Hope you had a lovely birthday, Julie! Have a wonderful dinner celebration.

Wonderful pics, everyone! And April, you look simply gorgeous (duckface and all).

I think you'll be right at home here, Anxss. Thanks to everyone for the recent influx of lovely pics! I adore this one, April.

Nothing new/rare here - just felt like going through some black and white oldies but goodies this morning. (Welcome from me as well, Anxss! )

Happy birthday, aen27! I hope you have a wonderful day, and thank you for your noble service to the Pagette cause.

^ Have a wonderful time, you'll have to tell us all about it! Found out today that I get to move into a beautiful new apartment over the summer. Also, I'm extremely happy that it's one day closer to Friday.

^ As always, thank you for your lovely contributions aen, April, Stairway, Moira, et al.! You know, I really wasn't feeling St. Patrick's Day until I cracked open a cold Guinness and saw this.

Aman Iman - Tinariwen

Just finished Memory & Dream, by Charles de Lint. Really interesting novel dealing with the aesthetic powers of art (in both real life and fantasy). Up next: Suzy, Led Zeppelin, and Me.

Got out of work early because of snow! Huzzah! Having the excitement of a little kid always makes me happy.

Absolutely, happy birthday ally! Hope you have a wonderful day.

In My Time of Dying - 3/27/75

Thanks for sharing, PlanetPage! I've always loved that scarf, and the Elvis ribbon and sweet face serve as perfect compliments. Here here - thanks, aen! To quote April, I believe that "PHWOAR" would be a most appropriate reaction to this picture.

You're on! Great to hear about your employers, and good luck with the surgeon. Congratulations on the new job, planted! Wonderful to read about your passion and enthusiasm.

Was going to post here and say that I'm happy to be home recovering/walking around... but damn, wheelchair racing sounds fun! I think we still should. Seriously though, ally, sending good thoughts your way. I can't imagine being in that kind of pain, with the added stress of cancelled operations. Wishing you the safest and most comfortable of recoveries. Thanks, slave to zep. Hope that your wrist is feeling better, and that your employer is being nicer to you! Thanks also to Scarlet, Cecil and Fool in the Rain for the good wishes. Congratulations, Walter, and happy belated birthday, april_lynn!

Emerging sunshine and rainbows.

Cheers to all of the recent great news. Just found out that I need to check in for emergency spinal surgery tomorrow. I choose to remain positive/happy about this because: 1) It provides an answer/solution to the pain I was living with. 2) It forces me to relax and catch up on some good books/movies.

I can't wait to see that movie. This one probably goes without saying... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXQMnwSeJig

That's really cool. Love Julian Lennon - "Day After Day" is also my favorite song of his. Another song of his that's always intrigued me is "Cole's Song", which he co-wrote and recorded for "Mr. Holland's Opus" (one of my favorite movies). Within the context of the film, it's a song from a father, dedicated to a son who he's reconnecting with after an estrangement. Always makes me wonder how much of it was a reflection of Julian's own complex relationship with his father - knowledge only the two of them would be truly privy to, of course. Beautiful song. A great artist, and you're right - his voice is musical comfort food! Always calms me down after a stressful day.

^ Swan Song is beautiful, but I'm partial to White Summer/Black Mountain Side - it's what introduced me to Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin.

Mint Car - The Cure