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Aspen! Happiest of happy birthdays to you! I am so very glad to know you. Not only are you an inspiration in so many ways, but you are such a good friend. Whether it be navigating the Metro with you dressed up as Jack Sparrow, gushing over cupcakes, squeeing about canon, plotting the evil, or just hanging out, I always have a blast with you. Come visit again soon! I hear there is some 'Avengers' movie coming out? I think it's supposed to be pretty good? *tempts* :D

And, because it makes me smile, I leave you a link to Simon's Cat videos. I feel these should be mandatory viewing for cat owners. Happy Birthday! <333

thewickedlady

Yo.

So, I love your face. You've been my friend for many, many years. My calm friend that has done all the crazy things with me, listened to me when I've been so very lost, helped me get a job during the worst recession, and just. You're so awesome, man. You don't need to do even half the stuff you do. I will always be grateful and honored that you are my friend.

PS-- I mean it. I call dibs on you when the Zombie Apocalypses comes.

aberration

So I am kind of relying on the knowledge that like me, you are not a morning person, because of course I'm a bit late! But in any case, you are a super awesome and wonderful person. You are so clever and thoughtful, but also kind and level-headed, which something I find deeply admirable. I've felt very grateful to have known you and interacted with you as much as I have, as well as just to have been able to read your writing, whether in a creative context or just general discussions. I very much hope you have a wonderful birthday today. <3

ashen_key

Aspen, you are one of the loveliest people I have ever known.

You are kind and gracious, serene and still caring. You are a fabulous writer, and you are so utterly, wonderfully thoughtful about what you say, how you say it; about what you feel, and how you express it.

It's a pleasure and a gift of luck to know you, and may you have the best day you possibly can.

♥

skygiants

OH ASPEN. How glad am I to know you? LET ME COUNT THE WAYS:

1. to the depth and breadth and height
(because you have an enormous array of very intelligent, thoughtful, and wide-ranging advice to provide for any circumstance, and also you are very tall)

2. to the level of everyday's most quiet need, by sun and candle-light
(see above in terms of advice for all occasions, which would be the metaphorical sun-bit, but also especially in the metaphorical candle-light when all of a sudden TERRIFYING IDEA ASPEN emerges to share some idea of serenely all-encompassing evil)

3. freely, as men strive for Right
(because an Aspen idea always seems like the right idea, EVEN WHEN IT IS one of the aforementioned terrifying ideas)

4. purely, as they turn from Praise
(I love how sometimes you try to pretend that the five million balls you juggle in the air are normal. YOU ARE EXCEPTIONAL. ADMIT IT. Face the praise!)

5. with my childhood's faith
(man, I think back on myself at age eighteen, just out of high school, and I think: good lord, Aspen met me then and still talks to me now! HOW DID I GET THAT LUCKY?)

This post is brought to you by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and also by 2 AM, but it can basically be boiled down to: I hope you have as happy a birthday as I am happy to be your friend. <333333

unraveling

Aspen! I have never known anyone who knew so perfectly who they were, where they were going, and didn't allow anything to stand in their way. Usually by going around in some fashion, and not fussing with trying to fight it or move it. You are an inspiration. <3 Have a wonderful, amazing day and a year filled with light and goodness. You deserve it, lady!

synchronicity2

Aspen,

You are, without a doubt, one of the kindest souls on the face of the earth - and also one of the most awesome! You're not afraid to reach out and work for a goal, or lend a hand to those who need a bit of help. You are also one of the most driven people out there - not afraid to work hard towards a goal or getting what you want. Hence, you are amazing!

( AND YOU, LADY, DESERVE AN EQUALLY AWESOME HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISH! )

sardonicynic

( Happy birthday, Aspen! )

withherhands

ASPEN. I <3 YOU.

You're always such a kind, caring person, so intelligent and such a great writer. I may not always comment on your posts, but I always read them because you're such a wonderful person I want to know how things are going with you and what you have to say.

