It was Paul, who introduced me to Yahoo Answers. He had been on the management pages and had gotten one or two levels... lol I made 7th on Bellemai and Bellethecat has done pretty well too. And if I hadn't been on Answers, I wouldn't have met my buddy Dragon. Dragon is a perfect friend. She's cool, she's smart, AND she can breathe fire. What else do you need in a friend? I joined Y360 so I could talk to Dragon. I then met a bunch more of you...That was the BEST blogging and social format EVER. And of course, it's been gone for years. Some of the younguns may not even know what it was like.
Does anyone remember the purple hippo girl? The one who built herself a persona that was wildly cool and worked for BBC... and had to fess up that she didn't look like that (kinda felt sorry for the girl whose life she borrowed!) and that she was unemployed, didn't even actually live in London... she had to fess up so she could talk about a guy from the east coast here visiting her. I felt sorry for her...she disappeared not long after the big reveal, when the dude stopped answering her posts. (I am witchy, I'm sure you noticed.)
Oh, and Multiply. I am SO going to miss Multiply in all it's glitchy funky, frozen glory... we discovered the joys of almost instant response on our blogs. Post it and see who's online to talk back and forth with. I have a couple of friends who won't come to Google now...have refused. Insist on using a site I can't even begin to decipher. I hate to lose them, but... all my REAL friends seem to be here. Even the birdy. ;)
If it hadn't been for Multiply, I might not have met my Tree... oh I am so glad I didn't miss the Tree. And the Puppy dog and the Puppy's puppy... And Stef. I miss Stef like crazy. She was SO funny... but she's gone to California and has a life now...she hits Facebook every so often... I'll get a poke. Fairies... there were fairies, and a fairydragon... and another Dragon! A GUY Dragon, from near me - he lived in Little Rock. *sigh* he's gone now too... hasn't been online in forever, I'm betting he got himself a real life ladyfriend and didn't need the trekkie action figures anymore. He was awesome though. Oh... memories... Dogs, Cats, Turtles, Birds, Flamingoes (are they birds?) a vet to take care of the critters (love my Jilli) and...Pet. Pet is such a wonderful writer...interesting, without going overboard y'know...never boring. Thinking of Pet reminds me of Herr Ludwig. I am missing him... And Hotclaws. And Hadenough. Cat people. Dog people. Lizard people... it was so great. Hot was the one who got me to come to Multiply in the first place...and then I dragged a bunch more, who dragged a bunch more...and it became home. First thing you do in the morning, check and see who's said what to whom. *sigh*
And... let's see... I joined Facebook so I could talk to Fleur... and then discovered a bunch of my 3D friends were on there, and some social contacts, and some old school buddies (my lockermate from high school!) annd I do love my Facebook.
I had a Yahoo email... it got a little glitchy at about the same time as we moved back to Texarkana, so I went to gmail. And then, oh my... I discovered the gmail chat. Now that is an awesome weapon against boredom. You do have to be careful who you're 'available' to, however.
And now we're here. At least, most of us are. We're missing a few, but...it could be worse...the core group is here. And I'm so glad....I would not for the world miss my good friends here.
It would be perfect, if I just didn't have to be grateful to Paul for it all!
