That "Who've You Met" Thingee that's going around... Lana Style, of course.
1enough - former co-worker; occasional phone conversations; frequent emailer of ridiculous chain letters involving Christian prayers, pictures of "oh no they didn't" people, and not so funny jokes. oh, and every now and again, pictures of her beautiful sons. Met at WaMu through Jess?? 1st contact... lunch w/ Inga, Jess, Val, Ria, Toni, Dani, Marq? 3 years ago??
aeroplanic- fellow smartass; untouchable ranter; exxxxxxcellent writer who will one day be a wildly successful novelist; marathon margarita drinker; makes LJ a swell place to dwell. Met through a pathetic "i need more cool lj friends" post, recommended by dandelionwhine. known her less than a year, but more than 6 months, maybe? (feels like an eternity. but in a good way. kind of.)
aliyad;- frequent phone conversations for eBay auctions, directions to courthouses, or just to say "mmmm hmmm" a million times and laugh at whatever state of drunkeness i happen to be in;daily IM chats which usually involve a lot of "lol"s, "wtf"s, and "shut.UP"s; don't know what i ever did without her. met through divaone. she got me with the barbie doll icon. 1.5 years?
annina_writes - sweetest, smartest, strongest woman ever; incredibly accomplished what with nekkid pictures floating about the internet on purpose, articles about said nekkid pictures in various newspapers and magazines and such, and ... other intellectual stuff which is totally beyond me but impressive nevertheless. random journal search for cool lj friends who weren't born in the 1980s. ...2 years? maybe 2.5?
bruinjiggy - fellow co-worker; dry wit; my bff x3 (work, LJ, MySpace); amazing good humor; always down for lunch or happy hour; all around good guy. 1st "friendly" contact, my 29th birthday, lunch with him and his good friend Jessica. 1 year
carocrow - woman of uncompromising strength; deep explorer of those spiritually essential things; sharer of wisdom for the soul; nutty sense of humor; fellow shit storm navigator. random journal search for cool lj friends who weren't born in the 1980s. 2 years, maybe 2.5
chrissstopher - occasional IM conversations; man who can fit 1000 lifetimes into one day and live to journal about it; virtual husband to aliyad; dancer extraodinaire; fellow Jackson Junkie and therefore the love of my life. met (i think) through the best damned virtual wedding (that never actually happened) ever. 1.5 years
conditionbronze - speaks written words with enough passion to break your heart; poetic genius; downer of whiskey shots. met through... um, rialisticprose i think. was kind enough to reciprocate the random friending. met briefly at a poetry/spoken word thingee back in... March? May. February? 2.5 years, maybe 3
dandelionwhine - occasional IM conversations; mind numbingly smart; proud exhibitioner of quirk; unashamed netflix junkie; fellow appreciator of the goodness that is incense; RPGer and therefore the love of my life; survivor of pain that no woman should ever have to live through. met through either chrissstopher or aliyad. a little more than a year?
dansolomon - writer/speaker of realness; quester for meaning; true thought provoker. one of my first lj friends through either rialisticprose or johnnyappledog or somebody, dammit. 2.5 years, maybe 3
danygirl128 - former co-worker; bugged the shit out of me just for the purpose of making me curse. met through WaMu, she joined my team... with Angie as manager? or maybe Edna. i think she came on with Angie and then stayed through Edna. Dani will always be remembered for "Him Got" which i still think is one of the best poems ever performed. and she will always be remembered by me for this post. i'm still naming my first born son Jo Nathan. right after i change my last name to Jenkins. 3.5, maybe 4 years? are we seriously this friggin old??? damn.
digipacopr - OMG i'm still so excited to have this LJ supastar on my FL!!!!11; i'm almost ashamed to chart down how much of this boy's info that i know since we only just friended each other yesterday... i stalked him through chrissstopher for what, 6 months? maybe longer. good times.
dionysoscub - this man writes the most remarkable shit. honestly. and the only reason the world doesn't know about him yet is because life is an unfair bitch. i have no idea how i found him, no clue when i found him. but i am glad i found him.
divaone - now i'm thinking that i must have known chrissstopher before aliyad because for some reason i link those these three together. or... maybe i met her through doomsdayblaze... but no, i think i met doomsdayblaze through divaone. how the hell does anyone keep this shit straight? whatever. the diva is dope. nuff said. 2 years, i think.
doomsdayblaze - a person could lose her mind trying to do this. i've gushed enough about this man in the past, so i'll just say he's awesome and leave it at that. i give up trying to remember how we met. this is truly pathetic, because i swear we just had this conversation. i know we typed back and forth forever before doing a voice chat thingee one day/night like... back in January? December? whatev. CCJ is also good for googling answers to Black American history questions. 2 years, seems like more.
