“I think of life itself now as a wonderful play that I’ve written for myself, and so my purpose is to have the utmost fun playing my part.” ~Shirley MacLaine
This is me. I’m tall-ish and chubby-ish. I am also full of anxiety and hugs and will never turn down a glass of wine. Years ago during a BlogHer conference I spent an evening in my room crying. It was the same year that someone asked why I was even there for I was only another blogger’s babysitter. Then there was the year where once again someone made a comment about my being someone’s babysitter which was the same year that someone was terrified of saying hello to me and then wrote about it later and then I got upset and it did not go well. I am no longer anyone’s babysitter.
I wear a lot of dresses and I have giant hair. And I am such a dork that even my own brothers don’t want to be seen out in public with me. In fact I am currently trying to bribe my youngest brother into going to the movies. Let’s see…what else? I am terrified of crowds but since I make a living from being in public and talking to people, I can’t go around looking petrified. Thank God there are drugs to help with that one. I like cupcakes and one-on-one conversation. Don’t mention congress or else I’ll go into a very long diatribe about cloture votes. I think I’m pretty awesome.
And did I mention the wine?
If you see me next week please say hi. Try to ignore my ‘deer caught in the headlights’ look.
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No, you’re tall(-ish) and beautiful(no ish)!
Hello! I’m so excited to see you! And I’m kind of sad we didn’t plan to re-do our Sunday of BlogHer from last year where you stayed at my house and we went to the movies and we watched TV and had dinner!
I remember the whole someone being terrified of you thing and can not relate at all. As a matter of fact, I pretty much stalked you last year and at one point I even said, “I need to tell Heather that I’m more than just a stalker”, which just made me look like more of one.
And, this year, I will do the very same thing.
Oh, and that photo up there…the one that I LOVE…the first time you posted it I left a comment which led to some serious awesomeness that will take place next weekend. Karen and I have a date. You know, just because I needed a reason to like you more.
You’re my date for the Cupid Shuffle. One of us needs to hit up that dj first thing.
I just thought I’d entertain you with my story from last year of a BlogHer freakout:
http://redstapler23.blogspot.com/2009/08/embarrassing-blogher-moment-3.html
And I’m twice your age. Not twice as mature, though.
Here’s a random confession for you. Each year Blog Her comes and goes and I say I’m going to go but then I don’t go. Yet if I actually mustered up some courage to go, people like YOU and Karen Walrond, MightyGirl and Jen Lemen would be the ones I’d be dying to see. I daydream with great anxiety about meeting you and the others – mostly because my fear is that something I say or do might come off as needy in a psycho way when if anything I’d simply want you to know I think you all are cool women. So I am telling you this to say that while you are nervous, I think in general there is probably an overall feeling of being stripped when it’s time to come out from behind a computer and gather as a group to say hi.
You forgot to mention that you are one of the funniest and kindest women I know. Not to mention best dressed
I will walk over to you and hand you a glass of wine. Then I’ll smile. And say something awkward. Yes, that’ll be it.
I really like you ladies. Also, Kristine, I am a total dork. You’d be surprised. I am a gracious dork though, which is VERY important at BlogHer.
If I see you, I will try to stifle my own deer-in-headlights look and tell you how much I enjoy your writing in person.
wishing we could meet up for another midnight dunkin donuts run.
maybe next year.:)
have fun!
It was great to meet you last night at Maggie/Laura’s thing! You didn’t at all look like a deer in the headlights!
Heather – I just found your blog through a rabbit trail on twitter. You know how those go: you click and click again and click again and suddenly you can’t remember how you got there but you found an intriguing person.
I’d actually love to see people at BlogHer like you and I – who aren’t superficial or stuffy. Real. You know what I’m saying.
Anyway, glad I found your blog. I subscribed and can’t wait to read more. If you don’t see me comment for a bit it’s because I read mostly via google reader. Though I do try to make the rounds in the evenings after the kids are sleeping. Anyway, thanks!
~Diva