Online and Offline Personas: Serendipitous Sofie
So my friend Kelly Kampen celebrated his birthday in the VIP section of Alchemy last night, and something really funny happened.
As I was about to leave, I ran into a girl I had not seen at the party before. We talked for a while, exchanging first names. Later in our conversation, she mentioned that she blogs for FHM. That’s when it clicked:
Me: Sofie… Garrucho?!?
Her: Mike… Abundo?!?
We both just cracked up laughing. We’d been chatting online and reading each other’s blogs, but we didn’t immediately recognize each other upon meeting offline. There we were in the VIP lobby, chattering away like strangers, oblivious to the fact that we already knew each other! I thought her eyes looked familiar and she thought my smile looked familiar, but we were both utterly clueless until that much-delayed moment of mutual recognition.
I suddenly wonder about the differences between online and offline personas. Think of the people you know only online. Would you immediately recognize them offline?
I think you were that guy in a suit talking to sofie as I was tinkering with my camera last night at the lobby, nice to know how you guys bumped there
lucky u! hehehhe
Glenn: Too bad you didn’t take a picture.
Exia00: Lucky for both of us she mentioned her blog.
damn, I was supposed to! damn camera was already low on batteries, i took too many pics lol
“Mike… Abundo?!? Oh My God! Shit! Its so embarrassing!” I guess that was the exact line Mike.. haha! But the way we met was so dramatic that it almost feels like we were rehearsing a line for a movie wherein the two main characters were childhood chummies and were seperated for quite long because both families moved somewhere out of the country. No news, no communication between them. Suddenly,Viola! Destiny brought them together again..haha! Cute! But it was really nice seeing you and knowing you in person Mike A.!
Call it life imitating art. Great meeting you in person, Sofie.