Stayed with: Cass, Debet Esse, Kristin, Teppy, Amy in SLC (what the hell was her board name? why can't I remember that?), Ellen, Miracleborns, ElenaB & Brian, Jen K, and Sylvie. And when I was in Toronto I didn't stay with John Sweden, but he took me out and showed me a hell of a time.

Stayed with me: Cass, Debet Esse, Kristin, Teppy, Ellen, Elena B, Brian, Jen K, Billytea, Nilly, Cabil, Kat P -- at some point X years ago Jon B and I were neck and neck for the lead but I think he beat me by one.

Obviously I may have forgotten things. I'm old.

Amy in SLC (what the hell was her board name? why can't I remember that?)

amyparker

So, her actual name ?

You can see how that might throw me.

Kate! I forgot Kate!

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Hi, my name is Bridget and I used to read Buffistas much, much more than I do these days. I've met several of you in person -- even put up Jon B. and band once -- and can only hope that you weren't revolted. ;)

I've followed along since the TT days, but these days tend to read at the end of the day, if that. There are quite a few shows I'm behind on right now, and I usually wait until I've seen some eps before reading, which may take awhile at times.

I used to live in Minneapolis, and am now in Oakland, California. I've been working on a website for an arts nonprofit, which was unable to procure funding for the time being so I'm pretty much a volunteer for now.

I like cilantro, fortunately since Bay Area Mexican food tends to use a lot of it. I like olives, and am disappointed that no one seems to want my opinion about sorbet vs. ice cream (the former is my go-to dessert).

We did have someone who had briefly posted here live in the Antarctic, but she never posted from there. One more of my McGill college friends (holla holla to Shambles, representing in the hizzouse of Montreal) did a fake-Mars thing there. That might be the closest we get.

Hi to all lurky or semi-lurky types who have become unlurky, including SA and BridgetS.

(There are a lot of real names on here. I've been using my handle for over ten years, so thought I should use it here for ease of cross-recognition. I briefly dropped the 'in-Training' bit since I qualified as a teacher, but it returns now that I am a fledgling academic. Will have to decide whether it goes away post-MA, or stays around to encourage me towards that elusive PhD.)

I have not visited anyone here, being too much of a newcomer - which is a bit sad! I have many friends from other Buffy-centric places, who I appreciate muchly, so I'm loving the stories of how you all met.

Seriously? I bow down...all the way down...to your courage.

Well, I didn't know I was dyslexic until really late. I knew I was dyspraxic (I think in the US that's called non-verbal learning disability), but I had never got round to formal testing. Then they tested me before I started my M.A., and said I was dyslexic too. Made a whole lot of sense, especially of how slowly I read and how tired it makes me, and how I can't structure essays (I have software that does that for me now!), and my eternal procrastination habits, etc etc etc. But the dyspraxia is my real killer. It made me terrified of maths. I still avoid statistics, although they would help my research. They are evil and wrong and scary.

I think the real-name thing was a TT relic, though I'm not sure. I kind of wish I used a better psued now, but it is what it is.

I have a pretty standard version of dysgraphia and a minor variation on dyslexia, which is really deeply fun given how much my disciplines incorporate reading and writing. But I learned compensation tools really early on, so that even though 3 out of five times I make errors when I type or write, I go back and read to auto-correct and usually can catch them. When I don't, well, someone usually tells me. The dysgraphia is more frustrating than the dyslexia, though. Not being able to accurately transcribe what I'm thinking drives me insane every single day.

and the governership of Illinois.

I love that this is included in your list. I figure we'll adopt the metric system around the time we get flying cars.