To our new members from Bnet

[mol]

I just wanted to welcome all of you. I hope that you make this place your new home on the net.

Welcome home!

[Earthcup]

Thanks! It certainly is a homey place! I may need some of those MW patches pretty soon!:D

[Melysande]

Thank you! :) And thank you for MW's existence when I needed to find it most.

[WandererInGray]

*smiles* Thank you for the warm welcome from everyone, and this lovely site. As Mel said, that appeared in our vision just when we needed it.

[Man/Wolf]

Thank you, Mol. We'll try to make you proud of us! :razz:

[Man/Wolf]

How did he get in there? :evilway:

[GreenDawn]

Originally posted by Man/Wolf
How did he get in there? :evilway:

I think we are addicted to the animated smilies! AHHHH!

[Melysande]

Well.... I can't promise to make people proud of me, but I can promise to keep from making you want to lower me slowly, feet-first, into a vat of boiling oil. Good deal? **smiles innocently**

[Man/Wolf]

:rotfl: I've fallen and I can't get up!

[callalily]

Thank you. It's nice to be welcomed (rather than flamed). It's like coming home to a warm fire after a cold, snowy night.

[GreenDawn]

Originally posted by Melysande
Well.... I can't promise to make people proud of me, but I can promise to keep from making you want to lower me slowly, feet-first, into a vat of boiling oil. Good deal? **smiles innocently**

Good Deal? Sounds like a good time to me,lol! Nothin says lovin like a vat of oil in the oven!:devil:

[Nina]

I can barely keep up with the pace of all these new threads! This injection of new blood can only mean good things for MW!!

;) Ya don't mind if I stay well clear of your boiling oil though... do you?:eek:

[Melysande]

:T You and me both! (Mel is a cold-weather Northern chick who is extremely allergic to pain, especially that involving heat.)

[Earthcup]

Quickly backs away from boiling oil, tar and feathers and other nasty things and promises to be a very good girl!

[Man/Wolf]

Stick with me, Nina. I avoid confrontations and boiling oil!

[GreenDawn]

lol! do as you wish, but it is so much fun!

[Topazz]

Not an easy choice to make: To stay there or to come here, OR to keep a foot in each world? The warm welcome makes it seem like the right choice is to move in here. The apartments are spacious and I like the windows onto the garden. The neighbors sure do seem friendly. The rent is cheap. Yep, looks good to me.

Thanks, Mol. We all need a goddess like you in our lives. (~_^)

[Earthcup]

Actually I believe Mol is a God, you know a boy...:D

[Topazz]

Hey, how did you make so many posts so quickly, EarthCup?

You're not spamming MW are you? (~_^)

[GreenDawn]

Party poopers- "NO- not the hot oil, my skin will burn, ouch that hurts!" Whine, whine! You guys are a bunch of wussies.;)

[Earthcup]

*blows smoking figures*

Nope! Just quick on the draw! :shot:

[GreenDawn]

Originally posted by Earthcup
*blows smoking figures*

Nope! Just quick on the draw! :shot:

I was wondering when that smiley would come in handy,lol!

Love the edit button, hehehehe!

[Earthcup]

I have pics turned off! I thought that was the smilie with an automatic! :D

Alas poor smilie, I knew him well....;)

[Man/Wolf]

Why don't we have a wolf smilie? *howl*

[Earthcup]

I'm expected to do some work which I think is highly unfair!

Thanks for the welcome Mol!

I'll try to get on later tonight and get in a extra dose of silliness before bedtime!:D

[Man/Wolf]

Work? No four letter words here! :eek:

[Earthcup]

I promise not to use the W word again! lol

[Kaylara]

Hee hee hee...
Mol is decidedly male. And his name is prounounced Maul... not Mole.

:)

Kaylara

[Lavender]

:D Anyway...welcome to all of you! I don't know if I made it through all the new intros but it's always good to make new friends. :wave: We have a fresh batch of brownies going & someone said something about blueberries for muffins! Enjoy! :)

[Old Witch]

Welcome, I have the milk or the lemonade........whatever you want.............

[StarryDancer]

Hi, everybody! I'm still trying to figure out how to post and get all the cute icons and stuff...

