Today I went to a conference. If you follow me on Twitter you won’t be surprised to learn that I sit hear typing with bright-red bloodshot eyes because I basically tweeted the whole conference via blackberry, or at least most of the great things I learned at CaseCamp — a so-called “unconference” about what venerable organizer Eli Singer calls “deep deep internet culture” — except for a certain genius session about viral videos by a certain SAM REICH of the certain COLLEGE HUMOR, who insisted that whatever happens at CaseCamp stays at CaseCamp. Crush. Check it:

I can do that.

I have the cat….

I just need to get him in the mood and start stalking him. Then he’ll be a STAR like Ninja Cat over there, and like — I haven’t told you yet — RASCAL, who’s going to be doing his first (and only) photo shoot for bTrendie (and if you want to see the photo next week, you’ll have to join with code CHEATY, aiight? Don’t worry you’ll love it — we’re better than ever). He’ll be modeling TEA clothing…. Can you HANDLE it? I can’t.

But, it’s okay if we can’t handle it because, ya know…, there is NO SPOON….

And can you believe Kanye had the nerve to interrupt OBAMA?

“IMMA LET YOU FINISH” — BWAH!

I think CaseCamp ’09 should have been subtitled “IMMA LET YOU FINISH.” Because Kanye and his recent MTV outburst was the joke of every. single. session. And it was hilarious every. single. time.

Indeed, one of the things I learned at CaseCamp was that this whole Kanye IMMA LET YOU FINISH phenomenon is actually a MEME — pronounced MEEM — the most infectious meme around right now (click that one, it’s hilarious). And guess who’s making a mint from it….

I had a GREAT time at the conference, despite the fact that I shed all over my black shirt because I’m apparently a cat now and the weather’s changing (or I desperately need a haircut), and despite the fact that I walked into the men’s washroom — which, according to CaseCamp would classify as EPIC networking FAIL — and stumbled beyond embarrassingly when I introduced myself to the adorable Sam Reich.

Apparently, I love social media. Apparently, I love tweeting and blogging, and I love hopelessly losing myself in this truly awesome deep deep internet culture of ours.

Love!
xo Haley-O

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