I just checked in to Geekend over at the Hyatt and I am SO SO SO SO SO EXCITED! I don't think many of you will understand me when I say that, so I'm going to break it down for you. My family can tell you any time I'm really excited about something that's going to happen I get really smiley, I jump around a lot, I make really funny high-pitched noises of joy, and I have this wave of happiness wash over me that is incredible.

That's how I felt as I walked up to the Hyatt just now, and it increased as I walked through the door... as I walked into a sofa in the lobby (blinded by enthusiasm, apparently)... as I found the table and check in... It just kept building, and building, and getting more intense. I soon found myself outside standing at the edge of a crosswalk, digging through the bag of goodies (mainly coupons and ads and such), sounding like a complete lunatic to the people next to me as I kept going "ahhhhhhHHHHH I'm SO EXCITED!!" out loud.

Here's another context for you: I felt like this when I went to see RENT in Boston. I felt like this when I got my acceptance letter to SCAD. I felt like this as I walked up to the Apple Store in Boston for the first time so I could buy my laptop. I felt like this when I nearly left my parents a block behind me after running in front of traffic to get to the 5th Avenue Apple Store. Come to think of it, I've felt like this during the absolute happiest times of my life. I can now add to the list that I felt like this right before I attended my first social media/technology/internet/GEEK conference. That's awesome.


Psst... I'm going to be live-tweeting the entire conference (at least the sessions I attend) over at my Twitter... won't you follow?)