So I was doing some thinking this weekend, as I was laid up in bed on the 4th of july with a nasty cold and feeling like a$$.... and hoping Id feel ok to be getting my new tat on saturday (which everyone now knows I did ;)) and I came across this one thought. Of all the fubar friends I have, I have made a point to attempt to pursue real friendships with people who live near me here in San Diego. I have alot of ppl from san diego on my friends list here on Fubar....
Now, I personally don't see meeting people from the internet as Odd or out of the ordinary. My view of the internet is one of the potential this mechanism has to bring about people into my life that I would not normally be interacting with because of work schedules, places I travel to for work, places I feel comfortable going alone, and so on. Given I have lived in San Diego 8 years and I have yet to create a network of compadres here (I have worked as an IT consultant for 8 years and I'm on the road 100% of the time - meaning home occasional weekends) the internet just seems like a much better place to meet people, get the BS outta the way right away and move along to taking it offline. (as a side note, I tried the whole going to the club to try and make new friends because I love to dance and Id love to make friends with people who love to dance and like the same music i like. But very quickly I found that the mentality of most of the ppl at the club is to try and find someone to take home for the night.... not so much interested in those kinda Friends-with_benefits (lol)).
My Internet "Frenz" don't seemingly feel the same way I do and thats fine and all.... but I guess in my thirst for knowledge and desire to interact with my fellow SanDiegans, I am puzzled at how the people I have met here (on fubar and other websites I interact on) treat the internet as seemingly unrealistic online gaming rather than the mechanism to connect with real people.
I would just like to find a way via the internet that would allow for finding like minded people in close proximity to me who want to take our interactions from the internet to a real life meeting. Im not going to bite you know.... unless you ask me to nicely (giggles)
*kttn*
