coremoOG 2004

Bobby Vaiden from New Milford, New Jersey, joined eZabel in November 2004 after his buddy hunkpapap apparently wore him down enough to sign up — "WASSUP BUDDY! You finally caved in and joined us i see." Bobby's 13 comments over two months paint a picture of someone who was more of a browser than a poster: he read 140 photos, 14 journals, and 17 news articles, soaking in the community without needing to narrate every thought. When he did comment, it was with dry humor and a knack for the absurd. He wanted to know if feeding a goose Alka-Seltzer really made it explode. He noticed things other people glossed over — like the compromising angle of a photo everyone else was focused on for different reasons. When forrestina mentioned a car accident, Bobby jumped in with "no way!! that happened to you too???" suggesting his own vehicular misfortune. He RSVP'd for events like Ocean's Twelve opening night, Skate and Surf Fest 2005, and a Band From Society show at T-Bones, and his closest interactions were with rocksupastar, originalsnob, and fivezero.

eZabel Personality Type: ISTP — "The Lurker With Opinions." Bobby was the kind of guy who read everything, said little, and when he did speak up, it was to ask the question nobody else thought to ask — like whether waterfowl are structurally capable of handling carbonation.