ahhhhhhh i'm going to a social event tonight where people socialize and this is my least favorite kind of social activity but lots of very cool people are going to be there, we all sort of know each other by reputation by reading each other's quora answers but that's basically it

there may be activities, i don't know

at least i have terry pratchett in my bag as a backup plan if i run out of nerve/energy/material for conversations

this isn't an advice post, i'm just venting 'cause i'm stressed about it 'cause last year i skipped the event after a pre-event lunch went poorly

idk