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Any time I can hear somebody say something nice about me, I'll line up!

O.K., I'll go for it.

*curious* Me, please! :)

Interesting. Sure.

Sure, why not.

1. Cool Shadowfist person! Plus, I've met you enough times in person.
2. Shadowfist! (of course)
3. Your enthusiasm and good-naturedness.
4. The dueling finals at Gencon '07 -- with our decks grinding against one another like nasty grinding things, and yet still remaining fun -- and with a clear progression, as you were caught off guard by how my deck worked in the first game, caught on and pushed in a win in the second, and we had a really nice game for the third one.
5. So what's the deal with the voice? And when?
6. your default "head shot"'s a pretty good photo of you, actually.

1. I'd say it's because you're a kick-ass writer who writes about interesting things, but while that's true, it's not why I friended you; it's because we're friends!

2. Ivan's Song!

3. Your comittment to change the world for the better.

4. Wandering around Pennsic with you, late at night, looking for cool bardic circles (and occasionally finding them!)

5. So, if you hadn't become a lawyer, what would you have wanted to do with your life?

6. Cranky -- as much as a menace as Quantum was, I still love kitty cats!

Sure. Sign me up.

So, if you hadn't become a lawyer, what would you have wanted to do with your life?

Probably become a rabbi. Maybe pursued my original interest in China and done something with that. If Tienneman Square hadn't happened, I would have spent the year after college teaching English in China.

1. Insanely cool Deleria game! Plus finding out we had friends in common didn't hurt.
2. -that- Deleria character. (even if I don't remember her name). And kitty cats, given the various cat pics.
3. Your personality -- and that you're fun to talk to!
4. Being surprised by seeing you at Conflikt!
5. What do you like most about living in Oregon?
6. Kitty Yin Yang! (animatated or non)

Me. :)

1. I think you friended me first and I remembered you from a Worldcon?
2. Various songs at Batya's housefilk.
3. Your taste in songs.
4. Your coming over and attending the Housefilk!
5. What's your impression of the state of Israeli filk?
6. The sun in the pyramid is lovely.

1. I've known you for years!
2. Icehouse! (damn. Have to give away a prisoner now).
3. You're fun to play games with.
4. Sharing a room with you and Emily at...well, some con, anyway.
5. So how'd you get into LL/Icehouse games, anyway?
6. The Jazzfish icon is iconic. Though your Icehouse icon is nifty. (can you tell which of my icons is icehouse-inspired?)

As you wish.

1. Hanging out at Conchord...er...2006?
2. Purple Harpsicle!
3. Very cool positive additude.
4. Playing hooky...well, kinda...post-dead dog at Conflikt!
5. So, how'd you get into Filk?
6. Wow, you have a lot of icons, don'tcha? The Flute icon is the one that I've found most striking over time, and was the one that popped out at me the most on this view-through as well.

1. Filkhaven!
2. Cool-as-cream take-charge Rob, with a hard moral center.
3. You write really cool songs. Not to mention running a really cool con.
4. hanging out on Filkhaven and just chatting, many a time and oft.
5. So, how'd you and

kitanzi meet?
6. The black kitty cat default icon is lovely, but the Chickweed Kiss is a close second.

*hugs her icons* *needs to go check if she has free spaces again*

Getting in to filk:

On the one hand, my father loves Stan Freeburg and that combined with making up new words to existing songs was something we've done since childhood, so I was kind of primed for filk. Plus, music has pretty much been a major part of my life since I was 6 or so.

But the first filk-qua-filk I encountered were Mercedes Lackey tapes at a book signing of hers. And then I saw Windbourne in concert at ComiCon. And then I found Uncle Hugo's in Minneapolis which actually has a decent stock of filk tapes and CDs (or did while I was in college, can't really speak to now.) And I ended up spending a bunch of time in the concert rooms at Minicon and going to other filk-ish, though they often didn't quite call themselves filk, concerts other places around the twin cities.

All of that said, the first time I really ended up joining the community was when Seanan encouraged me to come to a house filk in L.A. because she was going to be there. And then encouraged me to come up to Consonance and to ConChord. And then I started going sometimes whether she was going to be there or not. So, it's probably safe to blame Seanan.

