In case you haven’t heard, in addition to my graphic design business I have a little side gig called BlogathonATX. For reasons yet to be identified, last summer I decided that the best way for me to become more accountable for regularly blogging would be to produce a big event showcasing the fact that I’m a shitty blogger.
To clarify, graphic design is my first love—the college sweetheart who stuck with me for years, providing a modest yet stable lifestyle. Conversely, BlogathonATX is the questionable, beer-induced fling from which one wakes in a panic, feeling somewhere between thrilled and nauseated, wondering where she is and how she got there (not that I would know).
This one-nighter has managed to become a big part of my life and continues to bring me the kind of satisfaction I just can’t get from sitting alone in my office designing brochures and trade show graphics. I believe that creating BlogathonATX fuels my creativity and makes me a better designer, but sometimes I still wake up confused and unsure how I got here.
I worry about getting so caught up with Blogathon lust that I forget my stable, dependable, clean-shaven day job. It’s hard to pass up on the bad boy though—the scruffy one who doesn’t seem right for me on paper; the one who makes me nervous and yet pushes me to my most authentic self. Who knows what could happen if I ran away with that bad boy?
Just thinking about it makes me nauseous.
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BlogathonATX takes place on Saturday, January 29th, 2011 at Conjunctured Coworking. Tickets are still available to happy hour from 6-9 pm.
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Keep the good boy around, but make sure you always flirt with the bad boy :) (btw, I LOVE your writing style!!! I feel like you are in the room talking to me) Can’t wait for blogathonatx part deux
Honey, no matter how great the stable, well-groomed nice boy is, we all need a little bad boy in our life. But I will tell you- Blogathon totally flirts with every woman (and guy!) in the room.
I’m with @baddmom. I love your writing style.
I’m also glad you’re still flirting with the bad boy. I need some influence and I was so bummed when I missed the first BlogathonATX. I’m really looking forward to this and hope that it will give me the inspiration I need.
Felicia- Thanks! I write like I talk, which is why no one would ever hire me as a writer.
Cathy- Blogathon’s a slut like that.
James- I’m so glad you’re going to be there this time!!