Congrats, jengod!
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'
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.
Fred Pete - May 17, 2006 8:58:39 am PDT #7804 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
Strega - May 17, 2006 8:59:13 am PDT #7805 of 10002
when have you met an online friend in face-space for the first time? In what circumstances?
The first online friends I met were players from a MUSE in... 1995, I think. There was a teeny tiny con-ish thing in Chicago; I'd joined the game with some friends, and they wanted to go, so I went along for the road-trip. I definitely knew some people there at the time, but the main thing I remember now is that one of the RL friends was an ass. Oh, and a few months later I ran into another guy on the MUSE who was local, so we met up a few times but didn't really click in person.
And then I got a job and stopped hanging out on the MUSE till all hours. The end.
...That's not a very good story, really. How disappointing.
Let's see, since then I met some people from a Hissyfit offshoot a few times. I went to Vegas and Toronto and NYC, and met most of the TWoP staff. I met a bunch of TWoP posters in DC and NYC. I went to the DC Journalcon because I knew 3 people there. I met Montykins in Vegas, and Allyson in LA. Yay me.
How did it work out? Did you keep in touch later?
I don't think it's ever failed to be a good time. Some online friendships are like the ones you make at work, where there are only a few overlapping interests, and when that's gone you don't stay in touch anymore. I can't recall any examples where meeting in person changed the relationship; it usually confirmed it. Which might mean "Hooray, I like you as much as I thought I would!" or, "Gosh, we have as little in common as I suspected." If we were in touch regularly before meeting, we stayed in touch afterwards. If it was more casusal, it stayed that way.
Ooh, and I think that technically, the first Buffista I met was meara, but that was just a wacky coincidence so it probably doesn't count.
Atropa - May 17, 2006 8:59:28 am PDT #7806 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
jengod! Congratulations!
Jessica - May 17, 2006 9:01:32 am PDT #7807 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Congratulations, jengod!!!
amych - May 17, 2006 9:01:45 am PDT #7808 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Jengod! Yay! (and so nice to see you, too!)
Calli - May 17, 2006 9:04:16 am PDT #7809 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Congratulations, Jengod!
§ ita § - May 17, 2006 9:08:59 am PDT #7810 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jengod! Woot!
I lost touch with everyone from s.c.a.a--one or two posters made it to TT, and one made it from TT to WX, but I don't hang out in the common forum anymore.
Most of the online people I have meatspace interaction with are Buffistas, but there are some WX people too.
sj - May 17, 2006 9:09:57 am PDT #7811 of 10002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Congratulations, jengod!!!!!
beth b - May 17, 2006 9:13:43 am PDT #7812 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
happy birthday Vortex
hooray ,jengod!
I think the first time I met people was at the buffista tea in sf, but it also might have been at JZ's house. I honestly can't keep it straight...I do know the first couple of times I met people I reverted to my very shy , self - consious self - but that doesn't seem to be a real problem . a little strained when I met people one on one , but that's because my job is listener, not talker . ( even though I can talk you ear off - but only sometimes)
Ailleann - May 17, 2006 9:13:49 am PDT #7813 of 10002
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
Congratulations jengod! So glad for you that you enjoyed yourself!