Sparks and Butterflies...

But aside from that, she's still completely normal

Thursday

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It’s Friday morning… and it’s currently 6:23, so I’m not entirely coherent.

I’m not going to give a blow by blow of the sessions themselves, but everything else, I want to record my thoughts on.

No pictures, ’cause, well, I haven’t brought out my camera yet.

Last night I went to the newbie mixer. I had a drink, and met two lovely ladies in line, Kelly and Jennifer. Unfortunately it was really loud, and we didn’t exchange cards, so I never caught their blogs to link them. While I saw Mocha Mama… I didn’t have the balls to talk to her. I was supposed to meetup with GeekMommy, and I kind of know what she looks like, but when scanning I couldn’t find her. I quickly grew overwhelmed with the loudness and the people I didn’t know, so I left and headed up to the People’s Party.

When I got there, I got myself some swag, and got myself another drink. I was on a mission to meet Megan. I’m a reader of her blog, but as you know, she’s also the head editor of Blog Nosh (of which I’m an editor.) I really wanted to meet her. And I did! And we even got to chat a couple of times. She was a cohost of the party, so we never got to talk long, as she needed to put out various fires, but she was lovely. Again – no balls to ask for a picture. I also got to meet Angella. One, I’m a reader, and two, I purchased a couple of photos from her for my bedroom. So I wanted to meet her too. She was absolutely lovely. It was wonderful meeting her, truly. She was kind, and so easy to talk to. I saw Oh The Joys, but again – no balls.

By the way… The hotel? So far I have nothing but good things to say about it. Talk about nice. Seriously. I’m feeling very fancy schmancy in my room.

Friday is conference day one. After breakfast and all that, during the first session, I’m babysitting for Marilyn so she can speak. After that, who knows. I haven’t competely decided on which sessions I’m going to. So, hopefully 1) I don’t make an ass out of myself, and 2) I actually get the balls to talk to someone.

People Watching

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I’m sitting at the airport, waiting for boarding.

Next to me is a man with a braid, and real birkenstocks.  I had forgotten about those.

I recently saw a gentleman get off a plane who looked exactly like he came out of an 80’s hair band.  Long hair, black clothes.  He walked with a limp, and had the COOLEST silver tipped cane.

Tired travelers.  Tired kids.  Parents dragging.

I have to say though, this is the best, quickest time I’ve ever had.  I was the only one in check in, baggage check, and security, so went right through.  I love the Burbank Airport, I sincerely do.  I wish I could always fly out of here.

Want to Reach Me?

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If you are going to BlogHer, and want to meetup at some point – or at least just meet – send me an email at sparksfley at gmail dot com.  We’ll exchange numbers.

And here’s just a roundup of the places you can see my updates while I’m at the conference.  I do, indeed, plan on taking my laptop – but I’ve never taken my laptop outside of the house (Betsy is a virgin) so, we’ll see how this goes:

  • Here of course
  • Flickr
  • Twitter
  • email – sparksfley at gmail dot com

I have various other addresses and social addictions – but those above are the ones I’ll probably be using.

Disclaimers are Powerful Tools

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So – I wrote a post, my BlogHer Disclaimer, telling you all about my “quirks.”

So far, it’s my most popular post to date.  I have never gotten so many comments on one post before.

I don’t know if you all found me somewhere – not seeing a new link, nor am I seeing my post as featured on BlogHer – let me know?

But, what’s happened is, people are posting their OWN disclaimers – and I just think that’s so cool.  So I thought I’d point you back there, and tell you to read the comments.

BlogHer Prep

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OK…  The preparations are underway.  I’ve mentioned a haircut, and mani pedi.  I bought a dress just in case I want to dress up for a party.  I’ve got business cards.  I’ve exchanged numbers with someone I might babysit for so she can actually speak in her panel (YAY Squoosh baby!)

I still have to decide which panels I’ll actually be attending.

And finally…  If you want to meet up, meet me, etc…  Please email me at sparksfley at gmail dot com so we can exchange cells.

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