It would have been precious Hec, except I was 34. I was probably the internet equiv. though. The Bronze linear was only the second place I'd ever posted on the internet, and my first stop was the Bronze threaded. The old Bronze was a sticky site, the way b.org is (which is more or less only the 4th board where I've posted regularly at all, and the only non-Bronzer one). Reading those boards makes me homesick, even though we were being taken like...a taken thing.
Mal: Okay. She won't be winning any beauty contests anytime soon. But she is solid. Ship like this, be with ya 'til the day you die. Zoe: 'Cause it's a deathtrap.
'Out Of Gas'
The Minearverse 3: The Network Is a Harsh Mistress
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Topic!Cindy - Sep 01, 2004 2:22:58 pm PDT #1935 of 10001
What is even happening?
Allyson - Sep 01, 2004 2:26:32 pm PDT #1936 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
My homesickness for the Bronze is gone. Hm.
Narrator - Sep 01, 2004 2:29:28 pm PDT #1937 of 10001
The evil is this way?
My homesickness for the Bronze is gone. Hm.
I thought mine was too. This brought it back though. Darn it.
alienprayer - Sep 01, 2004 2:29:48 pm PDT #1938 of 10001
Conservative, n. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others. -Bierce
I am better (mostly), and do not mind at all ita. And thank you Cindy, JZ. I also cut at one point, after I had stopped lying, and stopped because the reward I craved was public.
McGreevy's choice of an Israeli poet for the security position had struck me as an odd one. If New Jersey politics was not so hardball and corrupt at the state level, I would agree with Ariana that it was a passive decision. But in this state, I think he was counting on getting caught.
Allyson - Sep 01, 2004 2:34:20 pm PDT #1939 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
because the reward I craved was public
Arguably why I got so involved in fandom.
Did you enjoy the act of telling the tales? Did you make up stuff about yourself, or others? If you don't want to talk about it, I understand.
tiggy - Sep 01, 2004 2:35:46 pm PDT #1940 of 10001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
My homesickness for the Bronze is gone. Hm.
I thought mine was too. This brought it back though. Darn it.
I don't think mine ever will be. even with the very short time i had to spend on the official board, it was more like home to me than any other board. the beta tried at first, but there was just too much conflict of interest. now beta is just a sad place. there is little to no reason for me to post there anymore and that's hard for me. i'm glad so many bronzers have gone the route of livejournal. it is my home away from home. still not the same, but there's still just as much drama. *g*
Topic!Cindy - Sep 01, 2004 2:38:41 pm PDT #1941 of 10001
What is even happening?
I thought mine was too. This brought it back though. Darn it.
This. I thought mine was long gone.
If tiggy, Allyson, and I tell you how WRONG you are about the BBS, will it help, Narrator?
tommyrot - Sep 01, 2004 2:39:36 pm PDT #1942 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I think there should be an online support group for people suffering from Munchausen by Internet.
Yeah, I have a sick sense of humor; what of it?
Kristen - Sep 01, 2004 2:45:46 pm PDT #1943 of 10001
Well, knowing, you, violence was likely involved.
Like you're one to talk. You liked to beat people with a shovel. Or, you know, what tiggy said.
I hope it was the world's tiniest violin.
It was!
Geo/Bezoar/HelSpider/HelSparrow/SparrowtheHellSpider/Karmic.
I completely forgot about Karmic. Or perhaps I just blocked it out.
My homesickness for the Bronze is gone.
I have no homesickness for it. But reading these posts gave me that nostalgic feeling.
Also? I had entirely too many projects going on back then. Bronzer!Kristen makes me tired.
alienprayer - Sep 01, 2004 2:49:34 pm PDT #1944 of 10001
Conservative, n. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others. -Bierce
I don't mind talking about it. You may have to order me to shut up about it.
I only made up things about myself, but I would make up people to back me up. The storytelling was less rewarding than the unravelling. But, there was enough of a high while the lies stood up that when my therapist pointed out that the goal was being caught, I got angry.