Stuff I Did This Weekend

Hey all, I’m back again!  Like I said this morning, last night Bre and I hit up the blog convention TequilaCon ‘08 down in Philly.  Bre had registered or whatever and was “on the list”, so she had a specially made up name badge/lanyard and actually knew people.  I on the other hand was not on the list, so I swiped a spare badge and clumsily wrote my name on it and hoped that I would blend in.  Luckily, the people were nice and actually talked to me.  Only one gal, Bellaventa, had actually heard of me, but that’s still one more than I ever expected!  I also made friends with the super cool Libra Girl, and the funny Bubblewench, who were fun to talk too.

Everyone who I talked too seemed really cool, and some people had brought fun swag like buttons and magnets with their blog names and pictures on them.  I exchanged blog info with a bunch of people, they mainly typing mine into their phones and blackberries, and me copying theirs with my super advanced pen and notebook.  Everyone who’s info I wrote down has been added to my side bar over myah –> so check them out when you get a chance, they’re cool people!

 

In other news, today I had a mini family reunion with part of my dad’s side of the family.  The whole “how we’re related” explanation is freakishly complicated, and even I don’t understand it all, but basically they’re cousins of various degrees and remove-ages.  They’re people that live in the city but we really never see unless someone dies, so it was nice to get to know them again under happier pretenses.  Everyone was really nice and welcoming, oozing over how I was all grown up and how beautiful I was.  So right off the bat I loved these people.  The whole thing was really last minute, but I was really excited when I heard about it and decided that I was definately going to go.  My immediate family is really small now, and sometimes I miss not knowing my other, more distant relations.  I have all these relatives out there and I wouldn’t even know them if I passed them on the street.  So I’m really hoping that I can see these guys on a more regular basis and get to know them better.  I’m also going to try to make more of an effort to track down and get to know my other distant relations too.  Especially since some live in the Poconos and some near Disneyland, hee hee hee.