My birthday party fictional character guest list

It's my birthday and I was thinking about the birthday parties I had when I was much younger. And then I started to think about who I would invite if I had a party now. So I compiled a list of fictional characters I would invite to my birthday party. It's a whimsical mix of different personalities and different backgrounds. But all are from TV shows/movies and books that I love(d). Each would lend their own unique brand of something to make this party one for the ages.

I told Bill about this and he asked if he was on the guest list. I explained that he's not a fictional character and also he didn't need to be on the list because he should be there by default. Then he looked at me with that smirk that says You are so full of shit. Am not.

So here's my Birthday Party Fictional Character Guest List:


Lorelei Gilmore from Gilmore Girls - What's not to love about her? She's fun and funny and it would be like having your very best girlfriend there.

Raylan Givens from Justified - He's a badass with a cool hat. And could also help out when the inevitable fight breaks out.

Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang Theory - He's sarcastic and amusing. I would initiate a game of musical chairs just to watch him freak out.

Ichabod Crane from Sleepy Hollow - He would be fun to teach current party activities to and to learn past party rituals from. 


Gomez Addams from The Addams Family - He's creepy but entertaining in a menacing and loveable way.

Holly Golightly from Breakfast At Tiffany's -She's the coolest party girl. And then after partying all night we could all go have a pastry in front of the Tiffany's windows.

Minions from Despicable Me 1 & 2 - This is an obvious choice.

Worf from Star Trek The Next Generation & Deep Space 9 - Well, what party wouldn't be complete without an alien? Besides Klingons are my fave ST villains.

Lois Lane from Superman -I would invite her to maybe talk shop since I was once a reporter and also hopefully the Man of Steel might make an appearance, too.

Bumblebee from Transformers - He could be the designated driver and DJ. It's a 2-for-1 with the coolest car ever.

Stephanie Plum from Janet Evanovich's Plum book series - She's from New Jersey. That's all the explanation needed. And if you've read the series, you know that something is bound to get blown up at the party.

Snoopy and the Peanuts Gang -Yes, because every party needs comic strip characters.

Dr. Teeth & The Electric Mayhem from The Muppet Show - I love Animal and I would let them sing Happy Birthday to me.

Lestat from The Vampire Chronicles - I would have to make sure there was some blood on tap for him. Who knows, he might hit it off with Gomez. Then again, probably not. One thing's for certain, he'd be the most well-dressed person in attendance.

There's so many others to add to this list and if I put them all down this post would be enormous, so I'll stop here. These are just the ones that immediately came to mind. If I break it down my list is comprised of:

4 women
4 men
1 alien
1 vampire
1 Transformer
Animated characters
Comic strip characters
Muppets

Now that's a party.

It's our birthdays!

Tomorrow is my birthday, which means, CAKE! And other sweets!

Since my birthday falls on a Wednesday this year I have proclaimed this entire week my 'birthday week'. Bill laughed and said there's no such thing. To which I skipped around the room, waving my hands above my head and singing most childishly "It's my birthday week!" several times until he finally conceded. And for those of you asking me how old I'll be it's not that I'm ignoring you I'm just pretending not to hear you.

In honor of my birthday I thought I would list a few famous people that were also born on this day. Some you may know, and some might give away my age but in all I thought this would be kinda fun and maybe even educational. But in a fun way because who doesn't like learning about Pop Culture?

Fellow Taureans and April 23rd babies:

William Shakespeare - Born April 23, 1564 - Died April 23, 1616 - English poet, playwright, and actor. The Dude needs no further explanation.

James Buchanan - 1791- American politician and 15th President of the United States.

Shirley Temple - 1928 - American actress, singer and dancer, best known for films like Little Miss Marker and Heidi and for the song "The Good Ship Lollipop". Now it's in your head. Don't worry there's more musical references ahead to keep that earworm busy.

Roy Orbison - 1936 - American singer-songwriter, best known for his songs "Oh, Pretty Woman" "Only the Lonely" "Crying" and "Dream Baby", which is my fave. Still singing along in your head?

Lee Majors - 1939 - American actor best known for his roles in the TV series The Big Valley (that's for you, mom!) Six Million Dollar Man and The Fall Guy.

