It's not like she blew me off. She just left with another guy, that's all.

Riley ,'Conversations with Dead People'


F2F 4: Too Much Candy, Never Enough Mojitos.  

Plan what to do, what to wear (you can never go wrong with a corset), and get ready for the next BuffistaCon: Madison, WI from June 20-22 2008! Official website.


NoiseDesign - Dec 06, 2007 1:44:57 pm PST #6988 of 10002
Our wings are not tired

unless drowning in kitsch for 45 minutes that seems like five hours is your idea of a good time.

Disturbingly, for me, that does sound like a good time. I also know that I'm very strange.


Nicole - Dec 06, 2007 1:49:54 pm PST #6989 of 10002
I'm getting the pig!

unless drowning in kitsch for 45 minutes that seems like five hours is your idea of a good time. With slow fat midwesterners blocking your way so you can't move quickly through the boring rooms.

If I attend, I suppose I'll need to lose some weight first and move quicker. Good to know.


Laga - Dec 06, 2007 2:00:20 pm PST #6990 of 10002
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

I realize now it's not that the pace is too slow, it's that the volume of the crowd makes the pace impossible for an individual to control. It feels uncomfortable to be forced to move along at the same pace as everyone else. The word cattle comes to mind.


SailAweigh - Dec 06, 2007 2:13:23 pm PST #6991 of 10002
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

Don't forget, it doesn't open until sometime in May, either. So, part of it depends on the dates we pick, too. I'd hate to have you pick a weekend in April and then be dissappointed when the place isn't even open (presuming Madison actually got the vote.)


juliana - Dec 06, 2007 2:18:07 pm PST #6992 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

I'm so making the pilgrimage to Green Bay if we go to Madison (if I can afford it). I never managed to make it when I did live in the Midwest (among the Midwesterners of various body types and speeds), and that's a crying shame.


Cashmere - Dec 06, 2007 3:27:53 pm PST #6993 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.

A choice of Madison will seal the deal for me and it will be my first official F2F!


Nicole - Dec 06, 2007 3:40:44 pm PST #6994 of 10002
I'm getting the pig!

I realize now it's not that the pace is too slow, it's that the volume of the crowd makes the pace impossible for an individual to control. It feels uncomfortable to be forced to move along at the same pace as everyone else. The word cattle comes to mind.

No, Laga, my response was to the sweeping generalization and, imo, rudeness of your wording -

slow fat midwesterners

Considering the varied sizes and shapes of the members of our community, it would be all too easy for people's feeling to be hurt by your comment. I've always thought of b.org as a safe place from that kind of attitude.


Lee - Dec 06, 2007 3:58:29 pm PST #6995 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Goes to sit in Nicole's corner.


Cass - Dec 06, 2007 4:01:09 pm PST #6996 of 10002
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

I've always thought of b.org as a safe place from that kind of attitude.
As have I.


Vortex - Dec 06, 2007 4:13:44 pm PST #6997 of 10002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Considering the varied sizes and shapes of the members of our community, it would be all too easy for people's feeling to be hurt by your comment. I've always thought of b.org as a safe place from that kind of attitude.

I think that it is. As a person who can be sensitive about her weight, though, I didn't notice it. I thought of it more as a personality thing that an actual physical things. Like if we called a group "grey haired grannies", I don't think that anyone with grey hair would be offended.

(and how annoyed am I that the spellcheck thinks that I am misspelling "grey")