[Bananafish] Wilkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome...

[Polly Carden]

hullo all,

per Cecilia's request, since I'm one of those silent additions, I thought
I'd step up and account for myself.  it seems strange to speak now, since I
spent most of my college years (2001 - 2004) sitting silently on this list.
I joined, in the first place, for the love of JS, and stayed for the
entirely unexpected, usually un-JS-related, sometimes brilliant and always
striking conversation.  I'm happy to see so many familiar names still
hanging about - greetings, Cecilia and Chris, Jim R. and Daniel, Matt K.  I
know you never knew me but I'm glad to see you again.  I was awfully sorry
to hear about Tim (I left the list early in 2004), and now I can only wish
that I'd spoken to him the first time around.  of course, I have to ask
about Scottie - is he (are you) still here?

all that said, I'm glad to be back.  over the summer I've been reading
Marquez and Robert Jordan (terrible fantasy stuff, revisiting my middle
school years), though I did yesterday re-read Carpenters and Seymour - then
spent the rest of the day trying to shake off the melancholy, unsuccessful
until I paid my $8.00 and saw Snakes on a Plane.

anyway.  nice to meet y'all.  here's hoping fall doesn't go too quickly.

yrs,
-Polly Carden.

On 9/4/06, Cecilia Baader <ceciliabaader at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> Don't worry.  I haven't turned into an emcee from a tawdry Berlin club.
> (Not yet, anyway.)  Rather, with the recent introductions, it occurs to me
> that I've been remiss in my duties as list moderator.  I've been insanely
> busy in the last few weeks -- I just relocated again to Chicago.  (NYC,
> how I miss you.)
>
> Quite a few spammers have been looking to contact us.  In perusing that
> list, I thought I'd share the wealth.  One woman cautions us that skinny
> cooks can't be trusted.  We can purchase software, pills, and larger body
> parts from all over the world.  One person promises that we'd need a crane
> to life our collective ... bananafish.  A gentleman from Africa would like
>
> all of us to send him money.  By the way, does anybody want to buy a
> watch?  Another gentleman would like us to confirm our order for a paddle.
> (This one gave me pause. Perhaps because I started imagining which one of
> our listmembers actually ordered a paddle.  No need to resort to violence,
> guys.)  Someone else would like us to earn a University degree, but with
> all the PhDs and MAs running around here, I felt that we could offer that
> service ourselves.
>
> I go through that list not only for my own amusement, but also to make a
> quick point:  if you try to post to the list using an email address other
> than the one you used to subscribe, it will get kicked into spam-land.  If
>
> I'm really up on things, I'll catch it, but often, I'm just not.
>
> Welcome to all the new bananafish members.  Just for kicks, I check out
> the membership enrollment every now and again, and lately, we've had quite
>
> a few (twelve, actually) silent additions.  For those who haven't sent an
> introductory note to the list, I once again invite you to do so.
>
> On a completely unrelated note, I had no idea we had so many Texans on the
>
> list.  Why so silent on your country, I mean, state of origin, fellas?
>
> And Valérie?  Why does your boyfriend not guess Holden immediately?  Are
> you certain he's the right man for you?  I mean, a man should know about
> that David Copperfield kind of salade, n'est-ce pas?
>
> By the way, Valérie's recent post brought me to another grand realization.
> No wonder Woody Allen mentioned *The Catcher in the Rye* in Annie Hall.
> He and Salinger have so much in common: New York, acting, writing,
> Jewishness, and a penchant for much younger women.
>
> tra la,
> Cecilia.
>
>
>
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