This one time I was at an event hosted by John Hodgman who called out to the crowd, “Do you know what Twitter is?” (this was two and a half years ago when this was still a valid question.) About half of us raised our hands. “You sir,” he pointed at someone I couldn’t see. “What’s your Twitter handle?”
“Dontstaylong” the guy called out, and I immediately tweeted a hello to him. We’ve been following each other on Twitter and Tumblr ever since.
Cut to Saturday; Rob and I tagged along to a friend’s friend’s party. Somewhere in the conversation this guy Davis turns to me and says, “Wait. What’s your Twitter handle?”
I told him, and he said, “I follow you! Two years ago I was at this thing with John Hodgman…”
And I lost my shit. Like, I literally squealed. And then I blurted out that I loved him. And then my hands got sweaty.
Rob wrinkled his brow. “Should I be worried?” Maybe.
It was so cool to hang out with him! By the end of the night we were hammered on Trader Joe’s beer and potato vodka (pro tip: don’t do this), but we still attempted to take a self-photo of ourselves for posterity.
Um… that’s the ceiling.
To quote Maggie: “These are my people, and I found them on the Internet.”
Don’t get hammered on TJ’s beer and vodka, or don’t take picture evidence after the fact? (I’m taking notes.)
Dan
24 Aug 10 at 3:16 am
Absolutely hilarious to finally meet you not on the internets.
Also, to back up Amber’s claims: I wasn’t aware these pictures existed until now, even though I may (or may not?) have been the one to push the shutter button.
davis
24 Aug 10 at 11:58 am
Ha! You actually took most of them. My favorite is the one in the middle.
Dan – don’t get drunk on cheap vodka and beer. Just ask Rob – he had the WORST hangover.
Amber, theAmberShow
24 Aug 10 at 12:08 pm
G-ddamnit I love everything about this.
The internet. It is awesome.
Pammer
28 Aug 10 at 10:31 pm