May 6, 2008

Blogebrities

Going to Tequila Con this past weekend was kind of like hanging out in Hollywood.  There were blogebrities everywhere you looked.  Some of them, you instantly recognized as in "OMG, that’s Secondhand KARL!" or "There’s Blogography and he looks just like he does on his blog!".  Then there were those times when you knew you should know someone but you just couldn’t place the face or the blog.  It was kind of like when I went to England in high school and the little guy from Das Efx and RedMan were staying in our hotel for the entire week, yet I didn’t figure out who they were until the day we were leaving, and only after our chaperones had explicitly warned us to stay away from those scary people.

Tequila Con, like the Cheers bar, was the place where everyone knew your name (You were wearing it like a billboard on a lanyard all night so it was fairly obvious).  There was no catty business like in usual social situations (at least none that I’m aware of) and everyone was super nice and complimentary. 

Karl told me he loved my shoes and won my heart.  Others asked me about things I had written about months ago, or checked in on the status of the knee.  There were people there that I was just getting to know, but many of these people knew me.  It was definitely a weird feeling.

I often talk to my college friends about how cool they are, and how no matter how much time passes or what’s going on in our lives, when we get together we always have wine, I mean fun. Leaving Tequila Con on Saturday night was like leaving yet another very cool group of new friends who felt like old friends.

For years, I scolded my sister about meeting people online (In my defense, she only met losers online).  So, when I told my family I was going to meet a bunch of bloggers, I could see their hesitation and a flash of concern.  But meeting everyone that I met at Tequila Con showed me that there are some really incredible people out there, and a whole host of bloggers to fix my sister up with if things don’t work out with her current guy. 

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Posted by on May 6, 2008 in Just for Fun | 10 Comments

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10 Comments on Blogebrities

  1. sizzle on Tue, 6th May 2008 7:01 pm

    2. You’re a blogebrity in your own right. Don’t you forget it. 🙂 Glad you had so much fun!

  2. Finn on Tue, 6th May 2008 8:14 pm

    3. I walked in feeling not worthy, but I walked out feeling like I had added to my extended family. It was an amazing thing.

  3. Hilly on Tue, 6th May 2008 8:23 pm

    4. I think it’s amazing that you had this first time experience. Some people walked away with a positive vibe and THIS is the vibe I was hoping everyone would walk away with.
    You were so fun at the party and I think you need to come next year!

  4. Avitable on Tue, 6th May 2008 9:12 pm

    5. Had I known that you were a blogger meet-up virgin, I would have been much gentler. And slower. And played music.
    Next time, come a night early and enjoy the pre-party!

  5. Dave2 on Tue, 6th May 2008 9:42 pm

    6. Hey, if it didn’t work out, you could have kicked everybody’s asses! Last Blogebrity Standing!

  6. delmer on Tue, 6th May 2008 11:46 pm

    7. A lot of what I tell people involves on-line things.
    Still it was a bit surprising when I mentioned to one of our sales guys that I’d gone to a blogging convention and it sent him into tears of jealousy. (He came around after I mentioned the Tequila part of the event.)
    BTW, in a very informal poll, involving just a smattering of bloggers, you and Mr. BBM were voted “most adorable younger married couple” at Tequilacon. (It was a woman who said “adorable” … I think I said, “pretty cool.”)

  7. Sarah, Goon Squad Sarah on Wed, 7th May 2008 6:25 am

    8. I wish I could have gone. It sounded really fun and if I had realized ahead of time that it was in Philadelphia I probably could have driven up for a night.

  8. Mr BBM on Wed, 7th May 2008 9:23 am

    9. Being only the spouse of a blogger, I was initially a little unsure of how the night would go. Two minutes into the event, my feelings totally changed. I had a great time, and really enjoyed being in the company of so many interesting people.
    Before TequilaCon 08, I only regularly read BBM(she’d kick my a$$ if i didn’t). Oh, I occassionally checked out a couple of others’ posts when BBM would recommend them, but for some reason never really took the time to see who/what was out there.
    Post TequilaCon 08…my eyes have been opened to all of the witty, thoughtful, hilarious, and truly talented people who are members of the online community of writers. I have a lot of reading to do!

  9. Greeneyezz on Wed, 7th May 2008 3:19 pm

    10. Blogebrities Schmogbrites!!
    It’ll be very, very hard to forget the
    “One Foot Death Hold” you had on Dave!
    You Rock BBMama!
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=MJQu97_Xwiw
    ~ZZ

  10. KungFuZZ on Wed, 7th May 2008 3:35 pm

    11. Ahhh – You’ll have to copy & paste that link into a browser, I don’t know why it wouldn’t hyperlink.
    (And Noooooo, it’s not a video of that “One Foot Death Hold”, but I sure wish someone *had* caught that!) :)~
    ~ZZ

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