evendeeper - music-holic. i think i snatched him from this post. HA! there are some things i do remember. yay me. wow. that post puts us at almost 2 years
holographicjoe - i believe this missing in action fellow is traipsing around Europe somewhere attending to plants or something noble like that. no idea when first we met or why... dandelionwhine have something to do with it, maybe? um, less than 1 year.
johnnyappledog - another from the days of rialisticprose. amazing how many of her friends i jacked for myself. he does def poetry. he likes pudding. i find it very strange that i haven't been to see one of his shows. i must change that. 2.5, almost 3 years.
litos - we've had 1 phone conversation and like, 3 or 4 drunken messages. ah, how i miss thee, litos. i fell in love with his icon, which is still the coolest in all of LJ land. seriously, that icon hit me hard for some reason, and i often go to K's journal, just to gaze upon its loveliness. yup. we had to have met through missprissy. i think. um... 2.5 years, and really it does feel like more. one of those weird, internet almost-real-friends-but-not-quite-there-yet connections. it happens. come back man, you are sorely missed!
lovecraftienne - wanna learn something? read this woman's journal. and that's all i'm sayin'. plus, she just all around rocks. Met through a pathetic "i need more cool lj friends" post, recommended by dandelionwhine. known her less than a year, but more than 6 months, maybe?
miss_prissy - another rarely seen and sorely missed friend. cool chick who has a wicked college ball fetish. met through... no clue. at all. like, really. i'm linking you and litos together, so it had to have been around that time. 2.5 years
mixmaster_mo - technically we didn't actually meet. i just saw Mo while hosting Poetry Slam in San Antonio... whew, almost 4 years ago? sounds about right. of course, the lj hookup came through rialisticoprose. 4 years
motdujour - lj hottie that i considered stalking but couldn't help outing myself because of this post. he had me at Patron. 2 months!
ms_nomer - now here's a woman with an awesome memory. she pops in, she pops out. no idea how or why we hooked up. her journal is always always a good read. i'm going to say... less than a year.
mztrmi - former co-worker; current sister by soul; ridiculously occasional phone calls involving 4 or more people and lots of tequila/vodka/whatever is on hand; fairly frequent emails which most consist of "why the hell haven't we called each other? i miss you! boo hoo". Toni, man our history goes back to 1999. i fell in love with her hair and told her so and she gave me the finger. all attempts at friendship stalled until we were thrown on the same team and found kinship through a mutual love of corny music. "why y'all all comin' down on me, tryin' to tell me how my life is supposed to be? i know you're tryin' to help me out, tryin' to tell me what love is all about. but this time i'm gonna make it on my own! so why don't you fellas just leave me alone?! Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky & Mike... if i love the girl, who cares who you like?!" (wow. i dunno which is sadder, the fact that i can STILL sing that by heart, or the fact that i just watched that video last night.) right, anyway T, we sang, we bonded. til death do us part. 7.5 years
niamani2 - my friend and partner in crime. wow, Ma, imagine that, 30 years.
parallelgirl - i think this one also came from that "i need more cool lj friends" post. but i can't think who recommended you. cool isn't enough of a word to describe the woman, though. she's beyond cool. let's go with uber cool. plus, she lives in Europe. automatic points. less than 1 year
rhoyalblu - former co-worker; current sister by soul; i used to see her walking in the parking lot at WaMu all the time and marvel to myself how pretty she was. we didn't actually meet and become friendly until almost a year later. 1st contact... i have no idea, i think we started chatting through work email and then connected through music and then... what? lunch? the writer's club? no clue. 3.5 years
roxymor21 - another missing in action friend who should be a r/l friend, but who i missed meeting by about 4 months. she hooked up with me through another journal, and then started her own here. erotic writing? yes, indeed! phone sex? aabbbbbbbsolutely. )= she's gone. that sucks. 2 years
sonadora - just showed up again after a lengthy absence! yay. um... no clue when or why or how we hooked up. 2.5 years?
throbinson - awesome lady; thankfully not born in the 80s; survivor of pain no woman should ever have to live through. i really really suck at this game, but i have no idea how or why or when we hooked up. 1 year, maybe? seems like it may be a year, but possibly less?
ycantijusbe - former co-worker; sister in insanity; 1 or 2 emails per year. i met Inga through Jess & Val. she was loud, she was crazy, she was... at odds with just about everyone. except me. i liked her then, i like her still. almost 4 years
yelnats - no longer posts publicly, but may very well be the best looking young man in all of LJ. drool worthy, if you will. i grabbed him through divaone but i can't remember when. maybe 1.5 years ago.
zadriana - through rialisticprose... honestly, Lana. wow. she writes; she inspires. one day, this may be me, too. but i doubt if i do it that well. almost 3 years.