So it's probably safe to blame Seanan

Actually, IMEX, that's usually the case. :)

I want to see what you'll say about me. :)

Sure, I'm curious.

*waves a hand around*

~Sor

(1) Comment!

(2) So I know I occasionally show up to Games Club in weird outfits /and/or doing weird things --even before this fall-- and I was wondering if any of that weirdness has been sufficiently weird to make a GC-person comment memorably in your hearing when I was out of earshot :D

#4, um, jeez. Was that Balticon '06? I think so.

#5: I wandered into my local game store in August or September 1997 and they had a single copy of first edition Fluxx. I read the back, thought "This is a game that doesn't take itself too seriously," and bought it on the spot. I was hooked instantly. I ordered Aquarius when it came out, and at least two Paper Icehouse sets so I could learn Icehouse (making me one of the few people who's learned how to play without having been taught by someone who already knew). Then I ended up at Origins '98, and the rest, as they say, c'est histoire.

#6: um . . . no. Although, there's a triangle in the harp . . . ?

Yeah, Lisa says it was too.

#5 -- cool!

#6 -- Actually, that's a kristin's tower on the harp. And don't ask me how many tries it was before we got the shot off -before- the tower fell down, because I don't remember.

I would be intrigued to see your answers concerning me, since we don't know either other well.

The character was Cecilia. (She is so, so very in debt to the universe. Just saying.)

And your question is hard to answer! There is so much I love about here. It's home. It's where I grew up. It's beautiful and so much is still natural. The culture is friendly, open, and liberal.

I guess if I had to sum it up with only one thing, I'd have to say it's green. Socially, and literally. I love it here.

All of which applies to Western Oregon, as an aside. Eastern Oregon is different in many ways.

1. Because we're friends!
2. Poems! Mostly, your poems.
3. Bouncy! And you willingness to keep on pushing, even when things hurt. In some ways, these are related. And cuddles.
4. Hanging out with you on the couch at Gafilk.
5. What do you most desire from being a mother?
6. Your default -- on the pumpkin! (since I made it, I should hope so).

*hugs*

5) I want my kids to be healthy and happy, and to know that I had some part in making them so. It'd be nice if they also know it, when they're old enough to; I'm not immune to the desire for them to love and be glad of me. But that's less important by a lot than that it be true. For that matter, whether I ever have opportunity to know it at all is less important by a lot than that it be true.

Thanks, Josh. That was fun.

I also have good memories of that duelling final. Challenging and intense but always positive and good-natured.

My voice - I have no functioning vocal chords, believe it or not. Due to vascular abnormalities in my throat (also have had them in my intenstines) I have had my left side vocal chords removed in surgery and the right side has been 'absorbed' by these vascular growths. So I'm fortunate to have the speech I do have, and hopeful that I'll find some treatment option to retain it!

1. You seem like a neat person. And the AYAW games at Origins and Icehouse games at Arisia (and just hanging out) were fun.
2. Werewolf!
3. "Awesome Sexual"!
4. Silent Werewolf (hmm. Rename: Silent Night :), @ Origins. The perfect game, I mean (you were a werewolf in that one, I think).
5. So, what kind of dancing do you do regularly? (I know you did NEFFA, but I think the only dancing I've -seen- you at was Antonia's Goblin Ball at this past Arisia).
6. Hmm. *looks*. The Original Pirate-you, I think -- I like the conflation of "princess dress" and Pirate!

1. Well, we -have- known one another for years.
2. Filk!
3. I like your smile!
4. I remember your first appearance at NYUSFS -- in Mordachai's company. (it's too bad he was pulled away from fandom by life, but so it goes)
5. So, what is it that draws you to fandom and filk?
6. Has to be the family one.

4: Silent Werewolf was pretty much the greatest thing ever. I really hope we get some going this year, too.

5: Regularly, the only dancing I do is Scottish Country Dance, which I've been doing every week I've been in Boston since the very end of November. (I think I only missed two weeks, one for a social engagement I couldn't escape, the other for the show)

Whenever I get the chance, I do assorted vintage (especially Regency) and swing/ballroom. This summer, I'm probably going to begin doing contra regularly (I was introduced to it the day before NEFFA and found it spectacularly easy to pick up), ballroom when I can (I have friends that do bimonthly assorted ballroom) and possibly weekly swing, depending on costs and my ability to get to Bawl'more.

