Pre-post business (heh, I wrote “business”): Due to my poor technical skillz - I can’t fix my broken Wordpress photo uploader… I am afraid to add a Flickr application for Wordpress to load my pics in a post (instead of the Wordpress uploader)… and my “blog this” settings are jacked in Flickr so I can’t even blog a pic from there. SO INSTEAD - if you click RIGHT HERE you will see a great shot of my BlogHer namebadge - and the sparkly shirt I eventually ruined for all the wine I spilt on it.
Back to business (heh)… I wish I could have written this a week ago, because as I look through all my cards, read through comments left by my new BlogHer ‘08 friends, friends, friends, friends, and friends, and read the posts that have given their linky love in their recaps - I am humbled and shamefully aware that the details are fading! Come, listen in on the monologue in my head:
Oh. I remember this card! Did I meet her at the Newbie Mixer, or was it the People’s Party after I spilled half-a-glass of wine all over my semi-splarkly white shirt that won’t return to it’s natural semi-sparkly whiteness. Drats. I wonder if I can get another at Old Navy… Or did we meet at that Speed Dating thing… Doggone stain!…
And while the details become more fuzzy as the cruel hands of time frey the strands of my memory… I am still the girl who gets lost following inane tangents… who finds herself writing about Old Navy instead of BlogHer ‘08. See?!
Should I start with the Newbie Mixer where the juice of fermented grapes flowed like a waterfall? Yes. I should start at the place where one would merely look at another Newbie and conversation flowed like a river of water (because isn’t that what usually flows through rivers - water?). See - tangent!
My new friend: What do you blog about?
Voice in-my-head: She used the word “blog” and looked neither confused nor irritated! I think I am in love with her!!!
Me, using my outside voice: Oh, I’m a mom, so I got the “mom thing” and then just a bunch of silliness… some serious too, but mostly…. yadda, yadda, yadda…
My new friend(s): Do you have a card? I have a card… ***Squeals, hugs, giggles, blog, blog, blog, blog, blog!!!***
I met my first blog-celeb at the newbie mixer - Kristy Sammis of She Just Walks Around with It! She also writes for BlogHer… which is where I discovered Kristy. Her post there titled Balls of Death nearly killed me for all the uncontrollable laughing it evoked from the very core of my being. I think I may have scared the poor dear with my enthusiasm and gushy-ness - kind of like putting too much frosting on a cupcake. I know… there is no. such. thing. as TOO MUCH FROSTING! Unless, you’re a real human, and then, maybe… just maybe… Do you have any idea how hard it is for me to NOT follow a “frosting” tangent?!
Aaaanywho - from the Newbie Mixer Jen and I headed to The People’s Party, where she introduced me as “Drunk” instead of my given name “Kerryonthespot Kerry”. Let me tell ya’ll something about me and Jen - we were college roommates - at a Baptist college. We never drank… well, OK, there was 1 time. But other than that - I liked to play it safe and not get kicked out of school. So, Jen has never seen me “not ‘drunk’… but ‘at ease’”. I was also very excited and my altered alter ego (Jennyonthespot) got to hang out with real-life people! She was so ecstatic.
We left the Newbie Mixer and headed off to The People’s Party (view my picture here) with wine spilled down the side of my cute white top. But you can’t see it in this video. This was actually supposed to be a picture, but the camera was in video mode and, well… I was unable to discern the camera mode for all the “at ease” I was feeling.
That’s me, Jen, and… help!!!
It was in the hallway near The People’s Party that Jen and I met Violet the Verbose of Verbosity Abounds. We and Violet ended up spending much of the rest of the conference together. Without planning, we’d just meet up - it was like… destiny :) “Violet” - I don’t think I ever told you, but you have the greatest smile. Very warm and welcoming. Anyone want to see that smile? CLICK HERE! ”Violet” It was awesome to have time to get know you and to start a friendship :)
Oh, I’m not done.
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