Huh? We do? Yes. yes. Of COURSE we do. I, uh, I planned it that way...uh, yeaaaaah, that's the ticket.

thanks Trudy!

My gift will get to my Secret Santa giftee before the end of the 12 days of christmas.

I found the buffistas on TT. The paper ran an editorial by Anne Lamott and it listed salon.com so I went and checked out the boards. I read a lot of different threads and I liked TT, probably because the layout is similiar to my first online community (I never really have gotten the hang of UBB and other stuff). I can't remember if I lurked a long time or not, but I hadn't watched Buffy in awhile (didn't have tv) and started watching it again.

So much has happened since then in my life. I haven't gone back to look at my posts but I'm sure if I did I could read where I was hypomanic and not making sense. I haven't forged the kinds of relationships that others have and I regret that. It's something I struggle with IRL as well as online and I'm trying to correct that, it's just a slow process.

Christmas Eve I was at a relatives house talking to my 2nd cousin --we were talking about Battlestar Galattica and Firefly and I told him about the Buffistas. He said never thought a community could come about because of a show like Buffy. It was hard to explain exactly the ties that bind us, I pimped Allyson's book some and told him the super short version of ita moving to California. I forgot to mention Nilly Tour but I did mention the people who've met on the board, gotten married, the Buffista Babies.

So much has happened to this community,and there have been so many changes -- from starting a Natter thread in TT but having to hide it in another folder because the TT mods thought we had too many threads to discussions about thread prolifiration here.

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Heh. I had to post so I could click on my name to retrieve this:

Buffistaversary: June 2, 1999

first post, #1617 of 4014, motherthread, TT

I got tired of having to look it up, so I put it where I could find it if delurking ever came up again.

I'd gone to a writers conference where Anne Lammott was speaking, and she mentioned having a column at Salon. From there, I clicked on the Table Talk link, and started lurking in various folders. Hi, Agnes Bertiz!

I will say little about 2006, except that I and my family have been the recipient of an outpouring of love and support someone who hasn't had the Buffistas online experience can't even begin to imagine. My gratitude to all of you, and my love, on behalf of my family.

In the new year, I want to travel somewhere besides Mexico

Ooh, ooh, Java cat, I know where: ALASKA!!!

Not that I have strong feelings about the matter or anything.

ION, I just have to say how much fun I'm having trying to figure out which sekrit santa might be mine. Each day, I look for a package. Each day, it's not there. While you might think that would be depressing, you would be wrong! Instead, I'm very much enjoying the growing anticipation. I'm actually having fun seeing others getting their gifts, and ticking their sekrit santas off the list of possibilities. And you totally have until the 12th day of Christmas before you're even late.

That looks all sarcastic and mean, but I really, really mean it sincerely and nice. You know how some of you don't like the way your writing used to be? Unfortunately, this issue continues on for me. I think it's kind of like listening to a recording of your own voice. I hope so.

Clever Beverly. I may have to do that when I have time to go back and look myself up.

I found the Buffistas on TT, thanks to someone I knew who *always* had spoilers, and finally told me where they were getting them. I'm vaguely afraid to go and look for any of my old posts.

2006 has been interesting, and mostly the good type of interesting. New job, new kitties, finally working on a book, getting to see lots of people I'm fond of. Of course, there's also been health scares, stress, insomnia, and various frustrations. But overall, I think I liked 2006. That doesn't stop me from fervently wishing that 2007 is better for all of us.

I didn't record my first post but it was about two weeks before the DC f2f. So I was around for the Nilly Tour lovliness. Such a great story.

Another big hug to you Beverly.

2006 was an odd year for me. Nothing terrible, except for having mono for the first 6 months. That was of the bad, to be sure, but I survived.

I did work that I didn't love...did it for the sake of security...which didn't really work out for me on a very deep level. I can't say it wasn't interesting...nothing I ever do is boring...but it sucked out a part of my soul that I'm really looking forward to having back.

I entered into a relationship that has been secure...but not fulfilling.

I let go of friendships that no longer served me. I reordered some priorities. But for the first time in a long time, nothing stood out as a great adventure or a worthy accomplishment.

I'm looking forward to shifting that dynamic in 2007.

I'm grateful for many things...good friends, the increasing good health of my beloved Bartleby, a warm and happy home, and the many things I've learned and enjoyed here.

May all the Buffistas count 2007 as their best years yet. eta: m makes more than any

Heh -- this is why I don't go looking for old posts of mine. I was *really* irritating back in 2001. I'm kind of amazed anyone was willing to talk to me at all.

Right there with ya. I can sometimes be...um...completely abrasive. See how I avoided swear words there, with my understatement?

DJ: which episode of This American Life?

It wasn't so much an episode as Salon TT is where their message board lived.

I always try and remember who was already a buffista before me, and who I remember seeing for the first time. I know Hec, Betsy, ita and Steph were there before me, but I would have sworn Jessica and Erin were too.

Maybe it was 2000 that I came to TT, DJ. I know it was the first couple of months that I worked for KU, but I forget if it was 2000 or 2001.

I think I left KS in Oct 2002, so that would make it...oh, hell I dunno.