Sunday, May 17, 2009

Like Our Own Very Expensive Little Tree House

(Sorry that we didn't get this posted yesterday. We were running around Manhattan in Kristin's brother Jordan's car until all hours gathering the last little things we needed.)

Well, the booth is up! What a day, man. I feel like doing this whole thing for the first time is like going to school for the first time-- you have no idea what to expect, so you wake up every morning for the first week with butterflies in your stomach from fears both realistic and imagined. My imagined fear today was that we were going to get slide tackled by the union people as soon as we got in the door and then cited for multiple infractions that we had no idea about. That turned out not to be true pretty quickly. We had all of the papers we needed and no one was anything but nice and helpful. Perry ended up being stuck on his film set and unable to come, so Jordan came and brought all of the stuff by himself and our friends Matt and Nathan sacrificed their Saturdays to come help us set up. We would have been really screwed without them. No, but I mean really screwed. To return the favor, I made them do this on camera.





That really sucked. Sorry, everyone who was involved. My attempt at ironic humor quicky unraveled into painful awkwardness. Welcome to my life.

But honestly, they really did help so much. Even with their help, we ended up being at the Javits Center from 8:30 AM to 7:00 PM. It was pretty crazy.






When we were done, though, I felt pretty proud. Our little ragtag team created something pretty cool.






Sorry for the kind of hasty post. We are running out the door for the first day of the show. Wish us luck!

10 comments:

  1. Your booth looks fabulous, good luck and thanks for keeping us all updated.

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  2. Awesomeville. Can't wait to see how things go! Good luck.

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  3. Oh, wow. It turned out beautiful! I'm so proud of you two (and Jordan, too). I totally KNEW everything would come together.

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  4. It all looks great! I hope you get lots and lots of traffic down your row.

    =)

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  5. Now that you've been running around like crazy prepping for the show, prepare to sit for several hours straight. You've gotta love trade shows. Good luck!

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  6. Just wanted to let you know, I saw your stuff featured on ANOTHER BLOG. You're pretty much famous. Remember the little people.

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  7. That team cheer wasn't all that awkward. Things really shaped up!

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  8. Looks great! Hooray for the team; it's good to have friends, especially such good ones!

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  9. the booth looks amazing, girls! i'm so sad i wasn't there to see it live. i can't wait to hear all the juicy details when you ladies get home. we miss you and have been cheering you on from the salty lake!

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