Re: Northeast Meeting

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (robert)]

 > From: Renee Mackey <http://www.snet.net/~rmackey>
 > Date: Tue  Sep  8, 10:38pm
 >
 > Really from: Renee Mackey <http://www.snet.net/~rmackey>
 > Chris Petit wrote:
 > >         Around 1:00 in the afternoon, robert and his wife showed up (let me
 > > know if I have the names wrong -- I'm very bad at names) -- they are
 > > members of the list but are lurkers.  They're both extremely intelligent,
 > > considerate people.  :-)
 > 
 > Yes, I agree, they are!  But I think Noelle is Robert's fiance, not his
 > wife, at least not yet! :-)  I regret that I didn't have enough time to
 > get to know them better.  One thing I did learn about them is that they
 > both seem to prefer the West coast over the Northeast, even though
 > Robert grew up in Ma.

Yes, this is true.  Let me say that I think I may have said some things
there that I may have regretted -- it may have created unnecessary
tension.  (I generally feel awkward in groups, especially afterwards!)
The west coast vs. east coast was one of them.  I guess I didn't mean
"obnoxious" as much as more meant "insensitive".  I do feel that most east
coast people are more insensitive and, in some ways, more cruel than those
that I've met on the west coast.  I grew up in Sudbury, MA and was in
constant fear and discomfort in school because of these sorts of people,
people who hated me because I was different.  When I went to college on
the west coast (Olympia, WA), it was like a breath of fresh air in
comparison.  And it seemed the same when I moved to Oakland and then to
.

So, there!  Flame away!

 > Renee