But thanks, Honor, for directing me here. I've been enjoying browsing. Looks like all the fun people are here!

And thanks for the welcome hugs, Jenn. I tried to post a new thread saying hi yesterday, but apparently I'm not allowed to do that...Like I said, I've got to figure this one out. But I love it so far!

[Melysande]

You're welcome, Starry. You'll figure all this stuff out soon enough. (They even have a Pagan Geek section for computer questions.)

~ Mel (aka Jenn for those that knew me before the Craft name change.)

[Man/Wolf]

I'll have brownies and either wolf's milk or dragon's milk, please!
:smoke:

^..^

[Raven_Stormsong]

Hello again all :) mmm brownies :mmm:

:boing: I like these smilies so much I may have to leave bnet for them lol :smash:

[Azure]

Thanks for the welcome. My life has been so hectic the past couple of days, I've barely had time to truly explore the site yet! But so many of my friends are here, it's just wonderful - and I'm looking forward to the new ones.

Hey! Is that boiling oil? Somebody chop some potatoes! We need. . . FRENCH FRIES.

Love,
Azure
currently princess of PMS and off to the theatre now, as she has to work.

[MagickHLHgurl]

Hey all! As a littlewelcome i decided to bring my famous coo-cake...which is a big thick round cookie that well you serve like cake...;)

[Topazz]

Thanks for the correction. And thank you Mol for not blasting me into cinders for the (trust me) inadvertent mistake. You are truly a kind and benevolent god. What kind of sacrifices do you prefer? Puppies and kitties? Nope, too benevolent I'm sure. Virgins? No, that's someone else I think. Chocolate? Maybe I can spare a piece or two..... **sigh* the sacrifices one must make**

[Dancin Girl]

Ohhhhhhhhhh Topazz, big hugs to you!! Took me a bit to recognize your new hair style!!! And, I was busy running around this great site checking everything out and must have missed you sneakin in with a new name like some of the rest of us!!! But, now you're here and I feel so much better!!! Now, where are those brownies??!!!

[Enchantedlight]

Thanks for the welcome Mol. I recognise a lot of names here, but I guess the fun is trying to work out whos who amongst the new"handles"
This seems such a refreshing place that I know I will feel at ease.

[Windsinger]

I'm trying to like it here, guys, but the conversations are just too one sided for a veteran debator like me and I don't have the energy to provide the dissent that makes talk worthwhile. I can play devils advocate everynow and then, but if you are relegated to that position it gets really boring.


I'll be on bnet, guys, this isn't my kind of place. I need bigger challenges, from a broader community.

Sorry.
You can just delete my 4 or 5 posts if you'd like.

But if anyone knows another good *interreligious* site......

[Enchantedlight]

Well I will certainly give it a go :wave: the peace is such a change.
Even the smileys make it fun!:)

[Phoenix Blue]

Originally posted by Windsinger
I'll be on bnet, guys, this isn't my kind of place. I need bigger challenges, from a broader community.

Sorry.
You can just delete my 4 or 5 posts if you'd like.

But if anyone knows another good *interreligious* site......
It's no big deal. . . :) if I find something like that, I'll point it your way. I understand where you're coming from--in the debate sense, you'd be jumping out of the fire and into the frying pan.

The folks who are here now are here largely because we couldn't take the personal aspect of what was going on over there anymore. You were never involved in the personal aspect. . . so I can understand.

Take care, Kat, and walk with peace.

[Kaylara]

Originally posted by Windsinger
I'm trying to like it here, guys, but the conversations are just too one sided for a veteran debator like me and I don't have the energy to provide the dissent that makes talk worthwhile. I can play devils advocate everynow and then, but if you are relegated to that position it gets really boring.


I'll be on bnet, guys, this isn't my kind of place. I need bigger challenges, from a broader community.

Sorry.
You can just delete my 4 or 5 posts if you'd like.

But if anyone knows another good *interreligious* site......

