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[detlef]

I recently did something for the first time I'm guessing many of you have already done - met someone who I friended on LJ before I'd ever met them in person.

It occurred to me over the course of the weekend that uisinger came up to Winona how absolutely lucky I am to live in a time where things like this are possible. Looking over my list, I've got

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[sera_liz]

You better let me know when you're coming to Chicago/where you'll be! I'll buy you a drink, definitely!

[sera_liz]

Emmmm...also. First person I met from LJ turned out to be my husband. We knew each other from before LJ in other net-ular realms, we both started LJ around the same time and eventually met up. The rest is history.

There is a certain someone who replied just below me who is now the #1 Need-to-Meet person, we just missed each other Jan 2004 when I was in London, and I'm now desperate to get back and see her!

[tinydaisy]

Firstly, I think the chances of you coming to England are slim to none as are my chances of coming to America... But one can dream.

First person I met digitally was a guy who I used to chat to on Yahoo, me and the housemate used to chat on a regular basis and eventually we decided to met him in London, this wasn't a good plan, they wanted to go for pizza but he was from up north so we couldn't understand a word he was saying (really thick accent) and we were all shy and it was just a mess.

Other meetings with other Net people have been much more successful though...

[detlef]

I'll eventually come to England. I've been too close twice to not eventually make it there. And I'm rather likely to make a trip to Ireland sometime in the next five years, I'm guessing, so since I'd be in the neighborhood...

[lester22]

Well, I'm 99% sure I'm coming to San Diego; ironically enough, it's Tim (thevulgartrade) who might prevent me from doing anything in SD other than hopping on a plane and heading back to NYC. I say ironic because a) he is making a trip to NYC to see some friends, myself included, and has shifted his plans so as to maintain the possibility that I will actually be there; and b) he's the first digital friend I met in person. Further irony: that meeting took place when I roadtripped across the country the first time, three years ago. I crashed at his place and cooked a nice vegan dinner for his then-roommate Kelly, while he hightailed it to Aurora for the evening, I believe.

I also met isidorenabi on that trip, but failed to meet ludickid in Chi-town, because it was his birthday, and also failed to meet johnnylemonhead as well (who was going by the handle "phibetaslut" at the time), much to my dismay.

[detlef]

Well, if you do wind up facing time constraints, I do provide a pretty good taxi service to the airport.

[lester22]

Rock. I have your number, and I will most certainly be in touch.

[detlef]

Righteous.

[koritsimou]

You're the second - one summer night brad_ah_lee came down from Cedar Rapids to Iowa City on a whim and we ran around town - literally - all night, ending up on an overpass at dawn counting semis. Fun guy.