Also, I need to pester your pups more often, because threading with you is an absolute joy. :D

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I hope the day--and the year!--is filled with good things for you. :D

vivien

It's been thirteen years since we showed up at Autumn and Nancy's for the first Scully marathon. Thirteen years is a long time! Thirteen years of Mexican dinners and margaritas, threads till 4am and road trips, Buffy and Smallville nights, in-jokes and laughter.

And thirteen birthdays!

(But who's counting? Certainly not me. /eyes the end of May)

I think you're the bees knees, and I always look forward to being with you. I hope you have a wonderful birthday, and I can't wait to see you and celebrate this weekend. <3

saramily

Do you remember when you and Viv and I got to Chicago Millicon early and shared a room and it was only the FIRST NIGHT, a pre-night really, and I shouted something (i think, maybe, invisible pie? there was context. context has been lost to the mists of time) and you fell on the floor laughing and I think maybe I strained something?

I bring this up because a) beware invisible pie and b) you have always been a woman I admire for your drive, your compassion, your organization, and your intelligence but c) you are also someone I can hurt myself laughing with. (Bonus - you don't judge when I end sentences with prepositions.)

I believe you are someone who will change the world, and I believe that you are someone who could be mid-world changing and get an email from a friend about desperately being in need of company and new shoes and you'd manage to slot that in right between total political reform and solving global warming and show up to your press conference completely unruffled and wearing new heels without even having to break them in.

Because seriously, your powers of getting things done while being a good friend are astounding. It's like Captain Picard was talking ONLY TO YOU when he was all "make it so" and you were like "hi, I planned for this eventuality so I've already made it so and now I'm in Ten Forward with Guinan and we've had this really great idea for a holodeck adventure, want in?"

And ok, with the TNG fic this post may have officially gotten away from me now, but there was a point! I'll sum up.

tl;dr - Aspen, you're awesome, I am thrilled you are my friend, remember me when you rule everything. Happiest of happy birthdays! Tea and shoes and all good things!

delight

So I've been thinking for a few days now of what to say here, besides happy birthday you are amazing! I'm not particularly good at putting my feelings into words, so it's taken a lot of thought. And it mostly comes down to this: while we haven't really talked in years, you remain a strong and solid presence on my reading list and in my mind, someone who always seems put-together and grounded even though I'm sure inside there are plenty of times when you're not; no one is really a superhero, after all, even if you seem like one.

I have always been extremely impressed by how calm you can be in a storm, be it a literal one or (more often) a figurative one.

You are a calming influence over everyone, and an amazingly talented writer, and an all-around incredible person.

So: happy birthday.

So there. ♥

rymenhild

Hi Aspen!

Other people have said more eloquent things than I can manage today. Let's put it this way: it's 6 PM Pacific time right now, and I got out of bed at 3:30 AM Eastern. This is because the plane I sat on for two grounded hours last night had some kind of engine leak and I had to be rebooked on a 6 AM flight today. So you'll understand that I am not at my most coherent. But: I admire you very much, I always deeply enjoy conversation with you, I would love to hang out with you online or in person sometime soon, and I wish you the happiest and most relaxing of birthdays.

Here is some fair-trade birthday chocolate:

shati

Aspen! I wanted to write something articulate and coherent that would really express how amazing you are, but...I was thinking about milk. So this is all I could manage:

If we wound up fleeing ambiguously androidic beings in a last ditch effort to save the postapocalyptic dregs of humanity, I would vote for you for president. If you told me you were going to become a pro wrestler within the year, I would have no doubts (though I would have misgivings because the WWE can be gross). If you went up against Chuck Norris we would be freed from a kind of tired meme because he would go home crying, but in a cathartic way, and also feeling inspired to face the world with a more thoughtful and ethical outlook and a mug of tea.

Basically I have total faith in you. Also, sometimes I remember how when we hid in your living room to scare you you psyched out Merc so much just by walking in and looking at the living room that she abandoned our hiding plans, and then I laugh forever.

Take care of yourself and have a wonderful birthday. ♥

P. S. As a token of my love, I am not posting the poolsex gif on your birthday.

monksandbones

Joyeux anniversaire, Aspen! I know I don't know you as well or talk to you as much as most of the people posting here, but I still wanted to post and say that I always appreciate reading your posts, and I admire how much thought and care you obviously put into everything you do. I appreciate that, and the fact that despite the fact that even though we don't talk much, you often weigh in with wise and generous advice at times when I really need it. I've needed it a number of times lately, and I've really appreciated your perspective and suggestions.

