Act 1 - They Meet
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bethje and I were at some kind of arcade or something, and we had to watch a little kid who was hanging around. There was also something about a garbage truck (or some kind of truck, anyway) with people jumping on and off.
Here's a survey fromlozenger8:
1.What is the geekiest part of your music collection?
Um...I'm not sure there's any part of my music collection that ISN'T geeky.
2. What do you eat when you raid the fridge late at night?
I don't really do that very often. I'll sometimes have a really late dinner, but it's not common for me to get out of bed at night and eat something. If anything, I'll probably get some juice to drink.
3. What is your secret guaranteed weeping movie?
I can't think of one.
4. If you could have plastic surgery, what would you have done?
I'd get a third eye, so I could do all that mystical stuff with it. I don't think that's possible with today's plastic surgery techniques, though.
5. Do you have a completely irrational fear?
Yeah, a few of them.
6. What is the little physical habit that gives away your insecure moment?
I'm not sure, but I'll bet other people would know.
7. Are you a pyromaniac?
Not at all. Even lighting matches and lighters makes me uncomfortable.
8. Do you have too many love interests?
Unless you think one is too many, then no.
9. Do you know anyone famous?
No. I've met famous people briefly, but not in a way that any of them would be likely to remember.
10. Describe your bed:
It's a queen-sized bed with sheets of a dark reddish color.
11. Spontaneous or planned?
Planned
12. Who should play you in a movie about your life?
Man, I don't know. Just so long as I don't have to do it myself.
13. Do you know how to play poker?
Yeah, my dad taught me five-card draw, as well as five- and seven-card stud. Also Indian Poker, but that doesn't really count.
14. What do you carry with you at all times?
Well, I don't leave home without my pancreas.
15. What do you miss most about being a kid?
Not having to look for work. I don't miss much else about it, though.
16. Are you happy with your given name?
Yeah.
17. How much money would it take to get you to give up the Internet for one year?
I'm not sure there's an amount of money high enough.
18. What color is your bedroom?
The walls are just plain white.
19. What was the last song you were listening to?
The Mountain Goats - Idylls Of The King
20. Have you ever been in a play?
Just the ones I had to be in for class. I wouldn't mind being in another one someday, though.
21. Have you ever been in love?
Yeah, and I still am.
22. Do you talk a lot?
Yes, if I feel comfortable enough to do so.
23. Do you like yourself and believe in yourself?
I'm okay, I guess.
24. Do transient, homeless, or starving people sometimes annoy you?
Yes, but people with homes and food sometimes do as well.
25. Do you consider yourself to be a nice person?
I suppose so.
26. What is your ideal marriage location?
I don't really have one.
27. Which musical instrument do you wish you could play?
Um...all of them?
28. If you were to write a book, what would it be about?
Well, Oz, obviously. {g}
29. What's your dream job?
I don't know. Oz historian?
30. Something you love and hate?
Getting mail. The level of love or hate depends on what it is.
31. Is your desk clean or messy right now?
Messy
32. What do you do with your spare change?
Keep it in my pocket and eventually spend it.
33. What's the one language you want to learn?
It would be nice to learn many languages. I'm not sure what the front runner is.
34. How do you eat an apple?
With my mouth, usually.
35. What do you order at a bar?
I don't frequent bars, but if I were to go to one and buy a drink, it would be something fruit-intensive.
36. Have you ever pierced your body parts?
No.
37. Do you have tattoos?
No.
38. Do you drive a stick?
No.
39. What's one trait you hate in a person?
Being patronizing.
40. What kind of watch(es) do you have?
The digital Timex one that I wear on my wrist
41. Most frivolous purchase?
Any food that I end up not eating. Although I guess there's no real way to tell that when I first buy it.
42. Do you consider yourself materialistic?
To an extent, yes.
43. What do you cook the best?
Spaghetti, I guess.
44. Favorite writing instrument?
The computer
45. Do you prefer to stand out or blend in?
Stand out
46. Would you ever go out dressed like the opposite sex?
Probably not, but I wouldn't necessarily rule it out. I'm no transvestite, but I enjoy dressing up.
