Dear Internet,

I’m either clever or an asshole. Either works.

If you opened this up and thought, “who the fuck is this person?” I’m here to remind you:

• Lisa Rabey

• The Lisa Chronicles

• Lisa gives good head

• Late ‘90s/early ‘00s

• simunye.org / modgirl.net / trippingonstars.org / pronstar.org

• IRC; Undernet

• Ufies/Philosophy/Something Eden

• Simunye/Lisa/MstrssDth/Lisha/WriterGeekGirl/Academichussy

• Mailinglists

• Fumblers/Bukowski/Holden Caulfield/Salinger/Hemingway

• LiveJournal

• Slip.net/UUNet/WorldCon

• hackers/def con/se7en

• Pugs

• Wendnesday/Pugsley/Lily

• Now Thursday

• Tattoos

• Body piercings

• Bodacious brunette

• 5’10

• Curvy

Yes, motherfuckers, I’ve gone back over 20 years AND I STILL EXIST!

If the above doesn’t ring a bell, feel free to unsubscribe. If it does ring a bell, HELLO! Bonjour! Guten Tag! Hola! Konnichiwa! Salve! Namaste!

Welcome back.

If you wonder how I found you again, it’s because I exported an old mailing list from about 20 years ago to a text doc and found it the other day and imported it here. I was curious how many of these email accounts were still live. And you can tell how old the list is because there was ONE Gmail account, and Gmail has been around since 2004.

The scary part was I recognized a good chunk of the email addresses. The question was, would they remember me?

If the dust is being disturbed, here is a quick rundown of the last 20 years:

Finished my undergrad and graduated with two bachelors. Went on to grab three masters. Became a librarian. A bookseller. A digital archivist. Small business owner back to being a librarian. Moved around a lot. DC. Royal Oak. Grand Rapids several times. Louisville. N. Michigan. Lost weight, gained weight, lost weight again. Got tattooed. A lot. Was engaged, broke up, dated an abusive asshole for two years. Got back together with a love from the late ‘90s. We got married. Got divorced. I had a nervous breakdown. Got sued. Ruined my life for a few years. Remarried the ‘90s love. Settling into life in N. Michigan.

That’s the last 20 or so years.

No kids. Turned 50. Underemployed as a librarian.

I’ll even include a recent (as in October 2024) picture!

If I’m ringing bells, let me know how you are doing! What have you been up to for the last 20 years? Life been good? You okay? You happy?

Now, let’s see how many of these emails bounce.

love,

lisa x