inspired by conversation elsewhere

[staxxy]

So, a friend of mine and I just figured out that we have known each other for *11* years in comments in her LJ

Comments

[wendy_lady]

I think it was about 95. I had been with Sean for a little over 2 years at that point. And I think it was a NorWes.

[staxxy]

that sounds likely.

It might have been at a HoP get together too.

[vulture23]

Hm, not sure exactly, but odds are good that it was around '90 -- that's about when I started with the con-going, and I know that that was where I first met you, though I don't recall exact circumstances. For the first while, you were one of many people that the folks I was hanging out with always said hello to in the hallways, and it all kind of blurs together... :)

[staxxy]

yeah, I think it was Rustycon 6, which was 90. :)

[vulture23]

Sounds likely. Rustycon was the first con I ever went to, though I don't remember the number, but that year sounds right -- I'd have been in Seattle for almost two years then, and just recovering from having been broken up with, and looking for new things/people to fill my time with... So yeah, that Rustycon would seem very likely.

In some ways I'm appalled to think of how naive and dorky I was back in those days.... then again, I'm not sure that much of that has changed... ;)

[staxxy]

you were sweet and charming then, and you still are.

[wire_mother]

or earlier? crikey, i have trouble remembering those years. did i meet you at Dave F's (In Pace Requiescat) at the same time i met sirriamnis and ogremarco?

in addition, i think we crossed paths at the Rosecon, which i also think we've discussed in the past.

[staxxy]

Heh. Too funny, YOU I know exactly how this all happened...

I was living with Shanda in Bummertown and would go for walks during the day pretty often ( I was job hunting and had cabin fever). I found your game store and stood and chatted with you about gaming, the punk scene, and a bunch of other things. (it is possible that Sawyer brought me there the first time, but I think I met him through you... you through him, him through you... one or the other). You and I made fast friends and you came over to visit at our apartment a few times, and then you brough Dave over and he and Shanda hit it off and it just kinda went from there. It was 1993, just after I had my heart attack.

[wire_mother]

yeah, i thought so, but was having trouble remembering if i'd met you before or after i got run over. i also wasn't sure if i'd met you before the game shop.

[staxxy]

it was before the running over, and after the game shop. You introduced me to Trish and David. Trish taught me to carve stone. :)

[geekmachine]

Your birthday party 1999, I believe.

[staxxy]

that sounds about right. :)

[trauma_hound]

Oh god, 88 or 89 I think?

[staxxy]

1992 actually. in the summer. I am pretty sure.

[trauma_hound]

I swear I was under the legal drinking age.

[staxxy]

I am pretty sure I met you at Rusty or NorWes the year that Benny Hill died (I have pictures of you and China from that Anglicon).