Half Century

[akirlu]

Boy, being on Facebook means never having to say, "No one remembered my birthday," I tell you what. Took the afternoon off to goof off a bit, try paint-your-own pottery for the first time, and take afternoon tea with a few friends. Got flowers from Hal and had steak for dinner. A lovely day. This weekend I'll make a pilgrimage to Kirkland to get a slice of proper birthday cake -- it's not a birthday unless there's green marzipan on the cake -- and eventually I'll use the Groupon for glassblowing a flower, glassblowing being something else I've never tried and long wanted to. As I embark on my second half-century, I figure trying something new for each birthday is a reasonable ambition for keeping things fresh and forward-looking. I've got a whole year to get my nut up for indoor sky diving next year...

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[athenais.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a fabulous day. Glassblowing! I have wanted to make glass beads for some time, but I never thought of glassblowing. Cool idea.

[akirlu.livejournal.com]

You can't hardly turn around in metro Seattle without tripping over a place that offers glassblowing classes any more, and now there's one in Renton that does various single-item sessions where the staff help you work with hot glass for a particular pre-selected project. They also do a lot of Groupon offers, and when they sent out the Mother's Day promotion for getting to blow a single glass flower for $24, I gave in. It's clearly meant to be a loss leader to get you in the door and give you a taste for it to sell the real classes, but what the hell. For now I'll take the taster spoon.