It is SO important to come out of every experience with a new outlook and new knowledge. At BlogHer this year some people acquired new knowledge, some a new outlook… however what most of us aquired was a hangover. A long one. And a headache. From the hangover. And the lack of sleep. And all the whooooping. (Which, let’s face it, it’s fun sometimes, but after a while I started wondering if that was the only reply available. Are you happy to be here? Whoooop! How are you doing? Whoooop! Did the combination of caffeine, alcohol, lack of sleep and over-scheduling fry your brain cells? Whoooooop!)
But hey, I still learned a few lessons:
10. People are not always all they are cracked up to be. [Or all they crack themselves up to be.]
9. Backpacking Dad is really tall. [Not freakishly so, just way taller than I would expected.]
8. Avitable is not scary at all in person. In fact, he is sweet and funny. [And I've just destroyed his street cred.]
Avitable and yours truly at the MamaPop party. I'm fully aware that I look like crap. In my defense, I was a little drunk and VERY tired. But I have a tiara!
7. Mr. Lady is so hot, funny and just generally awesome that she’d be intimidating if she wasn’t also so friendly. [And so I join the throngs of adoring fans.]
6. Some people are just as lovely in real life as they are on their blogs. And that makes up for those who are really really not. [And by lovely I mean "nice, friendly, approachable". Be nice, people.]
Here I am with the wonderful, gorgeous, amazing Jill (Scary Mommy). I loved hanging out with you! You are the best. Mwah!
5. You can feel like you have known someone for a really long time after spending only 2 days together. [Which might be due to the fact that you cram a month worth of stuff in those two days. And that you go though hard times – read: hangover + no sleep + event overload + etc – together, and that brings you closer, dammit.]
4. No matter how really-not-shy you may be, you might still bee too chicken to approach Queen Of Spain. [And by "you" I mean "me". No, "I".] Or Ally FussyPants. Or Jenny The Bloggess. Oh, well. [And by "oh, well" I mean "Damn, I'm so kicking myself."]
3. Nothing good can come out of giving drama queens access to microphones and/or Twitter #hashtags. You could say that drama queens + microphones/#hashtags = weapons of mass destruction annoyance. [Or, as Mr. Lady aptly put it: "B*tches be crazy."]
2. Humor Bloggers are the most awesome, undervalued category ever. No, wait – they are not even a category! [Hint, hint BlogHer 
]
Humor Bloggers Panel: (from left) Wendi Aarons, Kelcey, Jessica, Anna, Deb on the Rocks, The Bloggess. They were hilarious, warm and really inspiring!
And the #1 lesson:
1. Once you go to BlogHer, you cannot imagine not attending again the following year. Because despite a bit of drama, and little bits and pieces of annoyance, BlogHer is.totally.awesome.
Maria (Immoral Matriarch), me, OHMommy and Mr. Lady
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