Ideas: what to do on my 30th birthday

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  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    scrub harder baby HARDER!



    now THAT is a birthday celebration! :D


    there it is:
    dayspa with friends for fun and pampering. hell, i'd love it even solo.
    2 guys, bottle of wine - nuff said. ;)
    dinner at a fantastic place with some of your fave people.
    said 2 guys cleaning your house!
    :D
    perfect!
    Stay with me...
    Let's just breathe...


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  • GreenTeaDisease
    GreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
    ugh, now the "difficult" friend is being well, difficult. she wants to change it to this coming weekend. I have no idea what do to do. maybe I'll just go to the spa by myself.
  • roar
    roar Posts: 1,116
    GreenTeaDisease wrote:
    ugh, now the "difficult" friend is being well, difficult. she wants to change it to this coming weekend. I have no idea what do to do. maybe I'll just go to the spa by myself.

    man...tell her you only turn 30 once and you'd like to celebrate it on your birthday...if, of course, you care. i would.

    why can't she take the day off? is she a close friend?
  • chiquimonkey
    chiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    GreenTeaDisease wrote:
    ugh, now the "difficult" friend is being well, difficult. she wants to change it to this coming weekend. I have no idea what do to do. maybe I'll just go to the spa by myself.
    who cares what she thinks? it's your day, not hers. fuck her. go out with your other friends and do teh spa thing during the day just for yourself. i did that for myself a couple years back on my own and loved it :)
  • GreenTeaDisease
    GreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
    roar wrote:
    man...tell her you only turn 30 once and you'd like to celebrate it on your birthday...if, of course, you care. i would.

    why can't she take the day off? is she a close friend?

    yeah she is a close friend. and I only have a couple friends in this state. one of them is out because of her dog and other stuff and another is out because she's working...this difficult one is actually OFF on the weekend in question but wants to go away with other friends...so actually whenever I do it it's not going to be anymore than 2 people...doesn't really seem worth all this trouble. I guess we can just try to go out to eat, but I'm really into going out to eat so I wouldn't even know what restaurant to go to.
  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 17,927
    What type of food do you like?
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  • Collin
    Collin Posts: 4,931
    We're going streaking!
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  • GreenTeaDisease
    GreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
    Poncier wrote:
    What type of food do you like?

    um, nothing in particular. I like everything but there's really not much I get like excited about. I guess seafood would be my favorite, but my friends don't eat fish and sea food places are more expensive than a lot of other places. If I were going for seafood I'd rather go with my parents so I don't have to feel bad.
  • GreenTeaDisease
    GreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
    did other people do something interesting for their 30th or was it uneventful? I only have one friend who's already turned 30, and she had a huge party because we were in grad school and, well, when you're in school you know enough people to have a party. Is it lame not do anything for your 30th birthday? I have no idea. I usually don't really do anything, but I feel like these with the 0s on the end are somehow important. I'm getting really stressed about this!!!
  • sennin
    sennin Posts: 2,146
    I saw Social Distortion at a small club on my 30th!

    Then I went to a really weird party near Green Lake.

    Wild.

    :p
  • GreenTeaDisease
    GreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
    I really feel like I should do something big, like get a dog...or a tattoo...
  • sennin
    sennin Posts: 2,146
    GreenTeaDisease wrote:
    I really feel like I should do something big, like get a dog...or a tattoo...

    Get a tattoo of a dog....or buy a dog and name it Tattoo!
  • GreenTeaDisease
    GreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
    sennin wrote:
    Get a tattoo of a dog....or buy a dog and name it Tattoo!

    haha the latter sounds like a better idea :).
    damn, if I could take care of a dog I totally would...

    I've just never had a big birthday thing before. I didn't really do anything on my 21st, my 18th was spent at a swim meet...
  • GreenTeaDisease
    GreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
    ah, now everyone's telling me to just give them ideas of what I like to do, but I don't know what I like to do...help, what do I like to do???? :)
  • genie
    genie Posts: 2,222
    GreenTeaDisease wrote:
    it's in a few weeks. last night my friends were asking me what I want to do. I don't have many friends in the area at all, so I can't really have a party or anything. In the area I have like 3-4 girlfriends (and I guess their partners), a brother, and 2 neighbors, and possibly 1-2 coworkers. Any suggestions?

    3-4 girlfriends is not enough for you? i'd be mighty pleased even with that number.

    i don't give a shit about my birthdays no more, i don't plan it at all, i roll with it, if ya know what i mean :cool:
  • pjl44
    pjl44 Posts: 10,593
    My 30th is in two weeks and apparently a surprise party is on the docket. (Those things never stay a surprise.) My actual birthday falls on a Monday and I may wind up spending it at a Libertarian Party social in Boston. Extremely random and I think that's why I'm intrigued by it.

    A couple suggestions...

    Staying in: Find the night when the most people are free and have everyone get together at your place (or someone else's). Get a bunch of booze and break out cards, board games, DVDs, music...whatever you like to do around the house. If you add a bunch of people and alcohol to the most mundane fun, it usually turns out pretty great.

    Going out: I would suggest scouring the Weekly Dig or the Phoenix for events on the day or days you're looking at. I always find something interesting that I never would've found out about otherwise. Interesting art exhibits, crazy themed club nights, bands, film festivals/screenings/double features, comedy shows, theater, etc.
  • genie
    genie Posts: 2,222
    GreenTeaDisease wrote:
    ah, now everyone's telling me to just give them ideas of what I like to do, but I don't know what I like to do...help, what do I like to do???? :)

    do nothing, just gather round few of your mates and have few beers ( or wine if you like wine ) don't stress to much :)
  • sweet adeline
    sweet adeline Posts: 2,191
    my goal is to bench press 300 pounds on my 30th birthday. maybe you can try for that too ;)
  • jamie uk
    jamie uk Posts: 3,812
    I threw a party...my party! In a tent in the garden. And, and this is the killer..I played the music all night!!! I made about 4 compilation tapes, rigged up some big speakers, and boy....that garden party rocked like a mo fo!!!! And no one (well not many) complained. :D
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • Spunkie
    Spunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 7,095
    When I am single and it is my birthday, I like to go to my favorite spot in nature, appreciate its' beauty, and write poetry.
    I was swimming in the Great Barrier Reef 
    Animals were hiding behind the Coral 
    Except for little Turtle
    I could swear he's trying to talk to me 
    Gurgle Gurgle

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