'Unleashed'
Every year we watch the Charlie Brown special, do the Snoopy dance, wish everybody a Merry Christmukkah, and thank our Secret Santas in the good riddance thread. Which is this one, in case you were wondering. Oh, and 2006? Don't think we've forgotten about you.
I found you guys on TT after I got bored with off-season postings on figure skating boards. I'd seen commercials for Salon on Bravo and decided to check it out. When I found the Buffy thread I never looked back ( well, almost never!)
I was thinking about the many times that we get into witty riffs on some topic or other. Two of my favorites were the "Boobular containment" convo about bra fitting and the lightbulb vs candels war.
Yay DebetEsse, you awesome Seekrit Santa!
I have wines from Colorado! I don't believe I have ever consumed Colorado wine before, but that omission shall be corrected soon. Also, you totally cracked me up with your message on the inside box flap. You are a sweetheart, thank you so much.
Also, the mailman delivered the missing part of my package to go to my Santee. Double yay. Thank you USPS.
Dear Santee,
I have grumbled loudly at the US Postal Service people over the phone, but they assure me that your package is (still) on its way, despite the fact that I mailed it on December 18, to be sent Priority (i.e., 2-3 days).
Once you receive it, you might have an inkling as to why it was slowed down so much.
lovens,
Tardy Elf Teppy
She said she remembered mine, from some high school picture, all fadey around the edges; which is better than I can do because I can't remember any.
I totally remember this! I have a very clear picture of that icon in my mind, although I can't remember for the life of me what my own icon(s) looked like.
I remember I found you all on WX just about a week before OMWF aired in Nov. 2001. (I'd gone looking for Buffy articles on Salon and found the TT forums, which had gone pay already but which had a link to the WX forums.) I lurked for a few days, but I could tell pretty soon that I was gonna like you guys. I know I delurked right around the same time as SA, Fay, and Plei -- we were all that late fall/winter, anyway.
OMWF was a good recruitment tool. Brought out the theater majors and musical fans.
So many of you found WX at about the same time I did. I found my way there avoiding television in September of 2001. Of course I assumed everyone else there had been around forever.
How I became a buffista talk always sends me to read the FAQ and Ettiquite pages. I think it's just the season, but they made me a little teary. I love the nostalgia of the FAQ and Ettiquite is just freaking cool.
I am madly in love with the idea that a bunch of smart, passionate, different, experienced people can get together and just agree not to be assholes, and it works.
I lurked/delurked waaaaaaay back on TT's Buffy 4. I got there through This American Life. Sometimes I wander off into real life, but I always come back.
WX alum... Burrell found me and dragged me to your table. Weirdly, I was on TT, but hadn't watched Buffy yet in those days.
Home at last.
Been a pretty good year, overall. I'm about to leave the crazy place and just got back from Mexico.
ETA some more good stuff:
I haven't made much progress on the weight issue, nor on the social issues, but I've made some steps, and hopefully will continue on that path. I've let some financial things go recently, which I need to get back on top of, but this new job will help a lot with that. My sister has a better, more fulfilling job. My father is finally taking some minor care for his health. My brother is still struggling with a lot of stuff, and I wish I could help him more, but he's got to pull some things together on his own.
It's not all perfect; it's not even all okay. But I'll take it.
And now, I'm home home home on my own couch with a glass of wine and an entire Box of Vice from Santa Lee - smokes, mojito mix, three kinds of chocolate, and other good stuff. Yay!
TEPPY!!! It's here! Thank You! You wonderful, spicy, HAWT mama, you. I'm amazed and full of glee and squee and bounce. Thank you!
Y'all, just in case Tep's personality alone didn't say it all, let me tell you how amazing (and totally generous) La Tep is. First of all, cutest card ever sitting on top of the packing peanuts, with lovely words written inside, as well. Then I unearthed two fab candles from the box - one is called Sex On The Beach (I think that one is going in my bedroom) and the other is called Luna, and they both smell heavenly. The next thing I pulled out was a tub of TJ's mint cocoa (chocolate and mint just *belong* together) and a box of TJ's Candy Cane Joe-Joe's (think oreo's with candy cane flavored creme filling). OMG YUM! Take a wild guess at what I'm having for dessert tonight. (Okay, I lied. I just now ripped open the box of cookies for a taste test. Definitely Teh Yum.)
And now back to the box... because YES, THERE'S MORE! I am also the proud owner of twelve (TWELVE!) Handmade By Teppalicious magnets that I've already proudly displayed on my fridge, two Handmade By Teppalicious mix cds full of all the great Christmas songs, a Too Much Candy necklace (which will come in *quite* handy on NYE), a Lush King Of Skin bar (one of my absolute Lush favorites and will also come in handy just before going out on NYE), and a Nightmare Before Christmas 2007 calendar! I can hardly wait to hang it up in my bedroom, right next to the Jack Skellington lights that adorn my bedroom window.
Can you believe all of that fit into one box?!?!?!?!
But wait, there's one more thing, and even though it's small and I can't eat it, it's still my favorite prezzie in the box. I'm not sure that I can describe it well enough so go here and check out the red devil on the far right. He's a Demon Guardian keychain that'll protect me from Teh Evil of the world. Squee! A little Devil keychain. And he's holding a pitchfork!
Love! Everything! Especially Sekrit Santa Teppy! Thank you, sweetie. I'm blessed to know someone as incredibly thoughtful as you.