Hey I'm in meetin too! As I said, if you went to meetin you could meet both Dave AND Ray and be able to say you knew both of them personally. Although presumably you already know Ray from chatters events, but this way you could get to know him in a different context.
--- In [email protected], "Maureen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > actually ray - i DID read the rest and i wanted to ask you about > meetin- i "joined" but was reluctant to go to any events cuz... > well, i'm lame but that article was good cuz i totally identified > with a lot of the ppl and felt kinda really stupid that i didn't > have more "friends" to hang out with cuz all i do is work and go > home... so i took the article quite positively and was bolstered > that i'm not the only one out there... > (am i a total loser?) > --- In [email protected], "Ray Bradley" > <clavenia@> wrote: > > > > from Friday's Weekend section... > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- > > dyn/content/article/2007/06/14/AR2007061400319.html > > > > This is the lede. I am friends with the subject, so I am biased. > If > > you read these first few paragraphs, would you be inclined to read > > the rest? > > > > What would your opinion of Dave be? > > > > -------------------------------------------- > > > > Dave Connolly needed friends. > > > > Which is a tricky predicament. Tricky and kind of banal. And -- > let's > > be honest -- a little sad. > > > > By the time you're out there in the world, haven't there been > enough > > opportunities -- in the sandbox and eighth-grade math class and > the > > varsity tennis team and between dorm rooms and cubicle clusters -- > to > > pick up a few good friends? > > > > Obviously. > > > > Unless, you know, there weren't. Or there were. There were all > those > > opportunities, and buddies were met and made and then, somehow, > lost. > > Binding ties came unbound. > > > > Maybe there was a marriage. A baby. A transfer, a taxing project, > an > > illness, a changing lifestyle, diverging hobbies, a new > neighborhood, > > a gradual maturing, a big dramatic fight over a guy you were both > > interested in. Maybe your new medical sales job has you sleeping > in > > Reston and creeping along Interstate 66, shaking hands with lots > of > > doctors and nurses and not really getting to know anyone. > > > > Maybe you're Dave Connolly, 29, athletic and outgoing and fun and > > successful, and everything was great and your social calendar was > > booming until one day it just wasn't. > > > > Banal. A little sad. And common enough for this town to support a > > whole host of organizations designed to help people reach out and > > meet someone. Probably lots of someones. Probably in similar > > predicaments. > > > > ------------------------------------------------ > > > > Do these photos change or affirm your image of Dave? > > > > > http://picasaweb.google.com/telecomic/BillyGoatTrail050606/photo#5061 > 6 > > 66529504285106 > > > http://picasaweb.google.com/telecomic/BillyGoatTrail050606/photo#5061 > 6 > > 67349843038706 > > > http://picasaweb.google.com/telecomic/WhiteoakCanyonTrail/photo#50698 > 1 > > 9857564963250 > > > http://picasaweb.google.com/telecomic/WhiteoakCanyonTrail/photo#50698 > 2 > > 3362258276962 > > > http://picasaweb.google.com/telecomic/WhiteoakCanyonTrail/photo#50698 > 2 > > 4994345849554 > > > http://picasaweb.google.com/telecomic/WhiteoakCanyonTrail/photo#50698 > 2 > > 5174734476002 > > http://picasaweb.google.com/telecomic/WhiteoakCanyonTrail/photo#5 > > 069829242068505634 > > >