Actaully, we have people of all religions who frequent this site. We love debating, and if you really want a challenge, try getting into some of the debates in Political or Theology with Myst, Illuminatus, or Mystique. Trust me when I say that you are catching us at our best right now... This place is not always as happy and light as it is now, but I am enjoying the peace. :)

Kaylara

[Windsinger]

The folks who are here now are here largely because we couldn't take the personal aspect of what was going on over there anymore. You were never involved in the personal aspect.

Actually, PB, that's just dreck.
I just know that when people are nasty on paper and on the net it is because they are lesser beings than I!!! (hey, I confront my inner Hitler, rather than letting it affect my actions from a shadowplace inside) {sorry, inside joke}
I was the one called things ranging from child molester to out to undermine Wicca as a whole.
(Hey, didn't Ravenwolf say that of her critics, too?)
LadyBelle accused me of stating that I inteneded to use my (now-resigned) position as moderator to stop people from dissenting with me from chris' sake!!!!!!

I was *totally* involved in the personal stuff, but I could turn off my computer and walk away when I needed to.
And frankly, I wish you all could've done that, too.

It's like not arguing with the fluffy bunnies who are destoying Wicca... if all the Wiccans just let them lie there or run away they win.

I can't let the pans and jaggs and belles win, PB.

[Phoenix Blue]

Then you're made of stronger stuff than I am.

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend. I guess it helps to think before typing, though, huh? :p

[callalily]

PB, I could *try*to get up a good argument with you. I'd have to dig deep into my radical nun past to do that though, and it's well and deservedly buried.

Maybe there's some music or literature we disagree on? :-)

Just being facetious. There's a troll influx on B-net today and everyone's a little punchy.

I admire Windsinger greatly. She does a helluva lot for her faith.

[Kaylara]

Originally posted by Windsinger

The folks who are here now are here largely because we couldn't take the personal aspect of what was going on over there anymore. You were never involved in the personal aspect.

Actually, PB, that's just dreck.
I just know that when people are nasty on paper and on the net it is because they are lesser beings than I!!! (hey, I confront my inner Hitler, rather than letting it affect my actions from a shadowplace inside) {sorry, inside joke}
I was the one called things ranging from child molester to out to undermine Wicca as a whole.
(Hey, didn't Ravenwolf say that of her critics, too?)
LadyBelle accused me of stating that I inteneded to use my (now-resigned) position as moderator to stop people from dissenting with me from chris' sake!!!!!!

I was *totally* involved in the personal stuff, but I could turn off my computer and walk away when I needed to.
And frankly, I wish you all could've done that, too.

It's like not arguing with the fluffy bunnies who are destoying Wicca... if all the Wiccans just let them lie there or run away they win.

I can't let the pans and jaggs and belles win, PB.

I've been accused several times of the same thing. Now, if i really wanted to remove dissenting opinions from this site, it would have been easy enough for me to do. Did I? Nope. Not a one. (At least for that reason.)

BTW, no one is going to attack anyone else here personally... My wrath will fall upon those who try it. (And my wrath ain't pretty by any stretch of the imagination)
Also,
This is not just a wiccan site... It has people of all religions from all parts of the world. As far as fluff bunnies go, that is the topic for another thread...

Kaylara

[Windsinger]

I must reply when someone lists Edain McCoy as a suggested author....

[Lavender]

May I make a suggestion to Windsinger? You might want to check out our other forums too. We have a forum from books to music, to gardening, to political, to health, etc. We even have a Just Silly forum for the jokes & fun threads.

There's nothing that says that you have to decide right this minute whether to stay or not. There's nothing to say that you can't pop back here anytime you want. It's not like once you've registered, you belong to us forever! :D (heheh!)

We have so many forums here & we encourage people to post in the appropriate places so you won't see a lot of debating here in Just Talk.

[Windsinger]

My opinion was based on reading several hundred threads.

[Lavender]

Wow! :eek: I'm impressed! You read through all the ramblings here?! :D

Seriously, whatever you decide, you'll always be welcome here too. Like I said earlier, it's not like you have to decide immediately.

[Myst]

Well MW doesn't claim to be perfect for everyone... *shrugs*

[Windsinger]

They'll do terrible things to me if I don't post...

midnight beatings...
ropes and chains...
(oh, wait! That's my wife!)

