Live from New York …
I’m at my very first BlogHer!!
Quick fire key takeaways:
1) Don’t let pre-BlogHer Twitterbuzz stress you out. Pre-conference, the Twitterverse led me to believe BlogHer should have been marketed as “what happens when Ann Taylor LOFT and Jimmy Choo barf all over women and send them to exclusive parties.” Thankfully, I’m empowered in witnessing the opposite.
The girls with aqua hair who write about mythology are here. The big girls are representing, and the starving ones are too. The “I woke up at 4 a.m., ran a marathon and wrote a post before breakfast” total bitches superwomen are in the house. Shout out to the cancer survivors and cancer fighters. The grandmothers are working it, and the newborns are too.
Don’t get me wrong — there are definitely a few Sharpays in the house. But somehow their colors are muted in the vibrant painting that is the BlogHer community.
2) Don’t even think about peeing exactly when you need to. What do you get when you stuff 3,000+ women in one hotel? TaeBo for your urethral wall.
3) Does she have six-pack abs or a jellyroll? While it might feel like everyone’s staring at your gut (or lack of it), they’re just checking out your name tag. It’s unnerving for the first day (especially if your abs look like Santa’s).
4) Don’t miss the community keynote. The community keynote is where selected bloggers have an opportunity to read their work live. Bring the tissues — not only for the real, “holy Jesus that sucks” tears, but also for the “I’m going to pee my pants especially since the line for the bathroom is too damn long” tears.
That’s allllll folks! Until tomorrow ….
2 Comments
Exactly why I stuck that nametag up by my boobs!
Loved yr pre-wrapup but pretty much say it all.My 1st BH too AND I was a speaker so I didn’t notice lots of stuff midst the fear and trembling.
Will I be better prepared for next year? YES definitely will know what to expect and not run and hide at the 1st person who shouts out their name and hands me their card etc. bla bla bla
merci
carolg