imjustlori

So I went to the Sheep and Wool festival. With my son. He wanted to watch the sheepdog demo. I wanted to attend the podcaster meetup. They were at the same time, but were within visible distance of each other. I asked if he would be okay hanging out right at this tree until I came to get him, and he said yes. So I stayed where I could see the tree, and he stayed there.

Meanwhile, the various podcasters started wandering in. These are brave souls. It's one thing to talk to a camera (I do it for work as a telecommuter daily), it's an entirely different thing to tell these people you may or may not have ever met *where to find you* on a given day. Without the safety of a table between you and them, like at a book signing.

I guess in a lot of ways, this was my version of a con.

Anyway, the story. I was waiting for Diane of the Knitabulls video podcast. You see, she has a segment on her show where she talks about what she's watching on television. And she watches Dancing with the Stars. Last year I found the *perfect* mirror ball beads, and have made up a bunch of stitchmarker sets from them. I'd set aside a set for her, as a gift, and this was my first chance to get them to her. I had a mission: to get over shyness, introduce myself, and hand her these markers.

I found her by her voice. She recognized my Ravelry name, and gave me a hug. I was thrown off my game. But then this happened:

Me: *hands her the markers* "I have these for you."
She: *looks at markers* *realization dawns* Oh! Mirror balls! I watch Dancing with the Stars!"
Me: (excitedly) "I know!" *...internal facepalm...* "I do too!"

We then discuss the dancing stylings of Mark, her least favorite (and one I think is okay, although I agreed with her about the spats), until someone else whisked her away. I figured I'd had my moment and couldn't monopolize her time.

So since then I've gotten off my duff, and updated my Etsy shop. I've made these things, I should be getting them out there for You People to see, giggle over, and possibly buy. If the sun comes back out this week I'll try to get other markers up there too--I lost my light on Sunday night and couldn't get them all photographed. But there's a nice collection, if I do say so myself.

I know. *giggle*