I was a little bit. I think it was pretty short-lived.
I idled for months in the IRC room. Pretty much I logged in and forgot about it. I would show up from time to time to talk for a few minutes and then vanish again.
How did you find the board: I was on the Dumbrella board as "Thumbwrestler" which is a lurky sockpuppet handle I will use to read message boards. I never posted there. Then later went back to find it again, and discovered it was gone, prompting me to find this place. In lurking for a while here, I discovered that I knew Bobby from elsewhere on the internet. Even more so, I had repeatedly banned him from my IRC networks. (He kept correcting my spelling during a conversation he wasn't even involved with, and everything about him came off as "LOOK AT THE BIG BRAIN ON ME") so I was decidedly an ass about it, since I'm a short man and had some measure of technological authority. That prompted me to sign in here as "Smick" which is a smash 'em up of my first and last name, instead of the usual internet name-plumb I use everywhere else. Months later, we were sitting in the IRC channel and he realized that he recognized my ISP host and pressed. I ate crow. I still see him elsewhere on the internet.
First post: A discussion of how to pronounce a greek food. It came 10 minutes after I registered. It was that post that made me finally register and join the conversation, I guess.
First non-Achewood strip thread started: It is also my first ever started thread. Almost 2 months after joining up. I had read about these glasses in Make. I still kind of want them, but no. It's awful.
First avatar: I want to say it was a loop of Kirk yelling "KHAAAAAAAAN" that at some point it was decided looked decidedly pre-facial with his fist all shaking and jerking furiously.
Stalker moment: I too got flirty with Jough, and was shot down cold. Actually, mostly it was when Jough called me a stalker for always hanging out in the aforementioned IRC channel but never saying anything.
Best moment: HARD TO SAY. I have to think it was very recently when you guys showed so much support over in that monolithic "Today" thread when I was gearing up to say funny things into a microphone in an attempt to get instant approval from strangers. That was seriously pretty awesome.
Lowest moment: There are a lot of these. I think my post count would be about twice as high if I didn't keep writing posts, and then deciding "This is awful, and it sucks plus it is dumb." and closing the window. ALTERNATIVELY: You can take that as my UNDYING dedication to QUALITY.
Meetups: I've met Nabu on multiple occasions, and enjoyed it, even though he thought it was forgettable. I almost met Linnea when she came through PDX once, but I was having life turmoil and neglected to do much of anything for a while there.
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