{"id":445,"date":"2008-04-24T01:51:37","date_gmt":"2008-04-24T05:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sarahdopp.com\/blog\/?p=445"},"modified":"2008-04-24T02:07:53","modified_gmt":"2008-04-24T06:07:53","slug":"sarahs-great-adventure-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sarahdopp.com\/blog\/2008\/sarahs-great-adventure-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah&#8217;s Great Adventure 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"juiz-outdated-message jodpm-top\">Heads up, this content is 18 years old. Please keep its age in mind while reading.<\/div><p>Tomorrow morning I&#8217;m climbing into a bumper-sticker-covered car with <a href=\"http:\/\/liz-henry.blogspot.com\/\">Liz Henry<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emchy.com\">Cindy Emch<\/a> and driving to <strong>Portland, Oregon<\/strong> by way of the redwood forests. Once we arrive we&#8217;ll jump out of the car, run around the city, party like we&#8217;ve joined the circus, sleep like rocks, wake up like birds, jump back into the car, and keep driving until we&#8217;ve made it to <strong>Seattle<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canisitwithyou.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahdopp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/ciswy-cover.jpg\" alt=\"ciswy-cover.jpg\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" \/><\/a>Then we&#8217;ll all scramble onto a stage with some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.squidalicious.com\/\">other<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/iasshole.org\/\">fantastic<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.word-eater.blogspot.com\/\">writers<\/a> and read stories about childhood trauma to an eager paying audience of &#8220;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/canisitwithyou.wordpress.com\/\">Can I Sit With You?<\/a><\/strong>&#8221; fans.  If you&#8217;ll be anywhere near Seattle on Friday night (April 25), you seriously need to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brownpapertickets.com\/event\/30612\">get a ticket<\/a> and come to this.  It&#8217;s going to be amazing.  (And you can see my story <a href=\"http:\/\/canisitwithyou.wordpress.com\/2008\/03\/31\/will-you-go-out-with-me\/\">here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>Several days, a whole lot of partying, and a decent number of hours in a hot tub later, I&#8217;ll catch a red eye flight to <strong>Boston<\/strong> and then grab a bus up to <strong>New Hampshire, <\/strong>where I&#8217;ll hang out with my family for a few days.  During this time, I&#8217;ll <strong>turn 25<\/strong>. This will be celebrated in a manner that will rival Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>After I revel in the legitimacy of my new age bracket for a day, I&#8217;ll head over to the <strong>UNH<\/strong> region for the <strong>Annual Writ<\/strong><strong> Summit<\/strong> with the rest of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewrit.org\">the site<\/a>&#8216;s core staff. It will be a loosely-organized weekend of meetings, arts events, reconnecting, and brainstorming about what to do next with this brilliant grassroots website monster that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarahdopp.com\/blog\/?p=371\">refuses to die<\/a>.  I&#8217;ve heard rumors about a reunion <strong>poetry slam and open mic<\/strong> that Friday night, which would be crazy fun.  If you&#8217;re in the area and you want to join in on the festivities, ping me and I&#8217;ll send you more details.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll fly back to <strong>San Francisco<\/strong> on Tuesday, May 6th, where I will promptly find a large rock and hide under it for a week.  I&#8217;ll come out from under that rock only for a few hours on Friday, May 9th, to celebrate my birthday at the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emchy.com\/qom.html\">Queer Open Mic<\/a><\/strong> and with a drinks outing afterward.  You&#8217;re all invited.<\/p>\n<p>The best way to keep track of me right now is by watching <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/sarahdopp\">my Twitter feed<\/a>.  The best way to contact me is through telepathy (if that doesn&#8217;t work, I&#8217;m sorry, but you&#8217;ll have to settle for less reliable alternatives).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Any questions? <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heads up, this content is 18 years old. Please keep its age in mind while reading.Tomorrow morning I&#8217;m climbing into a bumper-sticker-covered car with Liz Henry and Cindy Emch and driving to Portland, Oregon by way of the redwood forests. 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