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even tho the date (january 22nd) had gotten pushed into the aquarius zone and many invitees apparently decided not to brave the snow, wind, and frigid temps, the much-anticipated capricorn party on saturday--celebrating my 40th birthday, jeff's 50th, jon's 33rd, and and those of various other caps who joined us--was a blast.

i am becoming quite the special-occasion guest at rog and steven's, having just spent x-mas eve and a portion of x-mas day with them, when my holiday travel plans to iowa were derailed by the "frozen parfait of disaster" (aka, freezing rain + snow + more freezing rain + more snow), as well as new year's eve. and i've known for years that those boys can throw a party.

but with the help of brian, shawn, greg, eddie, and wayne, they definitely outdid themselves this time. fabulous food, drinks galore, wonderful people, titillating conversation, amazing gifts, and the best birthday cake i've ever had in my life from a piece of cake, all in the exceedingly warm and inviting and comfortable atmosphere that is their home. i even forgave them for inscribing everyone's ages beneath their respective names on said cake...'cause you know i am embracing 40.

a few random highlights:

• feeding everyone bites of cake from the giant slab that bore my name.
• my “big-girl cup” (i.e., a large glass tumbler), instead of the little plastic glasses that everyone else was using for cocktails.
• my nat sherman fantasia party cigarettes.
• "sophisticated adult refreshments" in the upstairs tv room, and other assorted decadence.
• v's arrival when i least expected it.