I posted this truncated version of my build log on WRX Atlanta, so I thought it would be fairly easy to bring it over here.
I found out about the BRZ around November / December of 2011 when Ryan (Slade) told me about the cars. After a lot of reading and obsessing, I started to look for a car to test drive. I found an FRS to drive early in the summer of 2012, and then a dealer's BRZ that I begged a test drive. That sealed it for me, and then I just needed to find one. Hooked up with a good dealer near Charlotte, NC who had a car coming that met my criteria. I picked up the car in September 2012.
After window tint.