you all have an advatage when you meet me...I bring in a big damn clue.

Yeah, but -- knowing ahead of time that you're in a chair, at least for me, meant that my first impression *wasn't* "Yep, wheelchair." Not at all. Mostly it was "Cool hair, pretty eyes, great smile."

Steph! Of course I liked you! And, IIRC, we even kissed that weekend!! My first impression of you was that you had gorgeous skin. And the hair I've wanted all of my life.

erika - wicked cool, just like on the board. snarky, funny, foamy. All the requirements of be ing a Buffusta.

Voice, Tep. I thought your voice would be more like mine, and instead it was this contralto-y deadpan chain-smoking '40's secretary-of-a-private-dick voice.

Sweet lord how I love this description! It's perfect!

Everybody gets shocked that I have a face like a Hummell but all these violent metaphors spew out.

Rosy cheeks, sparkling eyes, snarky mouth!

Erin, I cracked up at your description of trying to explain Perkygoth to your students. I can just picture the confused expressions, poor munchkins.

First impressions? Erin looked a lot more ... cherubic than I expected. (I think I expected to see more of your snarky wit in your facial expression.) I thought Teppy was far more luminous than her pictures. Aimée was "Wow, tall pretty person hugging me!" My first reaction to Anne was that you looked SO pretty and smart. I, like everyone, didn't expect Hec to sound like that. I discovered erika had beautiful eyes. For some reason, I thought P-C was going to be more baby-faced, and taller. And the first time I saw juliana, I thought "Wow. I want her cheekbones. My God, she's stunning."

I forgot Anne!

Anne was gorgeous and gracious and didn't toss Joe out on his arse for spilling beer near her TV.

Aimée was "Wow, tall pretty person hugging me!"

I'm just glad you weren't like, "AHHH! Strange girl tackling me in an airport! Pete! Hit her with my parasol."

And the first time I saw juliana, I thought "Wow. I want her cheekbones. My God, she's stunning."

Oh come on, admit it. The first time you saw Juliana you thought, "I'm going to keep her in a velvet cage."

erika - wicked cool, just like on the board. snarky, funny, foamy.

Exactly. Poor erika, I just went up and hugged her without explanation/introduction. I did that to P-C, too. Sorry!

I mocked you for your vigorous energy as soon as you came back, and it was like we had always been friends.

Ah, good times. And then there was the drunken French!

The first time you saw Juliana you thought, "I'm going to keep her in a velvet cage."

packs Fernet, waits patiently

First impressions...

SF2F was mostly "OMG so many people!" Also, "So many gorgeous, smart people!" Also also, way more women I wanted to grope in one room than I had ever experienced before.

erika = just as funny in person as she is online, and a killer smile. And a big appetite! I don't know why that surprised me. (Because I eat like a starving woman myself.)

Aimee = fantastic bone structure, funny and smart and as if I had known her for years.

Anne = elegant, with to-die-for hair, but with a really sly wit that sneaks up you.

Teppy = lush and sharp at the same time, and very comfortable in

Hec = the voice did throw me a little bit, but the manner didn't. Taller than I expected, and a little scary, especially when he had me on the dance floor within minutes.

juliana = gorgeous and warm, with that lit-up smile.

Suzi = huggable and bright and mischievous.

Jilli = exactly as soft-spoken and gracious as I imagined, with gorgeous eyes.

P-C = a little bit wide-eyed, and adorable in his tiara. But he talked exactly the way I expected him to -- with enthusiasm and a hell of a lot of wit.

Bev = the Southern accent surprised me. Like meeting a long-lost sister, though.

Deena = those sharp, all-seeing eyes, and that slightly devious, wry smile.