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Tuesday, March 24, 2009 ( 12:57 PM ) shut up christine a month ago rahul asked me if i wanted to go a TED conference with him after which i proceeded to pee in my pants unbeknownst to him, i had spent many many hours watching these amazing talks from my laptop and here he was, offering me a ticket for nothing in return i was touched, that out of all the people he could have invited, he extended this invitation to me. for that same reason i felt an overwhelming anxiety. i've been presented with this opportunity to interact with brilliant thinkers and innovators, knowing full well that my mute mouth would remain shut. it would be unfair to waste this seat on me, when i am content to watch from a computer screen well the conference was yesterday and i went. i spent most of the reception wandering around by myself, struggling to interact with this group but only doing so by picking up trash and secretly leaving small things around the room at one point rahul caught me in a corner by myself and practically forced me to go up and talk to one of the speakers and believe me, i tried. i circled his table over and over, waiting for a free second when i could slip into the crowd around him and get in a word. i probably tried for 30 min before giving up. maybe an hour later, the presenter guy breaks free from his table and just as he walks past he stops right in front of me and says "Hey Christine!" (we're all wearing name badges) i say "hi!" and he gives me a hug before going on his way. i thought that was really sweet. #
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