On Thursday evening, I got the bright idea to rent a car and drive down to Joplin to visit a friend I had made while playing WoW - Joe. So I did.

It was actually a pretty fun day. For the most part, we hung out at his place just talking (basically what we do in WoW except face-to-face). Although we did go watch Mr. and Mrs. Smith (which I have been dying to see for nearly a month now), go to the mall (wow!! a whole freakin' mall!) and visit the arcade in the mall.

The first meeting was slightly awkward but only slightly. As I was ringing his doorbell, I kept thinking of what I should say, how should I greet him, do I shake his hands, do I give him a hug? Then the door opened and I totally didn't know what to say other than "hi" and shook his hand. But after that moment, it started feeling a lot more comfortable. I guess that's where the friendship we built in the game kicked in (phew).

All-in-all, it was a good day. It was really nice to have finally met someone from WoW. Makes me want to meet the others.