ILX ANNIVERSARIES: post here to celebrate

My two-year (OMG can you believe that? TWO whole years??) anniversary with the ILX forum system will be coming around in April. Actually, it'll be April 3rd, from the looks of what I've just discovered on a quick search. Which means it'll be a little less than three months from now! This from someone who only planned on sticking with this forum system for a few months! Which goes to show you either (a.) the addictive nature of this forum or (b.) the sad "interweb mentalism" of my own truest character. Or both.

Took it to the wire, didn't they? Considering their probable fate, I just hope the Red Sox finally win instead.
Also, Prior for Cy Young. Back to the pen, Gagne.

-- Gear! (drink_to_remembe...), September 28th, 2003.

Missed my anniversary, it seems.

Aw, c'mon, it'd be cleansing! *laughs*

Really, I wasn't aware others had a similar sort of experience in terms of "hugely mortifying first postings in the ILX universe"!! That's... odd. And somewhat comforting, really.

Awww, Aaron, you's a youngun toooooo. I kid, really. You're already a veteran as far as I can tell.

GARGARARARGARAGARGAR IM GONNA EAT YR BABIES

and feel no shame so whats the deal with that???

I just noticed that I chirped Pete with my 5th ILE post, so it's no wonder that few of the UK posters like me (yeah, as if that's all there is to it).

My 3-year ILE anniversary is at the beginning of September '05 and my 4-year ILM anniversary is close to the end of July '05.

I will hit my four-year anniversary in about six months time.

People in this world are too kind.

-- Tuomas (tuomas.alh...), March 6th, 2003.

The Torture Rack was a really bad move wasn't it? impressive, sure, but pain?? perhaps a larger man would have made it look more painful.
-- roxymuzak (emilysu...)

My first ILM post:

(to thread) How Did You Discover Freaky Trigger?

I don't know. I'm just here. Hi.
-- Kim (grims....com), January 15th, 2001.

http://ilx.p3r.net/thread.php?msgid=3244832

Such words of wisdom: January 26, 2004

Oh God. Five years in August.

Yay! I'm not alone!

RIP Music Boulevard as well.

(My first post to ILE was the following, about "women's problems", from April 8, 2003:

What kinds of menstruation/PMS problems are you having? There are different diagnoses that can be had depending on the symptoms you may be experiencing at this time.

I had severe menstrual/PMS problems for about three years before I got some help, and ever since then they've died down significantly. On occasion I will experience what I experienced before, but that's only very occasionally and is too rare for me to complain about.

Erm, in other words -- see a gynecologist or two or twenty before you self-treat. If your gynecologist won't or can't help, then see an endocrinologist -- believe it or not, the two specialities have more in common than you may think. If you still think they're talking bollocks, then self-treat.

Good luck!!

My first post to ILM, about Joan Jett vs. Pat Benatar and Samantha Fox vs. Lita Ford, dated April 3, 2003:

Joan Jett vs Pat Benatar -- Joan Jett.
"Cherry Bomb" (the JJ & the Blackhearts version) alone pushes Joan Jett over the edge.

Samantha Fox vs Lita Ford -- Lita Ford.
How can you compare Lita to a Page Three Girl? (Also, how weird was it that Fox co-hosted a Brits with MICK FLEETWOOD, of all people?)

Oh dear Lord why did I just do that? Oh well. Best click "Submit" anyway and not have this be a waste of time....)

July 27th 2002 was my first on ILE:
i am in lurve

Requestotronic sez: "Rough Guide to Leslie Kong, please."
-- Rock Hardy (crump...), January 14th, 2004 8:29 AM.

and then later in the day...

The Rough Guide to Frank Zappa

1. WPLJ (Burnt Weeny Sandwich)
2. Run Home Slow (main title theme)/Original Duke of Prunes (Mystery Disc)
3. Lumpy Gravy (edit: Part One: 5:44 to 6:52)
4. Inca Roads (Ensemble Ambrosius: Frank Zappa on Baroque Instruments)
5. Oh-Umm (Civilization: Phaze III)
6. How Could I Be Such a Fool? (orig. version from Freak Out!)
7. The Dangerous Kitchen (The Man From Utopia)
8. The Big Squeeze (music for a Luden's Cough Drops commercial, The Lost Episodes)
9. Rubber Shirt (Sheik Yerbouti)
10. Igor's Boogie/Eat That Question (Meridian Arts Ensemble brass quintet: Prime Meridian)
11. Mother People (We're Only In It For the Money)
12. Son of Orange County (Roxy & Elsewhere version)
13. The Voice of Cheese (Uncle Meat)
14. Dog Breath Variations/Uncle Meat (Ensemble Modern: The Yellow Shark)
15. Holiday in Berlin (Rejected Mexican Pope vocal version, Ahead of Their Time)
16. Dwarf Nebula Processional March and Dwarf Nebula (Weasels Ripped My Flesh)
17. Black Napkins (Zoot Allures)
18. Debra Kadabra (FZ/Captain Beefheart, Bongo Fury)
19. Sinister Footwear, 2nd Movement (Omnibus Wind Ensemble: Music by Frank Zappa)
20. RDNZL (original '72 version, The Lost Episodes)
21. Watermelon in Easter Hay (Joe's Garage)

Total Time 72:10. Christ, it was hard enough whittling it all down to a 15-week radio show.

-- Rock Hardy (crump...), January 14th, 2004 4:36 PM.

My one year anniversary is in a few days ... Jan 14 ... if I'd posted an hour later, Kim and I would share an anniversary ... I posted the "Rough Guide to Ambient" on ILM.

-- MindInRewind (brune...), January 10th, 2005 12:17 AM.

At least two.

grey hair is great. ive had it for 3 years and im only 20! my mum went pretty much total grey at 23 so that bodes....something. i dont have a problem with it. cant think why you do. yeah. youve got to have it short tho. look at it this way. its way better than going bald. i think
-- ambrose (ambrosewhit...) (webmail), September 25th, 2000 1:00 AM. (link)

so ive only got a month to go or so, according to that. although it seems a little weird that my first post would be about grey hair. i thought it would be on ILM for a start. In fact i thought that was before ILE existed.
anyway, hello 20 yr old you.