#mendo birthday project

[just-barrow]

this blog has been called mendo trash ever since I made it 6+ years ago with the specific goal to thirst over ben mendelsohn and I am SO happy to see a new generation of mendelhomies rising up. I truly hope we can get back to our early 2017 levels of feral insanity because that was probably the most fun I've ever had in fandom

(those of you still here, you know who you are <3)

#finally returning to my natural habitat in the year of our lord 2023 #omg who remembers when we got a reply to the mendo birthday project #ben mendelsohn

[bree-t]

2023 recap

-Flooded garage and teamwork to barricade it with sandbags

-vision boarding with Catherine and Lily

-celebrating Graham and Leah’s marriage

-Jurassic Park at the SF Symphony

-Asian Art Museum and dim sum in SF with Catherine and Lily

-celebrating LNY with my siblings and playing with pop pops

-movie night with Madison and Leah

-hosting visitors - Megan T., Andrew, Kyle, and Jose

-celebrating Chris’ 40th birthday

-UCSD fam brunch at Alyssa and Aaron’s in Richmond

-hosting the London team, and taking them for drinks at the Berkeley marina

-road trip to Sac to visit Jaime, Ranu, and Nicole

-hot pot and other foodie adventures with Chelsea

-getting outbid on a house

-purchasing our first home!

-visits with mom and dad.. eating dimsum, watching Madison’s softball game, and singing karaoke

-escape room for Lily’s birthday with Catherine and Konrad

-first warriors game at chase center

-book talk and getting to meet Martin Yan

-giggly catch up with Tiff Man in SF

-returning to the office and in-person events

-celebrating Alyssa’s birthday with the ucsd fam

-Catherine’s housewarming

-seeing Kristine Bacani Wu at APAHE

-celebrating Theo’s birthday

-SF date with Leslie

-Barbie movie date with Alyssa

-hosting my siblings to celebrate Nicole’s birthday

-chocolate frogs and trippin’ with Lily, Catherine, Upkar, and Viet

-family dinners and bbqs with the Costas

-crawfish boil with Adrienne and Chris

-exploring Argentina and Uruguay with Jose

-launching the first Global Internships program in South America

-celebrating Addison’s 1st birthday

-getting to see Janet Jackson from the 3rd row! And getting to meet her after the show!

-moving and discovering the joys - and never ending projects associated with home ownership (new floors, painting, mold, etc)

-launching a global internships program in Barcelona

-traveling to new places: Segovia, Monserrat, Andorra, and the south of France

-watching the girls pop their swim times

-lots of kitty cuddles with Bella

-reliving my emo kid days at the Yellowcard concert with Lily

-road tripping to Santa Cruz with the ucsd fam for Brent’s birthday

-the worst fight of our marriage, tears, and needing to regroup at Catherine’s for the week

-hot ones challenge with my brother and family, chugging milk and eating ice cream cake to stop the burning

-playing mahjong with Leah, and getting beat by her

-hosting my parents at our new home

-kbbq and dinner dates with Adrienne

-planning andrew and Kyle’s bachelor party in Palm Springs with a Taylor Swift night, a poolside butler, and sooo much vodka

-Beyoncé concert with Vince and Jessa

-annual Labor Day Mendo trip with the siblings. First time for Scott and Kristen

-Lionel Richie and EWF at chase center.. dancing and singing the entire time!

-sending Alyssa and Aaron off to Japan

-making kalbi from scratch for Catherine’s birthday

-Andrew and Kyle’s wedding weekend: poolside hangouts, way too many espresso martinis, and reunions with old friends

-EAIE conference in Rotterdam: poster session, reconnecting with colleagues from around the world, and going on an adventure to find windmills

-reconnecting with Felicia while on a layover in Boston

-dimsum dates with my siblings

-SJ dates with Leslie and Chelsea

-Taylor Swift concert movie with Adrienne

-SD and LA vacation: catching up with Amy and Daniel, Rey and Lorna, meeting baby Finn and seeing Matt and Megan, hitting up our old stomping grounds, eating wayyyy too much Mexican food, catching up with Megan T, Olivia, and Jonathan, hanging with Dan, Connie and June, crushing all the blocks at Super Nintendo World

