estela's great all-american birthday!

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dear estela, the little video linked here is for f.

<3 it might console him.

dearestela,

if we were to go to the beach it would be like this, i think.

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<3, lxy

yes.

seems ok

oh look, i found our beach.

http://www.cliffhouseproject.com/sv/sv2/The%20World-famous%20Cliff%20House%20on%20Point%20Lobos.JPG

yes you did.

my sepia friend.

are you working, darling?

a little bit.

but i also walked my dog and made dinner and did laundry and read some ilx.

i'm glad you have your priorities straight

i'm glad you're glad.

today for my birthday i'm eating a box of milk duds.

you deserve it! happy birthday!

wow wow wow!!!!! how did you come across that, lxy?

maurice gee is pretty good, but not my favourite nz writer

it came up on my reader <3

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ruby, there is a new documentary about the topp twins called untouchable girls, it's worth seeing especially if you're homesick, they are so kiwi and funny and joyful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtSDaOscM_I&feature=related

i loved the topp twins when i was little! they're the best <3

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that fills me with utter joy.

XD <3<3<3

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welcome back estela! happy birthday!

oh thank you harbl, this has been one of the best birthdays ever.

i missed u.

!!!!!OH MY STARS IT'S HERE HAPPY BIRTHDAY DARLING ESTELA MANY HAPPY RETURNS I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!

thank you lxy<3, as you know i love you back very much!!!!

i've been eating cadbury marshmallow easter eggs to celebrate, they are a bit inappropriate but a lot delicious.

i just went to pilates and the instructor said 'you are powering away' and i didn't tell him my energy stemmed from eating a chocolate marshmallow egg in the car going there because i feared it would disappoint him.

happiest of birthdays to you, estela

aw thank you, tehresa!!

HB!!!!!!!!!

estela should get a whole month of birthday! happy birthday!

estela's birthday lasts the ENTIRE YEAR here in the sandbox!

happy birthday estela! come to nz in may for our wedding party!! it's gonna be greeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeat!!

estela

aw, thank you all!

justin3!! tell us about your wedding party just in case there is a tiny chance i can go.

well, nothing is formally planned yet BUT i've been feeling super bummed that literally NO ONE is coming to my wedding this month (except my parents, which is nice but i'm really close to either of them, and not even my lil' sis can make it ;_:), so since we will have a little extra money soon (fingers crossed), i really really want to host a party at nicolini's as a kind of post-wedding celebration. i'm even going to send out proper invites! i'll probably organise something with the boys at the restaurant - book out the courtyard on the last saturday we're in wellington, have a bar tab set up, and have the kitchen send out big plates of food, buffet-style. nothing too formal or sit-down. it'll be a good way to meet up with all my friends at once, introduce jordan (poor boy!!) and have a good time!

but we haven't even booked our tickets to nz yet! but we'll looking to be there first 2 weeks of may: first couple of days in auckland to see my two BFs there, then 5 days or so in taranaki, then a week in welli (i can't wait!!!!).

estela i will just die if you can make it!

<3

dont go estela it would be tragic for justine to die during her wedding party

i don't care, i like parties.

ps. you are all welcome at our official wedding on march 27 & 28 in chicago. we literally couldn't get even one friend between the two of us to come!

we are such losers

<3 love this, thank you! <3

our internet was being horribly slow so i had to make quite a few attempts before i could watch it right through but today i finally succeeded.

from The Onion:

Man At Very Top Of Food Chain Chooses Bugles

SOUTH BEND, IN—Despite having no natural enemies and belonging to a species that completely dominates its ecosystem, local IT manager Reggie Atkinson opted to consume the processed corn snack Bugles Monday. "I was in the mood for something salty and crunchy, and it's a little early for dinner," said the ultimate predator, whose ancestors' bipedal locomotion, toolmaking abilities, and advanced spatial recognition developments allowed them to hunt animals 10 times their size. "These are original, but the other flavors are pretty good, too." Acting on an impulse from an incredibly complex forebrain that has evolved over millions of years, Atkinson then took note of the Bugles' amusing conical shape and placed one on each of his opposable thumbs like little wizard hats.