Alas. JK Brady aka Janie beat me to the punch of posting about our mini OS Anniversary meet up in Toronto (sans Caroline, even though her nom de plume includes TO). I was tied up with wall to wall work. No excuse I know, but one handed typing on a laptop actually on top of my lap in Pearson Airport wouldn’t have been pretty, nor would whatever I mighta typed at midnight when I got home. Then today got carried away with catching up on shopping and laundry. Add the world NOT unfolding as it should (my Celtics lost to the upstart Bulls…wtf???).

 Enough excuses. Janie already gave an entirely factual and comprehensive account of our meeting, so I’ll stick to my favourite Ten Things  format.

 Here are 10 Things I learned at the OS Toronto Anniversary meet up:

1. Janie is, as Cap’n Parrothead noted in his comment on her blog post, a hawtie. Seriously, not to embarrass her, but those half inch square pics she posts don’t do her justice, while I’m a sunflower that definitely benefits from favourable lighting.
2. Getting three people’s schedules together may be tougher than thirty.
3. Janie masquerades under many names.
4. Janie tells hilarious stories, occasionally finishing one before digressing into the next.
5. A hotel bar is a tough place to get served when you are a sunflower.
6. If you are reading this, we might have compared notes about you. Or not. Our followers and favourites overlap, but I learned about why Janie likes some people I know less well. And about her dislikes as well.
   
7. Janie has lived in many places. At one time, she studied in Toronto while returning between semesters to Vancouver.
8. Next trip, or next anniversary, we need to plan this better. Two and a half years of bachelorhood without dating have made me lazy about planning.
9. Janie is truly multitalented. Her OS mini bio only touches on a few highlights of her entrepreneurial enthusiasms.
10. We did toast OS, and even talked writing. Janie suggested a future post topic for me. I learned about the odd reactions to Janie’s rape post. She validated my need for validation. If I’d had a parking pass, she woulda validated that too, but sunflowers don’t have feet. Ever try to press a pedal with a petal?