Say! look at you! You look just like me! We're very pretty.

Buffybot ,'Dirty Girls'


F2F 3: Who's Bringing the Guacamole?  

Plan what to do, what to wear (you can never go wrong with a corset), and get ready for the next BuffistaCon: San Francisco, May 19-21, 2006! Everything else, go here! Swag!


EpicTangent - May 04, 2006 6:55:22 am PDT #9247 of 10001
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

Hey, bt, make sure to let me know if you guys make the trek down to these parts for the zoo. I'd be pleased as punch to join up with you.

At the very least I'll be making it to the Wild Animal Park. Further updates as relevant!

Awesome. That'll do nicely.

Hey, maybe if we're very lucky, we can find another nice restaurant who can refuse to bring me silverware or beverages!


billytea - May 04, 2006 7:12:24 am PDT #9248 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Hey, maybe if we're very lucky, we can find another nice restaurant who can refuse to bring me silverware or beverages!

And seat Cass next to the sharks!


EpicTangent - May 04, 2006 8:16:29 am PDT #9249 of 10001
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

And seat Cass next to the sharks!

How could I forget!

That was the only thing missing from our dinner at Corvette Diner.


katefate - May 04, 2006 9:36:58 am PDT #9250 of 10001
Frail my heart apart and play me a little Shady Grove

Juliana, insent.

I've been putting off saying it: no F2F for me this year - the airfare is out of the question. I've tried to write this post before, but then the big lump in the throat or the blinding tears renders me too pathetic. It's not just disappointment - it's also that the two I've attended have meant more than I can express.

I'm still amazed at how important 2002 and 2004 were in my quest to overcome lifetime crippling shyness. I had such fun, even though I could not always succeed with the gregarious. It was Buffista vibe that made it happen. We are greater than the sum of our parts.

There is nothing like entering the HS for the first time. Taking in Buffista corporeal foaminess is like floating on a glittery, witty, squishy brain-cloud with extra dark chocolate on the side. And then you get the experience again vicariously with each new arrival. Then Prom is not so much with the cloud as with "wrap your legs 'round these velvet rims and strap your hands 'cross my engines."

I wish I could attend this year so I could spend more time in the shy corner. I'd like to hang with Bev and Toddson, who I remember clearly from DC, but didn't spend enough time with. I'd love to meet Buffistas I haven't met, and visit with Buffistas I was too overawed to talk to very much before. I want to see DX's eyes, Scola's smile, Allyson's hair, and other Buffista wonders. And flirt with Trudy and nibble Too Much Candy again. I'll miss hearing new voices to go with screen names.

My point? Well, I'm a big goober. But about overplanning: I suggest being overwhelmed by Buffistas (it's fun!), rather than by activities. It's not the side trips, but the people on them. The fabric outing sounds fabulous, in spite of my irrational fabric store squick, because it's with Buffistas.

I'll shut up now with two observations:

  • Anyone who's feeling intimidated? Look around; you're in good company.
  • I'ma miss all y'all.


Laura - May 04, 2006 9:48:08 am PDT #9251 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.

Oh katefate! You're breaking my heart. I will miss seeing you so much. Sniff. We have to take lots of pictures for the beloved missing Buffistas.


Fay - May 04, 2006 9:53:25 am PDT #9252 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.

Oh, damn.

Damn damn damn.

Wish you could make it, love.


JZ - May 04, 2006 9:57:29 am PDT #9253 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

Oh, katefate. I'm so sorry.


Kate P. - May 04, 2006 10:28:53 am PDT #9254 of 10001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

Nooo! Oh man, katefate, I'm so bummed you won't be there!


Amy - May 04, 2006 10:43:28 am PDT #9255 of 10001
Because books.

katefate, I am so sorry you're not coming! But I have to say, for someone is both terrifically excited and also not a little bit nervous about meeting so many great people all at once, your reassurances were wonderful.

Actually, doubly sorry you're not coming.


SailAweigh - May 04, 2006 11:08:58 am PDT #9256 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

Katefate, I'm so sorry you can't come this year! I hope next year is more auspicious for travelling, I look forward to meeting you.