Oh yeah, I had met at least one person off the interweb before Buffistas -- a guy I met through the discussion part of the old GirlsOnFilm.
The King of Cups expects a picnic. But this is not his birthday!
Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter .44 Magnum: Do You Feel Chatty, Punk?
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - May 17, 2006 7:00:33 am PDT #7769 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Frankenbuddha - May 17, 2006 7:01:53 am PDT #7770 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
People, I could have been an axe murderer, you don't know!
And that was a pre-krav ita, wasn't it?
Dana - May 17, 2006 7:08:41 am PDT #7771 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
shrift was an old hand at meeting online people by that point.
My first online friends meeting was driving up to Dallas to meet some Nikita fans, right before I went to the first Nikita con.
My first Table Talk F2F was at Deb's.
And I think the first time I met Buffistas (excluding those I already knew from Deb's) was at the first F2F in Chicago.
Steph L. - May 17, 2006 7:09:29 am PDT #7772 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I met shrift and ita and Theresa W. at my apartment within like a week of delurking. Which is RIDICULOUS. People, I could have been an axe murderer, you don't know!
Yeah, but instead there were asspics, weren't there? A whole series of them?
§ ita § - May 17, 2006 7:10:22 am PDT #7773 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
People, I could have been an axe murderer, you don't know!
I am still getting over that disappointment.
that was a pre-krav ita, wasn't it?
Pre-krav, but post-tae kwon do, post-capoeira, post-kung fu, post-muay thai.
I met people off of USENET first, soc.culture.african-american. Then...I'm not sure. I think it was a F2F at Deb Grabien's, during the TT (and pre-Buffistas as entity) days.
bon bon - May 17, 2006 7:18:01 am PDT #7774 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
And that was a pre-krav ita, wasn't it?
Pre-krav, but post-tae kwon do, post-capoeira, post-kung fu, post-muay thai.
Between this, shrift's attitude and Theresa's driving, I probably wouldn't have been a successful axe murderer.
amych - May 17, 2006 7:18:31 am PDT #7775 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
People, I could have been an axe murderer, you don't know!
You were a law student. I guess they figured that was dangerous enough.
Sue - May 17, 2006 7:23:45 am PDT #7776 of 10002
hip deep in pie
People, I could have been an axe murderer, you don't know!
They could have been a white slavery ring! (Hello Steph's mom.)
FTR, I have never told my family about my internet friends. My mom would just freak too much.
Alibelle - May 17, 2006 7:24:47 am PDT #7777 of 10002
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
Hi, guys! I was so skippy. I think I skipped four or five threads. So I just searched for my name, and saw that Allyson shared our cop story. He was so pretty! And I totally didn't bribe him with the Laker girls, just to make that clear. I've been having a really hard time giving that crap away. Also, at the even itself ita squished my throat when I tried to serenade her with Britney Spears. Like she could even hear me in there. Excessive use of force! I'd like to report her to security.
Also, who wants to tell me how to get inexpensive high speed internet at home? I miss the internet. Do I have to get cable or a phone line? Because I have a perfectly workable cell phone, so I guess I'd go for cable at that point. Or should I take this over to technology questions? I don't even know, that's how long it's been.
ETA: And I scored the nifty number. Yay, me!
erikaj - May 17, 2006 7:35:57 am PDT #7778 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
I think my Buffistaversary is Monday...I am actually unclear if it is four or five years. First f2f...Emily came to my house when she visited the West Coast.