Heading to BlogHer: Celebrity Meetings – A How-To (or How-Not-To, you choose).

A sponsored post…

Have you ever met a celebrity?

I have.

*swoops hair off brow, scratches said brow with unkept nail*

Me meeting Dora at BlogHer 2010. See? I’m cool, I’m chill…

Meeting Nate Berkus – BlogHer 10. I wonder if he remembers us…

*sigh*

Pretty much anytime I meet someone who is of the celebrity-ilk – I get a wee-bit goofy. But I try to be cool. But can’t help but be goofy… because OMG! A celebrity!

Poor Jenny (not me, see picture below)… Bless her. She is a saint. The first time I met her back in 2009 I nearly tackled her… but she was so gracious… Every time I almost tackle her she is gracious. And when I had a chance to corner her see her again back in July –

I can’t help but get a little goofy when I see this woman. But it’s practically her fault… if she wasn’t so nice.

Aaaaanywho.

Eventhough I don’t feel I have EMOTIONALLY mastered the celebrity-meet – I have never been imprisoned after a meet, nor have I ever been served a restraining order… So, pretty much… I feel I can give advice.

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How to behave when you meet a celebrity at a blogging conference:

• Don’t use tackling as a method of approach.
• Yet, don’t be shy.
• But don’t be obnoxious.
• Be yourself.
• Unless you’re obnoxious.
• Then be less-yourselfy. Hey… nobody’s perfect.
• Pretend the celebrity is naked is a real-live person, but pretend they are not human… but rather a spider or a cockroach… Basically, they are just as afraid of you as you are of them.
• (Celebrities are not cockroaches… to be clear.)
• Put yourself in their shoes… how would you like to be approached! Do you like to be pet by perfect strangers? I think not… Or maybe you do, but most people don’t. Make a note:
• Don’t pet the celebrities.
• If you fumble over your words/flattery… own it. And always remember it is better to say less than more.
• Note to self: read this post Friday morning.
• Lastly, remember… we can be scary. If the celebrity stands there wide-eyed… unable to speak… Just remember – they are more scared of us that we are scared of them. Just like cockroaches.

So. Today I get to meet AND INTERVIEW a celebrity! Maybe you’ve heard of her, Wendi McClendon-Covey… Gorgeous blonde recently seen in Braidesmaids… Reno 911…. and the “inner voice” for Hillshire Farm:

WHAT AM I GOING TO WEAR???!!!!!!!!

Will she think I’m pretty? Will I scare her?

Did I just write that out loud?

How embarrassing.

Aaanywho… This meeting is being arranged by Hillshire Farm, as well as my attendance at the Hillshire Farm Food Photography and Styling Workshop.

I just made me scrambled eggs mixed with chopped-up Hillshire Farm honey ham and tomato. I’d take a picture of it for you, but it’s in mah bellee now…

*And this post is sponsored by HillSHire Farm… opinion, advice and breakfast choice was all mine. You gotta visit their Facebook page!

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