I just realized that I've been lurking in this thread and haven't introduced myself. Oy.
I'm SuziQ (aka Lexine, aka Maidengurl). I lurked on TT and WX and here for a long time. Then I started the occasional posting. When the Nilly tour happened, I decided I had to meet some buffistas. I met so many fantastic folks at the Nilly-que. It is so fun being able to travel just about anywhere and find a buffista to meet up with. I have only attended the SF F2F, but would love to get to another one.
I used to live in California, East Bay Area, but just over a year ago I decided to turn my life completely upside down. I separated from my husband, got a new job within my company, and moved to Colorado. I love it here, but I miss the Bay Area localistas. This board really helped me through all these changes, earning my Bachelors, and through my mom passing away. I don't think I would have remained anywhere near sane without y'all.
I have two kids - daughter K-Bug, who is in college and, son CJ, who is a true 13 year old. I have a cat - Miss Kitty, and a fish - Boy George (adopted from Nicole, thank you much). My divorce should be final on December 1st and I'll have to come up with a new name for STBX.
Serial comma - yes
Post-period double spacing - learned it that way, but have trained myself out of the habit.
Basic grammer and punctuation - I have issues
Cilantro - yum
Olives - must be in the mood
Muffuletta - have never had one. Would probably try, given the opportunity.
Fernet - Hell yeah
I love baseball (miss my A's), palm trees, and hitting things (blue belt in karate). I have had buffistas stay with me and I have crashed at other buffista pads (including Juliana's bed of doom). I work for an engineering firm, playing with the financials. Eh, it pays the bills.
I can usually be found in Natter, Supernatural, Movies, and Non-Fiction, though I do pop through some of the other tv threads occasionally.
I just received a heads up on the lurker thread, so I will delurk for an introduction. My name actually is Buffy. Legally, another Elizabeth, but I was only called Elizabeth when in trouble as a child--so Buffy it is.
I found myself hooked on Buffy during Season 2. When the show transferred to another channel not available in our area, my awesome cousin, Javachik, video taped and mailed episodes to me! Fast forward to 2004. Javachik introduced me to b.org and within months I met a good number of people at the SFF2F and again in Chicago a few years later.
I live in Nebraska in the largest city on Husker game days. I would move in an instant but I have full custody of two children from a previous marriage, and until I am ready for a huge -HUGE- legal battle with the ex (aka Satan), we have to remain living here.
I have an awesome wife who gets nightmares from watching scary shows, yet has been watching the box set with me over the last few months. Our daughter S is a princess/artist at almost 6 who knows more about fashion than I ever have in my 37 years. R is a 9 yr old boy who is a whiz, plays a zillion sports, some of which I coach to prevent bleacher butt, and has aspergers autism.
I work for a software company that creates programs for county government around the country. It's very exciting (yawn). However, I will be spending quite a bit of time in Washington the next 4-5 months and hope to meet up with more Buffistas F2F!!!
I lurk every six months or so, typically in Bitches. Life tends to be busy and the board fast-paced, but I enjoy the banter and will land in a thread or two soooon!
Vrooooooooooooooooom! My cousin!! Yay, so glad you de-lurked. And how sad is it that I got caught up on your life through that post?
bad javachik, no carrot.
Vrooom, how do you feel about the serial comma, olives, and/or cilantro?
Vroom, will you be in dc or Washington state?
Hi Vroomvroom! I too was called Elizabeth when I was in trouble as a child. Not only my full first name but also my full middle name for good measure. Just hearing it would give me chills.
Welcome vroom! I know of you secondhand through your delightful cousin, but it's fab to meet your pixels!
dc or Washington state?
Washington State. The first trip is from Spokane to Okanogan and other county seats back to Spokane. The second round should fly me into Portland and up through Seattle.
how do you feel about the serial comma, olives, and/or cilantro?
I prefer to leave my grammar at the office, because, my brain, is fried, after hours of reading, editing, specification writing, etc.,,,
Olives should be stuffed with blue cheese and placed on a skewer to flavor a grey goose dirty martini.
Fresh cilantro, especially in mulligatawny soup. My friend Lisa says it tastes like dirty dishwater. Then again, she doesn't eat sushi.
