I got my #bsdstart after reading articles about openbsd that were posted on #lobsters.
I had no computers where I could use it as a desktop so I wiped up a vps and starting hosting my website with it. Two years later I bought a computer specifically to run it as a desktop.
During those two years I also ran freebsd as a desktop on one of my computers, but unfortunately was never as lovestruck as I was with openbsd.