Monday
Aug062012
While I Recover My Senses, Here Are Some Pretty Party Pictures of Sparklecorn at BlogHer
Monday, August 6, 2012
I just returned home this afternoon from a 24-hour festival of thunderstorms, plane delays, missed connections, and a hotel with lumpy bedding while the Palinode and I tried to find our way back to Canada from BlogHer '12 in New York. I am more than a touch exhausted. If the travel weren't enough of a reason to spend the next 12 hours unconscious, I think the client and board meetings, volunteering, sitting on two conference panels, and navigating a conference of 5000 women definitely contributed.
So, here is a collection of pretty party pictures I took with my iPhone at MamaPop's Sparklecorn party at BlogHer. Pretty! Party! Pictures!
That unicorn cake up there? It played little electronic cat noises out of speakers near its butt.
I don't drink anymore, so I have to invent my own entertainment sometimes when parties devolve into drunken squeeing and declarations of affection.
I wandered the edges of the party and just kept training my camera straight at the strobing lights, hoping for the best.
There were about fifty terrible images of random smears of light and tossing hair, but a few of them have interesting shapes and colours that I appreciate. I kind of like the damp blur created by my lack of a tripod and the low lighting.
Dear god, I am a tired chicken.
Until I write some kind of conference wrap-up entry, I'll let you know that BlogHer was capital-g Good, and New York was capital-h Hot, and it hasn't quite clicked yet that I can't just walk out my apartment door and run into giddy bloggers in the hallway. This makes me kind of sad.
So, I'll be back when my brain recovers and I manage to get my poop in a group.
Goodnight!
So, here is a collection of pretty party pictures I took with my iPhone at MamaPop's Sparklecorn party at BlogHer. Pretty! Party! Pictures!
That unicorn cake up there? It played little electronic cat noises out of speakers near its butt.
I don't drink anymore, so I have to invent my own entertainment sometimes when parties devolve into drunken squeeing and declarations of affection.
I wandered the edges of the party and just kept training my camera straight at the strobing lights, hoping for the best.
There were about fifty terrible images of random smears of light and tossing hair, but a few of them have interesting shapes and colours that I appreciate. I kind of like the damp blur created by my lack of a tripod and the low lighting.
Dear god, I am a tired chicken.
Until I write some kind of conference wrap-up entry, I'll let you know that BlogHer was capital-g Good, and New York was capital-h Hot, and it hasn't quite clicked yet that I can't just walk out my apartment door and run into giddy bloggers in the hallway. This makes me kind of sad.
So, I'll be back when my brain recovers and I manage to get my poop in a group.
Goodnight!
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Reader Comments (8)
I'm sad I didn't get to meet you at BlogHer :( I hung around after the iPhoneography session but there was a line of folk to see you and then you needed to go anyway.
After that, another chance didn't really present itself.
It was lovely to 'see' you though - hope that doesn't sound stalker-y!
I'm already excited about seeing you in Chicago in '13...
It looks like a good time was had by most... I am looking forward to meeting you at Blissdom Canada in October. :-)
So. Fun. I just got all the glitter out of my bra.
It was great to see you!!! And I'm still in a post-conference daze several days later. Love me some unicorn cake!
I got to thank you for what you are in my life.
The purpose of these conferences for me: to thank face to face all those that have pulled me through, and keep pulling me through.
My soul feels at rest.
Thank you.
My goal is to one day have a unicorn cake that makes cat noises out of its butt. It's the little things, really.
Cat noises out of a unicorn's butt. I had NO idea. :)
Was totally great to meet you, finally! I did enjoy your iPhoneography session very much and you totally prompted/inspired me to get off my butt and find something other than Instagram to use with my photos. So yay!
And, if I was a little too oh-my-goodness in the lounge on Wednesday night... I apologize profusely! It was the single longest day I have ever, and was so pleased to see a familiar Canadian face. :)