I rarely feel awkward about doing things solo.

I’m a bit of a loner. Always have been.

But I’ll admit, I did feel awkward spending half of my alotted lunch hour sitting quietly by myself at a blog networking workshop today.

It’s not that I don’t want to talk and meet people, it’s just that I’m a little out of practice. I mean, my last forced networking situation was in 1st grade. And even then, it wasn’t that difficult because I had a shitload of crayons and a built-in sharpener in the back of my box.

The next 13 years followed suit. I lived in the same town and went to school with the same friends.

Then, I joined an instant network of college friends when I signed on as a collegiate volleyball slave for four years.

So now, out in the real world, I sometimes find myself on aisle 9, desperately searching for whatever the hell kids color with these days.

I did enjoy the WordCamp Miami event today and I am looking forward to BarCamp tomorrow. So all you Miami folk, if you see a 5’9″ blonde sitting in the corner twirling her hair and re-checking her email, come say hello. I have magenta and I’m willing to make a deal.