Time to Look at Stimulants With a Measured, Clinical Eye
May 9th, 2008We are home this morning. I feel like granite, as does, thanks to a fading memory of Flunky The Clown, my pancreas (he mentions his prostate in this clip, but you get the idea):
New York greeted us with open arms, after lying beside us in the dark. The weather was spectacular and beautiful and we saw some good good people. Sadly, not all the good good people of NYC, but quite a few. Spring has sprung and the green leaves and 70°F weather was amazing. And I wanted to spin in circles and sing theme songs to 70s sitcoms.
Just in case you didn’t know: My lady was on the Today show (topic blog post on the Today show site here)! I’ll let the rest of the world hash out the aftermath. I’m just stoked that Heather had the opportunity and was able to do a great job, regardless of the circumstances. Before you get huffy, realize that Heather was bumped from the originally intended interview and that it was meant to go a different direction. Just take a deep breath. No one died.
Several of you have asked where you can see the video. I’ve embedded it below. I have no idea if there is a kill date or not, so hopefully, everyone who wants to see the video will be able to see it.
Thanks to Sarah Brown and her agent Anne for the hookup at Soda in Brooklyn. They were good sports, even when we went way past the 7:30 end time. Also, great to see Alice and Doug! Greg, you were missed! Soda didn’t complain when we moved the line outside and kept it in front of the establishment. Also, thanks to every one of you who came out and waited on line (apparently New Yorkers need the space between “on” and “line” to indicate the difference between waiting in a line and being a part of the cloud/tubes). It was lovely to meet everybody and I’m always floored by what Heather’s writing has done and the people we’ve met. Some photos here (thanks for sharing them, Marta. Great to meet you!). Heather gave me permission to “turn it on”. Which I did. Which may have scared the straights. See just about any photo with me in it. Daddy likes his bourbon. Personal note to Todd and Lisa: I am not normally that cranked up. Wednesday night was the Annual Spring Fling wherein the months of snow and bitterness melt away and the resulting endorphin rush simulates any number of illegal substances, none of which I’ve ever done (speed/meth/cocaine/etc.).
If you were there and didn’t know it, Heather had been up since 5 am NY time (3 am, Mountain) working. Then she did the Today Show, then Brooklyn for the meetup and Cringe. We got back into Manhattan at around 1am and finally to sleep a little later. Crazy. And she still updated her site yesterday. She’s working hard for it, honey. So hard. And I couldn’t be more proud.
New York, I love you again. Thank you everybody. You rule! o
Tags: cracked out, my pancreas feels like granite, New York, NY, quick travel, Today Show
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May 9th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
Beautiful post - I love the mutual support and genuineness you and Heather both seem to have.
Best, best wishes on continued success with all you do and to all of your family.
May 9th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
Kathie Lee = total bitch
Heather = freaking awsome.
Thank you for providing this clip. Our stupid tv service was having technical difficulties and I missed it and there for it was not recorded.
I don’t want to appear to be a stalker or anything but I would love to meet you guys sometime. You seem like my kind of people hehe.
well thanks again for providing the clip. I hope heather posts about how much of a bitch Kathie was. I didn’t like her on Regis and I still don’t like her. She has always seemed like a stuck up bitch to me. And I don’t like stuck up bitches!
May 9th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
Kathie Lee Gifford is an absolute nut job and a major pain in the ass. I really wanted to reach thru my computer screen and bitch slap her. “Oh I don’t know anything about computers…blah blah blah.” She is truly several shades of stupid.
Regardless, Heather rocked it.
Congrats to you both.
Here’s hoping Heather feels better ASAP.
May 9th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
Awesome.
May 9th, 2008 at 8:24 pm
Kathie Lee Gifford’s inane comment was worth it just to hear Heather’s laugh.
totally awesome!
May 9th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
Heather rawks the house!
Thanks for posting the video, Jon. I was away from a computer for 5 days and wasn’t aware this was happening.
And damn! Heather looked HAWT!
Glad you had a good time in New Yawk!
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May 9th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
Talk about mainstream media burying something that irks them. First, the segment did not show in a number of big cities. So, living in the wonderful world of Sacramento, I sat through two hours of the Today show watching Matt and Meredith do their thing and nary a sighting of Heather. (Okay, I tivoed it, but still, I had to sit there for the fast forwarding.) Then the clip from MSNBC that everyone, including you, are posted was clearly taped on a Betamax or something. It had to reload every three seconds. I couldn’t bear it, so I am not filled with justifiable anger, just mildly pissed off that they done us wrong.
May 9th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
I know what made Kathie Lee so uncomfortable about Heather’s blogging - it wasn’t all about Kathie Lee. Seriously, she was a terrible interviewer and Heather rocked. So smart and poised and articulate.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:29 pm
Thanks for posting the clip, I was at work and followed your twitter’s that morning just wishing I was watching it happen on TV.
You guys both rock - I read both sites religiously.
Could you have a book signing when I am back home in SLC in August? Can’t wait to get the book.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:33 pm
Geez….would it really kill you guys to stop off in the Cleveland area- I’m jealous. Anyway, loved it, thanks for the link/embedded thing.
I’ve always wondered- you both do seem VERY tall. How tall are you? Heather looks about 5′10 or so and you look about 6′3….Am I right? Am I close?
May 9th, 2008 at 11:42 pm
And oh for the love of God- what did Kathy Lee do to herself? That hair is….something out of the Stepford Wives, and she doesn’t even look at all like she used to. She must have a live-in cosmetic surgeon.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:45 pm
Sorry- I hit post too soon! Has Kathie Lee already forgotten all the times she dragged her kid in front of the cameras when she was with Regis? And all the TMI-ing she did, she even did this weird cutesy voice thing. She definitely was a bad interviewer- but Heather was brilliant.
