One day last fall, Chris Guillebeau author of the <strong>blog</strong> and <strong>book</strong> <em>The Art of Nonconformity</em> announced that he would host the first ever <strong>World Domination Summit</strong> at his home base of Portland, Oregon.

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Uncharacteristically, I acted fast and enrolled.  More characteristic of me, I would ponder for days, weeks, months, and then sign up when it's too late.  (Lucky for me, I seem to have evolved into The <strong>Peppy Little Puppy <span style="font-weight: normal;">these days. </span></strong>WDS sold out 6 months in advance.)

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I enlisted to join this crusade without knowing a living, breathing soul attending the conference.  Even though the world sees me as Ms. Extrovert (friendly, former Theatre diva, teacher of the masses), I and the <strong>Myers-Briggs Personality Peeps</strong> consider me Ms. Introvert (painfully shy as a child, loner tendencies, writer).

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So I would be lying to you if I didn't confess that butterflies fluttered by in my stomach the day before and the day of The World Domination Summit kickoff.  With my more-than-slightly overpacked schedule of Work Life, Blog and Puppy, I didn't have much time to chase after the butterflies, but they were duly noted.

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olympic torch and everything!

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mastermind group

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see crackberry

sam -- cab