[snarky7]

....you download a song from iTunes that was found thru a link in the youtube thread.

....you surf youtube looking for the best ones to post in the lounge.

(((moonpieluv))) (((((busties)))))

[Moonpieluv]

awwww shucks! "Nothing like pizza and a moonpie"-my mom's

My squishy middle is melting with luv. : )

[girltrouble]

yay for more moonpie!

[Moonpieluv]

when you post something like forever's ago, and someone actually remembers you.... ((Zoya)) ((Snarky))

and then you like, come back out of hibernation with full gale force because you realize busties have been there all along...

[auralpoison]

OT, but y'know, he'd be bloody horrified if he knew I called him "hot boss" on here. I suppose it's better than what Jcrush calls him . . .

[zoya]

..when the first thing you think of when you need to get something off your chest is writing it in the letters thread.

..when you meet a bustie IRL and you talk about their significant other (or even just fling) using his/her 'handle' (ie: HB, Jcrush, mildboy, MrHottieMcHottHott, etc)

[auralpoison]

. . . when you realize that your inane ramblings are sometimes actually cohesive & speak to other people. I kick myself again & again for not archiving the Manifesto of FUCK. It was a rare moment of inspired brillance on my part.

And I already thought I was a legend in my own mind . . .

. . . when you realize that you'd do anything to help a Bustie you've never met. If one of ya'll called five years from now because you woke up in a Thai pleasure motel with a dead hooker in bed with you . . . I'm ya'lls Winston Wolfe.

[mornington]

when you realise large numbers of the people you talk to regularly are people you know from here

[auralpoison]

. . . when you can tell that somebody has BV by their handle. Those poor gals often pick names of pure frustraion. I'm really glad that forum exists & that so many women find it helps them. There are a lot of Busties that post there & only there. *~~~~~~~~~~No more BV vibes~~~~~~~~~~*

[culturehandy]

...when you play single word association game, you think of Busties screen names for your associated word.

...something happens and you immediately want to tell your bustie friends.

[deschatsrouge]

...most of your friends on Myspace are Busties.

...You have an entire folder in your bookmarks dedicated to your favorite Bust threads, and it's effing huge.

[opheliathemuse]

...when you know Busties are the only ones who truly understand, no matter how long they've been posting. It's like a magnet for cool people, this site.

[grrrlyouwant]

that hot mechaninc at work you've been ogling for the past month finally screws up the courage to tell he's into you too, and your first thought is "squeee, imminent portions!"

[nickclick]

overheard, this morning, my boyfriend on the phone with his friend:

mr.nick: nickclick and i are going to a all-girls roller derby this weekend!
friend (i presume): nickclick's into that?
mr.nick: oh yeah, she reads BUST and everything.

[dusty]

You have a dream that you're hanging out with some celebrity couple, Bennifer or someone, and in the dream you keep thinking, I can't wait to post about this in the lounge...

[sybarite]

Zoya, I totally do both those things! Although when I was meeting BUSTies in NYC I came clean to my sister (-ish), saying I met them 'on a website'. She thought it was cool actually.

I miss AP's epic posts. One of the best writers ever in the Lounge IMO.

[raisingirl]

Thanks, Ophelia, for explaning it! Yes, it's from AP's Manifesto of Fuck.

Zoya, I use the "mutual friends" line, too. So vague and yet so true!

[bunnyb]

yes, auralpoison is part of BUSTie lore of old.

when you use BUSTie lexicon in everyday use and expect people to know what you mean (yes, I do this too).

when friends recognise your affinity with BUST and wish that they had an online community and friends too.

when you speak/email/meet up with BUSTies more than your own friends.

when you receive a text from another BUSTie about something that happened and you know she is texting you because she can't get to the lounge and she needs a BUSTie to understand.

when the troll comments you too.

[zoya]

...when you're traveling, and you check to see if any busties who live there are available for a meet up

...when people ask you how you know each other, and you kinda look at each other and say "mutual friends..." (there really should be a code for how we know each other when people IRL ask...haha)


Where the hell is AP? I wonder if she knows that her long-lost Manifesto of Fuck has become a bustie legend... a holy grail of sorts!

[mornington]

... when you find yourself using "executive cock" irl and expect people to know what you're talking about.

... when something happens and you text another bustie because you had to tell someone and you can't get to the lounge. and she understands.

... when one of your aims in life is to read the manifesto of fuck.