47. What's the one car you will never buy?
I'm sure there's more than one, although the obvious one that comes to mind is a Hummer.
48. What kind of books do you like to read?
Fantasy, humor, or a combination of the two.
49. If you won the lottery, what would you do?
Buy all the girls on my block a color TV and a bottle of French perfume.
50. If you won a McDonald's gift certificate, what would you do?
Use it on breakfast bagel sandwiches.
51. How many online journals do you read regularly?
All the ones on my friends page.
52. What's one thing you're a sore loser at?
Um...life?
53. If you don't like a person, how do you show it?
I'm not sure. I like to think I don't, but I probably get irritable with them or something.
54. Do you cry in front of your friends?
Yeah, I guess so.
55. What kind of first impression do you think you give to people?
Probably that I'm nervous and antisocial, which is true, but not really how I'd like to be seen.
56. What's one thing you like to do alone?
Read
57. Are you a giver or a taker?
Both, to some extent.
58. When's the last time you cried?
I can't remember.
59. Favorite communication method?
Depends on the person I'm communicating with, but usually e-mail
60. How many drinks before you're tipsy?
I've only been drunk once, and it didn't take very many drinks. I obviously don't have a general indication, since it's hardly ever happened.
61. Do you think you're cute?
No.
62. Do you have problems changing clothes in front of friends?
Well, that depends on WHICH clothes, doesn't it?
63. First Name:
Nathan. Isn't it a little late in this survey to be asking that? And what person who doesn't know my name would possibly be reading my results, anyway?
64. Were you named after anyone?
I don't think so.
65. Do you wish on stars?
No.
66. Which finger is your favorite?
I guess my right pointer finger is the one I use most often, so maybe that would qualify. On the other hand, my thumbs DO separate me from the animals, so I don't know. (And some people insist that thumbs aren't fingers, although I've never bought that.)
67. Who are you more like - your mother or your father?
I'm sure I have traits in common with both.
68. Do you like your handwriting?
Not at all, really.
69. What is your favorite lunch meat?
Ham
70. Any bad habits?
Yeah
71. What's in your CD player right now?
Straight Outta Lynwood, but that's not what I'm listening to.
72. Do you believe in soul mates?
Nah.
73. Are you a daredevil?
Yeah, I'm a regular Lance Murdoch.
74. Have you ever told a secret you swore not to?
I don't think so.
75. Do looks matter?
Well, sure, to an extent.
76. Have you ever misused a word and it sounded absolutely stupid?
Many times, I'm sure. I remember mispronouncing "epitome" not long ago.
77. Do you think there is a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow?
No, just a bowl of Lucky Charms.
78. Are you trendy?
Not at all. I'm the opposite of trendy.
79. How do you release anger?
Stupidly, usually.
80. Where are your second homes?
I don't know. Beth's house, maybe?
81. Do you trust others easily?
No.
82. What was your favorite toy as a child?
Hmm, maybe my stuffed Winnie-the-Pooh? My parents also say that there was a time when I was really young that I liked to play with a broom, but I can't say I remember that.
83. What is your least favorite food?
Don't know about least favorite, but one kind of food I've never particularly liked that everyone else seems to love is mashed potatoes.
84. How many wisdom teeth do you have?
None. I had them all removed a few years ago. Fortunately, I was still on my mom's health plan at the time.
85. How many people have a crush on you right now?
None, as far as I know.
86. Who do you miss most right now?
Don't know about who, but WHAT I miss are surveys that don't ask this question. Seriously, I think I've seen at least three in the past month that included it. Have a little originality, survey makers!
87. What are you wearing?
Wow, this is a perverted survey, huh? Seriously, though, I'm wearing my Decemberists shirt, green pants, and white socks.
88. What are you listening to right now?
Fastbacks - 3 Boxes
89. What was the last thing you ate?
Some Hot Pockets
And this one comes fromrockinlibrarian:
Do you plan your meals ahead of time/weekly?
Um...no. I usually start planning a few minutes before actually eating.
Do you make a grocery list? Do you stick to it?
I sometimes do, but I usually don't think of it, and just get things I figure I could use.
Do you grocery shop at one store or a few?
