Because of the problems with the venue, there was a certain degree of everyone standing around being, like "I think that person is here for this thing, but I'm not sure." (I was actually remarkably good at identifying which people around the Starbucks were, in fact, internet people. Mark later asked, "But what do you do? Just go up to people and ask if they're from the Internet?" Yes, yes, that is exactly what you do.
Everybody dies, Tracey. Someone's carrying a bullet for you right now, doesn't even know it. The trick is to die of old age before it finds you.
Mal ,'The Message'
Buffy and Angel 1: BUFFYNANGLE4EVA!!!!!1!
Is it better the second time around? Or the third? Or tenth? This is the place to come when you have a burning desire to talk about an old episode that was just re-run.
DebetEsse - Feb 21, 2012 4:13:36 am PST #8729 of 10458
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Jesse - Feb 21, 2012 6:41:57 am PST #8730 of 10458
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That is exactly what you do! I'm pretty sure I've used that exact phrasing.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 21, 2012 10:27:27 am PST #8731 of 10458
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I suspect what with f2fs and all we as a group have a lot more experience with that sort of thing than most.
I spent most of last evening listening to "Once More with Feeling" while working. Even 9 years later it still fills me with a warm fuzzy feeling.
Vortex - Feb 22, 2012 7:11:04 am PST #8732 of 10458
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
One of my favorite random meetings was in SF, I was walking through the lobby and saw someone standing in line at checkin wearing a Buffista tshirt and I just walked up and said "hi! I'm Stephanie, who are you?" It was Sparky!
DavidS - Feb 22, 2012 7:27:49 am PST #8733 of 10458
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
One of my favorite random meetings was in SF, I was walking through the lobby and saw someone standing in line at checkin wearing a Buffista tshirt and I just walked up and said "hi! I'm Stephanie, who are you?" It was Sparky!
We ran into Sumi on the street at the Chicago F2F. I think she just said, "Are you Buffistas?"
Polter-Cow - Feb 22, 2012 7:33:11 am PST #8734 of 10458
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
My current favorite Internet meet-up story is this.
DavidS - Feb 22, 2012 7:42:41 am PST #8735 of 10458
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
My current favorite Internet meet-up story is this.
Is she married? Ask her out!
Polter-Cow - Feb 22, 2012 7:49:30 am PST #8736 of 10458
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
That's your answer to everything, Hec!
DavidS - Feb 22, 2012 8:02:54 am PST #8737 of 10458
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
That's your answer to everything, Hec!
I have the cure to loneliness, P-Cow. It's called, "Sack up and ask a girl out every other year."
Also skip that interminable grey zone where you don't know if she "likes you" likes you, or just wants to be friends and you just don't know and you're getting mixed signals and you thought she liked you but you didn't say anything for eight months and then were surprised and bummed out when she started dating somebody else who just asked her out.
Don't do that part.
DavidS - Feb 22, 2012 8:08:39 am PST #8738 of 10458
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm sorry if that's harsh.
But, P-Cow, you are very eligible! You are a good looking straight guy in the Bay Area who is employed (and well respected at work), financially solvent, has his own car and does cool creative things. You're a good friend and you're good company.
You're so money and you don't even know it.