So today I attended the first-ever, first-annual, CBC (Casual Blogger Conference) . . .
(I don't know why they call it a casual blogger conference because think about it, casual bloggers don't pay good money to go to conferences. Only serious bloggers pay good money to go to conferences.)
(Am I right, or am I right?)
So today I attended the SBC (Serious Blogger Conference) . . .
It's easy to tell who is serious about blogging and who isn't. Take me for instance.
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I'm serious about blogging. And so are my new summer toes.
Motherboard, from
Crazyland, is also serious about blogging.
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But then there are the casual bloggers. Like Shelle from
Blokthoughts.
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And T, as in Tonya, from
You Asked For It.
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Not only are these T's feet, but this is T's Cozy.
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And this is T trying to get
Kristina P to ditch her Snuggi and convert to the Cozy. (We all know that's never going to happen.)
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(Do you think T and Kristina P will be mad at me for posting this photo?)
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This is T's raffle ticket obsession.
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And this is me plus T if you look down.
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And this is me plus T if you look up.
But enough about T!
Let's talk about Shelle. I totally caught her Twitterpating during class.
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And on top of that, I caught her being bee-U-tiful, which is why I was forced to spitefully sepia our shot together.
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Because frankly, who wants to stand next to someone who looks like this?
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Not I!
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I finally got to meet THEE Motherboard. Look how cute she is. And this guy coming between us is
Braden Bell's little lawyer brother.
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Do you think Motherboard and
LeeLou would get mad if I told you that they both have cutie patootie booties?
You heard it here first, peeps!
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The best part about the conference, besides all the important training on how to become rich and Pop-U-lar, is seeing old (as in,
don't I already know you?) famous-author blog friends like
Annette Lyon, (who looked super cute, btw) and meeting new, not-famous-author blog friends, like Jo from
Tangled Me and Amber from
Amberlicious.
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My girlfriend, DeNae was in the house! Woot woot! (Isn't she looking all adorable.) And I got to meet the cutest cutest cutest girl (who told me I have
Charlie's Angels hair) named Serene from
Serene is my name, not my life. She's right, her name should not be Serene, her name should be Vibrant.
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And lookie who I got to meet and hug for an hour! Tauna from
Garden of Egan. She is SO. DANG. CUTE.
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I also got to meet
Momza, which was a complete pleasure, even though she accused me of warping her kids just because they sing that
Eyeballs Stuck on Your Plate song in the car.
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Here she is with one of my favorite pondering peeps,
Kazzy, who's name should be Serene.
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Remember that sparkly ring I told you about the first time I met her? See! I told you so!!!!
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T has a sparkly ring too!
I brought the Magic Quilt along for good luck.
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(Is it just me or does Amberlicious look a little disgusted by all the magic?)
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Tauna donated a whole recyclable bag full of fabric for the next quilt!!!!! Much mahalo, Tauna!
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She also brought me this pretty box, which I literally squealed when I opened.
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Like I said before, MUCH MAHALO, Tauna!
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