Is there anyone interested in a mini-F2F at the San Diego Comic Con?

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I'd be happy to mail them to (memfault/will check upthread later - Nicole?) for upcoming nametag goodness.

Thanks! Java, but go ahead and hold onto those for whomever else might need them.

I'm not actually positive that they're necessary for the SF gathering and if they are, a friend of mine wants to do them for me with his own supplies. He thinks he's an artist or something.

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P-C, I flew Spirit recently, and it was fine. But clearly a low-budget airline -- they didn't have check-in kiosks, for example, so I had to wait in line to check in (this was in NYC -- they have them in Detroit).

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Dude, how many posts did we have on muffalatas?

I think that this is what we were trying to avoid :)

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Whee! I just got big boss lady's okay to take off 4 days (Tuesday through Friday) while Nilly is here.

Yay!

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Other city-coordinators, please do me a favor and email me at my profile addy or post here where I should e the RFP, that'd be great.

Is there a Variety buffista log in? Salon - table talk is expired and Buffistas-foamy didn't work.

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I'll e-mail you tomorrow Java, if that's ok.

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Variety is relatively expensive paid service now.

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I was afraid of that. Thanks ND.

Sure, Heather, no problem. Back to work for me.

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And now, a meara like nobody has ever meara-ed before (at least in the amount of gushing and stopping-in-order-to-swounce):

Does this mean Nilly will be in NYC the weekend of the 27-29? Dude, I might be able to get over there.

P-C! Yup, definitely then.

I'm going to try to make appearances at both the Boston and New York shindigs; they're about equidistant from me.

Kate! This way, I'll have familiar faces on the latter of the occasions, on top of all the new ones. Excellent.

As soon as there is something close to a firm Boston date, I'm putting in with the job.

Lilty! I think Boston will be 23-24 of August. I'll write down the full list

so it looks like I'll get to DC in time

Sue! I'll get to meet a representative of the Canadians, as well!

I'M COMING TO SAN FRANCISCO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Deena! What a wonderful surprise!

SO much more filled with sorrow that I can't make it

PMM, I so wish that you could make it, too.

I am not working that weekend!

marty!

I'll have free time in the daytime to show Nilly the NYC!

Jesse! I'm sorry that you were fired (I don't think I got a chance to tell you that, what with me being all these shades of dark lately), even with the grad-school going. But if that timing will give me more time to hang out with you, I'd selfishly say it's definitely a point in favor joblessness.

for sure I'm going to make her ride the Staten Island ferry with me.

You're on.

I have weird paranoia about places to eat, because I'm afraid I'll pick something that won't be the right kind of kosher.

Jesse (and everybody else) - please don't worry about food! After I finish this post, I'll try to write something up, both about shabbat and about kosher food. I'm sure there will be no problem at all regarding the food, and pretty sure that the only things that may come up with shabbat will be me explaining things.

And it comes with mind numbing fear as a bonus. Who knew?

Astarte, I really wish you could have been there, too. House-ownership has to have its downsides, I guess, and I don't think I got to congratulate you on it yet, so congrats!

About the only drawback to here coming here in August is that we'd have no snow to show her.

Hey, this leaves something for future visits! I shouldn't be greedy.

would totally kill like fifty people if we could find a way

Now, now, Sean, you may very well be the minister of killing stupid people, but fifty?

Do we know what size Nilly is?

According to this converting chart, I'm guessing that I'm size 3.5/4.

By the way, I adored the line story.

Thanks, libkitty.

So this is the most marvelous excuse to see your fair bayside city.

Laura! Another wonderful surprise!

I can't believe how lucky I am, with all the people I'll get to meet (and how greedy I am, with all the people I won't get to meet, and can't help but think "oh, how I wish I could", and, yeah, it means pretty much every single person who said they can't be at any of the places I plan on visiting, so, yeah, greedy).

I cannot believe that I'm coming to SF the week after

smonster! (see what I said about greedy?). I hope you'll have a great time when you're there, in any case.

Stupid money.

brenda! (see, still with the greedy?)

I have a living room in Berkeley's beautiful gourmet ghetto in which you would be welcome.

Sparky to the rescue of Jessica!

Also, Sparky, I'm pretty sure I didn't get to congratulate you on your marriage, so, a belated congrats!

(Catching up in this thread makes it possible for me to actually communicate with people I want to communicate with! How great is that?)

If she's in D.C. before I leave, or if she's in Boston when I'm there, that would be great.

Sheryl, what is your exact schedule? I do hope we'll get to meet.

Will sleep on it.

Teppy, I'm selfish. As long as I'll get to see you, I would let you choose on which coast...

Probably DC.

Jen! Wow, so many people. I am so completely humbled by this. I keep reminding myself, just like I did when it all started, that it's about you, not less and maybe even more, than it is about me. Your generosity and kindness and spirit. And still, it's very hard to believe.

Ima ready to party!

SailAwaigh! Now imagine me repeating the former paragraph.

wondering if sudden insanity has struck

juliana, every bride deserves some time away for resting and relaxing before the stress of the final days of preparations. Obviously, SF is a great place to achieve such a goal (also, belated happy birthday!).

It hard to explain to non-Buffistas how I just couldn't let a chance to meet Nilly go by.

Um, OK, I was debating with myself whether I should post this or not, and I'm not sure I'm able to make myself clear, but here we go anyway. Because, you know what? I'm not that special. It's not that I have such a bad opinion about myself or that I'm fishing for anybody contradicting this or anything like that, because I'm completely not. I just really do mean that. So, yeah, not that special. Just me, plain old me. Then again, I want to meet each and every one of you because you're, well, you, so it's not like it's about me, again, just like with the whole amazing generosity that started the whole thing. And this is a way in which I can actually read sentences like the one above and not completely become incoherent with the blushing. Well, either that, or they'll need to evacuate people when I land in the USA in order to make room for my oh-so-huge ego.

[Edit: to be continued. Where do I think I'm posting at, the "Firefly" thread?]

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