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I believe I have also mentioned Ade. Ade's character and impact on my life is too deep and detailed for me to adequately outline here, so I'll go with the basics.
She's one of the few people I'm still in contact with today who was already a regular on the alt.tv.kid-in-hall newsgroup when I got there in late '94-early '95. She was Adrienne then. I remember the very day I first started calling her "Ade". It was the first time we ever met in New York, and the second time I'd ever met her in person. (That first time was also the same day, although later in that day, that this story takes place. We were having lunch at Tavern on the Green (for the kitsch, of course) and I was actually eating. (These were back in the days when I had trouble eating in front of New People/Online People. I'm feeling MUCH Better Now. ) I said to her, "You know, I keep having the urge to call you 'Ade' for some reason!" and she told me that that's what her family calls her and she would love it if I wanted to call her that!
And it stuck, you see. So I take credit for that, I do, I do.
So I've known Ade for about 6 years now, and we met through our KITH fandom (and, particularly, our appreciation and love of Dave.) Ade is an anthropologist grad student at U Mich whose specialty leans towards gender, comedy and Canadian studies. I credit her with getting me interested in learning and life again, helping bring me out of my shell and find more about what I like and what keeps me awake, and helping me get out of my house and into a college situation. (I also credit Dave indirectly with some of this, whether he likes it or not. )
Ade's one of my best friends.

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