I've Got Moxie!
Chalk up another one on my blogger meet-up board: I recently cocktailed with the adorable and adorably talented Moxie. She had a two-hour layover at the Atlanta airport (the busiest airport in the world, you know), so I put on my Blogger USO skirt and welcomed her in the food court of our fine airport.
A blogger meet-up can be an awkward thing. You’ve read each other’s thoughts and successes and failures and dreams — but you’ve never seen the face or heard the voice. There’s a hint of anxiety as you wait: What if we don’t click? What if she thinks I’m a fake or a tool?
None of those concerns were an issue with Moxie. She’s a smart, fascinating woman with interests all over the map. Very multidimensional, that one. She’s funny and inquisitive, and I hated how quickly the time slipped away.
There are two things that charmed me about Moxie’s stop:
1. She called before her flight to Atlanta left, leaving a message about how excited she was to meet me — that she felt like she was on her way to meet a celebrity. I milked that line among the beloveds to the point where it’s now banned until July.
2. She dressed to impress: a CBGB’s T-shirt and fabulously funky earrings. I love a woman who knows how to dress for the occasion.
To quote Scrivener: I’m so vain, I bet I think this blog is about me, don’t I?
It was a lot of fun discovering our commonalities. Our livelihoods revolve around writing, our lovelihoods are focused on music. Boys and beaux were discussed and dissed, friendships and fascinations were shared. I enjoyed the company much more than the cabernet.
And so I began the year with one less invisible friend, one more pal on the other coast. I’m one lucky girl.
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Labels: beloved bloggers, blogger meet-up, I hate the have-got contraction but it works here, I’m a celeblogty, spend your layover with me
21 Comments:
I've always thought there was something kind of erotic about the word "layover" -- which, even though your story was perfectly innocent, added a pleasant girl-on-girl undertone to the tale.
You are too kind! I have to get my act together and post my version of our rendezvous. Which also sounds slightly erotic, going along with B.S.U.W.G.'s thinking...
You're so lucky to be in Atlanta - we don't get many layover at the Laurel-Hattiesburg "regional" airport down here!
And Moxie rocks anyway, so you're double lucky.
Sounds like a refreshing meet-up!
I noticed Love Is a Mix Tape in your sidebar, looks intriguing. I may have to suss it out.
You seriously went and met her at the airport? That's so cool.
I was stuck in the Atlanta airport for 14 hours last June. If only I had known that there was a blogger in Atlanta who does airport calls ....
I always love meeting fellow bloggers.
Thanks for sharing.
I love it so much when the blogger you meet doesn't turn out to be a psycho axe-killer! I am definitely planning my next flight to include an Atlanta layover, which is tricky when you are flying Calgary to Toronto, but to meet you, would be well worth it.
That's pretty excellent for you both. Here's to airport love ins. Psycho axe-killer, Qu'est-ce que c'est?
Oh, don't forget that I almost had you sign my MP3 player, too! About 75% of the tunes in there are from the Cup!
kudos . . . fun!
You are one lucky girl. You have me for an uncle.
How cool! Next time I visit my Dad down in Florida, you can meet me at the airport too! I'll buy!
BLOWING SHIT UP WITH GAS: So do I … which is why I made sure to use the word.
MOXIE: But it was very erotic and steamy. (Let’s get the boys all riled up, Moxie.)
KEITH KENNEDY: LHRA ain’t a happenin’ spot? Too sad. And yes, I was very lucky!
ALLISON: Definitely check it out. I’m going to hear the author read from it tonight; can’t wait!!!
JO(E): I seriously met her. I enjoy airport runs; call me weird. I live relatively close to the airport — less than a thirty-minute drive — so I’m always up for the layover meet-ups. For fourteen hours, I could have toured you around the city.
CHEZ BÉZIAT: Isn’t it fun? I hope to add more bloggers to my meet-up notch post this year.
BARBARA BRUEDERLIN: Well worth the time and extra ticket costs, Barbara. You’re not an axist type, are you?
DALE: Fa-fa-fa-fa, fa-fa-fa-fa-fa.
MOXIE: I love that I’m programming so many iPods. More Manilow, anyone?
ERIK DONALD FRANCE: Thank you, sir. See, you should have dipped into Atlanta while North Carolining the fall away.
COFFEYPOT: I am beyond lucky, Uncle.
BLUEZ: Sounds like a plan! The e-mail address is on the navbar.
And Moxie is a hottie in a back-headed sort of way.
You both have great looking back-heads!
Love those back of the head shots you do. Cracks me up. I've yet to meet anyone from blogger. But, hey, on a pretty much unrelated note, I'll be seeing Wilco next month!
I hardly ever get axist, Beth, and never on a first bloggie meet.
I love that your meet up was great. I'm next! When are you coming up here?!
She sounds like a great dame. What a fabulous new online to offline friend. I so dig that. I worry, too, about how everything will go. I do think that it's gotta work out most of the time as it did with you and moxiegirl.
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