A lot of things happened at ROFLCon a few weeks back. I gained a new understanding for LOLCats, my faith in Rick Astley wavered, I was blinded - and changed forever - by Leslie Hall's gem sweaters and I sat in the back of a science lecture hall and did not fall asleep, just to name a few.

But I also got to meet a lot of cool people.

It was somewhere around the 1 millionth Rick Astley reference when my eyes started to glaze over and a dull hum overtook my thoughts. The surroundings at MIT - a giant walking Firefox, guys in Anonymous masks, the inescapable glare of Leslie Hall's sweaters the gentle, ever-present smile of the Tron Guy and the other Branwndo-fueled insanity had all become too much.

I was ROFLCon-ed out.

The masks are symbolic, but also a necessity for Anonymous, the group/movement that has stepped up their criticism on The Church of Scientology over the last year.

Which makes it all kind of complicated, weird and spooky that they're sitting in a packed auditorium talking about their fight against Scientology.

It is a bit odd being back on a college campus, sitting in a cavernous lecture hall and not having a "did not study" cold sweat.

You break out of that after looking up on the chalk board, which has several stick figures performing inappropriate acts on one another.

It's not a big secret that I've never quite understood the LOLCATS and the whole phenomenon.

But it is a juggernaut. A big, cute, funny speaking juggernaut.

First session of the afternoon just wrapped up and I'm still digesting all the geekery and chumminess around this place.
Although I know almost no one here, walking around feels like you're at a party with a bunch of friends or acquaintances.

And I'm sorry I can't keep typing, "Chocolate Rain" just started playing somewhere though the halls and people are singing along.

"They're rainrolling us," says a guy next to me.

After a should-have-been-expected traffic delay and inevitable parking chaos I’m on the ground at ROFLCon 2008! HELLO CAMBRIDGE!

A beautiful day in Cambridge and we’ve got a room full of geeks, nerds, smartasses and a few geniuses all inside a slightly darkened room.