August 6th, 2010 (Day 2)
6:30am – We’re rudely jarred away after three glorious and short hours of sleep by the wake-up call, which we requested because we knew we’d be too tired to turn off an alarm and get up. My boss and I rush around getting dressed, making sure we have business cards and party invitations [to our dildo decorating party which was planned for Saturday at 6:00pm] on hand, and then head out the door and across the street to the Hilton, which is where BlogHer is taking place.
8:00am – Breakfast time! The Tropicana-sponsored breakfast consists of fancy ham & egg croissant sandwiches, what looks like ham or sausage & egg biscuit sandwiches, fruit, and yogurt. We eat, then mingle with several bloggers, exchange business cards, hand out party invitations, stick around for the official welcome speech and speed dating, then run back to our hotel to dump off all of our stuff and grab tote bags, because it’s time for…
10:00am – Swag! Swag is the free stuff that the company reps who man the booths and panel tables at BlogHer hand out. There’s all sorts of stuff, from mini Play-dohs to Play-doh scented perfume to pens to mouse pads to USB drives to t-shirts to food, personal care and household cleaning samples. We hit up the one swag hall, collect a few tote bags worth of stuff, then drag it all back to the hotel.
11:45am – It’s lunch time. I don’t remember what was served besides a delicious pasta salad, but there was other stuff there. Hah!
1:00pm – We head back to our hotel suite, because we need to start getting stuff together for the panel we’re sponsoring, Bringing Sex Out of the Closet, and the table we’re going to have set up right outside of the room where the panel is taking place.
2:30pm – We’re in the midst of setting up our table when the women who are walking by spot the sex toys and stickers and samples, and we are seriously SWARMED (proof).
4:45pm – Panel/table time is over. Everything but the stickers and some coupons and pamphlets are depleted, and the panel and our swag is a huge success. I spent 2+ hours talking to strangers about sex toys and lubricants and clitorises and g-spots, and my voice is seriously deteriorating. I also stood for almost that entire time, so my feet are hurting. We start packing up stuff, not realizing that some random old Asian lady made off with two of our nicer toys (but she didn’t steal the unique little chargers that power them, so HAHAHAHAHA, enjoy ‘em while the charge lasts!), and work on getting everything back to the hotel.
6:00pm – My boss and I seriously doze off while we’re waiting for room service to arrive. The knock on the door jolts us awake, and we eat, and then get ready for…
7:00pm – The Kirtsy party! Only there aren’t as many people there as we thought there would be, so after doing a bit of socializing and meeting up with The Bloggess (again), we wander around a bit, and then head back to the hotel (on the way I met and was groped by The Naked Jen).
10:30pm – We’re back at the hotel. Silly us, we thought we’d be in bed by midnight. Instead, we stayed up until 3:30am again, only this time because we’re busy setting up for Saturday’s dildo decorating party.
3:30am – Time for bed!
