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[athelind]

Taken from jirris_midvale

1. Copy and paste your LJ Friends List into an update and leave behind an LJ Cut.
2. If you've met them in person or otherwise know them from the offline world, bold their screenname. If you've only talked to them on the phone, italicize their name. If you've only talked to them online, leave their name alone. If you have someone on your Friends List who has multiple LJ's, only use one and get rid of the rest from the list.
3. Post and let other people copy the meme.

Edit: Oops! Shouldn't do this sort of thing after midnight. I missed this part: If you have someone on your Friends List who has multiple LJ's, only use one and get rid of the rest from the list. I've fixed the list accordingly -- though in some cases, I've kept multiple entries up to preserve secret identities. Muah hah hah.

2_gryphon, andreal, aneirin, arakaraath, araquan, archteryx, arcturax, astor_apatosaur, athelind (um, duh), aubrin, auryanne, azhreia, baiji, beerhorse, bigbluefox, bigtig, bradhicks, captainblye, cargoweasel, catharsiscomic, cynicaloptimist, deadmandealer, dewhitton, diadexxus, doc_mystery, drakegrey, drleo, duncanroo, dutchmouse, edhyena, eselgeist, existingphantom, explodingmikan, fireeyes, foofers, fragglemon, fraxx, gileskat, grevydude, grimal (briefly, at FC), hafoc, hedgegoth, hinoki, hitchkitty, howardtayler, iceraptoress, iridium_wolf, jdarkwulf, jedd_marten, jirris_midvale, jonasbagel, jordangreywolf, kaijima, kajafoglio (very briefly, at SDCC), kevinpease, kfops, kolchis, kreggan, kynn, kyteriah, l_c, ladyfoxglove, llyander, luxatos, malysuits, melly, mirrdae, musewoozle (R.I.P., Jacob; I wish we'd had the opportunity), muskrat_john, mythos_amante, ninja_weasel, normanrafferty, odiedragon, ounceofreason, paka, palanth, phallavixen, philfoglio (see Kaja, above), pyat, quelonzia (ya think?), quiet_rain, r_caton, rain_luong, rakeesh, rancourt, reveille_d, richardf8, rikoshi, rooth, rustitobuck, saribou, shavastak, shdragon, silkspider, skandragon, skorzy, snobahr, soreth, spacehyena, ssthisto, stalbon, storm_dragon, susandeer, taral, tealfox, teaselbone, tephra_adularia, terminotaur, terraluna_bat, terrulen, the_gneech, trpeal, tugrik, twentythoughts, unclekage, ursulav, velvetpage, waywind, wggthegnoll, with_gusto, yasha_taur

I'm actually quite surprised at the number of bolds on the list (though after eliminating the dopplegangers, the ratio isn't quite so impressive). I'm less surprised by the lack of italics -- I meet a lot of folks in person at cons, but with rare exceptions, I have to know you in person first before you get my phone number. That's kind of strange, in a way: my face is less "private" than just my voice.

There are some folks on the list that I genuinely can't remember if I've met or not, and I apologize if I've skipped you.

Comments

[wy.livejournal.com]

*grin* *waves for himself and dragondazd*

:P

[shavastak.livejournal.com]

I totally understand the phone thing, and it has to do with territories. Typically, you first meet someone face-to-face in the outside world, but your phone number is a link to your *home*, so it's definitely more private. If you meet someone out in the world, they don't immediately know where you live. :)

BTW, hopefully we can chance my boldness status (and yours on my list, shortly to be posted) sometime next year.

[athelind.livejournal.com]

Bingo!

That's the same reason I don't give out my ICQ number, actually. ICQ is my text telephone. It's not for random passers-by or folks I've just met. If I run into you on the MUCK, that's neutral turf -- but giving you my ICQ is giving you a direct line to ME, personally.