Average Jane’s Guest List

I couldn’t resist picking up this meme from J-Walk Blog.

Ten Bloggers for Dinner
The
goal of this exercise is to identify nine other bloggers that you would like to
meet for dinner/drinks. The only caveat is that these bloggers must be strangers
— you haven’t met them before. State the blogger’s name, a link to the blog,
and why you would like him/her to be in attendance.

This is going to be a toughie, so don’t feel offended if you don’t make the cut, but here are the first nine who spring to mind for me:

1. John Walkenbach of J-Walk Blog – Not only because he was an early Average Jane supporter and links to me all the time, but because it would be a great chance to pick his brain about Excel and music.
2. Yvonne DiVita from Lip-Sticking.  She’s a fellow Marketing Babe and I have a feeling we’ll meet in person sooner or later anyway.
3. M. Giant of Velcrometer.  We could talk about Television Without Pity and life with lots of cats.
4. Alice of finslippy, because if she’s half as funny in person as she is on her blog, we’d spend the whole meal laughing uncontrollably.
5. Alex Boese of Museum of Hoaxes.  I’ve read his book and I’m sure he’d have lots of great stories to share.
6. Bakerina of Prepare to Meet Your Bakerina.  If she’d come over early and help me make dinner, what a coup that would be!
7. James Lileks whose blog, The Bleat, at lileks.com was entertaining me before I knew what a blog was.  He, of all people, would surely appreciate my extensive Jell-o mold collection.
8. Sarah of sarahintampa.com because we have similar tastes in movies and TV shows and I always appreciate another girl geek.
9. Fi from Kiwifruit – another early Average Jane reader who could regale us with tales of living in beautiful New Zealand and pass along gardening tips.

If I weren’t compelled to stop at nine, I’d squeeze in the rest of the people in my blogroll who aren’t lunch buddies or relatives.  I check your blogs every day – really I do!

If you end up creating a similar list, tell me about it in the comments and provide a link.