Sex in America, SXSW and BlogHer Seasonal Affective Disorder

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House is a mess. I haven’t visited the gym (or gone for a hard run) in almost a month. I’m not getting enough sleep. My mailbox is probably stuffed and overflowing with white envelopes, flyers, magazine subscriptions and books from publishers because I haven’t emptied my PO Box in three weeks. Yada yada yada … It’s been a long week, and I’m soooo fucking glad it’s Friday. I need a break. :(

My social life is manic. Either I’m sitting at home, wrapped in a blanket, curled up on my couch complaining that I don’t want to go outside because it’s cold / snowing / raining / I’m on my period / whatever OR there’s a million things going on at the same time. This week, I went out a bunch more than usual; so, I need a low key weekend. You know, a little R&R. Speaking of which … It’s almost 2am on Friday morning, and I’m finally getting to bed. But, before I sign off, a couple quick announcements:

BlogHer
I just got the word it’s okay to blab the news: I’m speaking at the 5th Annual BlogHer Conference in Chicago this summer. Sooooo happy about this for two reasons: (1) I’ll see my friends and family back home and (2) I’m excited to finally get more actively involved with BlogHer because I’ve been  silently plugged in for a couple years.

SXSW
Tiffany B. Brown called it “Tech Freaknik” (a phrase originated by misterjt), and Larry Smith once said it’s the “Burning Man of Tech Conferences.” Whatever you’d like to call SXSW, if you’re going to be in Austin, I’d really like it if you’d come to my panel.

Sex in America
Friday night, I’m going to “Sex in America: Can the Conversation Change?” — an event co-sponsored by Open Center and Huffington Post. (This is the FINAL “planned” activity for my week. After this: relaxation.) Anyway. Panelists — Cory Silverberg, Amy Sohn, Leonore Tiefer, Ian Kerner and Esther Parel — are going to discuss: “How do the politics of sex enter the American bedroom?” If you live in New York, come to the event. Details are online. A bunch of you told me you liked the Man Pageant liveblog, so I might do the same for tonight’s shindig in case non NYC-dwelling Funky Brown Chick readers want to hear what the panel says about sex + politics.

Okay. C’est tout. Good night.

Must. Sleep.

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PS: I retitled this post from “Sex in America, SXSW and BlogHer” to “Seasonal Affective Disorder” after a reader told me I sounded depressed. Fret not little ones; I just need a little sun. Anyone who knows we well knows that winter and I are arch enemies.

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