In two weeks I'm going to meet another online friend. I'm really looking forward to it, too. Everyone is always so afraid to bridge the online friendships to real life relationships. The 'what if' factor is tossed out as if everyone's a psychopath. I have visions of Jason Voorhies typing on the keyboard with a bloody ice pick while bits of flesh and blood flick up on the screen as he types "OMG! U R SO DEAD!!!1!11"

I try to talk to people on a personable level. There's so much to learn in this world and the only way to do it is ask. I've met people who felt the need to bullshit their way through cyber space, but luckily those instances were few and far between. For the most part I've gotten to know some pretty awesome people. A few assholes here and there... but that happens offline as well. It's amazing how people who come up with all sorts of random violence that started online and yet not even blink when something happens to someone who met face to face first. The 'no way she/he could have known' factor turns into 'they should have been more careful' as soon as the online factor is mentioned. It's as if you are given a pass if you met the person first. Yeah, because that's how it works. Just look at Jeffrey Dahmer or Ted Bundy. oh wait... they met their victims offline too. Whoops!

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