Comments on: Something BlogHer this way comes

By: becky

becky — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:42:38 +0000

Yes, yes, coming to the People’s Party! I wasn’t talking about you all. Really I wasn’t. I would have made it last year if I hadn’t arrived so freakin’ late on Thursday night.

Gawd, I didn’t want to sound like a total whiner about the “other” parties. I’ll be having so much fun that I’m sure I’ll forget about whatever it was I originally wanted to go to. Either that, or I’ll be too tired to care. Hah!

By: Velveteen Mind- Megan

Velveteen Mind- Megan — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 02:41:01 +0000

So are you coming to our party on Thursday night or not? It’s the only party you need fret over and you are already invited. Hello? The People’s Party! You are people!

http://www.velveteenmind.com/velveteenmind/2008/04/the-peoples-par.html

Velveteen Mind- Megans last blog post..Because I’m a Joyful Girl

By: becky

becky — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:20:24 +0000

Yeah, I always hated feeling left out, even if someone didn’t MEAN to leave me out of the parties. There will be plenty to do at BlogHer, and I’m sure I won’t miss not going to the non-BlogHer-sponsored parties. Until I hear how much fun they were, of course. I’ll get over that part.

It’s the other thing that’s actually more troubling to me. And I don’t know why it bothers me so much. It really shouldn’t. I’m just so excited when I get home that I’m eagerly reading what everyone had to say, running off to read the blogs of my new friends, and they mention everyone they met. Sans moi. I can’t help but hurt just a little. I get over it until the next year, where it happens all over again. I don’t go so I can hand out cards and get linked. I hand out my cards because I want to hear from people, want to find things in common, want to make new friends.

I’ll be pushing around a big baby boy in a bright orange stroller (he’ll be in daycare most of the day, but I’ll have him at the cocktail parties). Please stop me and say hello.

By: A Cowboy's Wife

A Cowboy's Wife — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:55:49 +0000

Oh hun, we all feel like that at different functions whether it’s blogher or not. But if I get to meet you, I will totally mention it on my blog!!! So be on the lookout for a fat girl in black:) That will be me trying to pretend I fit in no matter what!..LOL.

A Cowboy’s Wifes last blog post..Photography Tips: Standing Tall

By: becky

becky — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 03:08:42 +0000

Skye, thanks for your comment! I emailed you more about this, but I certainly hope I get to see you there!

By: Skye

Skye — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:21:10 +0000

Becky, I was actually hoping I’d run into you this year. You liveblogged my tech session with Virginia last year. Not my best performance, but I enjoyed meeting you and was hoping to talk with you more this year since last year I was in pregnancy haze and couldn’t quite figure out what to say. And I was crap about linking to people after the conference.

I’ll have baby in tow this year, too, though he’s only 20 lbs and his grandma will be taking care of him. But I was the volunteer in charge of coordinating the child care set up, so if you have any questions or concerns about that, please ask me. There will be a lounge for mamas to breastfeed, too.

Hope we can connect! Unless you don’t want me at your party.

p.s. Thinking of you trying to manage all that on BART worries me. I will PayPal you cab fare, honest, or if you’re getting in anytime near 1:45 p.m. on Thursday, let me know and maybe we can team up and have 3 adults and 2 kids, much better odds.

Skyes last blog post..Overheard In The Living Room

By: becky

becky — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:44:05 +0000

Haha! Thanks. I may have to try some of them.

By: Bloggymommer

Bloggymommer — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:11:19 +0000

I can send you to BlogHer with interview questions and conversation topics, and if they bomb, you can blame the stupid questions and awkward conversations on me!

“Oh, Hi, Amalah, Bloggymommer asked me to ask you what kind of Grade A smack you were on when you wrote the Armpits of America post. That was some funny stuff.”

“Hello, Mochamamma, listen, Bloggymomer asked me to smell your hair and report back to her… would you mind leaning over, you’re a little tall.”

I went to BlogHer in 2006, with the sole purpose of getting a picture with Jenn (Mommy Needs Coffee). I made a total ass out of myself on the morning that she got eaten by her hotelroom, and just wasn’t in the mood. You could pull “listen, your crazy stalker Bloggymommer asked me to grab a picture with you, so she could live vicarously and stalk you from afar.”

Elise (BlogHer) introduced herself to me, and I FELL OVER ONTO MY ARSE (for NO REASON) while shaking her hand at the WeightWatchers gazebo.

I think I made three friends the whole weekend, but, you know what, the three friends were worth it. Go, be awkward, have fun!

Bloggymommers last blog post..Happy 4th of July