{"id":2212,"date":"2004-12-20T12:07:39","date_gmt":"2004-12-20T17:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=2212"},"modified":"2010-07-12T11:58:53","modified_gmt":"2010-07-12T15:58:53","slug":"i-feel-pretty-damn-cool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=2212","title":{"rendered":"Meeting CW"},"content":{"rendered":"

I feel pretty cool because Friday night I finally got to meet CW of No Such Blog<\/a>. I’ve been wanting to meet this dude for about a year now – since he randomly showed up on my blog during my entire Country of the Week mania. I was semi-convinced that he was the only one reading those ridiculous rambling essays!<\/p>\n

Anyway, he was in town and we hooked up at a loud boisterous Irish pub and it was damn fun and made me realize, once again, how much this Internet thang knocks me OUT. I’ve met a ton of people through this blog – and there’s not an uninteresting person in the bunch. Wild. Also – it brings together people from completely different circles. We all have totally different lifestyles, jobs, we live in different countries sometimes – but there are obviously intersecting interests – and so we can connect, and be in each other’s lives – in a way we NEVER could have a mere 10 or 20 years ago. It’s really quite thrilling, when you think about it.<\/p>\n

Anyway, CW and I talked like maniacs for what I thought, in my mind, was probably a good solid 3 hours. Maybe 4 at the most. But still – a huge chunk of time, right? For a first meeting?<\/p>\n

When we finally halted the talk for a moment, and glanced at the clock – it was 2 o’clock in the morning – which meant that we had actually been talking for seven hours<\/i>. Er – what? I can barely talk to myself <\/i>for seven straight hours. And believe me, I have tried.<\/p>\n

Somehow though – it’s not all that surprising.<\/p>\n

I haven’t met a blogger yet who isn’t a great conversationalist, actually. It’s great great <\/i>fun.<\/p>\n

Oh, and Emily, you’ll be pleased to know that “Bush Mills” was involved on my part. I can’t remember what brand whiskey CW drank – but I had the “Bush Mills”.<\/p>\n

I know I already told you this, CW, but great to meet you – at last.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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