Getting to Know Shash: A BlogHer Primer
by Shash

Here are a few things to know about me that will help brighten our BlogHer experience in Chicago: 

  • I will probably hand you a business card, or High-five Poken you, or iPhone Bump you. I’m coming well armed with technology and stationery, and I’m not afraid to use them!

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  • My name is Shari (rhymes with sorry), my nickname is Shash (rhymes with posh), and I love you just that much more when you try to pronounce them correctly. Think of it as verbal foreplay. Rawr.

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  • There will be lots of hugging. Prepare yourself.

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  • There’s a fairly good chance I might be partly cloudy with a chance of emotional at times. I’m on a collision course for a date with Mother Nature during those days. I will do my best, but I can’t guarantee that it will be smooth sailing for me. Just hand me a drink, and I’m sure everything will be fine. Pinky swear.

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  • Also, I can get overwhelmed. Seriously. It’s not you, it is most certainly me. So if I look like a deer-in-the-headlights every so often, just be patient. I’ll reset and be right as rain momentarily!

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  • If I meet you earlier in the day, and forget your name by the end of it, this is my blanket apology. I’m way better with faces than I am with names, and I’m not trying to be rude. By the way, that name tag looks great on you, may I say!

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  • While it might appear at face value that I’m at BlogHer to network (see #1), I am actually there to meet new friends, catch up with old ones, and finally put more than one-dimensional faces to Twitter friends I talk to. After all that, I am there to become BFF’s with Tim Gunn. ;)

    (I kid, I kid! Maybe.)

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  • I enjoy long walks, dinner by candlelight, and sunsets on the beac- oh, wait. Wrong questionnaire. My bad!

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  • I’m looking forward to seeing/meeting/hanging out with you.

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  • No, I’m not kidding.

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  • I’m nowhere near packed yet. I probably will wait until the last minute to pack too.

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  • I will probably bring too much.

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  • I’m sure I will forget something important though. I usually do.

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  • Did I mention I was excited to meet you?

So, are you ready for BlogHer?  crossposted at Diary of a Crazed Mommy 

Submitted by Shash (view blog) on Wed, 07/15/2009 - 7:32am

Comments

 

This is excellent

I tweeted you and will be doing my own little getting to know you post soon.

~Denise
BlogHer Community Manager

Flamingo House Happenings

Submitted by Denise on Wed, 07/15/2009 - 07:57
 

Yup, all true

I know you, so yes, all this is true!

I'm gonna need to use that disclaimer that if I met you in the morning, I may not remember your name by the end of the conversation, much less the end of the day.

Submitted by Angie - A Whole Lot of Nothing on Wed, 07/15/2009 - 07:59
 

I had a coworker named

I had a coworker named Shari, so I think I can pronounce ok.

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Submitted by Miss Disgrace on Wed, 07/15/2009 - 08:14
 

Awesome!

I particularly like this "partly cloudy with a chance of emotional." Man, if that doesn't hit things on the head I don't know what does.

But I have a question - do you like pina coladas and getting caught in the rain? ;-)

Sassymonkey and Sassymonkey Reads.

Submitted by sassymonkey on Wed, 07/15/2009 - 08:26
 

Why yes, yes I do

Why yes, yes I do ;) 

 

Shash
Diary of a Crazed Mommy
http://crazedmommy.com
http://twitter.com/shash 

Submitted by Shash on Wed, 07/15/2009 - 11:04
 

Dibs to crib

 Thank you for this! I plan to do a similar post, but will alert readers to imagine the narrator blushing, as I am only waitlisted for BlogHer. I'll be skulking about the Sheraton hoping meet people, hold doors, whatever might make me feel a part of the mix.

 Here's to hugs and pronunciation love. 

Amanda

http://lifewithbriar.blogspot.com

http://toddlywinks.blogspot.com

Submitted by mama2bna on Wed, 07/15/2009 - 08:27
 

Do you have a ticket for BlogHer LobbyCon?

There's still some available. BlogHer09 LobbyCon.

Sassymonkey and Sassymonkey Reads.

Submitted by sassymonkey on Wed, 07/15/2009 - 11:55
 

Thanks for the idea :) I did

Thanks for the idea :) I did this as well.  Am very excited to meet you and everyone else! :)

 

 

 

 

Submitted by VenusStops2 on Wed, 07/15/2009 - 11:51
 

Good idea!

I think these posts are  a wonderful idea. Anything that helps me pick out some faces in the crowd, you know! I did one too. Hope to see you at BlogHer!

 

Gotta go put Bump on my iPhone now...

Submitted by avengingophelia on Mon, 07/20/2009 - 14:32