My first Arisia-type post -- more as I think of it

[xiphias]

Lesse. Saturday night, I got to meet theferrett; Lis's comment to me was, "He's much cuter than his userpic. . ."

We got introduced to Eric Burns, who writes a well-respected column-thingy about webcomics, and his now-fiancee Wednesday White. As you probably already know if you're the kind of person to whom this would be interesting, Mr Burns asked Ms White to marry him with a little help from his friends.

So, when we were introduced, I said, "Congratulations", and then turned to his fiancee, and said "Congratulations" to her, too. And she looked at my badge, and said, "It's nice to finally meet you."

My face went blank. Lis says she WISHES she had a camera. I presume that my jaw dropped. It's one of those things that people use as a cliche, but it actually happens. Basically, you're startled enough that every muscle in your face suddenly relaxes, including the ones holding your mouth closed, except for the muscles which keep your eyes open, which tense, and widen your eyes.

". . . . You're THAT Wednesday??" I finally managed.

See, there was this person I'd known online since, like 1992 or something like that. Someone who I really even considered an online friends. And her name was Wednesday.

I'd, obviously, not emailed her for, well, nearly a decade. Neither of us was still posting in the same Usenet groups. And we'd clearly lost touch. Since that point, y'know, I'd flunked out of school, gotten married, become a bartender, bought a house, and stuff. And, apparently, she's done stuff since that time, too, like, including getting engaged earlier that day.

I love fandom. I love cons, and Arisia.

Comments

[theletterelle.livejournal.com]

Wednesday Addams Wednesday?

I think I met her once, long ago. But I didn't know her that well anyway.

[cheshyre]

I believe so.

[cheshyre]

It wasn't so much that your jaw dropped.

You looked simultaneously surprised and pleased and awed and amazed...
Your eyes lit up in delight and it was just such a wonderful expression.

It's hard to put the emotion into words, but meeting her was clearly something you had been hoping would happen for years, but eventually you forgot about that longing, only to be reminded when it finally happened and it was even more marvelous than you had imagined.

Does that make sense?

[juliansinger.livejournal.com]

Oh, hey. I knew her once.

That's /great/. (I mean, that you met her, but mostly about the engagement.)

[rmjwell.livejournal.com]

There really are only 2,000 people in the world. I shouldn't be surprised at all that you knew Weds from Usenet days, but I am a little.

[brooksmoses]

Heh. I don't think I ever met her on Usenet, but I was a regular reader of alt.fan.wednesday until it died. And for some years thereafter, I think.

I don't really remember why. It's probably chorus's fault, though, somehow. Or, at least, I'll blame her.

[rebmommy.livejournal.com]

Very impressive marriage proposal - it takes a village, and all that. Almost as impressive as your proposal to [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com].

[cogitationitis.livejournal.com]

But, of course, I didn't get to see you. Maybe at Boskone--I'll be at NESFA Sales.

[basmati.livejournal.com]

Heh, I was reading this post, and got to "Wednesday White" and wondered if it was the same Wednesday, and then..it was.