I’m speaking at IZEAFest in October!  I’m pretty excited for this – not because I’m sharing a panel with great people I respect and admire like Zena Weist, Scott Monty, Joseph Jaffe, and Brett Bumeter.  Not because I get to hang out with Ted Murphy – who always makes me laugh.  Not because I get to meet some great bloggers and connect IRL with some people I’ve been working with online.  Nope – I’m excited to go to IZEAFest because I get to go to Sea World.

Seriously – this is probably going to be the most exciting thing I do all year.  Since I haven’t taken a real vacation since I went to Europe over 7 years ago, I’m looking forward to checking out Sea World even if it’s under the auspices of work.

I’ll probably write more in detail about the event as it gets closer.  When I’m there, you’ll probably end up seeing lots of posts with pictures of Shamu – or whatever whale they have there now!