Not creepy to my ears at all.
Danke, Ber.
I loved reading through this thread again. Whether or not I did an okay job of writing it, it really struck me how accurately I portrayed my feelings towards everybody and everything. And I can't believe it was only a week and a half before I met b77ers at the Gathering. So many things seemed to change after that Saturday! I must be easily amused, but I think that's just so freakin' wild.
Other parts that stood out to me:
"It'll be a better summer for having spent time with ya's." I said this about
Elsha and
Rune. Sixth sense.
"I feel ready to face it head on and not be shy and not waste time by pretending I can't be myself around you guys. I don't want to miss one second." Whoa, dude. I can't believe I actually followed through on that one! Okay, so I missed a few seconds and could have got back to the Sheraton earlier on some days, but I did the best I could.
Point being, I really didn't miss much and accomplished quite a lot. We got so much mooting time in, didn't we? Even when we couldn't get everybody together, we always arranged something. And when it looked like some people weren't gonna happen, they'd still show up at the last second and I could at least hang out with them a short while. But the best part? There were nine of us posters. Me,
Wilma, Aglanor, Rune, Elsha, TWT, Enchie, Sunsilver, and
MithLuin. Glad I came to terms a while ago with this being a smaller convention than last time because I don't want to think about what I may have missed out on at a bigger Gathering. Not to imply I wouldn't want more of you there, but the way things worked out were so perfect, I now appreciate that the formula wasn't tampered with. This is why I figure all things are meant to happen. If it was a big moot, I'd have been all quiet and not talked to anyone. Scary thought. I would have missed some excellent conversations and jokes that way. Yikes.
"I've found that sometimes writing comes out even better in a sleep deprived delerium." Apparently it works with some late-night conversations, too, eh
Rune?
*limp wrist*
"You are one of the only people that I can IM and know for a fact that whatever we talk about, it will be a really great and interesting conversation." I really appreciated our chats in Mass. last week,
Mossy. Stopped me from wallowing in self-pity and remember that there are always great people to moot with, even after coming off of a crazy several days. You're one of the folks I'm most comfortable opening up to and that you let me do some rambling and gushing meant a lot. I needed that.
"Sex cures headaches you idiot and you know that" Did I give y'all another headache with my late phone call that one night,
Stella?
I figured we might catch you's during sex and I wanted to see if you'd just continue the conversation as normal or say, "fuck off, I'll call you back."
"And awwww, a m77t picture! (in your sig) gosh I'm such a fat head....oh well." You're such a tool,
Rune. Besides, did you see that pic I took of the two of us? Gawd, the mellon. I belong in
this family or something.
"I don't even care if he was lying about the dress, it's pretty cool to be in that sort of position where you can make other people's day, you know? It certainly made mine." I said this about meeting Bruce Hopkins at the last Gathering. How wonderful that I was so confident at this Gathering that I was able to have a nice long chat with him and never once felt nervous.
The first thing he said to me? "Hey, I remember you from the last one!"
*dies* Again, I don't care if he was lying, it just felt amazing to hear that. Besides, I'm inclined to believe him because later that night, he snuck up behind me at the banquet with a video camera, asking what I thought of the convention. Awww, he noticed me first.
:Wooper: I'll scan what he autographed in my book soon.
"All the things surrounding this trip could fill a lifetime's worth of birthday presents." I was pretty confident that this would be the case. It was.
What I did not expect was such a good turn-out for the little birthday dinner my mom was originally only going to take
me to. Several family members, and then
Rune, Elsha, and
Aggie came along as well.
You guys need to see the card they got me, it's frickin' brilliant. I will scan it, too.
"Remind me, who's the sexeh chicka under Sunny?" And now you'll never ever forget.
I also wanted to take the opportunity to add something I'd forgotten in the first post but which needs to be said.
Lego, your struggles with addiction and the effort you put into keeping sober are such an inspiration. Even before I knew you that well, I was always cheering for you on TORC and I'm glad you've been able to sort your life out a bit. That is extremely hard to do as a fully-realized adult, let alone a young man, so
to you.
Because b77 still rules, I just wanted to thank everyone again.
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