ROFL Con Tomorrow!
By now you may know that I’ll be speaking at ROFL Con tomorrow evening.
ROFL Con is an internet culture conference held yearly at MIT in Cambridge. The conference is “devoted to discussing what makes memes work, why they work, and where it’s all going”. And also this happens.
I’ve been invited to speak on a panel with Lamebook, Awkward Family Photos and Brad O’ Farrell, and I don’t mind telling you, I’m flattered to be in the same company as these guys.
And I’m also pretty pleased to be the only woman on the panel. Comedy – particularly internet comedy – is largely a man’s game, so I’m glad to park my child-bearing hips between these boys and represent for the cooter contingency.
The name of the panel is The Good, The Bad and the Awkward, and it runs from 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM EST. We’ll be talking about what I call “Fail Culture”, and the value of not giving everyone a trophy. At least, that’s what I’ll be talking about.
While the conference sold out a week ago, you can watch this panel and all the others via live streaming on the ROFL Con web site. There will be a lot of really interesting people participating over the two day event, so check the schedule for things that interest you. Then you can sit back, and drunkenly watch the whole thing in your dirty underwear.
Which, coincidentally, is exactly what I’ll be doing.
April 29, 2010 at 1:34 pm
I wish I could be there!
April 29, 2010 at 1:42 pm
I hope you have plenty of cat toys for the Keyboard Cat. (Our cat died.)
April 29, 2010 at 1:45 pm
That line up reads like the most unbelievable cluster of fucked up fuckery ever to be assembled on one coast at one time. Who says all of the wackos slid to the West?
April 29, 2010 at 2:27 pm
“devoted to discussing what makes memes work, why they work, and where it’s all going”.
I’m sure MIT will figure that out–someday.
April 29, 2010 at 2:35 pm
What a grand ass parked in a spot (with those hips) to ruffle The Good Old Boy’s Gang.
April 29, 2010 at 2:58 pm
I didn’t notice the “tomorrow” part of this announcement and I panic-clicked the streaming link, thinking I had already missed 30 very important minutes of this event. I am stupid.
April 29, 2010 at 3:12 pm
“represent for the cooter contingency.”
YEAH COOTERS!!
did Helen mean Cooters or Cougars – Bronc is younger than she is. NICE!!!
GO COUGARS!!!
April 29, 2010 at 3:13 pm
i hope you have enough vulva craft with you to balance things.
April 29, 2010 at 4:03 pm
Perhaps Helen meant Cougar Cooters! How much older do you have to be to be a cougar? I may just be one myself! *guffaw*
April 29, 2010 at 4:05 pm
‘Child bearing hips?’ Does that mean the possibility of a mini killer in the future? Well, none of my fucking business, but the thought does put a grin on my face.
April 29, 2010 at 5:08 pm
I am excited and beyond spoiled to witness the awesomesauce of Helen Killer 2 times in one week…see you at ROFL Con! Hope I run into some other Regretsians???
April 29, 2010 at 5:16 pm
Go ahead Raz, rub it in , then sprinkle salty fairy flakes in our wounds….just how DO you handle so much awesomesauce in one week?
April 29, 2010 at 5:17 pm
@raz, oh yeah, you BOTTLE snarksauce!
April 29, 2010 at 7:05 pm
hamoza- it’s only b/c i have no life or job (yet)
if i had children or a job, i wouldn’t be so lucky LOL
(well, the boyfriend is kinda sorta a child, but he’s self-sufficient when i’m outta town)
April 29, 2010 at 7:36 pm
Raz,
But you’re full of life!…
…isn’t it amazing how they ‘grow up’ when we’re not around , & regress when we reappear?
April 29, 2010 at 8:46 pm
Yay Team Cooter! I will be shaking my pompoms for you! The Killer is one of the three reasons I use the internet. (I also check my email and read dinosaur comics!)
May 1, 2010 at 1:13 am
I agree, I agree! Not sure to what, tho.