Whiney emails, I miss you letters......
Nebulous statements designed to root me out.

they be eeeeeeeevil.

ESPECIALLY PB.

[Melysande]

**arches an eyebrow** You make it sound like we LIKE you, Windsinger. :p

Hmmpf. I wasn't all THAT whiny in my letter. ;)

[Windsinger]

I'm the villian.

But you all secretly love villians.

[Melysande]

**laughs** I only love villains if they're Vortas named Weyoun.

[Earthcup]

*tries to picture Kat standing next to Cruella and the Ugly Stepsisters:D*

I don't care Edain McCoy either but Llewellyn is such a pretty magical name....... whoa! almost got sucked to the "dark side of the force"! :rotfl:

[Phoenix Blue]

Quoth Windsinger:

they be eeeeeeeevil.

ESPECIALLY PB.

Halo, halo, where's my bleedin' halo? Oh, to hell with it.

:bigredgri :devil: :evilway: :devil: :bigredgri

- Phoenix Blue, Co-founder, EAWS

Wanderer reminded me last night she's the other co-founder. . . :bigredgri

[mol]

Originally posted by Windsinger
I'm the villian.

But you all secretly love villians.

We have plenty of villains.

Isnt that right Ill?

:p

[mol]

Its not the right place for everyone. Everyone has their own tastes. Thats fine. There is no reason to make it a big deal. If you dont like it, move on.

Im glad to see the new faces, we get many here each day...but most of them didnt come from just one place like most of you.

And I do welcome you. If its not the place for you, then that is fine. If it is...then I hope to see all of you quite a bit in the days to come.

[WandererInGray]

Originally posted by Windsinger
They'll do terrible things to me if I don't post...

midnight beatings...
ropes and chains...
(oh, wait! That's my wife!)

Whiney emails, I miss you letters......
Nebulous statements designed to root me out.

they be eeeeeeeevil.

ESPECIALLY PB.

*innocent look* Who us? *grins and runs*




Phoenix Blue, Founder, EAWS


*raised eyebrow* Hey! Co-founder, buster....everyone knows I'm the Ultimate Evil ™

:D

[Lavender]

Originally posted by mol


We have plenty of villains.

Isnt that right Ill?

:p

Naaahhh! Ill is just missunderstood! :p

[Myst]

Originally posted by mol
Isnt that right Ill?


Yeah bluntness, extreme honesty, and sarcasm don't go over too well sometimes around here, along with nicely nudging someone with the idea that they might not have all their ducks in a row... :D

[Twig]

Yeah.

Then there is what happens when peaceful druids get rubbed the wrong way
:evilway:
Heheheheheheeheheh eh, Wildchild ?




Peace
Twig
:elf:
"The Druid of Peace"

[Topazz]

Hey, us transplants are pretty easy to get along with, unless you ruffle our feathers, right PB? Um... I mean, right everyone?


Hey, EnchantedLight, have you figured out who I am yet? I'm still clueless to your former identity.


Topazz / aka Lunacie

[Melysande]

I'm pretty curious about EnchantedLight myself. I recognize 18 people from BNet (myself included), and I don't have the faintest idea who you are. :)

[Dancin Girl]

I was wondering about that myself, but figured that seeing as I wasn't there that often lately, she was someone newer?? Soooo, Echanted Light, Whoooooooooo were you before??

[Topazz]

Well, Mely, you're up a few on me.

I thought about starting a new topic asking all the transfers to identify themselves, but this thread is actually addressed to us Bnet'ers, so I'll just ask here.

Please let us know who you are now and who you were there.

Just to get things rolling I'll introduce myself again.


Hi, I'm Topazz, otherwhere known as Lunacie.

[Dancin Girl]

I'll continue on with it:sunny: I'm Dancin Girl now, otherwise and elsewhere known as Jean or Judy!!

[mol]

Ok new folks. I understand some of you have had problems at Bnet. I can understand the frustration.

I will have to ask that you refrain from 'trashing' Bnet here in public. I do not want THIS community to endorse that kind of thing.

This is just a friendly message from me to all of you. You have not done anything wrong, I am just letting all of you know in advance.

