everywhere you go in blogland these days, you see bloggers talking about gathering. and there are some very established groups, the DFW bloggers, the DC bloggers, there’s several groups of NYC bloggers who regularly meet — these are just the examples off the top of my head. and it’s a natural outgrowth of the sense of community we’ve established here, and goes along with one of my many theories — this one says, if you want to find really interesting people to hang out with in this world, the internet is the place to find them. expand your boundaries, geographically and otherwise. i’m not a particularly social person in r/l, but that doesn’t mean i don’t want to have friends. i’ve just had to look beyond ventura to find them.
and so i am absolutely giddy about saturday. skits is the master planner, she of the wonderful work on the blogcon plans. go to that link, for directions and such. me, i just head down through oxnard and take the blissful coast highway all the way down. going to be an incredible day. bringing my 5 year old and my 19 year old, going to see some cool people again, and hopefully meet some new folks too. i would love to list the list here, but i’m a bit tired and yes lazy, and … ok, how ’bout i do it without looking up all the links? Skits, Francisco, Mikey, (friend of mikey), Marcy and hubby (bad with names, sorry), hopefully Jason and Emperor Norton, Ratty, Eve, possibly Jon, Keith for sure, … ok, so i’m tired and forgetful. bunch of other really cool people.
and we will fear no roofrats.
hey, if you’re coming, and are listed or not listed here, drop a comment. for one thing, it would be good to have an idea of our numbers, because we might just want to bring beach-picnic type stuff instead of descending en masse on an unsuspecting restaurant (or we might want to think about reservations). and rides? you guys wanna ride the rides on the pier? that would be fun too.
ahh, i’m just blissfully happy thinking about this.
oh! cell phone numbers! email me and we can exchange them, kd at kdblog dot com.
That sounds SO FUN! Wish I could join y’all! Maybe one day when I finally DO move to Cali, I’ll be hooking up with you!
I’ve become great friends with Undertoad. She’s a Tulsa blogger like myself and when we finally met IRL, we CLICKED. It was one of the most instantaneous friendships ever. It’s amazing. I wouldn’t have ever met her had it not been for blogging, and she is just one of the most fantastic women I’ve EVER met! See? Technology IS personal. It’s what we make it!
ratty’s coming! ratty’s coming! mailing you her cell phone… hopefully i’ll remember to TURN IT ON. maybe i’ll send you my pager number, too. the battery is fresh
mikey…? why am i bringing/wearing? an ugly shirt??
it’ll be COOLER there than here, right? Right?
:::ratty is off to weather.com:::
note: the link to skits is temporarily out of order, but i gave her the keys to this place so she can have a place to hang out while the DNS servers re-resolve themselves.
Hey there!
Let me know if we’re doing a picnic type thing and I’ll bring stuff…..also let me know if there’s anything specific you’d like me to bring. Can’t wait to see everybody! See you tomorrow!
Marcie
oopsie! i used the bookmarklet to post this and comments were disabled and that hoses pretty much everything — too much extra comment stuff, so it kinda blew up the page.
sorry! and thanks to skits for pointing it out.
and don’t forget… everybody bring an ugly shirt!
Me like fer sure! Man, I’m definitely turning native…