Usually just Shop-Rite, although I'll occasionally buy a few items from a different store. Wawa is really close by, so I'll get some food items from there, even though it's more expensive.
Where do your children sleep? Fur kids too:)
Fur kids? Well, the cats who share the house with me sleep anywhere they want to, because, well, that's what cats do.
What is the last thing you do before getting into bed?
Turn off the light. The switch is on the other side of the room, so I can't do it when I'm in bed.
What is the first thing you do when you get up for the day (excluding using the restroom)?
If I have things to do, I'll usually get clothes together and wash my face. If not, I've been known to go straight to the computer.
What are you doing right now besides reading this post?
Reading the post I got this from, you mean? I can't remember, but probably listening to music.
Amy also did something where she listed when and how she met all the people on her friends list that she's actually met in person (which, for her, was all of them). I'm going to try to expand it to include people I've only "met" online as well. For most of y'all, it's either through an Internet forum (usually, but not always, one related to They Might Be Giants) or through an LJ friend's own friends page. I'm not going to include that many dates, simply because I can't remember them, but I'll put them in when I can.
3x1minus1 - Was on both the alt.music.tmbg newsgroup and the tmbg.org mailing list when I joined them in the latter half of 1997.
aliste - I replied to a post that she linked to from the ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
tmbg community, and mentioned how I liked that her journal title referenced a Camper Van Beethoven song (which it did at the time, but no longer does).
arfies - She added me first. I think she found me through yosef's journal. I believe her first comment was about how she was applying to the same Honors College that I had attended (as had some other people who would later join my list, but hadn't at the time).
bartkolounger - I believe I replied to one of her comments on zimbra1006's journal
bec_87rb - Another patron of the alt.music.tmbg newsgroup and tmbg community
bethje - I can vaguely recall reading some of her posts on the alt.music.tmbg newsgroup in 1999, but it was when I joined the TMBG off-topic list that I got more of an idea who she was. We started talking on AIM around September of that year, first spoke on the phone in December, and met in person on March 5 of the following year. Oh, and we became an official couple on July 10.
colleenanne - Another veteran of the off-topic list. We met in person at a get-together in New York City in June 2000.
countblastula - He added me first. While I never actually asked, I assume he found my journal through zimbra1006's.
dave_noisy - He's one of the moderators on the Frank Black Forum, which I rarely read these days.
daveychu - Another member of the off-topic list
dragonxbait - She was a freshman (freshwoman?) in the Honors College when I was a senior. We met sometime in 1999, but I can't recall exactly when. It was probably when I was sitting on the downstairs couch, which I liked to do back then, because I got to see a lot of different people walk by.
eagledna - He joined the tmbg.org list in early 1999, I think. He was also a quite frequent contributor to the off-topic list in its early days.
jazzsammich - Another tmbg.org/off-topic list person. He was on the former back when I first joined it.
jenhime - I think I replied to one of her journal posts when I saw it on the friends page for thedisappointed.
k1cup - I replied to some of her posts when I found them through the friends pages of aliste and the tmbg community.
kristenjarrod - She was LJ friends with Beth first, and Beth alerted me to a post of hers where she mentioned Bruce Hornsby. I left a comment about how my uncle used to drum for him.
l8erngr8er - She used to comment on Beth's blog back when it was on Blogspot, and later started commenting on mine. I think her first comment was either about The Sims or Weird Al.
leolapyre - I found her journal through the tmbg community.
listenesmerelda - Yet another tmbg.org/off-topic list member
little_octagon - I commented on one of her "guess the song based on the lyrics" posts when I found it through kristenjarrod's journal.
lozenger8 - Another person I met through a community, but in this case it was the futurama one. I believe our first LJ-based exchange involved Ben Folds living in Adelaide, where Loz also lives.
majellen - She found my journal through Amy's. She was actually at IUP back when I was, but I never met her while we were there.
matt_argos - I think he found me through the Oz Club Forums.
mikeleffel - He was basically a local celebrity on the tmbg.org list when I joined it, and he went on to become one on the off-topic list as well.
mmpoetatheart - She added me with no prior conversation on our parts. When I asked, she said she found my journal through someone else's.