Ok, Im done now.

[Enchantedlight]

Hi Topazz :wave: Nice to see ya!

[Melysande]

EnchantedLight ~ Hmmm. In the U.K. I think I know now. **Grins** Cream puff?

[Enchantedlight]

Cream Puff!! watchamean?:confused: Give me a clue, P E?

[Melysande]

Oops. Drat. If you didn't get that then I definitely guessed wrong about who you are. Never mind. :)

I love a mystery. :D But my methods of solving them tend to drive everyone around me absolutely nuts.

[Man/Wolf]

Man/Wolf here......LongFang there. Duh! :eek:

[Arduinna]

Welcome to all the BNet folks!!:wave:

[Earthcup]

I've only recognised a handful or so...

I'm Earthcup natch and also Contrary Asteria FYI....:cool:

[Melysande]

There's you, me, Azure (AzureFire), Callalily, Dancin Girl (Jean of Lavender Meadows), Donnchaos, Eric, Goatboy, GreenDawn, kblackthorne, Windsinger (if she ever posts here again), ktompkins (SacrificialGoddess), Man/Wolf (LongFang), Nallia, nicanfhilidh, Phoenix Blue, Raven Stormsong (Raven SpiritDancer), solitarywiccan, WandererInGray (Honor), Topazz (Lunacie), StarryDancer (CroneDancer) and EnchantedLight.

Okay.... That's actually 22. (This is why I'm an editor, not a mathematician. :p) And I hear that Arunalyn and Albie will be over, too, sooner or later. Who knows who else is here that I haven't recognized yet?

Yep. I saw that Contrary Asteria was you when you were in LongFang's thread back on BNet. :)


**********************************************

And Green Lantern (formerly Lantern) just joined MW. So that's 23. His wife will be 24. Arunalyn was here at this very thread (because she made a joke about not using "Cubbie" in the roll-call), so she's 25.


Mel ~ Official Keeper of the List and Welcomer of Refugees :D

~ Gods, how I LOVE this edit function!

[Melysande]

All of a sudden, I have Mouseketeer Roll-call stuck in my head.....

[Azure]

Oh great, Melysande, I can see it now!

"I'm Azure!"

*Turns cartwheel while wearing little Catholic school girl uniform revealing unfortunate choice of undergarments.*

I had no idea there were that many of us over here. I'm glad to see that some of the recon folks are joining in.

Hopefully my life will straighten out soon, and I'll be able to spend some time posting . . .

Pssst, Bnet folks, post your pictures if you can, huh? I'm dying to know what the people I've talked to every day for eons look like ;)

[Earthcup]

:eek: my pics are horrible because I'm the only decent photographer in my family but I may rig up my camera and see if I can turn out some decent B&W's...

BTW all of you are much better looking than I pictured you! I never realized my imagination was so dull....:D

[Lavender]

Originally posted by Twig
Yeah.

Then there is what happens when peaceful druids get rubbed the wrong way
:evilway:
Heheheheheheeheheh eh, Wildchild ?




Peace
Twig
:elf:
"The Druid of Peace"

:eek: Why, Twig!! Whatever are you talking about?! :D

[Topazz]

Mol is the right god,
He is our site god.
Don't worry,
Be happy !

[Melysande]

Oh great, Melysande, I can see it now!

"I'm Azure!"

*Turns cartwheel while wearing little Catholic school girl uniform revealing unfortunate choice of undergarments.*
:rotfl:

[kblackthorne]

OK, here's one of me playing with my new camera in a mirror...

[kblackthorne]

And here's one from our honeymoon, where you can see a little more of me. :)

They're not the greatest shots, but they're what I have!

[Topazz]

Nice legs, Katherine. I have short legs. They're so short they barely reach the ground! My hair used to be that long. *sigh* I've been letting it grow again. I've borrowed a digital camera and I'll see if I can figure out to send pics over the 'net too.

[Athena-Nadine]

So I've finally gotten my lazy self up, dragged myself over here, and posted. :)

Mel, leave it to you to decide I'm here days before I actually show up. :p

Thanks for the welcome, everyone. Seeing how nice everyone here seems to be, maybe I can finally let myself invest time in a community again without worrying all the time.

