TheGoldenChild

13. How long have you been friends with Aly?



I have been friends with Aly Drummond for a long time- I first met Aly somewhere around 2000 when we both spent our time on the road speaking on panels for Ron Levi's AWE shows- Portland, Denver, LA, Atlanta, Seattle, I can't even remembr the other cities now- my mind is drawing a blank

For those of you who weren't around for these shows - you truly missed out. It was the very first "smaller show" for webmasters and it was a travelling webmaster resource board- mostly comprised of folks who frequented Adult Netsurprise.

Aly represented Python and moderated a lot of the shows- I spoke on behalf of HerbalO and taught people the value of the upsell potential with Herbal Tonics.

Aly and I became very close when she moved to San Diego and moved into Gary's Kremen's house.

She flopped there for about 8 or 9 mos I believe and we spent many a night over there chilling out in the hot tub and philosophizing about how we would eventually take over the world.

I have shared a lot of my life with Aly as she has with me about hers-

We cried on each others shoulders when we had bad relationships- and we cheered for each other when we found our new "loves"-

I have met her parents who I absolutely adore, and have been fortunate enough to have had dinner with her folks one night here in San Diego which was an evening I'll never forget-

Her parents are very straight, educated, and charming people. I was told to be on my best behavior and nNOT talk about our jobs or what we did for a living-

I remember her father asking me what I did for a living and if I worked with Aly with what she did- ( although we never corroborated stories)

I remember one of those long uncomfortable pauses and me saying something to the effect of " I broker traffic for large volume websites"

I also think it was at that point Gary began kicking me under the table-
ahahahaha

Well let's just say Aly's father is as precocious as Aly, and he continued to ask me even more questions in great detail- I was sweating like Scott Peterson...

I now know he HAD to have known what we all did for a living and I bet he just wanted to see our reactions

He got an Academy winning performance from me that night

Aly has been a dear friend, and I do truly cherish my friendship with her and miss her now that she has moved up to LALA Land-

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