Friendships missed

It seems odd that I go to a blogging conference and then walk away with writer's block.  There are a million stories I could tell with as many incriminating pictures, and I'm sure I'll get to that in the days ahead.  I think I've been so hesitant to talk about it is because I want to keep to to myself for a bit longer.  There has been so much backlash over things that happened that weekend (I'm not going to link. It's easy enough to find and those stories don't need any extra hits from me) that it makes me feel defensive.  Which I hate.  I hate having to remind people "Hey! I'm not like that! Please don't be Mrs. Judgy VonHolierthanthou!"  And at the same time it also makes me feel lucky to have avoided all that nonsense and to have truly enjoyed myself.  I've got a sweet core group of ladies and we were miles away from any drama.  Though, it DID get a little heated when I couldn't find our room key, as evidenced here:

Photo credit goes to the lovely Pocklock.

I want to be a better writer.  I want to reach more people.  I want to develop more relationships, be it professionally or personally.  And it's crazy to think that it can all happen from the comfort of my couch and this less-than-new-and-shiny MacBook.  How amazing is that?  That all of this:

Photo credit, again, to the fantabulous Pocklock.

Photo credit goes to the lady on the left, Miss Alice.

. . .could all be because of words?  It humbles me.

Comments

[Pocklock]

Awesome. Well said.

Love you, miss you, MEAN IT!

[SoMi's Nilsa]

Love that photo of you in the mirror. Bunch of sassy girls you are! It's definitely been interesting to read of other's take-aways from the conference. Though, like you said, so glad to have steered clear from the drama. Oh my!

[cjh]

So I know this isn't the point of this post but can I just say that I love your hair? :)

[melinda]

Aw. Well I know I wasn't at BlogHer, but still: you + me = blogfriend-in-real-life success! Miss you and your fam!

[Alice]

i LOVE that mirror photo! pocklock takes a good picture :-)

although, yikes, do i have jay leno chin or WHAT in that last one? ;-)

i know what you mean about blogher... there's SO MUCH more i nearly wrote about, but sort of felt that the innernets were already innundated with recaps and stories, and the nasty posts were just so disheartening. i prefer to think that the people who found nastiness and pettiness at blogher are the people who find that in their regular lives as well. if you look for it, you can ALWAYS find it. it's just more fun to look for the fun parts. :-)

[Jen]

It's so true, how amazing this blogging world is.

Also: I HATE YOU FOR HOW CLEAR & PRETTY YOUR SKIN IS. And I mean that in the nicest way possible.

[SJ]

I think I've come away from BlogHer with writers block as well, and I was hoping the opposite would happen.

DAMN IT.

Love the photos! And how is the silk shirt by the way?

[Lisa G.]

I hate to admit this, but I am so intrigued as to what-all drama could possibly have taken place among grown women at a conference about blogging. The concept seems innocuous and drama-free-in-theory enough. (?) But I know that no one is interested in rehashing any of it here, and I totally understand why, so just ignore me, lol.

[Dysfunction Junction]

I adored meeting you...have you gotten your free McDonald's angus hamburger yet?

[La Petite Chic]

So perfectly said! It constantly amazes me that all of these lovely ladies I've met over the past couple of years have all been because of our writing. It boggles my mind, yet thrills me to no end!
P.S. Nice to meet you! I believe this is my first time here. I'm so going to BlogHer next year so perhaps I'll see you there? :)

[LiLu]

AHHHH that's my Alice!!! Too funny!