New meme.

[saxikath]

From ambar via tahnan:

"Add a comment to this journal telling me what you remember about first meeting me (online most certainly counts; if you have a choice between online and in person, I'll request the most amusing :-) I'll respond to each comment with my memories of you.

And, of course, if you like it, try it in your own journal."

Comments

[saxikath]

I remember the whole scene very clearly. The flowers were yellow roses (There was a specific reason for that. I don't remember what it was, now, but probably something from #c), and I think the balloons were blue and green. None of us had any idea what you looked like; some of us had seen a fuzzy photo, but we really didn't know what to expect. We saw you come out toward the revolving door, and I remember us asking each other "Is that him?" Then you started to laugh, and we knew it was you.

Then, of course, we went down to baggage claim and you gave claudia_ pumpkin vindaloo for her birthday present. With hilarious results.

[juliansinger.livejournal.com]

Pumpkin vindaloo? Dare I ask?

[davehogg.livejournal.com]

Pumpkin vindaloo was a running #c joke. It started during a discussion of Indian cooking when people were talking about different dishes and someone jokingly suggested pumpkin vindaloo. It quickly became the most feared object on earth.

When anyone would mention it, C would scream in terror, and I would bravely throw myself on it to save her.

So, when I knew I was going to meet her right around her birthday, I made some, placed it in a tupperware container and wrapped it up as a birthday present.

She opened it at the airport and I can still remember her uncontrollable laughter when she realized what it was.

[ceo]

I distinctly recall that pumpkin vindaloo being ceremonially disposed of in a trash can on Dunster St in Harvard Square, probably violating all kinds of hazmat regulations.

I met Saxikath at another Realspace; she was sitting on the steps of Faneuil Hall with a sign that said "RealSpace", getting funny looks from passersby. That was right before we pulled the purple hand stunt on /*.

[saxikath]

Indeed. You were the first one to arrive, at last saving me from odd looks and questions from curious park rangers.