Simon,
I'm not a particularly social person, per se. I think it's a man thang. I have some fellas I love hanging out with, but they don't live here, so...
Still, I've gotten quite close to a handful of the folks here on JW.com, though. A couple weeks ago when I went to Dallas and looked for Waiting and The Group... yeah, I was looking for people I'd never laid eyes on but, still... people I KNEW. And not "sorta knew" but REALLY knew, you know?
I knew them better than I knew folks I'd seen at the Hall for years. Waiting; COMF; Six; Andi. You argue with, laugh with, commiserate with these honest people who knows what you been thru and, somehow, one way or another, get close.
This afternoon, I talked for an hour and a half with my dawg Bigboi. I'll probably see him later this year. Whenever it is, the first time I lay eyes on him won't REALLY be the first time. I KNOW the man, better than I know some people I see at work everyday.
While we talked, we were both online and I sent him a couple of things over the net. Technology is a fascinating tool and despite the distance between friends, these days we can still be closer in some ways than if we lived in the same town.
I like this thread, Simon, and I miss some of the old-timers, too. Reminiscing -- it's a good thing.
tj- raising his 12-ounce of suds to his friends, particularly those he hasn't heard from in a while