not_glimmer - The TMBG show at Prospect Park in August 2000. She had been friends with Beth for some time by that point.
obsessical - Another person I found through tmbg. I've never met her in person, but I think I did see her at a TMBG show at Penn's Landing.
onib - He found my journal through some common interests, and Beth and I actually met him in person not long after that, following a TMBG show (notice a pattern here? {g}) at the TLA.
petie_s - Through the tmbg community, I think?
punterschlagen - We were in the same class at the Honors College, but I can't recall when we first actually met.
revme - He moderates the yff community. I believe he was also on the alt.music.tmbg newsgroup when I joined it, although I didn't know it at the time I added him as an LJ friend.
rockinlibrarian - She was also in my class at the Honors College. We met sometime in the first semester, which would have been in 1996.
sailorptah - We conversed on the thelostoz community earlier this year.
secretnthewings - I think I replied to one of her comments on yosef's journal sometime last year or so.
shadarko - He found my journal through our common interest in Oz.
skylark_king - One word: thedisappointed. (Okay, you could argue that that's actually TWO words, but they're spelled as one in the community name.)
slfcllednowhere - She joined alt.music.tmbg late in 2001. We also met in person, when we went to the Mütter Museum last year.
themall - He was on the tmbg.org list when I joined it, on the off-topic list later on, and at the same New York gathering as colleenanne.
tisok - The tmbg.org newsgroup again.
travspence - Through kristenjarrod's journal. (Notice how these answers are getting shorter?)
twobitme - I replied to one of his entries on the tmbg friends page. I think it was about a proposed sequel to Freddy vs. Jason.
unclemilo - He commented on one of my posts, most likely having found it through skylark_king's journal.
yosef - We were both on the Nonestica mailing list, but I think he discovered my journal independently of that, because I was one of very few other people who listed Ruth Plumly Thompson as an interest.
zaph - Another alt.music.tmbg and tmbg.org list person
zimbra1006 - I commented on a post of hers about a Pixies concert when I saw it on someone's friends page (probably the tmbg community's again).
And finally, here's something that I got fromtwobitme:
Hooray, I'm unique! For what it's worth, 277,471 people have my first name, and 660 my last.
bethje and I were at some kind of arcade or something, and we had to watch a little kid who was hanging around. There was also something about a garbage truck (or some kind of truck, anyway) with people jumping on and off.Here's a survey from
lozenger8:1.What is the geekiest part of your music collection?
Um...I'm not sure there's any part of my music collection that ISN'T geeky.
2. What do you eat when you raid the fridge late at night?
I don't really do that very often. I'll sometimes have a really late dinner, but it's not common for me to get out of bed at night and eat something. If anything, I'll probably get some juice to drink.
3. What is your secret guaranteed weeping movie?
I can't think of one.
4. If you could have plastic surgery, what would you have done?
I'd get a third eye, so I could do all that mystical stuff with it. I don't think that's possible with today's plastic surgery techniques, though.
5. Do you have a completely irrational fear?
Yeah, a few of them.
6. What is the little physical habit that gives away your insecure moment?
I'm not sure, but I'll bet other people would know.
7. Are you a pyromaniac?
Not at all. Even lighting matches and lighters makes me uncomfortable.
8. Do you have too many love interests?
Unless you think one is too many, then no.
9. Do you know anyone famous?
No. I've met famous people briefly, but not in a way that any of them would be likely to remember.
10. Describe your bed:
It's a queen-sized bed with sheets of a dark reddish color.
11. Spontaneous or planned?
Planned
12. Who should play you in a movie about your life?
Man, I don't know. Just so long as I don't have to do it myself.
13. Do you know how to play poker?
Yeah, my dad taught me five-card draw, as well as five- and seven-card stud. Also Indian Poker, but that doesn't really count.
14. What do you carry with you at all times?
Well, I don't leave home without my pancreas.
15. What do you miss most about being a kid?
Not having to look for work. I don't miss much else about it, though.
16. Are you happy with your given name?
Yeah.
17. How much money would it take to get you to give up the Internet for one year?
I'm not sure there's an amount of money high enough.
18. What color is your bedroom?
The walls are just plain white.
