Friday, March 07, 2008
Happy Birthday at SXSW
Today is my birthday and the first day of SXSW Interactive. All around w00ts and happy fun times.
The only raindrops are that I forgot my adorable business cards from Moo, and my camera. I did pack one pair of jeans, six pairs of shoes, and the reading for my “unnamable” literature class with Shelley Jackson, Dictee, by the “versatile and important artist” Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, who I am loving because she proves that my own ideas are possible.
Yesterday as we were getting off the plane I noticed that the two guys in front of us were putting on blue latex gloves. I have no idea why. Since they seemed friendly and had blessed Mike when he sneezed, I looked from one guy’s gloved hand and back to his face saying, “Two by two, hands of blue.” They both laughed and said, “This might be the only plane where everyone on it gets that reference." What can I say? Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy and Firefly, is the master.
Also on our plane were Dan Rather and Jason Santa-Maria. In a sweet, totally not salacious way, Dan Rather winked at me on my way out of the airplane lavatory.
In a couple hours Mike is gonna throw down in Battledecks II and I do not envy him. If I were in his shoes, I’d probably panic into doing something ridonkulous, like dancing out SXSW in YMCA fashion. But of course, maybe that’s the stuff of internet legend.
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