Name Droper

For those of you who missed the Michigan Blogger Meetup this weekend you missed a fun time and a bunch a super fellow bloggers.

I showed just in time to catch the end of happy hour. Sign Gurl and BTExpress were there already. First let me say Sign Gurl is every bit as super of a person as I thought she would be. BTExpress, or former Michigander and now a New Yorker, was fascinating and fun just a touch naughty. Even if I did not meet anyone else this trip would be a success. We had dinner while waiting for the others to show up. I decided to follow BTExpress's lead and have the salmon meal. I must say it was yummy.

Cutie was next to show up. I only just noticed Cutie around the blogs recently. I so enjoyed getting to meet and know her a little. She is a great person and I am so glad I got to meet her. I look forward to hearing about her vacation. I have added her to my must read list.

Jon was next to arrive. I only just noticed Jon in the last week. I was fascinated about his moving experience and the fact that he was coming here from Colorado. He was at the second table and I do not do real well in a bar so I did not get to know him real but between that and the activities after we left the bar I just know I need to add Jon on to my list of people to get to know.

Croaker showed up next. I have never read his blog but I have certainly seen his hooded avatar around enough. I found him to be one of the most interesting persons. He talked a little bit about how he started anonymous and has just kept it going since. He asked some of the most interesting questions like why do you blog? We will visit that in a second.

Finally Roxi and Dan showed up. Now I knew Roxi was the shit as she has told us that but she was all that and more. What a super person. She started off by telling every that she really does say "fuck" that often and went from there. It was exciting to get to meet her. She was every bit as much fun as I thought she would be. Dan was holding his own despite the fact that he is not a blogger. I must say I don't think if it were me that I would have been able to make it to the bar. He had just drove in from Texas and I was amazed he lasted as long as he did. I must say that Dan and Roxi really made a good looking couple.

Now the question about why do you blog. Everyone had different reasons just like I have noticed people when people mention it on their blog. For me it was to meet people. Now I am talking about meeting them online, not in person like the blogger gathering was. I find it fascinating meeting people, especially those from outside the United States. One crazy person I have visited many times is Jungle Jane from the Land Down Under. Of course Jungle Jane is originally from the UK as are many other people I have bumped into out in the Small World. There is also Wenchy from South Africa. What a super person she is. There are so many more that I visit at least occasionally and many of which I don't even know where they are fun. So basically meeting people is why I blog.

Part way through the evening we decided to go up to the rooms and finish out the night up there. So everyone headed up to Sign Gurl's room and the evening went down hill from there. The first thing was Sign Gurl cranked up the tunes on her MP3 player and the jello shots made an appearance. Now fist let me say that Sign Gurl is probably going to how much bigger her jello shots were then mine. That funny, I hardly noticed. I suppose they could have been just a touch bigger but... OK, so mine were 3/4 ounce and hers were probably 2 ounces so even though I made almost 3 times as many shots, Sign Gurl made probably as much or slightly more than I did and where they GOOD! I especially loved the technique that Roxi used to get the Jello out, that is all that I am saying. By the way I am leaving details out because "what goes on in Ann Arbor stays in Ann Arbor." Where have I heard that before?

Sign Gurls bed was a popular spot for the evening as you have no doubt heard on her blog and Roxi blog or seen on the Michigan Meetup blog. Throughout the remainder of the night Sign Gurl was making sure no one ran out of shots and the conversation kept flowing. Sometime after midnight we started to lose people and finally the remainder of us were calling it a night sometime after 3:00 AM.

For pictures and comments go check out some of the other blogs mentioned and maybe someone will fill us in on Saturday night. It was certainly a lot of fun and I really hope another get together happens soon. Hopefully we will see more people there next time around.


Mary Kane is a very hot name to drop in Washington right now. They are practically frothing at the mouth for her. --Spooks