So, I met a new person yesterday after doing free indirects. I haven't talked to anyone new in a few weeks, so this sort of thing gets me excited, beginning within seconds of the "so-and-so followed you" notification. I'm kind of like an obnoxious child on a long drive, except instead of “Are we there yet?” I repeatedly ask my friends, “Have you met them yet? Have you met them yet? Have you met them yet?”—them, of course, referring to the incoming twitter users who hold my curiosity.
We have a nice thing going on twitter—a group of friends who’ve become like family and all fulfilling an important role. The Adive Giving friends. The Always Have Any Header You Need To Match Your Icon friends. The Sarcastic Yet Sweet friends. The Start A Conversation With Me Any Friday Night and You’re Guaranteed a Good Time friends, who also happen to double as the I Will Sing Messages to You Over Facebook friends, a total bonus. But I'm still always secretly on the lookout for people that are my age, or close to it. Fun people would be great. People that always know exactly what to say to anything. Just please no crotchety grouches who have huge accounts and ignore people and scorn when we tweet them smiley faces or growl when we tweet in caps.
Once word was out that this person had tweeted me, I went on a Nancy Drew clue search, scouting her account for any evidence of "cool person who will make good friend" and "close in age".
Last night, I was like "She's so cool. Dude. 14. That's so close".
This is like the twitter friend jackpot.
I get all fidgety and sweaty all of a sudden, fixing my hair even though she can't see me. Listen, me and my friends weren't the cool kids in school. Ok, most of us are still in school anyways, so moot point. Regardless, I have hopes for a relationship with my cool new friend, and first impressions mean a lot—especially when my account currently says “I don’t really care about anything.”
Katy is really nice. Her username is svperswift, and yep, you need to follow her. She's funny AND she's been to Niagra Falls. I think she's the bomb. I’m feeling some really good vibes here.
