Dearest readers,
I'm sure you've been waiting with bated breath for a new post from me. And (GASP) it has been well over a month since I have posted. Blasted me!! How could I neglect you all for so long? Well, truth be told, I've been spending lots of time working and interviewing absolutely wonderful women for the research study (more on that in a moment) as well as bouncing around attending local conferences and retreats.
In addition to practicing the most recent all the rage American activity (the Stay-cation), I had an opportunity to attend BlogHer 08...held in my freezing ass foggy home town -- well at least during the summer. Familiar with that (ahem, incorrectly attributed, but factually accurate) Mark Twain quote about San Francisco? Yep, coldness.
Now are all are my parens annoying you? If so, sorry!
Anyway, it was positively fantastic to see such a critical mass of women converge and talk about all things blogging and BlogHer. Indeed, my two most favorite things from the conference (besides meeting all the cool peeps of course) were:
1) The Sex and Relationships break out session facilitated by the totally awesome Everyday Goddess herself;
and
2) Testing out the Nintendo Wii Fit in the exhibitor hall. Have you ever tried it? I was dubious about the Wii Fit for eons...I honestly thought I would just be exercising perhaps my carpal tunnel flare-ups, but I was oh so wrong....the real time feedback and coaching is like the best thing EVER. Look for yoga classes in my living room sometime oh so soon....
So all in all BlogHer 08 was great and I came away with some fantastic blogging pearls of wisdom, along with lots of free goodies and some new blogging friends (I'll update the links soon, or maybe do a special BlogHer 08 Link Love?)
In other news, the dissertation research is moving along fantastically, and I have about 6 more weeks until I have to be out of the field proper (i.e. no more participant interviews). While my in person interview recruitment is moving along splendidly, the survey is a little slower than I'd like. (See sidebar for link, please feel free to forward to your friends). As for the in person interviews I am already starting to see several consistent themes emerge from the interview data, and I will blog about that more generally once I leave the field. So that's it for now, lovely readers. More soon! XOXO Sasha