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Neil Hurley | Chain Letter (your_caretaker) wrote in compass_network,
@ 2013-09-14 21:14:00

Current mood:	indescribable
Entry tags:	!open, jake sully, ~rachel berry, ~tony stark

Well, I think it's high time I made some sort of announcement, especially considering I - well, I didn't really want to make it yesterday as yesterday was Friday the 13th, but...

Well...

I'm of age, now! As in 18, as in voting age, not necessarily drinking age (although... I suppose there are enough Europeans here that it doesn't really matter whether or not I drink! heh!). Anyway's, well. I just thought a brief announcement was in order...

My birthday was Friday the 13th... Which is sorta strange to think about, now... Especially given that I wasn't even supposed to have an eighteenth birthday, on account of my-

Well, this was supposed to be a Brief announcement, wasn't it? So... there you go...! I'm 18 now; please treat me as an adult, please. I mean, not that anyone here was treating me like a child, of course, just - well, You Know what I mean, I'm sure....!

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	aedwardstark 2013-09-14 10:30 pm UTC (link)
	Act like one and I'll treat you like one, plain as that. Happy birthday. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	your_caretaker 2013-09-14 10:34 pm UTC (link)
	Th-thank you very much, Mister Stark, Sir...! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aedwardstark 2013-09-14 10:36 pm UTC (link)
	Mr. Stark is my father. Sir is okay, though. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	your_caretaker 2013-09-14 10:39 pm UTC (link)
	Sorry, sir....! What should I call you then? I mean, besides Sir...? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aedwardstark 2013-09-14 10:41 pm UTC (link)
	Sir works. I'm used to it, anyway. So yeah, sir is good. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	your_caretaker 2013-09-14 10:56 pm UTC (link)
	In-indeed, sir....! Very well, then, sir.... I'll just call you- sir, then, I suppose. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	nikephoros_lost 2013-09-14 10:37 pm UTC (link)
	HAPI BIRTHDY (Reply to this) (Thread)

	your_caretaker 2013-09-14 10:41 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you very much.... but sorry, I don't believe we've "met"? I'm Neil Hurley, and you are...? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nikephoros_lost 2013-09-15 07:54 pm UTC (link)
	MY NAM IS NIKEPHOROS CAL ME NIKE IT IS EASIR (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	your_caretaker 2013-09-28 09:33 pm UTC (link)
	Aw! But why should I want to do that!? I mean, Nike just means "victory" but... Nikephoros means... "Carrying victory"! I mean, doesn't that just sound more victorious: like, carrying the victory upon your own shoulders, and no one else's...? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ciaauggie 2013-09-14 10:49 pm UTC (link)
	Happy birthday for yesterday. Not sure why you wouldn't announce it then. Just another day, just another number. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	your_caretaker 2013-09-14 10:54 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you very much, sir! As for why I wouldn't want to announce it on -- well, Friday the 13th... Well... That would be because it's Friday the 13th...! I mean, that's a really unlucky time, by Western mythos standards at least. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ciaauggie 2013-09-14 11:12 pm UTC (link)
	Only if you subscribe to that, which clearly you do. And I'm Auggie, not sir. Just a headsup? If you want people to treat you like an adult? Don't ask, just give them reason to. Easier that way. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	your_caretaker 2013-09-14 11:36 pm UTC (link)
	Alright, then, Si-- Auggie, I mean to say...! Sorry! Heh. Anyway's, well, thanks for the advice, Auggie! I'll keep it in mind. Cheers very much. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	glee_rachel 2013-09-14 11:25 pm UTC (link)
	OH MY GOD!! Neil you didn't tell me that your birthday was coming up! I would have made you a cake or something. This weekend we are definitely celebrating. Cake and everything. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	your_caretaker 2013-09-14 11:40 pm UTC (link)
	Heh! Thanks very much, Rachel... And as far as why I didn't tell you that it was my birthday coming up - well... Because it was Friday the 13th, and because I honestly didn't expect to even see my eighteenth birthday! ~~Besides which, I didn't really want or even expect this sort of fuss over my birthday...!~~ (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	glee_rachel 2013-09-15 12:06 am UTC (link)
	Hey what are roommates for huh! Well, then its another reason to celebrate. It can just be You, Me, Quinn, maybe Sophia if she wants to. I think that something low key could be fun. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	cassvoice 2013-09-15 12:02 am UTC (link)
	Friday the 13th is a very modern superstition and grounded in very little of any substance, so you need not bother yourself with it carrying any particular danger unless you of course suffer from triskaidekaphobia? Congratulations on your reaching this milestone. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	your_caretaker 2013-09-15 09:56 am UTC (link)
	No, ma'am, I don't suffer from a fear of the number 13.... And thanks very much for the congratulations! (: (Reply to this) (Parent)

	winters__heat 2013-09-15 12:26 am UTC (link)
	Like seriously dude? You need to announce that? And ask to be treated like an adult? Way to go! (Reply to this)

	ernestoic 2013-09-15 04:16 am UTC (link)
	Happy belated birthday. I still don't know what all of these ages you keep talking about are- where I'm from, if you are employed, you are considered an adult. But- congratulations! (Reply to this) (Thread)

your_caretaker
2013-09-15 10:17 am UTC (link)

Thanks very much, sir...! I mean, I think there's something to be said for America being the Great Land of the Age Restrictions, like - well, the age restriction on Drinking, and working, too....! I mean, I think that in my time, I could only work four hours a day... because the government would rather see me in school than working!

And.... how's your leg doing, sir?

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	ernestoic 2013-09-19 09:38 am UTC (link)
	Is it? Not in my day, I suppose. But then, a lot of things changed since then. School at 18? I think they rathered seeing us in the army. But then, there was a war on when I was your age. Not terrible, thank you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

your_caretaker
2013-09-28 09:42 pm UTC (link)

Oh, indeed, sir....! I mean at 17, not 18: for the whole "school" business, and the work restrictions, at least! I mean, I tried to work more hours, of course, but... well... I just couldn't do it... and not just because of my -- well, my cancer... But because of the age restrictions when I was working...! I mean, I wish I'd survived to 18 out -- there, you know, to take care of my poor old mum! She's worked so damned hard her entire life looking after me, and it's about time she had a chance to kick her heels back and relax! But... well... I guess she's all alone now....!

Sorry, sir...! Didn't mean to bring you down - again that is! Heh...

Anyway's, well... that's good to hear at least, sir....

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	anotherhellhole 2013-09-15 06:47 am UTC (link)
	Seykxel sì nitram! Happy birthday, Neil. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	your_caretaker 2013-09-15 10:18 am UTC (link)
	Thanks very much, sir... Although... I don't know what language that first sentence was in....! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	anotherhellhole 2013-09-15 10:24 am UTC (link)
	Don't call me sir. And it was Na'vi. I said "Congratulations". (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	your_caretaker 2013-09-15 10:29 am UTC (link)
	Alright, then... What should I call you, then? I mean... I don't even know your name, sir... As for Na'vi... I'm afraid I've never heard of it, I'm afraid! But thanks very much... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	anotherhellhole 2013-09-15 10:42 am UTC (link)
	I'm Jake, Neil. (Reply to this) (Parent)