Yesterday I headed on over to the Brittania Pub on Santa Monica Blvd.,
just steps away from the Promenade. I was on my way to meet other
Bloggers for the International Meetup Day. An event that was happening
all over the world in about 200 cities. I had checked out a few websites
from a few comments made to a specific Blog I visited. I was astounded
to find out a lot of them were born around 1980. I kept thinking all the
way from the parking structure that if all the bloggers turned out to be
21 or 22 I was going to turn around and leave and go for a walk on the
Promenade, and forget about the Meetup altogether. As I walked in the
door some people were hanging out at the bar and at the Pool Table.
There was one table surrounded by early 20 something kids. Hmm...was
that the Blogger Table? I thought better to make sure before exiting the
Pub. So I walked over to the bar and asked one of the bartenders where
the Meeting was. /Up there/ he said, pointing to the stairs leading to
the second floor. O.K. So that table by the entry door was not it.
Walked up the stairs to find one table surrounded by lovely geeks of all
ages! Wonderful news......I felt instantly at home. Introductions all
around. The evening was a lot of fun and there was an instant
camaraderie and a connected feeling of Blogger insights, talk and
understandings and shared computer nonsense. It was really cool. I met
some very interesting people. I didn't get a chance to talk to everyone,
just a few. There was Joe (37) who was sitting next to me. I explained
to him of my trepidation of coming to Meetup. He smiled and told me of a
meeting he had gone to where someone had said to him,upon finding out
his age,/Man, you're old dude!/ Nice. Another Blogger was Judy who is a
journalist for the L.A. Weekly.......great Newspaper that you can pick
up just about anywhere. For the most part it has better reviews and
editorials than the L.A. Times. Outstanding Movie Reviews and synopses
of current movies. Just about any movie you want to see, from
retrospectives to current blockbusters to museum flicks. Luigi and I
always pick one up before going to see any film. I also had a chance to
speak to Leonard ( he was 21 but I liked him any way! Hey, I just didn't
want to be with /only/ 21 year olds) He kept telling everyone he was a
Janitor......../Hey, man, those people are called Industrial Engineers/
He actually works at a University here in L.A. in the ISD. As a matter
of fact Luigi knows him because he works there also and showed me an
e-mail from him when I got home last night. Small world. Andre got up to
go to the john and everyone pounced on his digital camera. Ryan opened
up his mouth wide and shot a picture of his uvula(sp). Next someone took
a picture of Joe's ear. I didn't know it was Andre's purloined camera
but I did so want to be part of the action.....so I stuck my tongue out
at the lens. I wonder what Andre said when he arrived home to review his
'shots'? It will be interesting if he posts any of it. If he does you'll
see a ghastly picture of Peach with her tongue hanging out. I also spoke
with Chris who runs a blog about safer sex. He has tons of visitors and
his blog is 'circulated' at many schools and organizations. He is around
35 but looks around 21. When he found out about my 21 phobia he told me
he was 21. The following is a list of attendees at the First
International Blogger Meetup Day in Santa Monica: Judith Lewis
Chris Filkins
Ryan Gantz Andre Torrez
He has 2 Blogs Andre Torrez
Philip Fibiger
Stepahnie Losi Martin Devon
Jonah Manning He
also has 2 Blogs Jonah Manning Leonard Lin
Joe Utsler Well, I
really hope I got everything right or I will probably hear it from them
on my comments. All the names and Blogs were written on a paper napkin.
I also forgot to ask if someone does not have a www in front of their
URL do I put it there anyway?..........Sorry, remember I'm computer
Illiterate. If the link doesn't work I'll have to come back and edit
it........that of course will be when Blogger won't let me post again!!
Thanks to Joe who showed me that nifty trick on how to make links. I
can't believe that button has been in my posting page the whole time and
I didn't know what the heck it was. Hope to hear from you guys soon. I
will be visiting your Blogs. And for the rest of you don't miss the next
Blogger Meetup in your Area! And now we return you to our regularly
scheduled program................./The Adventures of Encrypto: Wonder
Blogger Destroyer and his Dog Linux/ Love, Peach