Run Away!

[jetpack_monkey]

The roommate is planning something extra-special for my birthday. She has told me this much, and that I'm to keep the weekend after my birthday (Feb 22-24) open, but nothing else. She's quite keen to keep it a surprise and I am quite keen to be surprised. That's how birthday presents go. And midnightfae always comes up with the very best presents.

I also know that she has involved some of my friends in this evil (read: awesome) plot. This she did not tell me. See, my roommate, cunning as she is, doesn't know how to use a Mac. She's been borrowing mine while Dell tries to figure out how to repair her laptop and sometimes she leaves her LJ session logged in.

Like today. I opened up Firefox and there's Livejournal, logged into her account, with the words "No-Nate filter" on the Recent Comments list in large, friendly letters. You've never seen a browser window close so fast. I was practically out of breath from the effort.

I promptly went and taught the roommate how to use Apple Key + Q to completely close a program.

If you're in on the plot, don't let me know anything. Not even a vague hint. Last year, for Christmas, I randomly guessed as a joke that she was giving me Tom Servo. I swear I didn't know she'd been gathering gumball machine heads and spring arms for months (that project is, sadly, not yet complete due to various distractions). I have a terrible knack for working these things out based on ridiculously scant information and I do not want to be ahead of the game.

This has been a public service announcement for the Let's Keep Jetpack Monkey in the Dark Regarding His 25th Birthday Society. We accept generous donations of complete information blackouts and they're tax-deductible. Please, give today.

Comments

[brightone.livejournal.com]

I feel like someone ought to start a massive misinformation campaign.

Like, "OMG, she's bought you your very own herd of sheep!"

Or maybe it's a submarine. I hear those are totally useful in the southwest.

[tinylegacies.livejournal.com]

Apparently we're both evil.

Because I was going to say something about jetting off to Paris.

[kittycat22.livejournal.com]

Good willpower on your part!

[timjr.livejournal.com]

Four words, my friend: Naked Baked Bean Wrestling.

That's your surprise.

...yes, I changed my joke. Shush.

[qkellie.livejournal.com]

She's knitting you a car. You like pink yarn and can drive a stick shift, right?

[diannelamerc.livejournal.com]

FTW ;-)