Saturday, November 20, 2004

why was i in oakland?
This is why I was in Oakland last night. I was curious to see how a priest would describe these differences to me and what questions people would ask him, and also about the possibilty of meeting a fellow blogger.
As I said earlier, I did arrive late but thankfully a kind gentleman in the back of the room pointed out a seat to me, so I got to sit down. I was uncomfortable that I had arrived late because I like to be early and not attract attention to myself in unfamiliar situations. After the talk was over, it was snack time and when I got up I saw a man who I thought might just be Funky Dung but, being the borderline introvert that I am, I wasn't about to approach him and then find out I was wrong. So my inner introvert & I wandered out to the hallway, grabbed some candy to snack on and looked at the pictures on the wall. Many thanks to Jim the Extrovert who introduced himself to me, found out how I ended up in Oakland and then proceeded to introduce me to Funky Dung. I also had the pleasure of meeting Jim's wife, Becca, Funky's wife, Amanda, his friend Jonathan, and yet another blogger, Narwen.

I'm glad to see, by the way, that Jonathan finally got the URL for Ales Rarus so that I didn't have to put a reminder into this entry.

So, I've now met two "Internet people" in real life. Who woulda thunk it?

Stay tuned for part three... What I learned in Oakland.
# posted by Amy : 2:44:09 PM