bliumchik | The Belated Birthday Entry

So Wednesday, the actual date of my birthday, I woke up depressed, went to school depressed, got flowers which temporarily allieviated my depression and made me giggle, because they were all from Ruxi and Diana but they were LIEK WHOAH so it looked as though I was really popular :P

At lunchtime Liza dragged me out of the computer room, and I sat around watching Alex and Elaine molest each other, while Liza tried to recruit people for her HSC English movie. She rejected me from the lead role of Schizophrenic Chick because she doubted I'd show up on time, or indeed at all. Le sigh. Alas she is correct. However she promised me a supporting role on the condition that I go to NIDA and convince some hot guys to come act in her movie. Thus I was left to explain to her that my NIDA class has ONE guy - un, uno, odin, ras, one. He isn't ugly but can't really be classified as Hott. She'll have to settle for SHS guys. Mheh.

After school I met Avi and we went off to Randwick, where I once again completely forgot to go to that second hand bookshop to see if they have any Signpost maths books now. Avi gave me some books and a card. Happy Bunny Life(TM) entertained my friends on Thursday afternoon as I forgot to take it out of my bag. Oh well, all problems can be solved by letting a bear eat them. Anyway,we ate at Teascapes and went to his place until he had to go to fencing, at which point I stood at the bus stop for HALF AN HOUR being really, really freezing and swearing quite loudly, which scared some after-dark joggers. It was SO COLD. When the bus finally came my cheeks were numb! That night on MSN Liza got me organised re: my birthday party, with like a list and everything. Which is a good thing considering how hopeless I am.

Friday was the obligatory Relos party at Hakoah. My brother and cousin were cuteness and my great aunt gave me fugly shoes. I had already eaten everything on the buffet out of boredom by the time Stan showed up, bearing news of Uncleness. Apparantly his sister gave birth the day after my birthday, which is amusing. WE then wandered around Hakoah reminiscing, telling bad Russian jokes, and staring at the trophy cabinet. Hakoah has soooo many superfluous trophies. They even have a huge-ass silvery cup awarded because they have so many trophies! Also a plate, and some random footy things. My grandma told an obscure Odessa story I don't remember. Apparantly when I was little, my great grandfather's cat got lost, and after a day of searching my uncle said, in exasperation: "It's as though the ground swallowed it!" The next day when we went outside I kept poking the ground with a stick.

Come Saturday my parents bundled me and Timmy in the car and arrived about half an hour later than the time I told everyone (noon). But, no worries - the first guest arrived twenty minutes after us, being Liza. She chatted with my mum about Religion and her brother* until Tenielle showed up. Zoe was sick and not coming. At this point Liza called laivi to tell him off for being late and lazy, and we all exchanged school gossip. Of course I already KNOW our grade is infamous, but hearing an actual year eleven go o about how our grade is the sluttiest EVAR was quite amusing. Laivi and Aryeh arrived, shortly followed by Toly and then Pavel, who inexplicably brought a bottle of wine as a present. There was a moment known as Awkward pertaining to a recent incident in which Liza whacked Pavel in the nuts with a car door.

Then everyone dug into the olivie. Shortly after Alex arrived with extremely funky home-made earrings we sent my dad off for the pizza. This was procured and eaten, during which time Jess made an appearance with her Melbourne random Ta-ir, who also had funky earrings, although not of the homemade type.. Then Anna (to everyone's surprise, since she was meant to be home with a horrible cheek infection) showed up with two guys whose names slip my mind, even though I've met them both before. One was carring nothing other than A HUGE-ASS RACING TIRE WRAPPED IN A PINK RIBBON! Yes, I delight. Jess then tied me to it with said pink ribbon, amid much nosetapping and wondering when Avi would show up. This he did, with Stan and Lee Sang, who gave me a tube of wasabi. By this time, however, the ribbon had snapped. About an hour later my dad came to take me home, but made me leave the tire in the park. This made me sad. I WANT MY TIRE BACK!!

*who has apparantly converted to christianity for his wife and is now more anal about it than she is. They also have a two month old baby. WHY DOES NOBODY TELL ME ANYTHING AROUND HERE?!