Libkitty has just an awesome voice.

And a cool RL name.

Lee was taller than I expected. I tend to assume people are about my height. Aimee looked just like her pictures, but better. Erin's voice was so light and lilting! Tep was like Girl Oz! Seriously, my first impression of Tep in my mental file is Girl Oz. Trudy had a great nose.

Robin was just freaking stunning, with great hair.

Fay made a comfortable pillow.

Jess was hella pretty.

Sophia was so striped and stylish!

Brenda glows and is just beautiful.

aw, you guys are being all awesome and stuff! This is all really nice stuff to read about y'all!

Nora! I forgot Nora. Who has the best smile and reminded me of a dear friend of mine from high school.

I also forgot brenda, and Ginger, and Toddson, and Nicole, and Cass, and ... this whole thing is getting too much for me now. I'm going to take a stand and say Buffistas = Foamy, Brilliant, and Inherently Gropeable.

I feel like such a space case. I couldn't tell you half of my first impressions. Especially not at the LA F2F.

The most notable first impression was naturally of Allyson. I'd spoken to her once on the phone (calling from NM) to say "Hey! I'm going to stay with you when I get to LA!" and once more to guide me to her place proper once I hit the city.

I got out of the car, she turned towards me, and then she smiled. Allyson has a great smile, and I knew it was going to be okay sleeping right by her bed until I got on my feet. She lit up.

And I don't mean in a smoking way, which she also does. Just not the point.

erika, start the journey from here: provocateuse.com

Whoops. Double post.

ita, my first impression of you was that, dear lord, you were WEE!

I was expecting you to be more Amazonian, I think.

Wee? I am so wounded...

Nah, kidding. I'm 15-20lbs heavier than that now. In fact, someone just said that my thigh is twice the size of Kat's.

You know, Plei, I just never got the spaz vibe off you. Of course, I didn't spend much time with anyone at the F2F, but you seemed shyer than I was expecting, but still Plei-like. And you proved that you weren't necessarily that good a photographer, because how were you going to mess up taking pictures of that face?

My first impression of ita was not her wee-ness. (Heh, WEENUS.)

It was her combination of utter fatigue and total glam. We didn't even say, Hello. I just started asking about her krav test that day. Also, she was totally cracking up when she got DXM's ita action figure and seemed to really appreciate it.

All this first impressions talk makes me wish I had delurked so much earlier. I wasted years (yes, years) being shy. Even once I started posting, it took Nilly coming to America before I got brave enough to meet folks.

Nilly - now there is a wee woman. And yet she is so much more than her size.