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Jeff Wrangler:
While I've had a lot of amazing experiences since last December, and many people have said kind things about some of my posts and about my fanfiction, the "peak," really has to be actually getting together and meeting fellow Brokies, in New York in April and in Boston in September.

First of all, when it comes to travel--even just the short distance from Philadelphia to New York--I'm pretty conservative. Hey, travel is expensive, and I don't do it much, only one or two vacations a year. So, for me, it felt like a big deal, busting out of a rut, to make those trips.

More importantly, I'm essentially a very shy person. I don't do well in "party situations" with groups of strangers. I hate fishing for small talk and I'm lousy at it. But the thing is, amazingly, on both of these trips, I immediately felt comfortable with all these strangers. I'm sure in some cases it helped that we'd been communicating on line for months, but I think the main reason was, we all, already, had something in common to talk about. No fishing to discover a common interest in order to have something to say to each other.

mlewisusc:
Jeff, are you saying the most travelling you've ever done is around the coffee pot looking for the handle? ;D

Jeff Wrangler:

--- Quote from: mlewisusc on December 02, 2006, 12:21:19 am ---Jeff, are you saying the most travelling you've ever done is around the coffee pot looking for the handle? ;D

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I think Cape Cod is a little bit farther than that, but not much. Never been to Mexico, though, that's for sure!  ;D

RouxB:
Is it possible to peak more than once-given enough time? Since I have so many I'll have to the choose the one that brought me here. It was February and I was dealing with my father's surgery and illness. I was alone with minimal support but had Brokeback Mountain to keep me company. I had seen it 3 times in SB before leaving and spent much time on the internet watching and re-watching the trailer. One day I happened upon IMDb and my life changed. I found company and distraction and kindred spirits. Then the trolling began. I stuck with it however until that wonderful day I got a PM from Yaadpyar inviting me over to join the Tremblays. Those wonderful people saw me through a very emotional and scary time. I fell completely in love and saw my obsession truly blossom.

 O0

serious crayons:

--- Quote from: RouxB on December 02, 2006, 02:48:57 am ---Is it possible to peak more than once-given enough time?
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Absolutely! I assume many of us have had more than one great experience provoked by BBM, so when I said "peak" I wasn't referring to the absolute very best pinnacle moment, but to any or all moments that stand out as valuable experiences you wouldn't have had if it weren't for BBM.

So another experience that stands out for me is meeting Brokies in person. I've only met three: Front-Ranger/Lee, atz75/Amanda and Yaadpyar/Celeste. Each one was wonderul and unusual: encounters that were technically meetings between "strangers" who, it was immediately obvious, really weren't strangers at all. We quickly moved past the usual introductory small talk and got into substantive, interesting conversation. Now I count all three as permanent friends. And there are a number of other Brokies I count as permanent friends, too, whom I just haven't met in person ... yet.

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