Friday Night, Saturday Morning

Okay, so now it’s been almost 3 weeks since my last update. A client of mine (or actually, maybe a colleague of mine… I’ve been on the phone a lot lately) recently said, “You know, Facebook and Twitter really cut into blogging time.” Yeah, they really, really do.

Let’s see…

1. Things have been quite whirlwind-y since returning from Experience The Reality Of Success in Vegas. Lots of clients and cool opportunities popping up everywhere. Trying to hold on with both hands, as I have a number of my own projects in the Marketing Goddess pipeline that are coming up, like, immediately.

The seminar was mind-blowing, and I don’t say that lightly. I’ve posted lots of take-aways, stories and pictures over on MarketingGoddessBlog.com, so check them out if you’re curious. One of the coolest moments was meeting Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com. Wow, that guy is smart, smart, smart.

There’s so much I could say about what I learned at the seminar, and truth be told, most of it is either too personal or still in the “feral kitten” stages (and thus easily scared away if one talks too loudly), but I will say this: I am now hyper-crystal-clear on exactly how my writerly self and entrepreneurial self will dovetail and it is incredible. Yes, call me a woman on a mission.

2. My favorite new music as of late is a young lass by the name of Amanda Bloom. You can download her album on eMusic and listen to clips on her MySpace page. We’d probably not do well in any 4-beer conversations, as I’ve found her empassionately tooling around atheist talk radio and I’m, you know, an unapologetic Goddess girl, as Pagan as they come. That’s ok - lots of other things to talk about.

Pandora.com remains the best place to find new music. Leland and I created The Purvis Family Channel. Seeded it with Elliot Smith and Kristin Hersh. Then we added Waits and it all went to hell.

3. Speaking of music, I’ve discovered that my former fiddle teacher, the lovely Patrick Ourceau, is everywhere on the Internets. Including YouTube, where, if you listen close before the magic starts, you can hear snatches of that dreamy Irish-infused French accent he’s got going on. I miss him! (That’s Paddy O’Brien & Daithi Sproule with him, two more amazing musicians.)

4. I’ve been writing a lot. (Liz is waiting for the script, what can I say?)

Also, I have my to every writer’s not-favorite question (”Where do you get your ideas?”) sketched out on a piece of paper here, which I shall turn into a post, which I shall illustrate with a piece of recently completed art from Mr. B.

Last but not least: bonus points if you know which high school Brit music crush the subject line refers to. It’s not hard…