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May 30, 2003
No more cheese weasels.
I was never a fan of online message boards. The ones I'd looked at were always filled with fights, trolling, and really bad spelling, so I never bothered to post to any. I barely even paid attention to them. Then I started reading some journals, and one day, they announced a new forum. I wandered in to check it out, and was happily surprised. Funny people! Smart people! People who could spell! I registered, and started posting, tentatively for a while, then more often. Then the chat room came around, which was all new to me. I'd never even thought about going into a chat room, but figured I'd give it a try. And I've loved it ever since. I've met some people who mean a whole lot to me there: Claire, Josh, Jeff, Byrne, Sara, Stef, Courtney, Joanne, Plaidy... the list is too long to name them all. I've been lucky enough to meet a lot of them in person, and develop good friendships. Hell, I'm dating one of them. I knew the boards wouldn't last forever, that the expense and strain of running them was just too much, but still, the end is sad. I'll miss it. I'm worrying that I'll lose those connections I've made, and that would make me very sad indeed. I'll miss Pagina, the nonsensical chatbot, who spoke such profound wisdom as "Cheeese. Weeeeasels. Cheese weasels!" and who I always pictured as a Sim. And now I'll have to actually do work during the day, instead of furtively reading the boards. Woe.
Posted by Mary Ellen at May 30, 2003 10:41 AM