A Girl...

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So right now I have a headache that's at least three sizes larger than my skull. I thought maybe it was caffeine withdrawal, but now that I've had some tea, I think it's BlogHer nerves. I mean, I just talked to LeahPeah on the phone, people. Her number is stored in my address book. And I am thisclose to getting one of those "hugs + a little extra sumpin-sumpin'" from JennB. (She'll probably tell you what that means if you ask nicely.)

[This is the paragraph where I nonchalantly gloss over something hugely exciting because if I let myself say more than a dozen words about it, I will sound like a spaz. So: I am being interviewed on camera for the AlphaMom project outlined here. !!! Moving on.]

Last night as I was trying on all my outfits before tidily cramming them into my suitcase (this is one of those whirlwind forty-hour trips, and yet I've packed enough for an eternal afterlife), I was comforted to have read that the number one thing attendees have been talking about is What to Wear. Which is funny because this is the same group of people who talk about their particularly notable bowel movements and yet we're still concerned with looking good on the outside, even though we've already shattered every illusion of being one of those naturally pulled-together types by writing about the BlogHer wardrobe crisis on our blogs. I? Bought two new bras and a pair of jeans last night. I also shaved my legs. I think it's just a woman thing.

Also, I have never been a "girl person," and I'm terrified that everyone will start talking in code about my purse not matching my outfit and then I'll wake up with whipped cream sprayed into the fourteen pairs of panties I brought with me. (Just in case... I tell myself. But seriously, just in case WHAT? What could possibly happen that will require that much underwear? Don't answer.)

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Question: Why don't they make retractable cords as a standard for all portable electronic devices? I'm travelling with a computer power cord, a camera connector cord, a phone charger cord, and an iPod charger cord, and I can't believe I'm the only one who has thought about how much easier it would be if we got rid of the tangling issue. Anyone?

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While I'm away, please keep adding to the list (but you have to play by the rules. And if you've already added to it, how about trying to cross off one of the suggestions this weekend, kids or no kids? I hear it's lovely in Mongolia this time of year.