unforth | Meeting a Nonmuggle

I guess I'm a gamer through and through. The meeting today went much better than the one yesterday. I successfully passed the "not a freakin' weirdo" exam - as did the person I was meeting, from my point of view - and have been semi-officially invited. It sounds like a fun group; I'd be the only female character, but that doesn't bother me. It's a pretty free-form D&D, which suits me fine, and I even have an idea what I want to play, though I haven't met the DM yet - I only just got his e-mail (I had to pass the test first. ;) ) Not only that, but she was able to tell me about a couple of gamer mailing lists for the Tokyo area, which I will definitely join, and about a couple of ways to find students to tutor, an idea that I like, in some ways, more than working for an actual school (though it doesn't solve my visa problem). Aside from that, we had a nice afternoon, wandered around, etc. I would say that we're 100% on the same page, but we definitely have enough common ground to be fairly content talking. :) She and her husband are from Columbus, and they went to school in Athens (Ohio) - I thought that was neat. She mentioned that it's easier to find players than GMs, too, and she loves Changeling and has a few books, so I'm toying with the idea of putting together a Changeling game, probably borrowing at least a bit from the LARP. :)
All in all, a nice day. And I'm glad of it. Making friends = awesomeness.