-celebrating Kenzie’s 4th birthday

-meeting Anthony Rapp and getting to see his one man show

-celebrating Gary and Michelle’s marriage

-pet parade and hanging with Kristen and Kenzo in SF

-virtual squid games with Adrienne and Chris

-celebrating my birthday with Lily and Catherine

-John Mayer at chase center

-besties weekend in LA and Andrew’s home cooked Vietnamese food

-hosting Megan T at our new home

-hot pot for Thanksgiving with the siblings and the chosen fam (Catherine and Lily)

-Thanksgiving in LA with the Costas

-WB Studio Tour with the Costas

-wine and cheese party the with Lambs and Josephine

-family time, gardening and house projects with my parents

-Chelsea’s bougie YouTube holiday party in SF

-volunteering at the food bank with Catherine and Lily

-home alone at the sf symphony with the siblings

-Christmas in our new home with Bella, and the Costas in the evening

-Vegas with the besties - Drew, Kyle, and Jose

-meow wolf with Jose

-African food with Karm, Cecil and Jose

-WB studio tour with mom and the girls, getting to see the Gilmore girls set with mom and Leah’s face light up on the friends set

-ringing in the new year at home with my momma

-reconnecting with old friends, Sophia and Matt

-crying and struggling with watching my parents age

-starting the new year with a grateful heart and the gift of the present moment

[happybirthdaymendo]

#mendo birthday project #happy birthday mendo #2021

[itskenku]

this is a gif just because I got excited about ben mendelsohn wearing VR stuff in ready player one but I still wanted to draw his eyes

#ben mendelsohn #ready player one #nolan sorrento #sorrento #movies #SO CLOSE #mendo birthday project

[dorara1003]

i was so busy that missed this project;a;

a lil pic for Ben’s birthday;a;

#Ben Mendelsohn #mendo birthday project #fanart

[smolbeandrabbles]

!Writing Update!

UPDATE 2 31/3/19 - As you can see, we are all round 1 edited - which MEANS they are all in my drafts! I will edit once more - very minor stuff - and they will get rolled out this week and next (Schedule to come!) OH! THIS IS SO EXCITING FOR ME! UPDATE 30/3/19 - It’s looking better than it was guys. Two are essentially ready  to go, another 9000 word Sway part is looking daunting but today's the day to tackle it!

OP: 28/3/19

Posting of any of this is literally all dependent on how lethargic I am to editing.  Right now... Eh... Outlook not great. But I promise Ben himself, something is going out in his Birthday week!!!

I’m in the midst of a masterlist and other important things, as discussed here If anyone wants in on a tag list... Let me know! So as follows: Mendo’s

Sway Pt 7 (Danny) - Edit Round 1 Complete!!! Gioco Finito Pt 2 (Nolan) - Edit Round 1 Complete!!!  Selfish  Pt 2 (Sheriff) - Edit Round 1 Complete!!! Science & Faith Pt 2 (Talos) - Edit Round 1 Complete!!! Win Life (Gerry) - God, so I wrote the plot. It finally has a plot so I know where I’m going... It’s probably not coming out any time next week though. various scenes are written...  Out of Nowhere Girl Pt 2 (Keller/Talos) - ??? I mean, pieces are written but... IDK ??? Non-Mendo’s Mine Would Be You (Jack Morris) - If anyone cares?! Really a passion project. He has a playlist now. I just need to watch the movie a few more times and decide how I’m splitting it. We’re 3241 words written so far...  Some Mistakes (John Rayburn) - Wait. I’m writing for John too?! Why yes, dear followers I am! Approximately 0% of this is written though. I know every plot point. But it doesn’t have its own word document yet. It has the end, written on a post it note and a note on my phone... Though. Essentially. Part 32 & 33 of Bloodline made me do it! Honest!

#Linzi Writes #I'm not tagging all the characters until my Masterlist! #Ugh editing got me like... #I don't wanna #but I MUST!

