So Halloween means a lot to me as anniversaries are concerned. It was the first time that (e:Heidi) and I kissed, as well as the first time I met all the people I can now call friends!!

I received a mysterious invitation last year for a Halloween party. I decided to go seeing as I knew almost nobody here in Buffalo and the idea of joining the "meetup" was to meet people and make friends. When I arrived (with my friend Suzanne) at the "24" I was greeted by a guy with nothing on but a patch of fur covering his privates and I think were bear ears ((e:Paul)) Within minutes of arriving I saw (e:Heidi) come down the stairs in a prom dress (OMG)!! Within a few minutes Mer and Lana arrived so, counting Suzanne I actually only knew 3 people. By the time the night was over, I had made so many friends it was awesome! So this year I am looking around at the party and realized that last year I had a handful of friends (actually less than a handful) and now I have so many friends; and actual friends, that I can't count them with both hands!! SO HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO ALL OF MY FRIENDS!!!

Where (e:Heidi) comes in to this is a great story:
When I joined the "meetup" I consistently looked for (e:Heidi) at events; I wanted to meet the organizer of the group. I finally met her at Babeville for a comedy show. I immediately was attracted to her; between her eyes and smile, just captivating! But she barely noticed me. I saw her again at the first Ambush, offered to buy her a drink but instead she bought me one, I thought cool now were getting somewhere, however, she quickly started to chat with her friends so I went to dance, then the party was leaving and she didn't come, Boo!! The next time I saw her was at the Annual Picnic for the meetup, however, she didn't even notice I existed...Again!! After this I had pretty much given up on her noticing me, or if she had noticed me, she surely didn't like me. I was at gaming one night and Mer was giving me crap for not going to "Beer Club" told me something like "you're not one of the cool kids if you don't come" I heard "You're a loser if you don't go" lol, so I went to beer club in October and guess who was there???? Yep, (e:Heidi), but this time she noticed me and a lot!! She kept smiling at me and I could feel her staring at me the whole night; so cute!! Of course I was also smiling at her and trying to catch her eye all evening; I had been trying for a couple months and now finally-I exist!! :-) With this comes the "mysterious" invitation to the Halloween Party, and that night, or should I say the next morning around 2am we kissed for the first time on the porch of the 24! It was the most amazing kiss ever, I knew I was hooked immediately!! There is something to be said about a "kiss" The story of "Us" is an awesome story and I will have to write it up one day so that we never forget it.

What a year it has been!! Happy Anniversary to all my friends and to my Beautiful Butterfly!!!