I had a good time. I saw a lot of people I know and met a lot of people I didn't know who were all very friendly. It didn't feel like the high school BARF you see online. I made a bunch of BARF pins with sayings from memorable threads and people kept coming up to me to say how cool they were. I think you just have to take the online BARF posts with a handful of salt and know that most (not all) are normal people, just trying to fit in with the brash, sometimes adolescent, sometimes helpful BARF culture.
Dude! That was you?!? Nicely done!
My GOTFS pin is a prized posession!
I had a great time at the bash. My band (Twofingers) closed the event. Afterwards we hung out and watched Donnington at the home of a BARF/DMF member. Good times.