19. What was the last song you were listening to?
The Mountain Goats - Idylls Of The King
20. Have you ever been in a play?
Just the ones I had to be in for class. I wouldn't mind being in another one someday, though.
21. Have you ever been in love?
Yeah, and I still am.
22. Do you talk a lot?
Yes, if I feel comfortable enough to do so.
23. Do you like yourself and believe in yourself?
I'm okay, I guess.
24. Do transient, homeless, or starving people sometimes annoy you?
Yes, but people with homes and food sometimes do as well.
25. Do you consider yourself to be a nice person?
I suppose so.
26. What is your ideal marriage location?
I don't really have one.
27. Which musical instrument do you wish you could play?
Um...all of them?
28. If you were to write a book, what would it be about?
Well, Oz, obviously. {g}
29. What's your dream job?
I don't know. Oz historian?
30. Something you love and hate?
Getting mail. The level of love or hate depends on what it is.
31. Is your desk clean or messy right now?
Messy
32. What do you do with your spare change?
Keep it in my pocket and eventually spend it.
33. What's the one language you want to learn?
It would be nice to learn many languages. I'm not sure what the front runner is.
34. How do you eat an apple?
With my mouth, usually.
35. What do you order at a bar?
I don't frequent bars, but if I were to go to one and buy a drink, it would be something fruit-intensive.
36. Have you ever pierced your body parts?
No.
37. Do you have tattoos?
No.
38. Do you drive a stick?
No.
39. What's one trait you hate in a person?
Being patronizing.
40. What kind of watch(es) do you have?
The digital Timex one that I wear on my wrist
41. Most frivolous purchase?
Any food that I end up not eating. Although I guess there's no real way to tell that when I first buy it.
42. Do you consider yourself materialistic?
To an extent, yes.
43. What do you cook the best?
Spaghetti, I guess.
44. Favorite writing instrument?
The computer
45. Do you prefer to stand out or blend in?
Stand out
46. Would you ever go out dressed like the opposite sex?
Probably not, but I wouldn't necessarily rule it out. I'm no transvestite, but I enjoy dressing up.
47. What's the one car you will never buy?
I'm sure there's more than one, although the obvious one that comes to mind is a Hummer.
48. What kind of books do you like to read?
Fantasy, humor, or a combination of the two.
49. If you won the lottery, what would you do?
Buy all the girls on my block a color TV and a bottle of French perfume.
50. If you won a McDonald's gift certificate, what would you do?
Use it on breakfast bagel sandwiches.
51. How many online journals do you read regularly?
All the ones on my friends page.
52. What's one thing you're a sore loser at?
Um...life?
53. If you don't like a person, how do you show it?
I'm not sure. I like to think I don't, but I probably get irritable with them or something.
54. Do you cry in front of your friends?
Yeah, I guess so.
55. What kind of first impression do you think you give to people?
Probably that I'm nervous and antisocial, which is true, but not really how I'd like to be seen.
56. What's one thing you like to do alone?
Read
57. Are you a giver or a taker?
Both, to some extent.
58. When's the last time you cried?
I can't remember.
59. Favorite communication method?
Depends on the person I'm communicating with, but usually e-mail
60. How many drinks before you're tipsy?
I've only been drunk once, and it didn't take very many drinks. I obviously don't have a general indication, since it's hardly ever happened.
61. Do you think you're cute?
No.
62. Do you have problems changing clothes in front of friends?
Well, that depends on WHICH clothes, doesn't it?
63. First Name:
Nathan. Isn't it a little late in this survey to be asking that? And what person who doesn't know my name would possibly be reading my results, anyway?
64. Were you named after anyone?
I don't think so.
65. Do you wish on stars?
No.
66. Which finger is your favorite?
I guess my right pointer finger is the one I use most often, so maybe that would qualify. On the other hand, my thumbs DO separate me from the animals, so I don't know. (And some people insist that thumbs aren't fingers, although I've never bought that.)
67. Who are you more like - your mother or your father?
I'm sure I have traits in common with both.
68. Do you like your handwriting?
Not at all, really.
69. What is your favorite lunch meat?
Ham
70. Any bad habits?
Yeah
71. What's in your CD player right now?
Straight Outta Lynwood, but that's not what I'm listening to.
