What I was like in real life in 1999
According to two different people from a newsgroup where I was then a regular. You might ask, why would I post this? To whom could this possibly be of interest? Why now, anyway? Those are good questions.
John Flynn sez:
Age:
Hmmmmmm... very difficult. Either mid-twenties, or early-forties! Sorry, but as I said, it's difficult.
On apihna:
His varied sigs sometimes give me a laugh or something to think about. When I first started reading apihna, I thought he was rather--how do I say it nicely? -- too straight-faced, despite the sigs and the sign-off name. How wrong I was! Funny responses that are usually succint and compact and really get the point across in a few words.
In real life:
I don't really know. I am confused because (as they say) first impressions last. And my first impression was so radically different from my opinion now. I must say "Next!" to this query.
Meeting in The Apihna Arms:
I imagine he would have a group of people around him, he'd be sitting down, entertaining that group. There would be the occasional roar of laughter from the group. On seeing me and my partner enter, he'd beckon us over to join the crowd, and we would be enthralled for a good few hours. I think my partner would comment that he's a good laugh, and we should invite him to our next party.
A woman who went by "Scorch":
Ben's a senior in high school. He takes honor and AP classes with the same group of people. This group has been close friends since freshman honor's English class and can perform scenes from _Monty Python and the Holy Grail_ at the drop of a hat -- any hat. For the school talent show, they performed the "huge tracts of land" scene from said movie, and Ben played the confused prince because talking in falsetto is fun. He wears a black trenchcoat which isn't like the one Liam Neeson wore in _Darkman_ but he really wishes it was. He has a pair of black 10- hold Dr. Marten's and would write his papers with a glass pen if he knew where to get one. Ben finds wax seals to be very practical and would gladly fence with me whether he knew how to or not. Ben is a Pisces and hangs out at the local coffee shop during open poetry night and drinks double (or even triple) flavored cappucinos.
Comments
on 2005-05-12 8:14:49.0, tammy commented:
Wow, that scorch woman really nailed it, as they say. Now we just have to get you drinking triple cappuccinos.
and, further, on 2005-05-12 8:52:41.0, ac commented:
It's of interest to me. Though the question is how similar you are now to the Ben Wolfson of 1999. Or even the Ben Wolfson of yesterday.
and, further, on 2005-05-12 8:57:39.0, ben wolfson commented:
At that time I didn't have a trenchcoat or boot-like shoes, but I was coveting a glass pen (those things are expensive!). She was right in general, not so much in particular (except in the particulars wherein she was right).
and, further, on 2005-05-12 9:27:05.0, Joe Drymala commented:
You sound alarmingly like a good friend of mine from high school, whose name is also Ben. He's now making fancy waves at a fancy law school, and will probably be able to do whatever he wants, including run for public office, though he swears that's a route he has no interest in.
and, further, on 2005-05-12 9:28:07.0, bitchphd commented:
Ok, that second description scares me. And I so do not picture you as the neighborhood pub's Falstaff figure.
I'm gonna stick with my own impressions and ignore what other people say. As usual.
and, further, on 2005-05-12 0:25:51.0, dave zacuto commented:
The second one's not far off, except of course for the inexplicable coffee shop bit.
and, further, on 2005-05-12 0:27:18.0, ben wolfson commented:
Your having had a quintuple espresso that one time makes up for my not drinking coffee.
and, further, on 2005-05-12 14:45:29.0, Matt Weiner commented:
I thought the second one was from someone who knew Wolfson IRL.
and, further, on 2005-05-12 16:16:18.0, dave zacuto commented:
Yeah, that was great.
and, further, on 2005-05-12 19:42:04.0, apostropher commented:
Somehow, I don't think you're a Pisces, Ben.
and, further, on 2005-05-12 20:39:41.0, ben wolfson commented:
That's odd, since I am. Not that I put any weight in such blatant flimflammery.
and, further, on 2005-05-12 20:42:30.0, apostropher commented:
That's odd, since I am.
Hmm.
and, further, on 2005-05-12 20:49:10.0, apostropher commented:
When was your online persona born?
and, further, on 2005-05-12 21:33:25.0, dave zacuto commented:
Pisceans are notorious for disbelief in astrology.