full of win

i guess it's one of those things we take for granted these days, but having just come home from an evening of drinks and dinner with my friends, gemma and ingmar, i'm reminded of how much the internet has made the world a much friendlier, much smaller place.

it really shouldn't come as a big surprise considering that's how i met the two. online.

in fact, ingmar and i have long been blog buddies who have only recently taken the steps to meeting in person. this after reading and commenting on each other's blog for years! and it wasn't until we both joined social networking site, twitter, where we finally decided to take the plunge. that's also where we met little snarky pixie babe, gemma; herself, a blogger and a regular internet habitué.

and tonight was the culmination of numerous 140 character missives and online messages exchanged. the three of us finally getting together in real life. over beers and serves of pub grub, we got to know one another. it really was as pleasant as expected. and it seems that there are things still bound to amaze, in spite of the countless online conversations we've had.

having discussed artistic talents (ingmar is a visual artist, gemma is a musical artist, and i, a con-artist!), i asked gemma where she took her university studies.

"melbourne uni," she replied.

"how strange," i exclaimed, genuinely surprised. "so did i... what year?"

"oh, from 1997."

"me, too... which building?"

"the music one, right across from..."

"the science building!"

anyway, after we finished our collective squeeees, it turns out that we pretty much stomped the same grounds, at the same time, and guaranteed the possibility of having previously run into one another.

and to think, it took the internet - and almost ten years - before we finally got to know each other. it really is full of win!