The World Needs More Hugs
May. 12th, 2012 03:36 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wwcitizenTonight, Matthew and I ventured into the city to meet up with Phil (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
dendren) and Bob - IN PERSON!!! WOW! What great men. Had a very fun time with them and some friends I introduced them to. They had coordinated with a couple of other LJ friends to meet them at Ty's and we all got along splendidly. We didn't have too much to drink, either, cuz I had to drive home - in fact, I ended the evening with a diet Coke followed by a seltzer. :-)
It's always great to put a personal, physical hug to a person's persona online. Phil and Bob give good hugs! They are in town for their 20th anniversary. Matt and I are totally jealous that they have tickets to Book of Mormon - a show we've (lack-lusterly) have been trying to get tickets for. We will one day. I really hope that Phil and Bob enjoy the show, which I'm SURE they will.
Here are a couple of pictures from the evening:
At one point in the evening, I returned to the front of the bar to get a drink and a guy with a plaid shirt (Calvin) behind me tapped me on the shoulder. He said, "Excuse me, my friend really needs a hug. Would you mind giving him a hug?"
I said, "Oh, of course! I love to give hugs."
This sweet, gentle-hearted guy, pretty thin and pretty much no fur peered out from behind his glasses sheepishly. I said in my big burly voice, "Oh, you want a big, burly, furry hug, huh? You haven't had a hug today?! Everybody needs a hug!"
The guy just looked at me surprised and in disbelief that I just asked him the question. He said, "Yes, I'd like a hug!"
I gave him a big bear hug. He was the sweetest guy and gasped satisfied. I introduced myself around. A little later, the same guy, Calvin, came up and tapped me on the shoulder again to explain that his friend, Muhammed, was from Abu-Dabi. "You can't be out in Abu-Dabi and he's never had a bear hug. You gave him his first bear hug."
Wasn't that sweet?! I was very happy.
dendren) and Bob - IN PERSON!!! WOW! What great men. Had a very fun time with them and some friends I introduced them to. They had coordinated with a couple of other LJ friends to meet them at Ty's and we all got along splendidly. We didn't have too much to drink, either, cuz I had to drive home - in fact, I ended the evening with a diet Coke followed by a seltzer. :-)It's always great to put a personal, physical hug to a person's persona online. Phil and Bob give good hugs! They are in town for their 20th anniversary. Matt and I are totally jealous that they have tickets to Book of Mormon - a show we've (lack-lusterly) have been trying to get tickets for. We will one day. I really hope that Phil and Bob enjoy the show, which I'm SURE they will.
Here are a couple of pictures from the evening:
At one point in the evening, I returned to the front of the bar to get a drink and a guy with a plaid shirt (Calvin) behind me tapped me on the shoulder. He said, "Excuse me, my friend really needs a hug. Would you mind giving him a hug?"
I said, "Oh, of course! I love to give hugs."
This sweet, gentle-hearted guy, pretty thin and pretty much no fur peered out from behind his glasses sheepishly. I said in my big burly voice, "Oh, you want a big, burly, furry hug, huh? You haven't had a hug today?! Everybody needs a hug!"
The guy just looked at me surprised and in disbelief that I just asked him the question. He said, "Yes, I'd like a hug!"
I gave him a big bear hug. He was the sweetest guy and gasped satisfied. I introduced myself around. A little later, the same guy, Calvin, came up and tapped me on the shoulder again to explain that his friend, Muhammed, was from Abu-Dabi. "You can't be out in Abu-Dabi and he's never had a bear hug. You gave him his first bear hug."
Wasn't that sweet?! I was very happy.