And since you've all started submitting pics, I suppose fair's fair:

http://www.mysticwicks.com/images/attach/jpg.gifAttachment: Nallia (http://home.earthlink.net/~anhammond/_uimages/Athena12.jpg)

[Melysande]

Naturally. You registered, which means you liked what you saw of this place enough TO take the time to do the registering. So you plan to stay. That makes you "here." :D

[Athena-Nadine]

You knew as soon as you emailed me all those days ago that I would eventually show up here. ;)

[Phoenix Blue]

What was the alternative, talking to the tumbleweed over at B'Net? :p

[Athena-Nadine]

*...laughs...*

Dear Brother of My Heart, you know I've been gone from there for almost two months now, though I left for different reasons than you did. I still can't make myself go back, though it's fighting a compulsion at times not to. *...shrugs...*

Thankfully, with so many of the people I care about here, it looks as if I won't have to.

[Melysande]

I think the complusion was in the subliminal message hidden in the pink flashing pigs for coolsavings.com :p :D (Kidding, kidding, kidding.)

So, naturally, since I'm a hopeless addict, I had to find a substitute fix that I would love just as much if not more than BNet. (I still peek in on those boards once or twice a day to see how things are going.)

[Athena-Nadine]

Yes, and I suppose I'll be fighting the urge not to for a while still.

[WandererInGray]

*laughs*

I forgot you had that dig. camera. I should have you take a picture of me when I get home today.

*sighs* Was that my out-loud voice again? Had to be, nothing else is insane enough to suggest having my picture taken.

[GreenDawn]

Here I Am --one of the pictures (few) that I have! The rest are over on my yahoo site.

http://photos.yahoo.com/greendawn2002

[Athena-Nadine]

*...giggles...*

Oh, whatever. You'll need an up-to-date picture sooner or later, anyway. :p

I took that picture two months ago. Actually, I almost posted the old one, then remembered that I had a new camera and took new pictures. *...laughs...*

I was starting to wonder if you were actually working today...

[WandererInGray]

*grins* Naw, the boss is out of town again, are you kidding me??

I've been over in the Poetry/Lit section flexing my storytelling muscles. *laughs* Jenny calls him my British James West.

[Melysande]

Nah. I thought I settled on Kenneth Brannagh. (He was playing the bad guy on Wild, Wild West.)

[StarryDancer]

:boing: Me, too! I'm here, too! :wah: They NEVER remember to include me on the lists!

Must make me...






:lol: MICKEY!

[Melysande]

Starry, I don't know what you're talking about. You're in there. **looks like the cat who swallowed the canary**

[Athena-Nadine]

*...smirks...*

Mel, you always look like that. It's when you don't that I start to worry.

[Melysande]

I only look like that on the inside. (Always have something up my sleeve.)

Mild-mannered production copyeditor by day, she-demon devil spawn by night.

Er..... Wait. That didn't come out right. I think I channeled a bad sci-fi story by accident for a minute there.

[kblackthorne]

Thanks for the compliments, Topaz. ~blushes~


As for the hair, well... it's been nearly a year since the wedding, and I really haven't been in for a haircut. I DID take off about 4" myself a few weeks ago, but it still falls past my waist these days. I look at the Pic I posted & think how short it was. Just before I took scissors to it, if I wore it loose, it came to the bottom of my sleeve.

Below, see my wedding-day hair: :) It had been through quite a bit by the time this shot was taken, but you can get an idea.

[Azure]

Wow, Katherine! that's gorgeous. You have fabulous hair.

[Earthcup]

Gorgeous!

Even when my hair was long it ould never stay like that! Come to think of it, now that it's short it doesn't cooperate much either.....

[SwissCelt]

Lessee... Mystsong is #26, I'm #27. Does that put the count up to date, Mel?

PS- I'm hoping this is the last reference you'll catch from me here to that other discussion site. I'd rather focus on helping to build this community and the associated positive energies with that...

[Earthcup]

:D You missed Éric and Calixto! They pop in every now and then...

