Happy Birthday today to one of the biggest reasons that for the past 4~1/2 years there have been Citizens on Citizens of Boomtown ~ Bob Geldof! 🎉 Bob Geldof takes a lot of criticism for being the thing I think we all should be: outspoken and 100% true to himself! I think that deserves celebrating! So, go ahead & post your favorite photos of Bob, share thoughts about him, and, of course, wish him Happy Birthday!
Given that Bob's birthday is landing on a Saturday this year, I'm using the occasion for creating the last Citizens Saturday, something I created to highlight contributions of Citizens of Boomtown each week. So, this Citizens Saturday is dedicated to EVERYONE! Whether you've created posts yourself or come by to read posts, all of these things are equally important and have made this site what it's been for 4~1/2 years.
I want to say thank you very much to everyone who voted for me to be Mayor in the 2023 Mayoral election ~ it means a lot to me and the past year has been one of the most fun years of my life! Thank you for making it possible! If you didn't vote for me, thank you, too ~ just thank you for being here. Thank you to the Councillors, my sister, Nikki, Rob, Christine, Paul, and James, for your contributions. Thank you to Amanda, Jules, Paul Cuddeford, & Krystina M. Stone, for making The Zone possible this summer ~ it was incredibly fun! And thank you, Pete, for being one of the nicest, kindest, and funniest people in the world! Everything that came along as a part of Citizens of Boomtown this past year is something that was completely unexpected by me ~ it was all this incredibly nice surprise that came from out of the blue and I'm so glad it happened!
And like I said in the beginning, one of the biggest reasons we're all here ~ and for me, THE reason I'm here, since it was watching the interviews Bob gave about the unimaginably painful experiences he's had in his life that exclusively helped to pull me out of the horror of day~to~day life once my Chihuahua, Wilbur, was killed by a bull terrier ~ is Bob Geldof. A lot of people here will have become Citizens of Boomtown because words Bob Geldof has spoken or lyrics he's written and sung, helped them to find their way. Or maybe the Boomtown Rats music "just" makes you feel really good! There's no "just" about that. Music is EVERYTHING to me and I think it's everything to a lot of people here. Musicians, singers, songwriters, poets, authors, and artists of every kind are absolutely, without question, angels walking on earth. Without them, a lot of people wouldn't still BE walking on earth. Right now, someone somewhere knows they can find a way to make it through another day because a lyric just caught their ear on the radio or somewhere they were walking through, a song was playing and the words reached out and grabbed them. Bob Geldof's lyrics and spoken words have done and will always do that for people. Thank you, Bob, for being so willing to bare your soul and Happy Birthday!
Love,
Jennifer ❤️🤍
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A marvelous tribute! Happy birthday to Bob!