On Saturday I took part in yet another Brooklyn Blogger video. Yeah, I know. I’m quite the local celeb. This one will be shown at the May Blogfest. Saturday’s blogger interviews and the Blogfest are both brainchildren of Louise OTBKB. Where does she find the time and energy to do all this stuff? Don’t you hate people like that? I prefer to hang out with my loser friends because it makes me look good.

Anyhoo, you’re probably wondering what this has to do with the F train. Blue Barn Pictures, the production company behind the video, is located in Dumbo right near the York Street Station.

I wore a big HTF (Hide The Fat) dress that kept blowing up as I walked and new shoes that were 1/2 size too small. I HAD TO buy the shoes because they were $8.50. Really cute. See, if I wasn’t dressed so uncomfortably, I could’ve just stayed on the A and walked a few extra blocks. But since I got tired of flashing everyone and my crushed toes were hurting, I opted to change for the F.

I’ve had the disadvantage of living near the F line most of my teen and adult life. It’s not one of the reasons I left Park Slope, but let’s just say I haven’t missed it since the day I said goodbye. I’ve always considered the F to be the worst line in the city. Perhaps it’s because that’s the one I had to take. You know, like when you’re at the supermarket and YOUR line is always the slowest? Does that happen to everyone or just me?

So I’m an A train person now and I’m proud of that. I’ll be honest, I feel quite superior. But the other day when I had to take the F, it was like a bad dream all over again. Three A trains passed as I waited. And waited. I kept saying “It will come soon. I’ve waited this long.” On the way back, same thing. About a 20-30 minute wait for a 2 minute train ride. I DESPISE that train!!

But the shoot….that was fun! After all my worries about looking too fat on film (again), it was just a head and shoulder shot. I won’t find out if I had crust in my eyes or something in my teeth until it’s shown on the big screen in May. Hopefully I sounded fairly intelligent. I know I stumbled a few times, but that can be edited. I believe I said something about blogging in the buff. Have a feeling they’ll keep that one in. Great.

While awaiting my close up, I chatted with Brit in Brooklyn about missing the old Coney Island. And spoke to Self Absorbed Boomer a bit about country life/city life. Had lunch with Louise OTBKB and Eleanor Creative Times. My apologies for ruining Eleanor’s lunch talking about salvaging toilets with poop inside. Guess it’s not good dining conversation.

Well, all in all, a fun day. Wanna see the interviews and heckle? You’ll have to show up at the Blogfest in May.

Brooklyn Blogfest 08
May 8th at 8 p.m.
The Brooklyn Lyceum
227 Fourth Ave & President St
$10 suggested donation
Open to one and all