From Sacto… from Sac-Town… From Sactcy Sacterson…
I digress.
I arrived at Jen’s place yesterday! We are heading out to San Francisco shortly - hoping we’ll be there in time to catch the BlogHer Newbies Mixer! ***crossing fingers***
But before I got to here… I had to get on a plane and fly here… and you know what happens on planes… don’t you? You meet people. And you know what happens when a blogger meets people… don’t you? She finds a story.
I met Cody on the plane. He was a fella in his early 20’s who openly shared about why he got fired from his last job. He shared quite a bit about his love of alcohol and how his granny used to help him pack his suitcase full of liquor they’d buy at the commissary and she’d send him home with gallons of liquor. When he was 18. That’s Granny, always lookin’ out for her boy :)
I learned so many things about Cody and his young life in our 1.5 hours in the air. Like, how his jaw was broken when he joined in on a street brawl and was slugged by a guy wearing a pair of brass knuckles. I also learned a little about genetically modified corn. Whu? Yep. I did.
My favorite moment was when we got our 100 calorie pack of cheese crackers. He looked at the bag, looked at me, looked at the bag, held up the bag and said, “This is so dumb! What’s up with 100 calories?! It. Is. SO. Jacked. Up!!” I was all shaking my head up and down and from side to side because I was so confused. Where was he going? The ladies - we luv us some 100 calorie pack snacks, so I wasn’t following.
Then he said, “I mean - without calories You. Are. $%^ed!!!” He dropped another of many f-bombs…
True that Cody. I think he should be the new spokesperson for say, Hostess. He could hold up a a box of Twinkies and exclaim, “Without calories you’re &*^%ed! Eat Hostess cupcakes and save your life!!!”
Gosh. What am I not a hot-shot in the advertising world? I am On! Fire!
It’s brilliant, really! He’s really onto something there. Without calories, your f*$(#)%3d! I couldn’t agree more!
Have fun in San Francisco. I left my heart there once. If you find it, grab it for me, K?
Have fun..!!
You know you are/were 15 miles away from me…I feel the electricity…zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
What a friendly person you are. I think after about 5 minutes I would have shoved my earphones into my ears and turned my Ipod up as loud as it would go. I could have lived without that guy’s story.
But then that’s me. I’m an anti-social freak.
I grew up in sac. you know a true sacramentonian when he/she refers to sacramento as sac or sac-town.
i love that you indulged this fella for so long … it’s amazing all the interesting people we meet in our travels.
have a fabulous time at blogher.
hey Jenny!
Hope you got that wine stain out! hehe.. It was great meeting you tonight at the mixer… had to check out your blog of course. I’m sure I’ll run into you again this weekend. :)
Yo… hope you are livin the life sista from anotha mista! I am not surprised in the least that you would get the scoop on the young man with the beverage indulgence issues. You have a way about you that people just feel free to share. I want to hear all about this trip and I’ll tell you all about mine…¡Viva la Vida y Viva Las Vegas baby!
I sooo want to hear more about this Cody. He sounds like my ideal man!
Oh wait. I already have WonderHubby here who cooks, cleans, washes and reads rivetting bedtime stories. I’ll have to wait until he wears out to buy a new man.
Keep Cody on ice for me until then… ;)
I love plane stories. I got stuck beside a repo(session) man on a flight to New Orleans once… interesting job, that.
Advertisers need to know that if I ever saw an ad like that, I would probably buy stock for the first time…cause it’s effing genius. Ha! Cupcakes here I come!
I bet you are having the time of your life right now! Enjoy!
HAHAHAHAHA! I’ve heard that story, but it was as funny to read as it was to hear! I loved our time together! Next year, we hijack Lisa and Andrea as well!