I'm really kindof a whore for dancing of all sorts, it's more or less my favourite thing ever.

6: Arrrrrg, you said princess, didn't you? She's meant to be wearing more of a general sorceress's gown, but it is routinely identified as a princess. At any rate, it's an awesome icon --made for me back in 04 or 05 by the guy who drew my current default.

~Sor

(2) Not really -- we're a surprisingly blase bunch! Mind, you certainly attract (positive) attention.

1. You're a cool person!
2. Fairy clocheilde pics!
3. I love the way you carry yourself!
4. Your portrayal of Daisy Bell in our Columbia run of Colonel Sebastian T Rawhide's Circus of the Spectacular -- which was original, entertaining, and also delightfully costumed.
5. So, what do you enjoy about being part of/hanging out with Games Club?
6. shhh

We don't...but we see each other often enough, and have had some quite nice conversations.

1. I like talking with you -- and I think I did so after a worldcon dinner or something, where we discussed blogging and mutual blogs.
2. Larp!
3. I like talking with you and playing games with you.
4. The first time I remember meeting you -- when you played in our first Mad Scientists game (that was fun -- for us, at least).
5. How'd you and Erik get together?
6. tiggress!

re dueling: yes, exactly. My previous match in the semifinals was a nice challenging match, but my opponent wasn't having much fun -- whereas in this one, we clearly both were -- which enhances the experience immeasurably.

Thanks for the (more-detailed) info -- and good luck! I guess you have to make up on the guitar what you can't do singing?

5. Yay, dancing! You should come down and dance with us (ie, eas) for our Assembly in the fall. (I'm taking a month-or-so break from dancing so I don't damage my knee further. Sadness. )

4. Oh, god yes. We totally should. As much as I avoid doing too much werewolf at cons (to avoid wereing me out; spelling intentional), I'd totally stay up for Silent Werewolf.

6. Yeah, afraid so. I mean, "princess" and "sorceress" dresses aren't actually that dissimilar, and combined with the tricorn hat, this one definately reads as "princess".

Hmm. Google Image Search for princess reveals off-the-shoulders dresses (in the disney mold). Whereas doing the same for sorceress reveals...a lot, actually...particularly considering the Valejo pic with the g-stringed...whatever she is (if I guess correctly about which Conan story that's from, princess, actually) and the sorceress in just a g-string and skirt, but the two images of note are the This fairly witchy Lisa Hunt painting and This Jeremy McHugh painting for the next edition of the Talisman board game. The second is more iconic, showing the essential difference in popular media between a "princess" dress and an otherwise identical "sorceress" dress -- that being, of course, that the "sorceress" dress has a v-neck, not a straight one, ideally one going down past or near the navel.

OTOH, I suspect the "sorceress/pirate" nature of the above image would be more obvious if she had a smaller wand; on first glance, it looked more like a second sword. Maybe something like this?

Well it's true I haven't had the chance to put in many pics...and frankly, that's my favorite one too, I don't photograph well.

What draws me to fandom and filk? Well, I do read and watch and enjoy science fiction and fantasy, you know! But fandom...well, it's like finally discovering a place where I fit in, where people don't look at me funny and think I'm weird, where I *belong*. After always being the "odd one out" and the one who was picked on from kindergarten through 12th grade, well, there was something very healing about that.

Mnnn. Good answer -- I think most of us were very much the "odd one out" (it would certainly explain a few things about fandom!)!

Ah. Thanks!

I have a few comments to your comments. By the numbers, then:

1. I remember a long Asian (don't think it was Chinese) after one of Steve Tihor's games at Columbia where we may have talked--much talking occurred, at any rate.

3. Thanks. :-)

4. I'd seen you around the LARP scene off and on for years before that, actually. But I enjoyed the game too.

5. Eric and I met in high school--a medium-sized Catholic high school in Pottstown, PA. Apparently the entire rest of the school thought we were perfect for each other (probably because we had two of the highest IQs in the entire school). They were right.

6. I like that one myself--it was taken at a ConFusion (SF con in the Detroit, MI metro area) a few years ago.

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