[mendelsohnben]

My small thing for the 2018 Mendo birthday project feat. Nev from Starred Up. As usual for me I finished this at the last minute, but I managed full colour and (relative) polish this time, unlike last year…..

Anyway, happy freakin’ 49th bday to my favourite actor whom I admire very much 🎉🎂🎁

#ben mendelsohn #my art #nah.... i totally didn't plan to do more than one painting........ #[muffled sob]

[houseofmendo]

Mendo fam,

I know we’re in a bit of a dry spell with Mendo publicity/visibility right now, but I have to say I have been blown away by the amount of creativity coming out of this fandom lately. Mendelweek was a blast, the birthday project, and just people being awesome with aesthetics and fics and art. 

And honestly, he’s got so much stuff coming out, the fandom will only continue to grow. 

I just love you all. You’re such an extraordinary group of people and you’re all so talented<3 <3 I’m so thankful I have a computer. 

Unlike Ben.

#ben mendelsohn #mendo fam

[dreamybagel]

Happy Birthday Ben !

couldn’t make it for the Mendo Birthday Project but still, a belated Happy Birthday to this wonderful Aussie cinnamon roll sprinkled with rainbow and cute koalas :)

#Ben Mendelsohn #Orson Krennic #he's such a cinnamon roll #*sighs* #i love him too much #my vids

[beany-ben]

I don’t always draw but when I do, I surprised myself.

WIP - Orson Krennic (Pacific Rim AU)

I was inspired by this fanfic I’ve read. http://archiveofourown.org/works/9217934/chapters/20906750

Also WIP - Mendo Birthday project for @happybirthdaymendo

Hopefully I can finish this two before Monday. 😅

#ben mendelsohn #project #signal boost #happybirthdaymendo #mendofam #orson krennic #art #mine

[just-barrow]

Ok Mendofam don’t freak out...

...but I got a reply from Ben’s agent in Australia!

Here it is:

Hi Kim -

Thanks for your email for Ben.

Here is a return message from him:

Wow. 

I had no idea. 

Thank you so very very much for the birthday wishes and the thoughtful words and pictures, posts, letters, songs  and videos from across the world.

I'm beyond moved 

lee-anne higgins | united management

HOW SWEET IS THIS!! I’m absolutely over the moon that we got a reply from Ben himself, and so soon as well! 

Again, thank you so much for all of your wonderful messages, I hope you’re as excited as I am that he saw them! The Mendofam is amazing and I’m just so happy that Ben now knows it too ❤

#ben mendelsohn #mendofam #mendo birthday project #mendhos #i'm allowed to freak out in the tags right #BECAUSE I AM FREAKING OUTTTTTT #HE SAW OUR STUFF #THIS IS NOT A DRILL #HE SAW ALL OF OUR STUFF #and he took the time to write a return message omfg i am DYING #i might actually cry #he is the sweetest #i'm so happy you guys liked my idea and helped make the bday page so lovely #thank you!!!!!!! #i love my mendofam #<333333333

[happybirthdaymendo]

Dear Ben,

Happiest of birthdays to you! I hope you have a wonderful day and get to spend it with the people you love.

I’m very excited to see all the new projects you’ve been working on! You make so many people happy with your acting and we can never thank you enough.

Lots of love from the Netherlands! 🇳🇱

xx Kim

#2021 #mendo birthday project #happy birthday mendo

[itskenku]

here's the little thing i made for ben's birthday project! that photoshoot was adorable and drawing pepper was a lovely experience :3  happy birthday, ben!! wishing ya all the best!

#ben mendelsohn #art #mendo birthday project

[dorara1003]

Hi! I just saw your art for the Mendo Birthday Project, I'll reblog it to the page when I'm on my laptop! I love it :D

Oh thank you so much!

[happybirthdaymendo]

A humble dedication to my favourite actor from AUSTRALIA

I noticed you first in UNA and became a fan ever since BLOODLINE. Here's to health, happiness and more screen time! I wouldn't want to TRESPASS on your time but remember that even in your DARKEST HOUR, there are many fans who ADORE you and your work.

Best wishes are coming to you all the way from Malta 🙂

Lorna

#2021 #happy birthday mendo #mendo birthday project