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 Tonight was the book signing for A Homemade Life by the lovely Molly (Orangette). I was excited that she would be coming to New York as part of her book tour. I had pre-ordered her book from Amazon and am still reading it. If you've read her blog, or have been a long time fan like me, you'll love her book. Her stories are heartfelt and poignant, and her recipes are absolutely wonderful. I'm sure I'll be going on a cooking frenzy when I finish reading! This is the fourth time I've actually met and spoken to another blogger I don't know personally-- well, if you can count squeaking out a few words as speaking. Each time my mind goes completely blank. I clam up, I kind of do this mini-freakout, and I lose my ability to talk. It's like my mouth doesn't know what do and my brain is constantly in this state: "OH MY GOD, I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M STANDING RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU. HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE. I READ YOUR BLOG ALL THE TIME. OH MY GOD." Because to me, bloggers are like celebrities (in a good way). I admire so many blogs and their writers, it kind of blows my mind when I meet one face-to-face. (If I met any of you readers, I'd be the same way!) In my head, everything plays out all cool and nonchalant-- we have this awesome conversation as if we're best buds, we bond over our common interests, reminisce about this and that, laugh like it's the good ol' times, and so on. Good lord, that never happens. I am the queen of uncool. I remember shaking in my shoes when I shook hands with Heather (I think squeaked a "Thank you" after her panel); I was wide-eyed and flustered when Maggie said hello and complimented me on my then domain name; and I just could not believe for a second I spoke and sat next to Whitney. Even when I saw Mena sitting in front of me, I freaked out! (This was all at the very first BlogHer back in 2005.) So anyway, after Molly spoke and read a chapter from her book, everyone lined up to get their books signed. I wasn't thinking about much as I waited on line; I was admiring the books around me and was just genuinely excited to meet her. But as I got closer, my hands started to sweat a bit and my heart began to race. The pounding in my ears was deafening. I looked to the ground, trying to breathe as normally as possible. I was trying to think of what I had wanted to say but I couldn't for the life of me remember. Then it was my turn and I walked up to her. I totally didn't introduce myself and just handed her my book (my name was written on a Post-It note on top). I think I said hello and then she looked at me and asked, "Are you Amy?" (face palm) I went, "Oh! Yes! I am!" As she signed, I managed to say that I absolutely love her banana bread recipe. She smiled and said, "Oh, thank you! You know how I feel about bananas..." I laughed and said thank you as she handed the book back to me. Before I turned to go, I said, "Have a safe trip!" She said, "Thank you!" Well, I survived yet another blogger encounter. Whew. (PS. Molly is just as lovely as she is in her blog. She's such a wonderful person!) No TrackBacksTrackBack URL: http://www.toastier.org/cgi-bin/mt/mt-tb.cgi/352 |
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I would just about die if I met Molly (and Heather)!! I totally agree bloggers are like celebrities and meeting them would just be surreal. I watch the Today show every morning, and just seeing a topic on Twitter made me really excited. When I'm on the computer, it's almost like a different place from reality. And when I meet bloggers, it totally blows my mind. lol. :)
PS. I love your blog (and kinda added you on Twitter).