in activities which they may otherwise not engage. Especially when the “one” in that sentence is me, that is a good thing. For my idea of fun seldom intersects my friends’ ideas of fun.

As my birthday is fast approaching, people have been asking me what I want, or what I want to do, and I have not been able to think of anything. A rousing game of capture the flag came to mind, but I don’t have enough friends in the area to facilitate such a game. Plus most of my friends aren’t as in shape as I am, and would balk at physical activity of that nature, so capture the flag was quickly dismissed. One can only convince one’s friends to suffer to a point, after all, and when the distinct possibility of myocardial infarction rears its ugly head, even the best birthday party can go sour in a New York minute.

I have at last decided what I will in fact do on my birthday, and any and all of you are welcome to come over to the Tiki Room I call a living room and join in. And what, pray tell, will we do?

We will watch old horror films. Lots and lots of old horror films.

With the recent release, and my subsequent purchase, of the 1945 classic House of Dracula on DVD, I at last have a complete set of the classic Frankenstein, Dracula, and Wolfman films Universal Studios made in the 1930s and 1940s. These are all fine films, and not the campy over-produced/ under-scripted mess that Van Helsing is reported to be. Sooooo….come one come all, and spend May 25th watching Boris Karlofff, Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney, Claude Raines, Lionel Atwill, George Zucco, Basil Rathbone, John Carradine, Ralph Bellamy, Colin Clive, and a host of other stars of yesteryear, act spooky.

The probable line-up for Tuesday (don’t freak, a lot of these movies are barely an hour long):

Dracula
Frankenstein
Bride of Frankenstein
Son of Frankenstein
Ghost of Frankenstein
The Wolf Man
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
House of Frankenstein
House of Dracula
The Mummy

I’ll start watching at about 1:00 PM and should finish by about 2:00 am or so. I’ll make lots of food and snacks and what not. We can wear party hats if you wish, and have cake and ice cream. Somehow I doubt anyone other than Fizzy will show up, and she’ll only be there out of girlfriend obligation. Nobody digs the old horror films anymore, but just in case YOU do, you’re welcome to pop on by.

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14 Responses to “Birthday Oh Four”

  1. Glass Tears says:

    pee chatt mee

  2. yaleelee says:

    happy birfday!! hope your swanky signing after-party invite came through

  3. happy bday pea! hmmm you and my sister share the same bday – 5/25 is an auspicious day indeed.

    horror movie marathon sounds like fun. enjoy!

  4. Auriale says:

    how old will you be?

  5. Peasprout says:

    You people DO realize my birthday does not happen until May 25th… this was merely a post describing the events to come. Thanks nonetheless for the *early* birthday wishes.

  6. CHiTaLiaNO says:

    Geezees so many Frankenstein movies…And don’t you know that watching too much (yea, i think 13 hours is too much) televison will kill brain cells?…

  7. Pickled Sour says:

    how charming… old classics! my dear comrade antonio would love this coming day! he’s a oldies fan…

    i wish i was with you! happy birthday!

  8. amandaness says:

    happy happy happy happy happy happy birthday!!!!!

  9. stelladoro says:

    happy birthday :) why horror movies?

  10. trace310 says:

    i’d come hangout with you after karate on tues, but i hate horror movies. i’m scared… i’ll make it up by watching some oldschool comedies with you next time. ;) happy birthday.

  11. Bamber says:

    Happy birthday!! :D

  12. HAPPY BDAY, Greggie ! I had no idea. Cmon now, I KNW ur gnna celebrate officially. All the ladies are anxiously awaiting an invitation to a Sprout Bash. You wldn’t wnt to disppnt now, wld u .. ? ~PK

  13. BigBadBalla says:

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

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