The Official Unofficial Matt Thomas Fan Club
April 23, 2005
Yesterday after work, I headed down to my local watering hole, the unfortunately-named Pickles Pub, for a few drinks. In spite of the name, it’s a cool bar with some great bar staff (don’t worry Jon, you’re still my favorite) and it’s a good place to sit alone and drink yourself into oblivion. And I can easily walk home from there, which is great.
So last night I was, as always, drinking alone, when this very pretty girl came and saddled up next to me. That’s almost always a good thing. She didn’t say anything for a few minutes, just nursing her own beer and watching TV. Then I happened to make eye contact with her, she smiled, and she said, “Hi, I’m Jessica. You are Matt Thomas.”
Well, now, that’s happened before. When I was living on Tybee, I had a bad habit of meeting people when I was drunk, then completely forgetting them the next time I saw them. My memory fails me when I’ve been getting my drink on. So at first, I thought this was one of those times. I hemmed and hawed for a second, trying to remember where I knew this girl from. Then, she smiled, and said, “I go to your web site all the time.”
So that was it. I’d never met Jessica before. She recognized me from the web site. I was floored. I’ve always said that I could never understand why anyone who doesn’t already know me would come here. I understand why people find it, doing Google searches or whatever, but why they’d want to come back escapes me. I know this site isn’t very interesting.
But at any rate, this is my big shout out to Jessica, my avid reader with the keen eye and the luck to find me actually out on the town on a Friday night. And to the legions of readers that I am now convinced are out there: feel free to find me and buy me a drink any time. I like to get close to my fans.
Actually, your site is very interesting. Take this post, for example. It’s these kinds of posts I come back for. Well, I click on every new post in the RSS feed, but you get the idea.
May I suggest removing those two white lines in your header? They seem a little distracting.
Oh, and congrats on the fan club. We all need our personal fan club.
It is a well-known secret that all the hot chicks log on to Matt from Bama!!
Why do I keep reading here? I ask that myself all the time. But, yeah, it’s cool ‘n shit.
Long time listener, first time caller. It was cool seeing you on Friday, Matt! I am glad you liked my surprise. Now I must return to my lurking ways.
Hey, what can I say? Far be it from me to stop you kids from your daily dose of all things Me. And any time people—pretty girls and stunning dudes alike—want to hunt me down in bars, please, by all means, feel free.