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Scully's Friends

This time, the people I met on the internet.

Venkman Home Page

Pure genius. Though you'd never bottle it. I met the ubiquitous Venkman on the 4th of July last year. I'm not really one for remembering dates, but it's not hard to remember that one. We instantly got along, and became closer friends than I ever conceived was possible over such a medium. We had so much in common to begin with and were tripping over ourselves with each new discovery, yet we were so vastly different. He has such a charisma and an undeniable presence in the room that one cannot help but be aware of him. He has a passion for writing that I am in awe of. I would love to be able write as well, but it is his domain. His creativity is exemplary, yet it does not cloud his judgment and rationality of things more important. Venk's compassion and sensibility within a situation is so damn good that he frustrates me no end. I am so jealous of him at times because he is often exactly what I want myself to be. He holds so many mysteries within him that he lures me ever so strongly. A while back, all I wanted to do was find them. I changed my mind about that however, and am content to let them sit there and tease me. There is little I enjoy more than to be teased, either by my own initiation, or another's. Danny has been very important to me over the past year where I have grown and changed considerably. He has certainly been the catalyst in the equation, though not the only one. I developed a respect and admiration for him, beyond my initial awestricken attraction, soon after I came to know him which has only grown stronger over time. In person he is quiet and thoughtful. I suppose not unlike myself. It irritates me that he does not voice his thoughts, but then I realise that I do just the same so I cannot complain.

Sam

I would have met Sam way back when I first came to OzChat. She was always there, though she was a quiet one who watched and listened and spoke when she pleased. I chatted to her on occasion, and had some idea of the type of person she was, but never seemed to talk to her much. It was not until Venkman became close friends with her and "reintroduced" me that Cherri and I became friends. Cherri is an awesome woman who is more of a man than most men. She can hold her own in any situation you'd care to name, and like me has an intense dislike for the superficial and what I can only call "cutsieness". She has wicked tongue and a mind as sharp as a razor, so beware any soul who cares to take her on. Cherri can be a little paranoid at times and likes to stride ahead of the front line to take the entire battle for herself, but as she ages she's mellowing a little and realising that it can be more fun to adopt a different strategy. Of each of these people listed here on this page, Cherri would have to be the one most like myself. I share common qualities and contrasts with the others, but she is the one I most understand.

Broome Home Page

I have only known Broome for a few months and initially had no interest in her. Now we are almost inseparable. We are opposites and contrast each other with a perfection I could never have dreamed of. We would never have come to know each other if we had not been brought together by Venkman. Dags is a troublesome little thing who frets and worries about things almost incessantly. She has a passionate emotion that I have no way of understanding. In fact, anything she does is done with an inherant passion, and inconsequentials are flipped aside without hesitation. I can't help but wonder exactly what things are priorities to her and what aren't... it appears a little inconsistant at times, but all in all she's a highly strung, verging on imposing young woman. Dags is the perfect balance for my perception of the world, and is quick to point out the things that I don't naturally see. Likewise, I have no hesitation in offering my opinions to her as I see fit. Together we have a lot of enjoyment either bitching and arguing, or coming to a conclusion which satisfies us both. We don't hide the fact that we often blatantly ignore each other, and yet anything one says will always be listened to by the other if it is deemed important.

Tinman Home Page

Tinman is the first net friend I made and has remained one of my best friends to this day. I correspond with him regularly, and he always brightens my day. I always enjoy his company. The corny humour which often verges on absolutely filthy and his pleasant manner has made him a favourite the entire time I have known him. I've spoken to him on the phone a few times, and he's just the same as on the net. He would, without a doubt, take the cake as the person I've received the most emails from.

Obsession Home Page

I have already put Obsession on my high school list of friends, but I think she deserves a mention on the internet list as well, seeing as I speak to her a great deal over the net these days. I swear, there is no one on the net with a more appropriate handle than Obsession. She's eccentric to say the least, and sometimes the only way I can respond to her antics is to shake my head in exasperation. I've known her since year 7 and I have to admit that it took me a while to accept her. We always had a way of clashing, yet at the same time we got along exceptionally well. Just one of those love/hate things I guess. We never had any fights, but we had some damn fine arguments from time to time, and always came out of them as friends. She's even into horses, which is cool, so I had someone decent to go riding with from time to time. These days she's actually the only high school friend that I see with any regularity. Sesh can be really weird from time to time, and she gets drunk on the smell of an oily rag, but she can be relied upon to use good sense and judgement. Her opinions are always worth a hearing and she has a natural sense of compassion at the right times. To know me, you really have to know Obsession as well. She's too much of an influence over me not to know that she exists. She operates on emotions, and that commands some of theose weird things that she does which I just don't understand. I merely understand that it's her way of doing things (I've seen it so often that I'm used to the pattern.) We get along stacks better now that we're not seeing each other every day at school, which is really quite sad.

