This past weekend, I met two LJ people in RL. We went to a craftshow that one of the LJers had mentioned in her journal. It felt so odd to meet these people in RL. I've grown used to the idea that everyone in the LJs lives...somewhere else, far away. It surprised me to learn that these two people lived so close by. I knew that one of them lived in the same general area as me (the Washington, DC area) because she posts info from the Washington Post all of the time. I had no idea that the other lived near me until she mentioned this local craft guild and show and asked if anyone on her f'list was going. Turns out that she lives 4 miles away. Because we share RL interests as well as LJ interests, we will undoubtedly get together again for various craft-related activities. It's far to soon to know if that will lead to forming actual friendships or if we will simply be friendly acquaintences, but if it hadn't been for the LJs, I would probably never have said more than two words to either of these people had I simply encountered them at the craft show without knowing about their LJs.