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My Brain Beef Hooked
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 
Say hello to Kyran Pittman. She doesn't know it, but this photo I took of her is being repurposed to illustrate a point: my brain, it be all broked.
I went to the BlogHer '08 conference in San Francisco.
I put my face out in public attached to the Schmutzie name for the first time.
I got on stage to do my part in the BlogHer Community Keynote on the first day of the conference in front of hundreds of people.
I met a large number of wonderful people whom I had never before met, social anxiety be damned. I kind of like people more now.
I forgot to eat regularly, and then I forgot to take my psych meds regularly, and then my brain got all creative with the who'sthatwiththewhatnow?
Still, I had one of the best times of my entire life.
And then, I went through three different airports to catch two planes to transport myself back to a city of less than 200,000 people, a fabulous spouse, three cats, and a beige cubicle that I am paid to occupy for 40 hours every week.
KERBLOOEY!
This calls for some chicken wings and a locally brewed ale to help with the processing, methinks. Oh, and also to celebrate the Palinode's birthday today, because he's all old now and needs to keep up his strength.
Reader Comments (10)
I cannot express how much I loved spending time with you and becoming friend with similar quirks and now lovely jackets. :-)
You are an amazing person Schmutzie Von Peoples.
xoxoxox
Who'sthatwiththewhatnow? Yeah. I'm going to incorporate that one into my vocabulary. (I'll give you full credit, obviously.) Also? I'm not done hanging out with you. So, quit that job, and let's go grab some burritos.
You've been tagged in THE 7 RANDOM THINGS GAME! Your job now is to take seven pictures of seven random things in your house, apartment, flat, garage, or hole - whatever space you inhabit - and post them on your blog. Then, tag four of your blogger friends with this message.
Once you've posted seven random things on your blog, go to the original THE 7 RANDOM THINGS GAME! post the link to your 7 random things here:
http://cj-esq.blogspot.com/2008/07/7-random-things-game.html
and leave the link to your THE 7 RANDOM THINGS! post in the comments! C'mon now, you've got lots of crap ... there's gotta be seven random things!
Those navigating, travelling, socializing, and public speaking things? Wow. I am seriously impressed, and not remotely surprised.
Welcome home, Schmutzie!
ErinH
Glad to hear you had a great time, I knew you were going to.
Welcome back to us little peeps Schmutzie,lol! We will love you even if you become a celebrity blogger like La Dooce! Now go take your meds! Akakarma
PS- Happy B-day Palinode
I don't think I would have handled that whole thing well. I would have had to stay in my hotel room and watch television and drink beer.
I almost pass out just thinking about public speaking!
Still, it does seem to have been fun for lots of people.
It is mid-day Thursday. I'm sitting in my cubicle and am still mourning that bit of Shangri-La that we had while at blogher. At least we get to chat each other up online. I wonder what all those women did after blogher1908? They just got on their horses and went home only to wait months for the pony express to bring all that good blogher love. Ugh. I shudder at the thought.
happy to serve as your "program interruption" visual. honoured even. give me a scarf long enough and I WILL hang myself.
it was so great to be with you.
xoxo
Schmutzie, I SO loved meeting you at BlogHer. I only wish we'd gotten to talk longer ... see you on twitter!