I’m a very social person, as long as there’s a keyboard and net connection involved. Ever since I had kids I just haven’t had the time to get together with people to hang out. Problem with not having time to spend with people is that they keep asking, you keep saying no, they eventually stop asking. Next thing you know, you don’t have any real friends left.
That’s the great thing about Twitter. It allows you to meet new people and interact with them with little to no expectations. This weekend that all changed with a simple invite to coffee and comic shopping. My first, default reaction was to say that I was busy but after checking with my wife I realized that my Saturday morning was totally clear. There was no reason to not go, so I went.
After parking, and bumping into 5 people I knew from work I got my coffee and looked conspicuous. Problem was that I didn’t actually know what any of the people I was going to meet looked like. After a short time I met up with Jim Dandy who recognized me from my profile pic and we grabbed a table and started talking, not like strangers, but like two like minded geek dads. Then Alpha Geek and Vulcan Ninja showed up followed soon after by Crazylegs. It was really refreshing to talk about geek topics without that feeling that the person you are talking to wants to run away. For example I usually I don’t even mention that I play video games to people because I find it makes them uncomfortable. Not so with this group… I felt like for the first time, in a long time, I could be myself. Mind you I did feel somewhat awkward when I mentioned that my PSP battery was the upgraded 2200mAh for longer life.
After solving the world’s problems and drinking some damn fine coffee we hit some comic shops and then went our separate ways. All in all I had a good time but it did leave me with one question… when can we do it again?
Solid Gold!
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