Today I turn 26 years old (cue the fanfare). My birthday always seems to fall on or around SES San Jose, which typically takes place early/mid-August. Tomorrow I’m flying to San Francisco for a short birthday weekend before driving over to San Jose on Monday for SES, and while I’m there I’d love to network with my fellow attendees and with the speakers. So, in case you need some convincing, I’ve listed 26 reasons why you should buy me (and Greg!) a drink at SES San Jose…one reason for every year of my life. 
- You can say it’s a belated birthday gift
- Because, unlike the other R. Kelly, I won’t pee on you
- We can chat about social media marketing to your heart’s content
- I’ll spill the beans about how Chris gets his hair to look so perfectly coiffed (hint: it involves pig’s milk and 4 hours of prep time)
- It’ll give me an excuse to interview you for the 10e20 blog (and interviews usually come with links
) - Wait, scratch #5: It’ll give me a better excuse to make fun of you on the 10e20 blog via video, a comic, or a combination of the two
- There’s currently a massive mojito surplus in northern California that must be addressed
- You can finally congratulate me in person for my fancy, awesome new job
- Say it’s for Chris and Danielle in celebration of their new baby
- To apologize for incessantly spamming me via IM for Digg, Reddit, StumbleUpon, Mixx and Propeller votes
- Because you want some linkbait ideas
- You need to mourn with someone over the untimely death of Billy Mays
- Because Twitter will be broken for the 15,893rd time and you’ll need something else to do
- You need to vent to someone about how horrendously unwatchable Transformers 2 is
- You actually wanted to buy Lisa Barone a drink, but she’s not at SES and I’m a witty female, brown-haired Internet marketing blogger so you figured it was close enough
- You hate the new Bing advertisements as much as I do
- We can brainstorm a way to explain to my clueless mother what I actually do for a living
- You have some extra expense money and don’t know what to do with it
- Because there’s nothing else to do in San Jose other than go to the technology museum for the 12th time
- You’re bummed that I can’t accompany Barb Boser to SEO Oktoberfest
- You’re a fan of The Wire and need to talk to someone about how much you miss it
- It’s better than receiving yet another XL-sized black tech t-shirt from some random marketing company in the Expo Hall
- We can bond over our hatred of the term “mommy blogger”
- Because I’m super awesome (seriously, it’s true)
- You want to hire 10e20 to do your social media marketing
- You’ve just hired 10e20 to do your social media marketing, and we’re drinking to celebrate
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#4 – it actually involves something called 'Dirt' and only takes me about 1.5 minutes
Happy Birthday & I can't wait to read all of your coverage from SES next week!
I swoop you up a drink! Whats your favorite drink? Im @seotips2go on twitter and I will be there on Thurs! You going to the google dance ill be there too! tweet ya laterz!
Hah, you're no fun.
Wish I was going to be there and we could commiserate over #12.
I love mojitos but can only do a couple of those because of how sweet they are. My go-to "conference drink" is usually a vodka tonic. See you next week!
Impossible to beat #22
You know #2 can actually get you more drinks in some seedy bars – perhaps thats more for PubCon in Vegas.
I'll have to get you one at SMX East (if you'll be there). It'll be like your birthday all over again.
# 11 really because i want some linkbait ideas i will buy you a drink…
Considering my broke ass can't afford a real conference pass, I'll just be moping around the Expo Hall waiting for drinky time.
That's funny I'll be down there for my birthday on the 12th, only I'll be turning 27.
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Clearly #14 is wrong, Transformers 2 was awesome.
But I could definitely use some help with #17 too.
Have fun!
#11 because it always works.
7 reasons Why Rebecca Kelley should buy us all a drink
1. She's got this fancy new job
2. She's getting paid big New York wages while living in Seattle
3. Lisa would have bought them for us (play along Lisa), but since Rebecca wants to be her proxy…
4. To wet the baby's head
5. A Social Media Director really needs to be social, and what's more social than buying other people drinks?
6. Chris & Danielle are too busy with the new baby to look at her expenses too closely
7. To prove that she's awesome
I'm voting with Simon, especially #3. Wait, NY and Seattle wages? Feh. Doesn't work that way unless you're living in Charlottesville.
I haven't been mocked online in hours so if I can cut through the throng, I'll give it a shot, RK.
Man, I do miss The Wire. Too bad I won't be at San Jose
. Have fun Rebecca!
R. Kelly… hilarious
I just read this article, wow didn't know it was your birthday, congrats with your birthday, we have the same age
Also I love the list, especially #2