Sandra Dee - 1942 - American model and actress best known for films like Gidget, and the "Tammy" movies. Immortalized in the song "Look At Me I'm Sandra Dee" from the movie Grease, which is the bane of my existence because I was indeed named after her. Great, now that song is stuck in my head.

Herve Villechaize - 1943 - French-American actor best known for being Mr. Roarke's assistant, Tattoo, on the TV show, Fantasy Island. "Boss, de plane, de plane."

Joyce DeWitt - 1949 - American actress best known for playing Janet, one of three roommates on the hit TV series, Three's Company, which was one of my all-time fave comedies.

Tony Atlas - 1954 - American bodybuilder and WWE wrestler.

Valerie Bertinelli - 1960 - American actress best known as Barbara Cooper on the TV series One Day At A Time, another fave of mine. Also, formerly married to Van Halen guitarist, Eddie Van Halen.

John Cena - 1977 - WWE wrestler (and my son's fave) and American actor.

Lady Gabriella Windsor - 1981- British royal family and cousin once removed to the Queen. There's no Pop Culture reference here, I just thought it was cool that royalty and I shared the same birth date.

There are many other well-known people born on April 23. I just picked these because they resonate with me or remind me of something from my younger years. Many thanks to wikipedia for providing me with such an extensive list to choose from.

Now, how about some cake?!


 

Cupcakes and Nemo

Today is the first day of school. It's also my kid's birthday, so this day is both awesome and sucky in his mind. Sorry hon, if you had come out 10 days sooner on your actual due date you wouldn't have this problem and you'd get to celebrate your birthday in fantastic summer vacation-y splendor.

I told him to look on the bright side. 1. There will most likely be no homework being that it's the first day. and 2. I'm bringing in cupcakes and because of that he will be the coolest kid in class for a while, at least until the next class birthday comes along. Woo hoo!

So this year he's in 5th grade. (What the?) And he turns 10, which means he's officially a double-digiter (Where the hell has the time gone?) Anyway, in honor of these two milestones I not only sang the Happy Birthday song but I ran around his room yelling "First day of school! First day of school!" like Nemo did in "Finding Nemo". I got a smile for the song and an irritated look for my Nemo rendition. Everyone's a critic.

It's my birthday and I'll celebrate if I want to

Am I the only one who likes birthdays? Their own birthday, I mean.

Monday was my birthday and although I ignore the numbers I still love my birthday and look forward to it like a little kid.

This year my family and I went to dinner downtown near Fremont Street, where we later walked around checking out the shops, characters and people-watching. Then we stopped in at the Pawn Stars, which has now become a tourist trap, and finished the night with a drive down the Strip.

The next night Bill took me out for the adult night on the town since we had little man with us on my actual birthday. We checked  out the Cosmopolitan since we had never been in there yet. Then we went across the street for drinks and bar food snacks at Cabo Wabos.

I love the Strip at dusk when the sun is going down and the neon is coming on. So pretty. It's times like this I feel a little less lonely and really love this city. Furthermore, our summer has begun, a little early, even for us. But I love the summer and warm weather so this was perfect.

What was the best way you ever spent your birthday?

Happy Birthday To You!

Eight years ago, today, I was exhausted, sore, messy and a new mother. Today I am Mama to an 8-year old little rascal who makes me laugh harder than I ever thought possible, brings tears of joy to my face and fills my heart with love to overflowing.

It's hard to believe he's 8. Sometimes he acts like he's 20 and sometimes he acts like he's...well, 8. That's my excuse when he farts in public and announces it while laughing. "He's 8." Of course, my husband does the same thing, but he's an eight-year old at heart.

To celebrate his 8th birthday we took him and his best friend to Adventuredome Theme Park, located inside Circus Circus hotel & casino. They had a great time. They rode the Frog Hopper, which is a children's version of the Sling Shot, about 20 times; sometimes 5 times in a row. I captured the fun on camera while Dad supervised them and went on a couple of rides with them. All in all it was a great day. And big props to me for conceiving this idea for birthday fun. Not that I'm tooting my own horn or anything. Ok, maybe just a little.