Webseries Eavesdropping

I love new media. I love webseries. Almost more then I love standing in a long line attempting to gain entrance into a jammed bar to attend a webseries social. The Disneyland ride length entry line was just this side of ridiculous. I had planned on stopping by the meetup for only a short amount of time, and the line nearly detered me from coming.

Obviously, it creates a curiousity as to just what exactly is going on, as well as network while in line. Yes, the line went by fast, but it just seemed as if only two people taking names and markign them off seemed a poor reason to keep people in line for so long.

Bonus:  I got to eavesdrop. Yes, I was eavesdropping, and what I heard was either very inspiring or depressingly stupid. Here are a few things I heard in line.

“I am so excited about….”

It was amazing to see a group of excited individuals passionate about their talents and their medium. I was able to speak with Shawn (Creator of Dirty Bomb Diaries) who is possibly the most excitable and interesting writer I have had the pleasure of connecting with over the course of the evening. He was excited about new media. He was excited about his project, as well he should be. It is always inspiring to surrounds yourself with passionate people who are running headlong into innovation.

“This is the year for webseries”

Lets not get too hasty, and make claims that may only prove to depress us as the year moves forward. There is bustling interest once again in new media, and more particularly webseries. Let us claim the year for forward progression. Lets not claim the year for us. Its kinda like a fatties, like me, swearing off sugar. We know we can’t keep it up, but we sure will try.

“Wheres the bar?”

Over there. Yes, behind the 100 people. Yes. Behind. No. You won’t get to it. I tried for over a half hour. You see I’m not against an open bar per say. I worked as a bartender for years at social mixers so I was able to get a front row seat to the madcap traffic. The trick is in the placement of the bars. You must spread them out in the most efficient way. This allows the party to spread out, and allow for more mingling and less hip hugging. I swear about two different people spilt beer on me. It was all I tasted the entire night. Better spread ‘em out next time.

Conclusion

By the time I got home later that I night I realize that my most memorable moments at the mixer were the small ones shared by eavesdropping. So basically I stole a conversation, called it my own, and even wrote a blog about it. Sheesh…Egotistical…

By the way Tubefilter can throw a demn fin party. You should come to the next one.

Any of you ever have any pearls of wisdom gathered from a webseries social?