As an extra incentive to meet up, he asked if I could help him convert some STEEM DOLLARS to cold, hard, cash for us to buy some beverages and kick it at a local bar here in Chicago, the Flat Iron.
There was no turning back so I set out to convert the SBD to cash and bring it to him in person.
He was psyched!
We ended up talking about tons of stuff. He is very knowledable about music and on the topic of Steemit open mic, after mentioning that I did a couple Cramps covers for it, he mentioned the compilation SONGS THE CRAMPS TAUGHT US, where the Cramps frontman, Lux Interior put together a compilation of songs that are actually cover songs of what I thought were Cramps originals.
Let me know in the comments if you want a link to download the compilation. It is a 3 disc compilation, and I will happily upload it to the internet if for your convenience.
We also talked about the future of STEEMSKATE where we thought it would be a good idea to start a discord chat room where we can "WEBIGNAR" the contests, discussing possible contest themes. He made a good point, to broaden the themes of the contest so as to accommodate more creative entries. Like, instead of "Skate a quarter-pipe" it should be "Skate transition" or... I was thinking, a good one would be "Do a spin" so that its very open ended. You could spin your board or your body or your hat on your head.
We also need to implement more of a "call out" function to the STEEMSKATE community to branch the contests out and strengthen the interaction between skaters. So like if a fellow steemit skater calls you out to say, "nollie flip out" of that nose manual you did, You have to go and fill that request! It will be fun.
Here is a photo of one of
Man, there were so many things to talk about, if it wasn't a Thursday night, we would have kicked it for longer. I started talking about Scalar energy and Steven D Kelley, and, yeah, thats a deep little rabbit hole if i say so myself.
Yeah so, first meetup with a real life steemian a total success!
Another good quote from our meetup was actually from 
"Treat your blog like a store, and the people who visit your blog are your customers, so you should treat them accordingly."
So yeah thanks to anyone stopping by reading this post! The Steemit community is SUCH a powerful thing and is capable of forging AMAZING lifelong connections. Go follow