...and I'm five whiskeys into what's going to be a wasted Sunday.
I'm occupying a stool at Trinity Pub on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and the crowd is rowdy. The schmuck next to me is chatting up a disinterested brunette and I'm laughing. Laughing at his hackneyed lines, laughing at his Adidas jacket, laughing at his Bud Light.
Me? I'm in love and enjoying half a bottle of Powers on the rocks. My girlfriend hit the showers early, so it's just me and my rocks glass, sipping away during a just turned Monday. My drinking buddy is LitReactor and the fantastic stories held within. Not just the workshop, but the community as well.
I took a writing workshop once. A real life session with real life writers. The one thing I learned was, "artists need to be feed". Here I find an inexhaustible wealth of writers, poets and lovers, all willing to give themselves to the betterment of the art of writing. I feel honored to be among you.
Oh, and the guy next to me, chatting up the disinterested dame to my left?
He's striking out in epic fashion.
Fuck 'em. I'm better off writing.
welcome!!!
Welcome
Salutations
Still here, Bill?
Ah well. Welcome.
It's 2:51 a.m. Are you still at that bar?
Howdy.
Haha @ Pandamask
Welcome
Bill Tucker, as the officially unofficial welcome committee, so vested by the power of Utah (the person not the state), I welcome you to LitReactor. Embrace the panda porn.
Why the hell did I ever start that joke?
Flash us. In Chester's flash fiction thread.
Welcome.
I feel like I already welcomed you for some reason.
Whatever. Welcome to the site. I hope you like it here. There are lots of nice people to play with, but they generally bite.
Avery, you feel that way because when Dave welcomes someone to the site, we all welcome them.
Bill, I'd like to take this opportunity to re-extend Dave's hand in friendship.
"Welcome fellow traveler! There are pies and beer aplenty in the world of Litreactor!"
That's my new welcoming motto. No one take it. It's mine. You hear that Matt!
STOP COPYING ME, I totally thought that. lol
Listen Tucker.
I just had to say that.
Welcome Tucker.
Bill, due to recent developments, I feel obliged to offer this caveat:
Proceed with caution and check you feelings at the door.
For you may find yourself likened to some fictional character, in which case a handful of us may turn every thread into a joke along those lines. If you find yourself the subject of such shenanigans, you need not be offended, it's a means of acceptance.
See, now this is what should be said to every noob. Also, I approve of the word shenanigans. Well done.
Thanks for the welcome, everyone! I did a brief intro in the Last Post Wins thread, but the demon monkeys in my head possessed me to create a slightly more literary one here. Some answers and things I've learned from this thread.
- No, I didn't stay at that bar until 2:30 AM, but I did end up at my local until 3:00. Whoops.
- Avery, you did welcome me in the other thread but thanks very much for taking the time to do so again!
- Shenanigans is a great word, much like hootenanny, ballyhoo and highjinks.
- Pandas screwing. What else can you say.
- Flashing in generally accepted 'round here, so long as it stays in Chester's Flash Me thread. I plan on exposing myself there very soon.
- Becoming a fictional caricature is not only encouraged, it's a rite of passage.
- Dave is officially the unofficial welcomer in official welcome threads.
- Pandas screwing,
Thanks again for the welcome!
Bill Tucker, you mother!@#$%^... Welcome...
The point is that you feel welcomed. I find that if I welcome folks, they are (insert percentage) more likely to participate in our zaniness.
0.0%?
If that's what works for you!
I knew I welcomed you before...
All this welcoming is getting confusing.
Jessica, I take it that first thing you do is go to work and log onto litreactor.
No, the FIRST thing is to log into my email. THEN LitReactor.
THEN PeopleSoft, so I don't get fired.
@averydoll - Well done. =)
