Yes, it’s true. Today I met the queen of bloggers herself Heather Armstrong, a.k.a. Dooce. (Heather, if you actually read this, I hope you appreciate all the exclamation points in the title. I know how much you loooooooooooove extreme punctuation.) She and her husband Jon were in NYC because Heather was on the Today show. And since Heather recently put out a book with other bloggers, Things I Learned About My Dad, she organized an impromptu book signing/meet-and-greet in Brooklyn. I got there about an hour early because I am a stalker working in a school means I don’t work past 3:00 PM. When Heather and Jon finally walked through the door it was kind of surreal, like I somehow ended up in their blog. I ran up like a crazy person to introduce myself and they were super-friendly and completely awesome from the get-go. And tall. I mean, I knew that they were tall but seeing them in person made me feel like a hobbit.

Since I was pretty much the first person to get there, I actually got to hang out with them for a little bit before the insanity started. I wanted to ask so many questions but realized that I pretty much knew all the answers from reading the blog everyday. So Heather, what do you do? Duh. Do you have any kids? Duh. They probably thought I was a complete airhead or mildly retarded because I just sat there staring at them with a giant grin on my face. I did have enough self-restraint to not ask them to adopt me. While it was still relatively quiet, two other fans showed up and we all go to hang out and talk like good friends. And since it was the Armstrongs that I was hanging out with, you know the conversation was interesting - topics included polygamy, circumcising penises with one’s teeth, and the crazy bitch that is Kathy Lee Gifford.

There were a few more authors from the book including Sarah Brown, Alice Bradley, and Doug French. Soon it got so crowded that there must have been at least 40 people forming a line to meet Heather. My favorite line of the night was from a woman who came up to Heather and said, “You are like the Beatles for me right now”. They eventually ran out of books and people had to settle for getting napkins signed. At one point Jon turned to me and asked, “Did you think it would be like this?”. And I looked at him and said, “Yeah, actually I did.” “I didn’t. This is wild”, he said. And it was pretty wild, loud and crowded, and I felt like I was dreaming everything.

When I was finally leaving, Heather gave me a big hug and asked me for my blog and e-mail address. And I just about died at the thought that she might actually take a moment to peek into these pages. I hope she comes back to New York soon and I get to see her again. Or I might just show up on her doorstep in Salt Lake City with a sleeping bag under my arm.

I know that I’ve been very paranoid about putting photos of myself on the blog because I don’t want to be “dooced” (fired for writing a blog) but I think in this case I have to make an exception. So…drumroll…here is Heather and me:

Heather, Jon, and me:

Heather in all her tall goodness:

Alice, Doug, and me:

Sarah and me:

So go ahead and call me a blog groupie but I had a great time. Now I just have to meet Angelina Jolie and I can die happy.

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