72. Do you believe in soul mates?
Nah.
73. Are you a daredevil?
Yeah, I'm a regular Lance Murdoch.
74. Have you ever told a secret you swore not to?
I don't think so.
75. Do looks matter?
Well, sure, to an extent.
76. Have you ever misused a word and it sounded absolutely stupid?
Many times, I'm sure. I remember mispronouncing "epitome" not long ago.
77. Do you think there is a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow?
No, just a bowl of Lucky Charms.
78. Are you trendy?
Not at all. I'm the opposite of trendy.
79. How do you release anger?
Stupidly, usually.
80. Where are your second homes?
I don't know. Beth's house, maybe?
81. Do you trust others easily?
No.
82. What was your favorite toy as a child?
Hmm, maybe my stuffed Winnie-the-Pooh? My parents also say that there was a time when I was really young that I liked to play with a broom, but I can't say I remember that.
83. What is your least favorite food?
Don't know about least favorite, but one kind of food I've never particularly liked that everyone else seems to love is mashed potatoes.
84. How many wisdom teeth do you have?
None. I had them all removed a few years ago. Fortunately, I was still on my mom's health plan at the time.
85. How many people have a crush on you right now?
None, as far as I know.
86. Who do you miss most right now?
Don't know about who, but WHAT I miss are surveys that don't ask this question. Seriously, I think I've seen at least three in the past month that included it. Have a little originality, survey makers!
87. What are you wearing?
Wow, this is a perverted survey, huh? Seriously, though, I'm wearing my Decemberists shirt, green pants, and white socks.
88. What are you listening to right now?
Fastbacks - 3 Boxes
89. What was the last thing you ate?
Some Hot Pockets
And this one comes from
rockinlibrarian:Do you plan your meals ahead of time/weekly?
Um...no. I usually start planning a few minutes before actually eating.
Do you make a grocery list? Do you stick to it?
I sometimes do, but I usually don't think of it, and just get things I figure I could use.
Do you grocery shop at one store or a few?
Usually just Shop-Rite, although I'll occasionally buy a few items from a different store. Wawa is really close by, so I'll get some food items from there, even though it's more expensive.
Where do your children sleep? Fur kids too:)
Fur kids? Well, the cats who share the house with me sleep anywhere they want to, because, well, that's what cats do.
What is the last thing you do before getting into bed?
Turn off the light. The switch is on the other side of the room, so I can't do it when I'm in bed.
What is the first thing you do when you get up for the day (excluding using the restroom)?
If I have things to do, I'll usually get clothes together and wash my face. If not, I've been known to go straight to the computer.
What are you doing right now besides reading this post?
Reading the post I got this from, you mean? I can't remember, but probably listening to music.
Amy also did something where she listed when and how she met all the people on her friends list that she's actually met in person (which, for her, was all of them). I'm going to try to expand it to include people I've only "met" online as well. For most of y'all, it's either through an Internet forum (usually, but not always, one related to They Might Be Giants) or through an LJ friend's own friends page. I'm not going to include that many dates, simply because I can't remember them, but I'll put them in when I can.
