This is going to be a short(?) blurb on the history of Teh Possé. It will probably expand as time passes. If I get anything wrong, feel free to let me know. If you have access to the website, feel free to change it even.
Teh possé formed originally on April 27th, 2003. It was formed by Brandon on a whim that evening when he had been reading (or seeing on TV) about having a 'posse' to have his back in 'the throwdown'. He quickly sent a message to Matt in the next room and invited him and Justin (who was sitting behind him) into the new group.
Now, this, as most of the random things Brandon does, would have probably died out in a matter of hours or days. The only thing is that really kept it going was the tongue-in-cheek joke that it was an exclusive group that Brian could not join. Also, we would occasionally cite a conversation as 'official possé business' if we didn't want Brian to hear it for one reason or another. This was probably kind of mean, but it seemed funny at the time :) [citation needed]
The name Teh Possé became an official name at some point over the next few weeks or months. It was obviously already a posse. We added 'teh' because the AOLer speak jokes of the sort were popular at the time among us. I am not quite sure of the source of the stress on the e. I blame my (Brandon's) craziness.
These early times were also a time of rapid expansion for teh possé. Soon Howie, Patrick 'The Cheat' Smith, and even our RA Meghan Tomarschio (I'm sure I spelled her name wrong) were members of teh possé. Over the summer break, we (Justin and I) even had the bright idea to invite a friend of mine Jenn who most of the others didn't even know into the group in some sort of diplomatic tie to the ill-fated 'Cha Cha Sisterhood' that she had formed around the same time.
This time of expansion was shortsighted in those manners, and while there is no mechanism to remove someone from the group, the status of Meghan and Jenn, who probably do not even remember that they are members, is a bit hazy.
The most important result from the time of expansion, besides new members, was the two rules of teh possé. These two rules are simply that you must have Brandon's back in 'the throwdown' and that you must be invited to join online.
I have to cut it short here for now, but look forward to more great stuff such as 'Teh possé mealplan' and 'The night we broke Erick'
This is the AIM conversation that brought Matt into teh possé and created teh posse as we know it today.
Mars Man57: will you and Justin join my posse?
FiddleMath: what posse?
Mars Man57: my posse
Mars Man57: you got my back yo?
FiddleMath: if I wind up in a posse, it becomes my
FiddleMath: posse.
Mars Man57: ;_;
FiddleMath: yes, your back is ours. :-)
Mars Man57: can I beh teh leader
Mars Man57: ask justin
Mars Man57: remind him I have dnL
Mars Man57: I'm sorry
FiddleMath signed off at 10:19:16 PM.
And here is the invitation that brought Erick into teh possé, October 2, 2003
twelve441 signed on at 10:25:49 PM.
Mars Man57: hey Erick, do you wanna be in teh possé officially? It's liek you have to accept this to be official, we've been forgetting it
twelve441: Weird. I don't like secret organizations
Mars Man57: WE'RE NOT SECRET
Mars Man57: accept and the door will open
Mars Man57: reject and baby yoshi will cry
twelve441: Okay. I guess if it's the only way.
Mars Man57: lol
Mars Man57: it is
The idea is quite simple: four college students need to eat and don't want to spend a lot of money. So teh possé got together (well, Erick wasn't technically a member of teh possé yet, but he was in spirit) and devised the meal plan--a plan to combat even the "corporate madmen" and "dictatorial machinations" of the meal plans only rival: Sodexho
And it succeeded! Even though our cooking skills were varied and our senses of taste doubly so, we managed to eke out an existence across the tranquil meadow that is the scenic USC Horseshoe between the kindred mapalia of DeSaussure 201 and Harper 302. The first year was a complete success, although mention should be made of Matt's easy bid on Sunday evenings and Justin's overly-picky eating.
Coming Soon