#GreatestMomentofMyLife: My screenshot appeared on @Mashable (and here's how it happened!)

Aug 18

OMG OMG OMG OMG so yesterday was pretty much the greatest day of my life. For REALS!!! I can't fucking believe I made it onto the pages of Mashable!!!! Huge huge huge - but here's how it all went down ...

SOOOOOOOO, as you all know, there is a lot going on behind the scenes right now. I'm basically running around like a chicken with my head cut off, and attempting to stay mellow yellow while being acutely aware that that is an impossibility; bottom line: we're becoming an official business. Seed money, advisors, all that fancy pants stuff - it's going on right now.

Now, I know where I add value - I have really fun, and crazy adventures - and tell stories in real time as a lifecaster; I don't talk tech, I very literally live it. So boom, right there is my value add. When you're looking to build the foundation to something however, you need the support of a team that brings different things to the table.

<tangent> Think about it like this - how delicious would a Thanksgiving day dinner be if everyone brought the turkey??? Pretty damn boring! You need someone to bring the mashed potatoes, stuffing, and omg omg omg the cranberry sauce with the lines around it from the can. YUMMMM!!!! </tangent>

When it came to launching things it was SUCH a no brainer to involve Mashable's Ben Parr. (And very frankly, I was INCREDIBLY humbled he was even interested.) How did Ben and I meet? When I crashed the Grammys to meet Pete Cashmore!! He and I had met briefly prior at CES in 2010, but we actually got to sit down and grab a drink after I met Pete. Seriously, though, can I just say he is not only one of the smartest people I know - but also the nicest. For REALS!! You can't ever be mad at Ben, and for someone to achieve a level of success like he has, and be so effin grounded - wow. Such a diamond in the rough!!!!

Ben then went back to San Fran, and I went on with my life and my adventures in LA - while keeping in touch via social media.

Flash forward almost a year, and we had shizzy shiznat going on with the pilot. (See, it's not just a scripted show - but there are tech components integrated as well.) When it came to building a team for said components - calling in Ben was SUUCCHHHHHHHH a no brainer!! Not only do I adore the dude, but he knows his shit (obviously). So the suits and Ben got to talking ... and we've all been in this nerdy little love affair for the last few months.

And now regarding yesterday, Ben came down to LA for a few days for meetings, and needed a place to crash. Dude, place to crash?! DONE! Mi casa es su casa!!! So he's been staying here for the last few days, and yesterday we were sitting at the kitchen table working, before heading out to dinner together, and I look over at my Facebook page and notice that page notifications were showing up in the left hand navigation along with the group and favorite notifications - I had never seen that before.

I turn to Ben and say hey! when did these start to show up??

He looks at my screen, looks back at his - I don't have that yet!

Dude, because it LITERALLY just showed up on my screen. Like right now.

Screenshot it for me, he said.

Alrite!

I then proceeded to screenshot my screen and email it to him, while he frantically started emailing the peeps at Facebook asking them about it.

Jen, you just might appear on Mashable if this is a new feature.

Wait, me? Jen Friel ... on fucking MASHABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dude, if that happens I am going to pee my pants.

Ben shouts over to my roomie - so Julie, if Jen pees her pants are you going to clean it up??

Julie comes storming in laughing - Jen's a big girl she can clean up her own pee.

EEWWEEEE!!!!!!

We all have a great laugh (HAHAHAHAHAA chuckle chuckle chuckle), Ben writes up the post, while giving Facebook an 8pm deadline on getting back to him before going to print.

We go have dinner and talk biz ...

(BEST CHOPPED SALAD EVERRR!!!!!!)

... and by the time we were done eating, and drive back home - I see this tweet:

Literally .25 seconds after it was up, you guys noticed. AH-MAZING!!!!!!!!

So yeah! There ya go! Ben and I were working at my kitchen table, I looked over and said dude! when did this happen, screenshot it, and BOOM!!! Now I'm on Mashable.

Have I said yet that this was the COOLEST THING THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED TO ME!??!!?!

HOLY FUCK!!!!

Love.

Love. IT!

I can die now.

Well, I take that back - I still have to have Pete Cashmore's babies.

Ugh! Fine - @mostlylisa is incredibly fabulous - fine fine fine, she can have them, I'll just watch.

Wait, that's creepy ...

Are you still talking? Shut up Jen

Alrite, I gotta prep for LITERALLY the biggest meeting of my life today with Ben. For reals, nerds, just do what you love, man. Social media was IT for me!! Tech, people, marketing and entertainment in one package?? Hello, God? Is that you? Ah-mazing! Work really fucking hard, don't ever give up - and watch the magic happen. I've been reading Mashable for at least 3 years now (dudes, it's STILL to this day my homepage) and bam! just like that - now I've been featured on it.

Do what you love. Do what you love. Do what you love.

I only have one more thing left to say ... HIT IT POINTER SISTERS!!!