Wish U Were Here…
Okay. So I have been pondering this of late…
In the last two years of my life, I have found that I increasingly turn to the internet to meet some of my needs…
Obviously, this website is one. I am also on myspace. And on my beer website. I have formed, what I feel, are true, legitimate, friendships with many faceless people…
How can that be??
How can you feel so utterly and completely connected to another individual when you have never met??
Now. Dont get me wrong. I do have a nice large network of “Real” people in my life. And I adore them. And I do, on every occasion I can, try to meet some people that I have connected with…
But I wonder why it is, that it often seems easier to bond with a stranger over a mutual interest, then it is the people in our own life?? Maybe becasue we are concentrated in one area? Maybe because we are protected by our computer screens? I know not…
I will, in April, be going to a large “Beer” event and meeting litterally HUNDREDS of people…Many of who I have met on line or chatted with. I am so incredibly excited and can not wait to meet people who share a similar hobby with me…
And as I make plans, and chat, I find myself just jubilant that these strangers will be strangers no more…
Its those moments when I am so thankful I live in the century I do…For I am meeting people that I otherwise would never have known existed…
Well, anyway…
Onto the weight loss stuff…Just finished my third full week of low fatness…I was not incredibly sold on it last week…
This week, the scale was down four pounds…
FOUR POUNDS. First real weight loss I have had in MONTHS. So I think I will stick with this for a while and see how it goes…
I want to lose 10-15 pounds by end of April…
We will see…
Take care buddies and have a great weekend!!!
Congratulations on 4 lbs, that is so awesome. I believe we connect with people online because they have to know us before they can see us. So their first impression isn’t on ones looks, if that makes since.
CONGRATULATIONS ON LOSING 4 POUNDS!!!
I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING ABOUT MEETING PEOPLE ON THE INTERNET AND BEING ABLE TO BECOME FRIENDS. I HAVE MET SO MANY WONDERFUL PEOPLE OUT THERE IN CYBER SPACE. I HAVE FRIENDS THAT I HOPE ONE DAY TO MEET. IT IS JUST AMAZING HOW THIS CAN HAPPEN. I FIND IT SO WONDERFUL THAT I CAN MEET NEW PEOPLE HERE, AND EVERY WHERE. LIKE YOU I TOO AM GLAD THAT I LIVING DURNIG THIS CENTURY…
mmmmm….beer…
way to go losing the 4 pounds!!
you will have a great time meeting your online friends. it’s weird that you can feel a connection to people you’ve never met before, but i know exactly what you feel like. after all, my DW and i met online!
I agree with Nichole…have fun at the beer fest
Great job loosing the 4 lbs.
i’ve totally pondered that, too. there’s the one step removed thing about a computer. not quite real even though we all bare our souls. Many congrats on the 4lbs! The beer thing sounds super fun!
Congrats on the 4 pounds! I don’t I have wondered this, too. I have so many friends on here, and I DO consider them friends even though I haven’t met them face to face. I think when we do it this way, we tend to drop our guard and say what we really think and feel, We are not worried about physical appearances, etc. At least that is how it is with me. I get so selfconscious face to face, but that goes away online. Have fun at your beerfest and look forward to consolidating those friendships!
Ahhh Dawnie…you must be talking about me!! LOL!! Silly me! I don’t know why we connect with people the way we do, specially people online…but if it ain’t broke, why fix it? I personally LOVE being on this site and I think I LOVE some of the people I’ve “met” here!! Is that strange? Who knows, but it makes me happy and THAT IS WHAT’S IMPORTANT!
I’m super excited about your trip to the beer festival…when is that exactly? You need to keep us posted and of course, post lots of pictures!
And finally CONGRATULATIONS on losing 4 lbs. that has got to boost your ego just a little bit, right?