3x1minus1 - Was on both the alt.music.tmbg newsgroup and the tmbg.org mailing list when I joined them in the latter half of 1997.aliste - I replied to a post that she linked to from the tmbg community, and mentioned how I liked that her journal title referenced a Camper Van Beethoven song (which it did at the time, but no longer does).arfies - She added me first. I think she found me through yosef's journal. I believe her first comment was about how she was applying to the same Honors College that I had attended (as had some other people who would later join my list, but hadn't at the time).bartkolounger - I believe I replied to one of her comments on zimbra1006's journalbec_87rb - Another patron of the alt.music.tmbg newsgroup and tmbg communitybethje - I can vaguely recall reading some of her posts on the alt.music.tmbg newsgroup in 1999, but it was when I joined the TMBG off-topic list that I got more of an idea who she was. We started talking on AIM around September of that year, first spoke on the phone in December, and met in person on March 5 of the following year. Oh, and we became an official couple on July 10.colleenanne - Another veteran of the off-topic list. We met in person at a get-together in New York City in June 2000.countblastula - He added me first. While I never actually asked, I assume he found my journal through zimbra1006's.dave_noisy - He's one of the moderators on the Frank Black Forum, which I rarely read these days.daveychu - Another member of the off-topic listdragonxbait - She was a freshman (freshwoman?) in the Honors College when I was a senior. We met sometime in 1999, but I can't recall exactly when. It was probably when I was sitting on the downstairs couch, which I liked to do back then, because I got to see a lot of different people walk by.eagledna - He joined the tmbg.org list in early 1999, I think. He was also a quite frequent contributor to the off-topic list in its early days.jazzsammich - Another tmbg.org/off-topic list person. He was on the former back when I first joined it.jenhime - I think I replied to one of her journal posts when I saw it on the friends page for thedisappointed.k1cup - I replied to some of her posts when I found them through the friends pages of aliste and the tmbg community.kristenjarrod - She was LJ friends with Beth first, and Beth alerted me to a post of hers where she mentioned Bruce Hornsby. I left a comment about how my uncle used to drum for him.l8erngr8er - She used to comment on Beth's blog back when it was on Blogspot, and later started commenting on mine. I think her first comment was either about The Sims or Weird Al.leolapyre - I found her journal through the tmbg community.listenesmerelda - Yet another tmbg.org/off-topic list memberlittle_octagon - I commented on one of her "guess the song based on the lyrics" posts when I found it through kristenjarrod's journal.lozenger8 - Another person I met through a community, but in this case it was the futurama one. I believe our first LJ-based exchange involved Ben Folds living in Adelaide, where Loz also lives.majellen - She found my journal through Amy's. She was actually at IUP back when I was, but I never met her while we were there.matt_argos - I think he found me through the Oz Club Forums.mikeleffel - He was basically a local celebrity on the tmbg.org list when I joined it, and he went on to become one on the off-topic list as well.mmpoetatheart - She added me with no prior conversation on our parts. When I asked, she said she found my journal through someone else's.not_glimmer - The TMBG show at Prospect Park in August 2000. She had been friends with Beth for some time by that point.obsessical - Another person I found through tmbg. I've never met her in person, but I think I did see her at a TMBG show at Penn's Landing.onib - He found my journal through some common interests, and Beth and I actually met him in person not long after that, following a TMBG show (notice a pattern here? {g}) at the TLA.petie_s - Through the tmbg community, I think?punterschlagen - We were in the same class at the Honors College, but I can't recall when we first actually met.revme - He moderates the yff community. I believe he was also on the alt.music.tmbg newsgroup when I joined it, although I didn't know it at the time I added him as an LJ friend.rockinlibrarian - She was also in my class at the Honors College. We met sometime in the first semester, which would have been in 1996.sailorptah - We conversed on the thelostoz community earlier this year.secretnthewings - I think I replied to one of her comments on yosef's journal sometime last year or so.shadarko - He found my journal through our common interest in Oz.skylark_king - One word: thedisappointed. (Okay, you could argue that that's actually TWO words, but they're spelled as one in the community name.)slfcllednowhere - She joined alt.music.tmbg late in 2001. We also met in person, when we went to the Mütter Museum last year.themall - He was on the tmbg.org list when I joined it, on the off-topic list later on, and at the same New York gathering as colleenanne.tisok - The tmbg.org newsgroup again.travspence - Through kristenjarrod's journal. (Notice how these answers are getting shorter?)twobitme - I replied to one of his entries on the tmbg friends page. I think it was about a proposed sequel to Freddy vs. Jason.unclemilo - He commented on one of my posts, most likely having found it through skylark_king's journal.yosef - We were both on the Nonestica mailing list, but I think he discovered my journal independently of that, because I was one of very few other people who listed Ruth Plumly Thompson as an interest.zaph - Another alt.music.tmbg and tmbg.org list personzimbra1006 - I commented on a post of hers about a Pixies concert when I saw it on someone's friends page (probably the tmbg community's again).And finally, here's something that I got from
twobitme:
Hooray, I'm unique! For what it's worth, 277,471 people have my first name, and 660 my last.
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Date: 2006-10-17 04:22 pm (UTC)