[Melysande]

I stopped keeping track a long time ago. Besides, most of the people on that list came here, posted for a couple days and then left for points unknown. Ah well.

[Éric]

I'm still here. I'm just not very popular. ;)

[Melysande]

**laughs then tweaks your nose** Like you were popular elsewhere? **grins** We love you anyway. You make things interesting online.

[SwissCelt]

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[Myst]

Just a reminder folks, private matters need to be addressed privately, not publicly. Please. Thanks. Smoochie bootches.

(if you don't know what I'm talkin' about don't worry about it :))

[Medusa @ Dawn]

I'm still sitting on the fence

[Azure]

*grins*
I think the popular kids are usually the ones that don't do so well after high school. . .

[Myst]

And vice versa. :)

[Phoenix Blue]

**Smiles** The successful ones were the ones who didn't (and to a large extent don't) play the social reindeer games, in my opinion. Unfettered by civilized politicking, I am free to speak my mind and move any mountain that stands in my way. :D

[Melysande]

I was never popular in school. I was quiet, and shy, and I always had my nose in a book. I was usually the one who got the best grades in the class, but I learned early in life not to keep raising my hand when I knew the answer. If anything, I'd say it out loud softly and let the kids around me (who heard me) raise their hands.

It wasn't until I went to the old site that I experienced anything like popularity. I laughed my butt off when someone there said that the only reason no one yelled at me for saying something not quite in line with the ROC was because I was popular and that I had probably never known what it was like to not be popular.



Oh, Feathers..... **grins** I dub thee "Mountain Mover."

And I am running away from this thread before I post any of the several off-color (and very funny) comments that are running through my head right now...

[Illuminatus]

Originally posted by Azure
*grins*
I think the popular kids are usually the ones that don't do so well after high school. . .

Yup, I hear about all the popular kids at my school, who are all either in prison, working crappy jobs in crappy stores, or even worse <gasp> MARRIED. WITH CHILDREN!!!!

I know. Those poor souls. I forgive them for not inviting me to the drinking and cocaine binges I am only now learning about.

- Ill

[Earthcup]

The popular girls were the ones the guys stared at while they hung out with me. That didn't make me popular with the girls....:D

*has Tell me about your g/f problems! tatooed on her forehead*

[Annika]

So, I hide in the shadows on this board in the same manner I hid in the shadows over here.

I'm really happy to see all the familiar faces (names) and to meet some new friends as well.

As for the current popularity discussion.....not something I am familiar with. And even in my 30's, I am still struggling with severe shyness issues.

*waves to all and runs off to the safety of the shadows**

Blessed Be.
Annika (Annika13 on Bnet)

[SwissCelt]

(((((Annika))))) I'm sorry we overlooked you. I do remember you though, hon, and I'm looking forward to getting to know you here on MW!

[Kalosi]

I love this site! I spend most of my time online right here - I've found so much to read, link up to, and information. Thanks to the wonderful people who set up, administer, and update this site!! :lol:

[callalily]

I was so far from popular the Hubble wouldn't have helped! Always the nerd on the fringes, in a very small school. Not fun. I fervently hope reincarnation is not a fact -- I never want to go through high school again!

Yet I somehow have managed to craft a decent and happy life for myself, doing what I love in my spare time and trying to get a paying version of same while I plug away at (ick) Direct Mail and SKU analytics.

Popular is overrated. My mom was one of the Queens of popular in HS yet I don't think she is as happy with her life as me. But we don't bare souls with each other.

[Myst]

Originally posted by Kalosi
I love this site! I spend most of my time online right here - I've found so much to read, link up to, and information. Thanks to the wonderful people who set up, administer, and update this site!! :lol:

And thank you and all our members for being the people who keep this site going :)

[Annika]

((SwissCelt)) Hugs are awesome. Thank you for remembering me from bnet. I didn't post that often so it seemed more like I was a ghost that only came out to haunt when no one was looking.

Hugs to everyone else too...((Everyone))

Off to work.....oh joy!!! (Nope, that wasn't sarcasm....I'm actually trying to optimistic. Work is fun.....work is fun. If I repeat that enough times, I might just start believing it)

Annika