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Why Bloggers are Easy
March 15, 2006
It's because you always find out what they think of you the next day when they blog about what they did the night before.
And I had such fun with everyone I hung out with last night. It really was my endcap to sxsw fun...it's really time for me to get back to the real world, get some work done professionally and around the house, find a fucking housemate. All of those real-world concerns that I have not thought for a moment about over these past 4 days that have felt like 4 years.
Tracy and I were both near tears after the Sterling keynote. He was amazing, and I will just have to find the transcript later because there is no way I could do it justice. By the end of the speech, he was weeping on stage, and the audience was, I think, mostly confused. But after all week of hearing about the tech and the content...it was so awesome to end things off hearing about the humanity. I want to write more about my comparisons of this conference with the other conferences and lectures I have been attending lately. It might surprise you to know that nerds are a sensitive bunch, and optimistic to boot. I wonder why this is so. I have a couple of theories that are a bit cynical, but I still...need to write more about it later.
But anyway, afterwards we went out to eat at a Thai Restaurant (I can't remember the name!) and ended up skipping out on the closing party so we could meet up with a friend at my house for a bit and prepare for KARAOKE.
I never thought that I would ever ever in my entire life ever EVER feel comfortable enough around a group of people to do karaoke. For some reason, though, it's easy to be comfortable around bloggers. Maybe it's because they are easy. Maybe it's for some other reason. Maybe it's because, hey, we're already nerdy - who the fuck cares if you can't fucking sing? I didn't spend any time analyzing it, I just rocked out to "Breaking the Law" and any number of other Karaoke standards, along with all of the other people in the room, most of whom I didn't even know. Let me see if I can link them: There was MJ (our hostess! Organizer! Cow-bell bringer alonger! Of fun!), Yimay (who made me feel instantly comfortable by demanding that everyone participate, and also by just being so awesome! D00d, that woman can sing!), George (Nursing allergies due to my stupid dog-hair infested house, but regardless always the most fun to experience fun things with! And, DAMN can that man bust out!), Tracy (who I, mutually, feel like I've known forever - rather than a mere 4 days), Jackson (I'm supposed to tell you that Jackson was really BAD at karaoke, which is what he predicted I was (or perhaps everyone in the room was) going to blog about today...but actually, he was so awesome it's not even funny. Adorable! He's absolutely adorable. I had to keep resisting the urge to mush him all up!) and I think that's all I can muster a recollection of, but the group ranged from 10- nearly 20 as the night progressed. And, I must admit, we fucking ROCKED! Who knew? It was a blast. Karaoke is definitely something I will do again. Like most things one can never envision oneself doing, it became obvious why it's such a popular activity as the night progressed and people loosened up even more. There's something about belting out songs in a group in ways that I don't normally belt them out unless I am in the car, alone, that is totally fucking soul-replenishing...and, really, if the Sterling speech was the perfect way to end the conference, karaoke was the perfect way to end my week of social debauchery (or, as Min Jung was saying at lunch, social bulimia.)
So, yeah. Thanks everyone! You were all so much fun! I have had about the best 4 days I think I've ever had in my entire life & now I'm totally ready to get down to the business of "doing shit." All of those sxswers who are still in town, I'm trying to figure out a good day to have soup. The good news is that I think I'm going to cancel my camping trip and just have a "retreat" in my home, and maybe take a day trip out somewhere to do some hiking. So, if you are reading this and can think of a day that you would like soup (everyone I've asked has decided on gazpacho, but I can do more than one kind) I will either invite you over or bring some to you in a container for you to consume on the go! Let me know!
Oh, and PS - I totally take back that joke about Californians. Clearly all of the coolest people in the entire world live in the motherfucking BAY AREA. What's with that? Weren't you guys supposed to have relocated to Austin years ago?
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Everyone did seem a little thrown. I'm still trying to decide what to write as my own recap over on the Austin Metblog. He's so well known for the inspirational speeches he gave in the early-mid 90's that it's a little disconcerting that he'd get so emotional.
I saw you in the audience before the speech and wanted to say hello and introduce myself in person, but I was so late in arriving and preoccupied with finding a seat that it didn't work out. I was the tall dude in the light grey long sleeve KUT shirt.
Lastly, I tried signing in with TypeKey to comment. I was asked if it was ok to reveal my e-mail address to comment, I said yes and then TypeKey informed me that you didn't have that feature enabled and I should let you know. :)
I can't believe I missed you doing karaoke! I'm totally making you do it again. And am I to understand that George sang too? I would have killed to see that.
Clearly all of the coolest people in the entire world live in the motherfucking BAY AREA. What's with that? Weren't you guys supposed to have relocated to Austin years ago?
used-to-be. we all got driven into exile by unaffordable housing. lived there 1974-1990 with a few brief stints afterwards. nearly everyone i knew is gone. i somehow ended up in seattle as it was touted as the "next best thing" - yeah, right.
i guess i didn't relocate to austin because of a bad girlfriend experience with a texan. even longer story, that. i'm bummed about missing out on all the coolness though.
Susan, I never thought I would say this, but I am totally up for karaoke, anytime. Bring it on!
R@d@r - Texas isn't bad, but I gather it's no seattle.
Tim - I'm mad that I didn't get to meet you! We really ought to plan some sort of playdate or something at some point.
You guys should have seen how George's eyes lit up when a Neil Diamond song came up... and he totally nailed the "ooooooh ooooh ooohh" at the end of Purple Rain.
I can't believe I missed out on karaoke! I'd kill to see George sing Purple Rain!
I can't remember which Neil Diamond song it was! & I don't think George actually sang Purple Rain...did he? Well, or at least if he did, it wasn't solo.
Also, does anyone know how to fix the typekey thingy? I'm totally not sure what I need to do. I will poke around and see what I can do.