Damien Koriadan (1:00:51 PM): Hello

jcoops04 (1:00:59 PM): hey

Damien Koriadan (1:01:06 PM): Is this John W Cooper?

jcoops04 (1:01:19 PM): Perhaps....

jcoops04 (1:01:36 PM): who do I have the pleasure of speaking with?

Damien Koriadan (1:01:45 PM): My name is Ryan

Damien Koriadan (1:01:50 PM): I'm from Ohio

Damien Koriadan (1:02:34 PM): Me and some of my friends from my english class did a debate on block scheduling and used one of your papers as a resource. We credited you of course for the info. But we checked out your site and stuff.

Damien Koriadan (1:02:41 PM): And we concluded that you are a really cool guy.

jcoops04 (1:03:07 PM): lol, why thank you.... I agree

Damien Koriadan (1:04:08 PM): And I'm sorry to hear about your spider.

jcoops04 (1:04:44 PM): I know.  It was quite tragic....  Pretty cool pictures though

Damien Koriadan (1:04:54 PM): Yeah we  all thought so

Damien Koriadan (1:05:07 PM): But there was one question we had

Damien Koriadan (1:05:17 PM): It was about who the woman with the knife was?

Damien Koriadan (1:05:32 PM): it makes for an interesting background picture.

jcoops04 (1:06:16 PM): The woman with the knife = my girlfriend at the time.... 

Damien Koriadan (1:06:38 PM): Wow! That was a guess we had...

Damien Koriadan (1:06:51 PM): She got a new knife set or something?

jcoops04 (1:07:14 PM): She was selling them....  and did the demonstration for me....

Damien Koriadan (1:07:26 PM): lol, thats crazy.

Damien Koriadan (1:09:58 PM): Well it's amazing that I got to talk with the legendary jcoops (what we call you in our class, sorry >.o)

jcoops04 (1:11:27 PM): Lol, no problem.  The pleasure is mine....  (If you don't mind I might post an excerpt from our conversation on my website....  What's the name of your school?)

Damien Koriadan (1:11:47 PM): heh, I wouldn't mind at all

Damien Koriadan (1:12:06 PM): My class is gonna be surprised at this, the name is Sycamore High School

Damien Koriadan (1:12:19 PM): And my teacher thinks we are crazy haha!

jcoops04 (1:12:41 PM): lol.... :-)

AND (about two years later)


s talkeruniverse (8:55:43 PM): uh...wow. your away message hit the nail on the head.
Auto response from jcoops04 (8:55:43 PM): Hey! Are you one of those people who HAVE ME on your buddy list, read my away messages, but have never said "hi"..... Don't be shy. IM me today! :-P
s talkeruniverse (8:56:07 PM): i've actually had your name on my buddy list for about 2 years now.
s talkeruniverse (8:56:42 PM): someone in my english class used an essay you wrote as a source for a debate
s talkeruniverse (8:56:59 PM): and yeah. your screen name became sort of a greeting for some of the guys in the class.
s talkeruniverse (8:57:25 PM): like..walking through the halls, he'd give a wave and a "jcoops!"
s talkeruniverse (8:58:22 PM): you get the idea.
s talkeruniverse (8:58:44 PM): or..you will, when you come back and read this insane explanation.

jcoops04 (9:50:21 PM): Thanks for the IM. I believe Ryan from your class IMed some time ago. If you're ever in Ann Arbor, Michigan let me know! :-)
s talkeruniverse (9:50:42 PM): i can't believe you remember him doing that!
s talkeruniverse (9:50:58 PM): i was going to mention it, but didnt bother because i didnt figure you'd remember.
s talkeruniverse (9:51:12 PM): but yeah, it was quite an undertaking and a pretty big topic among us for a while.
jcoops04 (9:51:17 PM): lol... I have a fairly good memory.
s talkeruniverse (9:51:28 PM): someone having actually talked to the jcoops.
s talkeruniverse (9:51:45 PM): but yeah.
s talkeruniverse (9:51:50 PM): i'm impressed.
s talkeruniverse (9:52:03 PM): anyway, your away message was just irresistible.
jcoops04 (9:52:05 PM): welcome to the "exclusive" club
s talkeruniverse (9:52:19 PM): yusss.
s talkeruniverse (9:52:25 PM): thanks.