What I'm Listening To: I'm like a Bird-Nelly Furtado
So my mother and I were watching Say Yes to the Dress on tv last night, and I have got to say that a lot of these brides are insane, especially wanting their fiancee to see the dress and for him to like it.
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Then they had the nerve to be upset when he didn't like it and tried to choose something completely different. I was drowning in disbelief that there are women out there like this. So here's my question: Would you, under any circumstances, let your fiancee see your dress before the big day? To me it just makes you loose the element of surprise.
On another note, saw parts of the Rihanna interview, sadly didn't get to see the whole thing. I think, like a lot of people, that she is strong for doing the right thing and leaving. That's setting a good example for other victims of battering. I'm glad that she wasn't bitter and very mature about the whole thing, and I hope she NEVER goes back.
And then, I wanted to talk about the wonderful agents I met at the NYC Backspace Conference. Diana Fox (don't ever apologize for your honest brutality, I was cracking up inside the whole time) and Joanna Stampfel-Volpe (brutality packaged with overt niceness) were in my workshop for Fantasy. They had to be brutal (because essentially that's what we spent money at the conference for), but both were really willing to help. I felt thankful for all of the agents who were there because they were taking time out of their schedules and I felt that they genuinely wanted to see us succeed. Even though I know they probably heard a lot of crazy ideas....
My afternoon workshop had Colleen Lindsay and Rebecca Strauss. Colleen pulled no punches, but honestly had me laughing the entire time. Bite packaged with comedy, a little like Janet Reid. Rebecca's style reminded me a little of Joanna's in a way--both were nice but were very firm in their assessments, which I thought was great. And I'm not saying that Colleen and Diana weren't nice because they were, they just were a little more brutally honest than the other two.
I thought the panels were a great way to get all of our questions answered and was happy that I was also able to see Jennifer DeChiara in person, who I will most likely query, and meeting Janet Reid was awesome. Of course I stammered like an idiot for about a minute at first, of course about how I read her blog, and she told me that there's probably medicine for that. Oh, Janet!
