Did you know it was Jill’s birthday?

by Lauren on 8.5.2009 · 19 comments

I didn’t either until she unceremoniously uninvited me to her birthday dinner this week by email (apparently there are other people named Lauren in this world).

Heartless.

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{ 19 comments }

1 Lauren 8.5.2009 at 7:34 pm: I mean, I know I’m 1500 miles away, but the invitation was thoughtful.
2 Lauren O 8.5.2009 at 8:41 pm: THERE ARE NO OTHER PEOPLE NAMED LAUREN IN THIS WORLD
3 amandaw 8.5.2009 at 8:42 pm: Well, Lauren, you’re invited to MY birthday party. Next time I have one (who knows!). You’re still several hundred miles from me, I think, but hey, that’s still more convenient than 1500!
4 amandaw 8.5.2009 at 8:43 pm: And also, HAPPY BIRTHDAY JILL! I’m still on time! In fact, there are two hours and sixteen minutes left to celebrate. Get on it!
5 Chally 8.5.2009 at 10:09 pm: Happy birthday, Jill, and many happy returns!
6 Pega 8.5.2009 at 10:48 pm: Happy Birthday Jill. And many happy returns of the day!
7 Hexy 8.5.2009 at 11:04 pm: Happy Birthday, Jill! Happy Shunning, Lauren!
8 BenYitzhak 8.5.2009 at 11:18 pm: Best wishes Jill. Have fun.
9 Jill 8.5.2009 at 11:28 pm: Thanks for the bday wishes!

Ms. Lauren, you would have been invited if you were in NY! I didn’t even realize that I accidentally sent the email to you until I was having pre-dinner drinks with my friend, and she was like, “Who is your friend Lauren?” And she knows (other) Lauren, so I was like, “You know, Lauren H—–.” And she goes, “Yeah… but you sent the email dinner invite to a different Lauren. Not the Lauren you think you sent it to.” At which point I realized I put my foot in it.

Damn it. Wish you could have been there, though!
10 Marksman2000 8.5.2009 at 11:45 pm: Happy B-Day, Jill!
11 CulturalIconography 8.6.2009 at 1:37 am: Have the happiest of birthdays, and thank you for the gift you give us–Feministe! (Did that sound way too corny? If it did, my apologies!)
12 SunlessNick 8.6.2009 at 3:39 am: Happy birthday, Jill.
13 Helen 8.6.2009 at 6:02 am: Happy birthday Jill! [Waves to Lauren]

I think I have been reading both your blogs for, I think about 5 years!
14 prairielily 8.6.2009 at 7:52 am: Jill, Jill, Jill. If you’d only been born a day sooner, you could have shared a birthday with Obama AND Helen Thomas.

Happy Birthday! :)
15 norbizness 8.6.2009 at 8:41 am: She must be getting forgetful in her old age.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnTLQtPqViI
16 Natalia 8.6.2009 at 9:42 am: Happy Belated Birthday, Jill!

Always good to know that you’re a fellow Leo.

Rawr.
17 Marcy Webb 8.6.2009 at 10:28 am: ¡Feliz cumpleaños, Jill! :)
18 Daisy Bond 8.6.2009 at 12:14 pm: Happy birthday, Jill!
19 DaisyDeadhead 8.7.2009 at 10:31 pm: Happy birthday!