Seriously, I’m done. Sorry again.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:24 am
Yeah, that should’ve been Hoda’s interview all the way. I guess I’m a bit biased since she’s an alumna of Virginia Tech and was my commencement speaker just this evening, but she realizes that the interview isn’t about her. A good interviewer isn’t question answer questioner’s analysis, question answer; they sort of guide and remind, and let the interviewee talk about what they know. I think Heather did a remarkable job of saying her part in spite of having a very mediocre and disruptive interviewer.
May 10th, 2008 at 1:23 am
Sooooo, I’ve been a lurker of Dooce for about three months now … I happened to stumble upon it one night and literally spent the next three weeks reading the archives whenever I could. It’s so weird how the Internets can make you feel so connected to someone you’ve never met. I relate to Heather in so many ways, and I know I’m not alone in saying that. She’s got this innate ability to articulate the hilarity and tragedy of life, without making a melodromatic mess of the lot. I was so thrilled to see her on the Today show! Even though Kathy Lee not only disgusted me with her horrific fashion choices (was that tie-dye on acid??) but she’s apparently technologically retarded. Um, has she heard of the Internet? Anyways, I thought commenting on your blog might get me a better chance to express my gratitude for Heather’s amazing work since Dooce is so fabulously popular!! I was afraid an email would get lost in her tidal wave shuffle of fan mail. Nothing against you Jon, but your Lady is the bomb dot com!! But you know dis …
I’m totally gushing and I better stop. I blame the wine. Always.
Much love and good wishes to you and yours … thanks for putting yourselves out there, and speaking for so many of us!
Sincerely,
Lindsay
May 10th, 2008 at 2:14 am
Oh wonderful, are harmless “mommy” bloggers *does that annoying and gay quotations gesture* really making show hosts uncomfortable? That they have to do a quick hook pull?
May 10th, 2008 at 2:26 am
Srsly — that clip was great, Heather looks and sounds like a rock star and she made Kathie Lee look like the uninformed idiot she is. That Heather is one cool customer, no shit.
And honestly, this is 2008 — who still says they don’t understand about “all that computer stuff”?? Freakshow, thy name is Kathie Lee…who, yeah, told all those endless tales of Cody! for all the world to hear on TV. Self-awareness is not her strong suit.
May 10th, 2008 at 7:53 am
I strongly dislike Kathy Lee and I was so hoping Heather was about to tell her off (politely of course). But they cut her off. DAMN IT!!!!!!!!! They stopped before it got good!
@Christina, yes I think the tanning salon might want to cut up her pass.
May 10th, 2008 at 11:05 am
Heather is getting to be a real pro and master of the soundbite — on-air presence and poise and more. Amid all the wonderful attention, I’ll say that the term “mommyblogger” is sweet and convenient but limiting. How about “awakehumanblogger.” Maybe “funnyboneblogger.” (I’m a middle-aged bachelor dude and I wouldn’t miss it.) Still, there’s niche to think about, market segmentation strategy, blah, blah, I know. As for you, Blurb, your best stuff has been, I’ll concede, hubbyblogging. Standouts: blendergate (lmao) and snow blower deliberation. Of course there was you taking care of business as a man should in the retreat from the beach, at which point I decided we could share a beer if only I drank the stuff. Come up with more of that dope, put the photos on a sidecar same as H., and I’ll bet you could give H some real competition in audience numbers. Would your relationship strain under shared limelight? Dunno, but it would make great blog fodder.
May 10th, 2008 at 11:09 am
Like I said before, I was wondering when Kathie Lee would get around to mentioning Cody. It was Heather’s time and she did great considering who was interviewing her.
May 10th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
Heather was poised and came across as her intelligent, interesting self.
Kathy Lee & Associate came across as “ignorant and hapeee to beeee”.
I can’t even write any more about it because I can feel my blood pressure increasing as I type. And I have low blood pressure.
Just another exemplification of the reasons we cancelled cable a year ago.
May 10th, 2008 at 3:36 pm
I hold these truths to be self-evident:
Heather is a goddess;
Jon is awesome;
Leta is a princess;
Chuck is the most talented pup in history;
Coco is the cutest awful dog in the world;
Kathie Lee Gifford is a jackass.
Rock on, Blurbodoocery!
May 10th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
The years of success and peace have done well for Heather. She looks serene……..as if she has found her very own pace in life AND IT IS GOOD.
May 10th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
Jon:
Thanks for the link!!!
That Kathie Lee…
The book is out of stock on one of the websites I browsed this morning.
May 10th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
Jon,
I commented yesterday but it looks like it never made it so I’ll try again - I just did a DNS flush on my husband’s suggestion. Maybe that’ll do the trick.
I had such an amazing time at Soda. You and Heather are so funny and sweet, and so freakin’ cute together. I’m glad you like the photos. Hope you come back to NYC soon because the nice weather left with you guys. Ya’ll owe me some sunshine.
Marta
May 10th, 2008 at 9:58 pm
…Kathie Lee is a cow… I’ll go ahead and make that sweeping judgement about her character. Yaknow why? Because she’s a cow.
Heather makes wading through the darkness that can drape itself over the world a hell of a lot more tolerable. She makes me laugh when all I want to do is snot all over the place and weep, and she does exactly what she says she does: She makes people feel less alone with themselves and their situations. Having never spoken to her, never exchanged email with her, I feel a kinship that’s been forged through the voyerism that is blogging. I feel less crazy. And apparently, I feel protective. Huh.
So Kathie Lee, you’re a judgemental cow. If I had a wiener, this is where I’d tell you to suck it. So there.
Heather, work it like it’s your bitch. You looked FABULOUS, and you rocked it.