I met
Rachel! (points to photo) That's her. We had brunch on Sunday in Brooklyn.
Sooo... I've never met another blogger before (outside of any gathering or conference). This was my first encounter, and I'm not gonna lie: I was kinda stressed out. While I've known Rachel through the internets for 7 years now (holy!), it's still a little different from knowing a person
in person for 7 years. I mean, my "voice" here is pretty much who I am in person. Like Rachel said, there's only so much you can hide when you write; people get a pretty good feel for you. The point is, I still had the jitters like I usually do when I meet someone new. I'm naturally shy and, you know, I was nervous but sorta kinda smoothed myself out along the way. You just gotta keep hanging out with me until all my weirdness comes out!
Anyway, it was pretty surreal. I'm pretty sure I blabbed nonsense.
Rach is made of awesome and she's pretty much how I imagined her to be (this is good). She
is a living, breathing person and not a robot! She's funny (knock knock joke!), cool and pretty kick ass. (Uh, she's going to be a surgeon, she bikes, and has a longboard. Plus, her outfits make me happy.) And we're legit friends now-- that is crazy and cool. She's holding me to it, and I'm keeping the promise: when she's back in January, I'm taking her to Shake Shack... among other things!
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Rachel's take)
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speaking of "voice"... my favorite interaction of the day was when you asked me if you were what i expected and i said "yeah except your voice is higher than i thought" and then we exchanged some random banter, and then you were like "your voice is... lower than i thought". lol. also when you asked me if you were a feminist.
November 2, 2009 at 10:19 PMoh and fuck yeah you're taking me to shake shack!
November 2, 2009 at 10:23 PMI'm crashing your party when she comes to town in January. Sounds like you guys had a good time :)
November 2, 2009 at 11:45 PMWhoa. Mind just blown. Because I've read both your blogs and even though I probably found you through Rachel, I didn't connect ya'll. Or something.
November 3, 2009 at 3:02 PMI'm envious. Come to Sydney, both of you!
November 4, 2009 at 12:41 AMI think in all of the people I've met in real life that I've known online, I've only had one bad experience. I find that most people are generally pretty sincere and that if I am fond of someone online, I'm equally (or more) fond of them off. I'm glad you guys had a good time because Rachel definitely seems rad.
November 5, 2009 at 6:35 PM