All that is to say that I hope you have the excellent birthday that you deserve!

campkilkare

Happy birthday Aspen! I hope you are having the very best, because that is what you are: the very best person I know, compassionate, diligent, brilliant, committed. A great (and at times long-suffering) friend, not to mention funny and kind. And you have been there for me through more kinds of hell than I knew there ever could be. I have no idea how you find enough hours in the day or enough strength for all the wonderful things you accomplish. I hope you are having a great day and do something really special for yourself to celebrate.

ladysingsthe

I want to apologize in advance for the sheer amount of Utena canon I've essentially been snorting for the past 72 hours. I can feel it seeping into my prose and it's not okay.

Aspenface, you were one of my first role models. I remember this began while I was reading Susan threads. I did not and do not understand what was going on because I never got past book one of DT, but I found your writing so lovely and evocative that I thought, "I want to do that. I want to be able to write stuff that's SO PRETTY."

You were also kind to me during a very difficult time. Midway through senior year of high school is around when your image solidified in my mind as Aspen, Fount of Endless Wisdom. (In this case I guess wisdom tastes like tea.) Looking back, I was so completely lucky to have had unconditional support from you.

I feel like I still have that! And as I've grown, I am delighted to have come into this new phase of our friendship where I realize you are totally cracktastic and insane.

How was this ever in doubt? How did I not know that you would decide Sam was the unicorn??? Actually, this is another reason you have long been one of my role models: I feel you have this very improv-like approach to RP (fancy that!) where whenever possible, you say yes, and. Not out of obligation (except maybe sometimes who knows I'm not a mindreader), but because it's fun. There have been so many times I've either seen you say "I'm just rolling with it!" or seen you doing it, and I respect that so much as a way of working and wish to emulate it.

… But back to the crack. One of my greatest joys is having someone say something that sounds totally, delightfully absurd and terrible (recent examples include: Matt/Nanami) and then being told IT WAS ASPEN'S IDEA.

In conclusion: I love your face. Happy birthday.

And because I am weak and Utena is strong:

gramarye1971

Aspen, I am constantly in awe of how much you do and how well you do it, and above all the dedication, effort, and care that seems to be a hallmark of everything you set your hand to. I am so, so very glad that I've been able to spend as much time with you as I have, online and offline, because it's a constant joy to watch your brain and heart at work.

Above all else, your friendship means a great deal to me, and I am pleased and proud to call myself your friend. So have the happiest of birthdays, and I wish you nothing but the best for this year and many more to come.

...and if you ever need to region-crack another DVD player, I'll happily come over and try my hand at it. ^_^

in_the_blue

Oh, where to even begin.

When I need a voice of reason in this crazy world of ours -- when I need someone to remind me that things can, in fact, make sense and be stable -- I know I can always turn to you. You've got a unique ability to cut through the bullshit life likes to hand out and remind people of their core, of what they are and how they ought to be seen and see themselves. You suffer no fools, and you have a calm rationality that most people lack.

Add to that the fact that you're conscientious and thoughtful, soft-spoken but steel-spined, grounded but optimistic, and so very kind, and we have a recipe for someone truly special. I wish you the very best every single day, but I wish you extra bonus wishes for your birthday. I'm so pleased and honored to have known you these many years, and I'm thrilled to be your friend.

Have a beautiful, beautiful birthday and a beautiful, beautiful every day.

rowanberries

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ASPEN!

We're rarely online together nowadays... or ever, which is incredibly sad because you have always been a wonderful presence - whether plotting evulz, organising millicons, being deeply reassuring and amazing while at said millicon, plotting more evulz - anything!

(You are not fooling me with the sweet reasonable tea-drinking, I know pure evil when I see it. Luckily, I also heartily approve. :D)

ILU. Have a lovely day, and I hope we will intersect many more times in blatant defiance of our timezones and sleep schedules.

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