I grew up in Montana and part of me is still in aisle 11 at K-mart trying on Garanimals with my sisters. My six years as a single mother taught me much more than college. I love to write but I may be a better waitress. I left traditional journalism for online in 1997 because it felt so much more real than anything I was asked to read or produce in print or broadcast. I started BlogHer because Elisa and Jory are smart enough to make anything happen -- and because I didn't want to wait for women who blog to be validated by any outside group when we can do it ourselves. And look: We are.

Lisa Stone
BlogHer Co-founder
Surfette

Not sure where I use the tag...I need a bit more direction and then I definitely want to play.

elana
Blogher Contributing Editor,Business&CareersFunnyBusiness

but the gist of what I said is: "Would that be the witty me or the wise one? The goofy me? Or the shy one? The academic? The shrink? The political junky? The newly-single woman? Too many choices; too little time. I'm a writer and my blog is my magazine. Kinda like Life, and my byline's ByJane

By Jane
ByJane.blogspot.com

I grew up in Nova Scotia, and whenever I go back it feels like I never left. I married an Upper Canadian, and it amuses me. I probably think you think I'm a dork. My dog insists on sleeping under the covers of my bed. I quit my job two months ago and I've never felt more human since then. I recently discovered I am an INFP, and finding that out explained a great deal. I won't remember your name; this is just one of those things. I am in the middle of a relaunch of my life, and it's kinda fun.

ThreeSeven... attention deficits at work.

hi i’m elysa, betcha already knew that. i have a weird love of technology. i am a blonde computer nerd (is that an oxy moron). i am a 25 year old graphic designer. my favorite color changes every time someone asks. i suck at sports and all things requiring athletic abilities. i don’t even know how to ride a bike, how ridiculous is that? i am a born and raised texas girl but i don’t know that i’ve ever worn a pair of cowboy boots. i believe there are lessons to learn in every aspect of life.

so there is the randomness of me - i am a daughter, sister, fiance, friend, student, designer, and i am me.

ps - i like to type in lowercase :D

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GenPink | A New Generation of Women

My ten second introduction is posted here on my blog.

Looking forward to seeing you all!
-Stephanie

Gidge
Mine is up at http://livefromthewangofamerica.blogspot.com

also be sure to visit me at my booth in Blogher Second Life for rockin Freebies from Coconut Ice and Gift cards, plus some lovely chocolate martinis!

Be sure to visit the VIcious Booth (you can't miss it) for some more great freebies, really really really cheap hair and clothes (do you have something cute to wear out to see Toe'd Up?) as well as Linden Raffles!!!

See you in Second Life! I can't wait to do Blogher in my jammies!

10 second copy and paste:

As if I could do ANYTHING, in ten seconds - besides shave my legs, hide under the covers and make up flimsy excuses for the amount of dirty laundry, or dust bunnies of enormous size, of course - but, Mocha Mom has this great way of knowing just what it takes to make a person feel, you know, welcome.

So, what can I say…about myself…that sums me up in a nut shell - shuddup! - well, since I’m already late for an appointment (I know, act surprised) how about this?

* Mother of 4, subhuman caretaker to 2 cats and 1 sock-eating Doofus-dog.
* Lover of multi-functional gadgets and slayer of all appliances proved either slow and/or inefficient.
* Wife, of nearly 17 years, to The Hubs - rarely photographed, but is said to be a cross between Dennis Miller and Garth Brooks.
* Born under the sign of Gemini and a very proud twin sister to a Sgt. 1st Class - Go Army!
* Daughter to a doer and a dreamer.
* Loved by many; even though she’s a total DORK!

Sounds more like a epitaph - I know! - but, I haven’t flown in nearly 15 years and I do believe that the 2 1/2 hour ride just may kill me!

If anyone needs me, I’ll be cleaning, packing and white-knuckling my way through the week!

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Family.com
Imperfect Parent
This Full House
This Full House of Reviews

10 copy and blog paste:

As if I could do ANYTHING, in ten seconds - besides shave my legs, hide under the covers and make up flimsy excuses for the amount of dirty laundry, or dust bunnies of enormous size, of course - but, Mocha Mom has this great way of knowing just what it takes to make a person feel, you know, welcome.

So, what can I say…about myself…that sums me up in a nut shell - shuddup! - well, since I’m already late for an appointment (I know, act surprised) how about this?

* Mother of 4, subhuman caretaker to 2 cats and 1 sock-eating Doofus-dog.
* Lover of multi-functional gadgets and slayer of all appliances proved either slow and/or inefficient.
* Wife, of nearly 17 years, to The Hubs - rarely photographed, but is said to be a cross between Dennis Miller and Garth Brooks.
* Born under the sign of Gemini and a very proud twin sister to a Sgt. 1st Class - Go Army!
* Daughter to a doer and a dreamer.
* Loved by many; even though she’s a total DORK!

Sounds more like a epitaph - I know! - but, I haven’t flown in nearly 15 years and I do believe that the 2 1/2 hour ride just may kill me!

If anyone needs me, I’ll be cleaning, packing and white-knuckling my way through the week!

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Family.com
Imperfect Parent
This Full House
This Full House of Reviews

What a great idea! Looking forward to meeting you all. Here's mine.

