[HPFGU-OTChatter] Three Years and Counting! (moved from main list)

[Laura Ingalls Huntley]

Congratulations, Amanda!  Three years.  You make me feel like a newbie. 
^_~

So, your re-post got me wondering what *my* first post was like...I 
mean, I vaguely recalled posting about a *day* after I joined (no, I 
didn't read much of the archives, but I *did* read all of the FAQs/HBF).

Understandably, I was pretty afraid it'd be about something awful like 
"Hey, you guys...what about that gleam in Dumbledore's eye?", and 
misattributed, and probably a "me too" post in which I flamed a fellow 
list member or otherwise made a complete ass of myself.

*sigh*

So, I tripped over to the Members section and found my name (and 
discovered that I have a Yahoo!Profile which contains a picture of me 
that looks like I'm not wearing a shirt *has no recollection of making 
this profile*) and my date of arrival (February 2, 2002).  Then, I 
scuttled over to the Posts section (already sick of hitting NEXT over 
and over) and  found my message.

Turns out, it wasn't anywhere near as bad as I expected.

Which isn't to say that I'm proud of it.

It started out well enough, a reply to a lady named Rita  - not Catlady 
:( - disputing her theory that Voldemort still trusted Snape.  I went 
on to argue that perhaps Voldemort is "letting" Snape spy on him, in 
order to feed him misinformation.

But then, I somehow got off on a tangent that ends, spectacularly, in 
Harry trying to kill Voldemort with mayonnaise and getting, uh, 
creamed. ^_~

*sheepish grin*

Even worse, in my second post, I - for reasons unknown - decided to 
rather prissily inform Cindy (*the* cindysphinx, Cindy) that it was a 
good thing that JKR wrote about "three-dimensional characters," rather 
than "perfect people."

*turns red and hides face with hands*

Oh, dear.

Laura (who can't quite  believe she used the phrase "tasty white 
sandwich spread* in her first post. ^_~)