Hi Helena! Hi other lurkers who I haven't managed to say hi to yet!

"GIVE ME A MOTHERLOVING PIGGY BACK RIDE!" ::power eyeballs of vampire thrall::

BWEEEEEEE! (But Frankie is the one who was always demanding piggy back rides.)

I don't use the "A" word to describe Pete. But I suspect I'm permanently on The List anyway, for other reasons. Usually ones involving wanting to set things on fire.

Might as well change this thread name to "You're on the List" just to save time...

Pete CANNOT loom at me. Hah.

Oh, Fay, you so know that's not true.

Helena! Hello!

Hi, Helena!

Hi, Helena!

Now, I'm not in position to say if Pete's adorable or not (since I never seen/met him), but:

What Calli said. If he draws me in a compromising position, I want a copy to hang on my wall. To remind myself what it looks like.

This.

Hi Helena, welcome! are you the same Helena that has written Smallville fanfic?

Hello Helena! Yay for delurking! Good to see your font.

Pete is indeed adorable.

Thanks so much for the warm welcome! Vortex, I'm sorry to say I haven't written any Smallville fic, so thats not me.

I forgot to say before, Happy Thanksgiving to all of the Canadians out there!

Oh, what a fun thread to see! I have been not-lurking for some weeks so had no idea this was here.

So, uh, hello. I first found the buffistas I think somewhere around 2001, which is when I jumped into online communities generally, and not long after I had discovered Buffy. I've posted a few times, back in the day - I think in Wonderfall and Firefly threads - but have been kinda shy to jump in, and also kinda scared of even trying to keep up with you folks.

Back when I first lurked and posted, I was living up in Northern Canada, in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. But 3 years ago I moved to the far more prosaic location of Ottawa, Ontario, and I have to confess that I got so swamped with crazy new job that I wasn't even lurking at all, for quite a long time. But the buffistas stayed on my favourites, and recently I've started peeking in again - most recently to discover the Dollhouse commentary.

Other personal details: I am 40 years old, lesbian, single, 2 cats (named, erm, Sophie. And Max). Lawyer in the federal government. Currently experimenting with a TV free lifestyle and thus reading lots of books, which is good.

Never had a muffaletta, like cilantro just fine but can live without it, not big on olives but they're starting to grow on me, and don't have particularly strong feelings about the serial comma.

And that Pete person seems kinda adorable, yeah.

And just to serial post, cause why not when you haven't posted in 5 years: Happy Thanksgiving back to Helena and the other Canadians! And a special wave to Abby, who I have actually met back when we posted together on a different, other board!