My friends gave me this trip to Chicago as a 40th birthday present.

My birthday is on August 4th.

I am a full-time cancer patient, living a really full life.

I have been with my spouse for more than 16 years.

It was NOT love at first sight.

I must not have been wearing my glasses.

My sons are as different as two boys can be, except that they are both brilliant, beautiful and loving.

They also drive me crazy and I love them to distraction.

I love Scrabble, wine, dark chocolate, knitting and a really good book.

I love the way my dog smells.

I am completely bilingual in French and English.

I am happy.

This was more than 10 seconds.

laurie
www.notjustaboutcancer.blogspot.com

My friends gave me this trip to Chicago as a 40th birthday present.

My birthday is on August 4th.

I am a full-time cancer patient, living a really full life.

I have been with my spouse for more than 16 years.

It was NOT love at first sight.

I must not have been wearing my glasses.

My sons are as different as two boys can be, except that they are both brilliant, beautiful and loving.

They also drive me crazy and I love them to distraction.

I love Scrabble, wine, dark chocolate, knitting and a really good book.

I love the way my dog smells.

I am completely bilingual in French and English.

I am happy.

This was more than 10 seconds.

laurie
www.notjustaboutcancer.blogspot.com

I always write too much. Greater economy of words is a skill I'm hoping to enhance in J-school....

See y'all tomorrow!

Laurie
LaurieWrites

I just joined BlogHer this week, and am very happy to have found this amazing community! Thanks for the meme – it's a great way for a newcomer like me to join in. I've posted my intro on my blog .

Mary Kearns
StellarSelf | Growing Toward Balance

Read me at http://cindy-weallfalldown.blogspot.com/2007/07/ten-second-introduction....

See you Saturday on Navy Pier! Notice the Ferris Wheel? Our friends Deb and Scott got married in one of the cars. Whee!

I was born with normal hearing, grew up hard of hearing in a family with five generations of hearing loss. When I was 19, I was barefooting (waterskiing on my bare feet) and slammed into the water sideways. I thought I had water in my ears for days--turns out I had become deaf.
The hubby is deaf, my three kids are deaf and hard of hearing and we live with a dog who can hear a rabbit breathing a half mile away and barks to let us know.
Before you clutch your heart and sigh, I should share that we live a full life--a nice house in a nice subdivision in a nice town in the Midwest--we just can't hear. Most of our communication goes on via lipreading or sign. So if we ever meet, plop yourself front and center, slow your speech down just a tad and I promise not to bite.
I'm a Leo who enjoys books and hot baths and the occasional margarita or grape-flavored Koolaid.

Karen
"Life is too short to pout all the time."
A Deaf Mom Shares Her World
Hands & Voices

I'm a freelance writer and editor who until recently thought I had absolutely no talent in the visual arts. But I've been painting and no one has laughed yet. I long for the sea and feel most like myself near large bodies of water. (Yet I live in a nearly landlocked state.) I need everyday beauty to feel whole. I'm not sure if I've ever been stung by a bee, and my very first cavity at the age of 23 involved a root canal. I'm currently reading The Artist's Way and it's changing my life. If you like good food, deep conversation, and thinking for yourself, let's be friends!

(Why do I feel like I just wrote a personal ad?)

~Jenn
www.thewordcellar.blogspot.com

I'm 40, separated, raising my 15 year old daughter, i love living near the water, sometimes i forget to capitalize my "i"s, i adore CSI: Las Vegas, I'm a floral designer, I love to eat crusty french bread, ice cream, peanut butter fudge and my mom's meatloaf, which, incidentally, never turns out the same way twice. Stay away from her pork chops, though... they could put a hole in your wall!

Rarely laugh at jokes, but have no trouble laughing at myself and at life in general.If money were no object I would be traveling the world,talking to women in business and sharing their stories. Alas and alack, money is an object that I have to include in my lifestyle.Big transition year for me, my daughter is off to college in six weeks and that will leave me and my dog Uma Thurman to fend for ourselves.

blogme2007

elana
Blogher Contributing Editor,Business&CareersFunnyBusiness

I was an accomplished tomboy as a kid. Still am, I guess. I'm sure I'll be the oldest person at BlogHer: the tomboy with gray hair. I look forbidding on the outside, but give me a chance and I'll show you that I'm not. I think about boring stuff like HTML. I wake up at 5:30 AM eager to write about it, so I'm not much of a party girl. I want to take your photograph.

http://www.webteacher.ws/
http://first50.wordpress.com/

Great meme! Mine's on my blog:

http://marilyn.typepad.com/california_fever/

(And, no, I still haven't figured out the signature...I'll wait for BlogHer to do it for me.) ;)

I was born in blue-collar western Massachusetts and have lived as far west as Colorado and as far east as England, with the last 25 years in and around NYC. I have no living relatives. Lots of dear friends. I read a lot, love estate sales, rummage sales, flea markets. Am fairly Bohemian in nature, love paisley, good books, strong coffee, good art. I am looking forward to the happy end of my long search for a house in Massachusetts where I will re invent my life once again. Jazz fan. Love gardening. Can't make a decent pie crust to save my life and can't sew worth spit.

~~ Contributing Editor, Mata H. also blogs relentlessly at Time's Fool