On Friday night at Blissdom, we had a special treat. We had a private performance from Harry Connick Jr. How awesome is that.  I’m quite pushy and made my way to the front of the crowd. It also helped that my friends were also standing in the front. He put on a great performance and also talked to us about the projects he’s involved in. The best part of all though? We got to take a photograph with Harry. Isn’t that awesome?

Photo courtesy of Darcy of Life With My 3 Boybarians.

Featured in photo from left to right: (Jennifer, Sarah, Harry, Me, and JJ).

I was also able to capture some of Harry’s performance on my camera and my little Flip video camera.  I was like the paparazzi trying to get my photos in.  Just imagine fifteen women (bloggers, even worse) trying to get the best photos and videos of the performance. It was quite funny.  At one point, I was literally taking photos over JJ’s head while she squatted down. Be forewarned though, my video is not the greatest.  You can tell many people were also trying to get photos and videos, because there are parts were people’s arms got in the way.

Last photo courtesy from Casey, Moosh in Indy

And last, but not least, my awesome video of Harry Connick Jr.

Welcome to  “Angry Julie Monday’s Wordless Wednesday MckLinky”! If this your first time here, HELLO! I am doing a link-up every Wednesday! Post a picture(s) that you took in the past week and link back to it here.

It is ironic that the week before Valentine’s Day, that I’m so full of love.

I’m in love with blogging.

I’m in love with meeting other bloggers.

I’m in love with blog conferences.

I’m in love with learning from others.

I’m in love with photography.

I’m in love with the Internet.

I’m in love with my family who supports me and my blog.

I’m in love with Orange County, CA, as it doesn’t snow here and I was able to return safely.

As I sit on my Macbook (love) and my iPhone, I see the traffic and the new subscribers.  I see the tweets and pictures.  I’m so filled with love from my former and new friends that I’ve connected with over the past weekend.  This was my second blogging conference in my little blogging life.  I’ve been doing this for two and a half years now.  It is amazing how much I’ve accomplished in the past year, really.

I started my journey on a plane ride.  What a coincidence that I ran into Jim, at the airport.  Jim and I have a shared love of  Monster Trucks and all things Star Wars.  I was already nervous about flying. Perhaps, I may have taken a Xanax.  I was able to chat the entire way without thinking about the bumps along the way.  We met up with Tanis at the airport and I got one of my first giggles for the weekend, her sparkle stick aka her cane.  Tanis recently had surgery, but made the trek all the way from Canada to come and speak this weekend.  We hopped into a cab with some great gals, Brittany and Liz, from  Fleishman-Hillard whom were here for the Tastemakers Potato Challenge.

We arrived at the Opryland Hotel and Convention Center, which was huge.  I was overwhelmed.  I went on the hunt for my roommate, Shannon.  I didn’t realize that the hotel was so big, and that she would be on the far end of this huge monstrosity. I was literally sweating by the time I finally reached the room.  I did not think about sweating in Nashville, because the weather outside varied from 30-40 degrees. I was able to collect myself and meet some old and new friends for dinner.

Laurie from Tip Junkie, Tiffany from SITS Girls, and Sugar from Sugar in the Raw

Look at me, surrounded by beautiful, talented and intelligent women, and one man, Busy Dad.  Each of us has our own skills and talents. How amazing that we were able to all connect through this conference, over a few days, to make things happen for the next few years.

This is why I blog.

This is why I flew across the country to Nashville.

This is why I’m not Angry.

This is why I will go again next year.

Stay tuned for more details about Blissdom in the next few days.  Now, I just need to edit my photos, edit my videos, and think of more fabulous things to stay.  I just couldn’t get enough.  As my friends, Lindsay and Shannon said, “Where is Julie? Julie is with a different group of people every time we see here.” That’s me.  The Ambassador of randomness and friendship, who’s not so Angry in person.

P.S. I wasn’t being snarky at all in this post.  I was speaking the truth.  I will add this to the list of the best experiences in my adult life.  It ranks up there with the firearms safety class I went ton for work a few years ago. But alas, Blissdom can’t compete with guns and unlimited free ammo.

Photo collage made with letters from the The One Letter Pool Group on Flickr.

I’m sitting here on my third day at The Blissdom Conference.  It is being held in Nashville, TN at The Gaylord Opryland Hotel and Convention Center.  I’m overwhelmed with friendship and information. It’s like a girl’s weekend with 500 of your best friends.  Everyone “gets” you and they know what you are talking about. I will write out more as the week goes on. But, you’ve got to see this hotel, it’s amazing.  It is like an entire city is just right here.  I’m going to share some photos with you. And you can only imagine the blisters I have right now, from walking, and walking….

The life of a blogger…

Here I sit at LAX waiting for my flight to go to Blissdom.  What is Blissdom? Well, a blogging conference of course.  For me, this is a chance to hang out with all my friends and contacts that I’ve met the past few years via my blog.  How cool is that! I have a this blog thing, and I make friends doing it.

I spent the past few days running around like a crazy woman.  I had to buy some things, do laundry, clean the house, etc…  Angry Husband has been sick all week long. So I’ve had to arrange myself around his sickness also.

I was able to organize myself, and I’m only missing my camera battery charger. I looked everywhere last night. But here I sit, with a fresh haircut, and pedicure.  I’m leaving my nice 70 degree weather for somewhat cooler weather.  But alas, a vacay away…

And I love me some people watching…you should see the freaks here at LAX.  While I was in the security line, this ditzy girl held up a little silver gun-thingy.  It had rhinestones on it.  She shouted at the security peeps, “this is only a belt buckle, it is not a real gun.” You are so smart Ms. Thing with your blond hair and pink highlights.  I wish I could have taken a photo of that.

As I sit here indulging in my $5 yogurt parfait from Starbuck’s, I see some entertaining people.  I happened to run into Jim aka Busy Dad in the security line. YAY! I just told Jim, I wish I could have a camera on the back of my laptop. The guy sitting in front of us, has jeans on, a sport coat with gold buttons on the sleeves, a sailor hat, long hair, long beard, and a napkin tucked into his shirt. You can only imagine.  I’m trying not to stare. If you know me, this is hard.

I hope to do more witty posts along the way.   I’m all for entertainment, people!

Wish me luck!