Posted by LlurpsieBlossom on December 2, 2006, at 18:43:16
In reply to Mini Babble Party, posted by Toph on December 2, 2006, at 15:37:40
> Well, I wasn't sure I wanted to go for different reasons this time than BP B-day Party I in Chicago. Then, I was very active on babble and I was anxious that people would somehow be disappointed in the real me in contrast to the one they had imagined in their head. Now I'm sort of just a lurker and I was afraid I wouldn't know anyone or what they were talking about. In fact I wouldn't have considered going at all if I hadn't received a personal invite from ClearSkies.
I'm SO glad you were able to make it. I hope your wife wasn't too sour. Usually homemade soup tastes pretty good the next day too.
>I got to meet Lindenbluute and Satin Doll who are really nice and funny and clever. Li is kinda scary smart, i mean she knows a lot about a lot.Thanks Toph, that's really kind of you :) I think you're really smart and funny too. You were totally cracking me and SatinDoll up. At one point you started off a story by saying something along the lines of "I have a really good memory, but it is short. ..." You have an uncanny sense of comic timing! I appreciated you being bold enough to bring up some of the more uncomfortable administrative issues. You asked a lot of things that I *wanted* to ask but was too chickensh*t.
>Only the others know for sure, but I didn't make too much of an @ss of myself, I think. Being old and medicated, I did have to ask my new aquaintences their names a few times. At one point SD even turned to me and said, "Gee Toph, you seem so normal."As far as I'm concerned you didn't make an *ss out of yourself at all. I have to second SD on this one.
>Anyway, I would encourage anyone who has any investment in their experience here to consider attending an event like this, if only to dispell and pre-concieved notions you have that Babble isn't real.
> TophWell said.
so nice to have met you in real life. Now that you know me better you have to tell me whether I seem more or less 'enigmatic'. I don't know whether I could do anything other than what I'm already doing, but... I suppose I'm curious about whether my babble personality is at odds with my real-life presonality. hmm.
take care,
-ll
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