Mothy Home Page

My first contact with Tim was when he sent me an email trying to catch me after I left the lounge too quickly when he entered one day. My name had caught his attention, and he felt some silly desire to make himself known to me. Anyway, we clashed magnificently in the lounge, and on the posting board. We never could get along, and I enjoyed prodding him occasionally, because an over zealous response was always guaranteed, even if it happened to be him storming off in a huff. When I met him in reality I immediately liked him, and we've become best friends since. We enjoy each other's company on quite a great deal of occasions because we don't have to put up with all the bull shit that people seem to accept as necessary. It's just one great big waste of time, and thankfully Tim and I just walk right past it. He respects my often brutal honesty, my need to always be strong and in control of myself, and has a charming knack of analysing things and summing them up into someting very simple. Often he oversimplifies things which are not meant to be so simple, but I can get around that. He worries too much, takes things way too seriously, is constantly in a state of paranoia over something trifle, and has a ghastly habit of arse-kissing. Thankfully the gratitude purchasing habit is being gradually worn away, and he's developing a much healthier respect for himself for who he really is, rather than what people see him as. He has proven himself to be a most valuable companion in the manner I employ.

Astro Home Page

Astro's one of my newest friends, and decidedly the most bizarre. He's into some stuff that I'd rather remained unmentioned, and has plenty of stories to tell. His kids are never going to be bored. He's an Aussie but is up in Sydney so I haven't actually met him yet, and probably won't for some time. He has an ability to get me arguing passionately about the most trivial of things, and can carry an argument for an amazingly long time. He keeps opposing me, and opposing me, and opposing me. He doesn't stick to one line of thought and it's one hell of a challenge when I'm so used to sticking to my clearly laid out ideas. I think if I'd met him in real life I wouldn't have become friends with him at all, but the net is such a fascinating establishment! I first heard of Astro when he starting posting stuff on the OzChat board, but I never read much of his stuff because the topics didn't interest me and I wasn't interestd in him. Then a few people mentioned some of the things he'd said here and there. I decided to pull apart one of his little "extremes" that he became infamous for, a planetary metaphor I think it may have been. That was our first intereaction and we didn't get along. It wasn't until a few other streams that we'd both hackled at for some time that we started to develop a respect for each other and swapped ICQ numbers. We've been chatting ever since.

MadDog

MadDog is one of the old original OzChatters. His zany behaviour was infectious, and in those days when the room wasn't all that busy and there were a few people who knew each other really well, the Lounge went right off! It's no wonder I became addicted. We had so much fun. I remember the Spam pics and the humerously adapted handles (those were the days where you didn't have to register your name and use a password, so you could type in any old thing.) Watch out for MadDog's brilliant comical pieces on the Posting board. Not only is he a good laugh, but he's a good bloke as well.

Louie

Louie is one of the very few people who I can talk to over the net about horses! I've actually tried to keep the net and horses separate, and I've managed quite well, but it's so refreshing to talk horses again! Louie breeds racehorses, and I like going to visit and seeing how her babies are growing. She's involved in teaching programs in the schools and is often running around after her little projects.

GlennyGirl

I first met Lauren at Charlton Pony Club at my first rally... well, second really, the first one being the annual Gymkhana. Anyway, it was the first normal rally that I'd attended since joining and the first one on my new pony, Ben. She was a year younger than me, but the only person who was in my age group apart from Travis who was graded much higher than us newbies! That must have been back in 1988, wow. Lauren and I came to be pretty good friends and we rode together in many teams, and against each other in many competitions until I eventually left Pony Club in 1996. For eight years I never missed a rally, then only went to the occasionally one once year 12 started so I decided not to renew my membership. Since then I haven't seen much of Lauren and it's great that now she's got net access so I can chat with her using what we both share as a favourite medium, writing! She lived at Mysia, about the same distance away from town as I was but in the opposite direction, so we normally only ever saw each other at pony club. Mid-rallies we would write to each other or talk horses and gossip over the phone for hours on end. We even had our own little magazine which we took turns in publishing called "Equine Connection". That went on, surprisingly, for a few years. We persisted with it, I guess, because we both just loved writing crap about horses and horsepeople gossip! Lozza is now studying at Glenormiston doing Horse Studies and seems to be having a very good time there.

Canadian Sailor Home Page

C.S. is an old regular at Ozchat. I see him around all the time. He likes to think of himself as being a bit of a stirrer, but really he's the tamest thing under the sun. He's often absent while going off on duty with the Canadian Navy, but he likes to pop onto the board and put up some silly jokes.

Cloudy Home Page

Cloudy and I have had a relationship that has been nothing short of tempestuous. I endeavoured to be friends with her when she was introduced to me, but it never really worked. Our discourse was invariably strained and I'd go and voice my opinion a little too blatantly and she'd go right off at me. We were from two vastly different, warring worlds. Lately, however, Kay has learnt to relax a bit when I say something she doesn't agree with, and is prepared to discuss it with me, rather than attack me for it. So we're getting along much better these days, and finding that our worlds aren't quite so different after all.

Romeo Home Page

I've known Romeo/White/Vevnos/whatever-name-he-feels-like-using-today for a good year or more, but we never engaged ourselves in much more than brief chatter now and then, or the occasional philosophical discussion, very occasional. But I met him at a few recent OzChat gatherings and we've been chatting and hanging out together quite a bit since. He's arrogant, loves using his enormous vocabularly to flatten morons, and is a lot of fun to be with. He's able to bring me out of my shell, alcohol assisted I must admit, but he certainly has a way of dragging me out of my brooding cave of silence. He's corrupting me, but I don't mind in the slightest. As long as I'm enjoying myself and he's having fun playing me like a toy I think we'll get along just fine.

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