Blogher! did you go? did ya see? what? blogher! WTF is BLOGHER?
So, everyone in the known blogging world either was at blogher, heard of blogher, is sick of hearing about blogher, or doesn’t know what the hell I’m talkin about…
Yes, that covers EVERY ONE of my 3 loyal readers! hahah!
So anyway, why do I bring it up as I wasn’t there? I dunno. I was just thinking last night about the pros n cons of the various blogher experiences I’ve been reading in some of my faves. Seems like MOST had a good time, thuogh it also seems as if some are disappointed. Not all that unexpected when one gets together 700+ women in one room, surely.
Now, if I had been there, I’d have been the quiet wallfower in the back, wanting to join but just not popular enough (Hi! 3 readers!) to feel I warrented barging into groups, even those I adore reading on a daily basis. I’d have been a little starstruck to meet Y and Mir and Dooce and Amalah and Schnozz and Moose In the Kitchen and Rockstar Mommy and and and and and… in person, though it kinda makes me also think about why I would feel that way. Is it because they’re funnier then me and thinner and OH SO PRETTY and write better and have more to talk about then me with my posts of family and many pictures and antedotes that may be amusing only to me? And if THATS the case, why am I doing this anyway – because I hate popularity contests and the like anyway though I still wanna be popular. Kinda.
Ok – this is CLEARLY not making any sense whatsoever. *L* It’s not gonna get any better, EITHER. *g*
Anyway – what I was REALLY thinking about was this term “Mommyblogger” and what a bad rap it seems to have, so much so that there was something said/done/broughtup/whatever at blogher. Now, me, I think “blog” sounds like something icky that should be done in the privacy of one’s own home, and never talked about. Course, maybe that’s how it SHOULD be, but we are all exibitionists else we wouldn’t do this at all, right? Right. So why on earth do Mommyblogs have such a bad rap? I would likely be called just that, if I were into lables and enough people stopped by (Hi! 3 loyal readers!) to indeed lable me, since I talk about *gasp* my kids and their antics and my everyday life which, as a mom, involves my *gasp* kids!
So why the bad rap, all? I love to read other ‘mommyblogs’ because it reminds me that hey, my kids are animals, but they aren’t all THAT bad, and that mom over there feels the same way I do, and so on and so forth. And sometimes I even get to feel a little bit like “ha! I’d NEVER do that!” which is usually about .23 seconds before I do EXACTLY that, and then I’m scrambling to look and see if we handled it the same way. Because women like to talk about stuff like that. It’s how we tick. Sure I’m not the most girly girl around, but I’m still female and a mom and like attracts like, often enough, and who really wants to read about guys having farting contests? Really? I want to read real accounts of real women that make me laugh. I love to laugh! (did anyone else hear Mary Poppins’ Uncle Jock, there? I am *such* a mom!) I also love those that make me think, cry, ponder, giggle, and snort diet coke out my nose.
So – anyway. To all you mommybloggers – I salute you. To people who don’t like it – see that little x up there? Clickit. I love my 3 loyal readers (hi!) and if ya don’t like me, it really doesn’t matter – it’s no skin off my nose at all.
Bah. Polularity contests. Stupid.
(Now read me! and send people to read me! LOVE ME DAMMIT!)
(Did you comment? HUH? how do I know you’re here without COMMENTS?)
(Ahem. *grin*)
So would I be going to blogher sometime in the future? Bah. I dunno. I might if KristyK went, cuz I love her! And if I do, be sure to stop by the fat Alaskan lady in the back, melting in the heat, camera in hand, shyly drinking a lot and peoplewatching. I promise not to fawn over you TOO much. However, actual genuflecting may occur.
Anyway. This made no sense and totally rambles all over the place. So. Um. Carry on! Nothing to see here!
12 Comments
I COMMENT! I’d better be one of your THREE READERS, bitch!
Actually- you’ve been saying three readers since before I started reading. (sobs) so I guess I JUST DON’T count!
*LMAO* nah – you just bumped someone else out! *grin*
mememememme, I’m one of the three – waves to Mei! Hiya!
Lessa, we can go togetha and I’ll help you outta that corner you try to dig yourself into. You KNOW you wanna outshine damama! heh
loves ya – and loves mommybloggers
HEY! is there such a thang as GRANDmommybloggers? Or moosebloggers? Well, yes, there MUST be since there is Moose in the Kitchen and moi!
heh
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WAAA! I didn’t go! I couldn’t go! I was stuck here, getting my arse FIRED. *sigh*
*sniffles*
And no one loves me anymore.
I wanna be one of the three loyal readers!! I’m here everyday- you keep me in stitches. I love reading and seeing what your kids are up to- it gives me hope that my kids aren’t the only ones doing/going through stuff *cough*bras for 11 yr olds*cough*. I wish I could write half as well as you….then maybe my kids would think I’m funny (most common comment from 11 yr old daughter “your not as funny as you think you are mom….”)- when did I give her the right to talk??
LOL…. I know I am not one of the three. hell I am only here … oh once a week or twice a week… than I have to read EVERYTHING all at one time. in know,,,, bad me. But hell on dial up at a 16 connect there is no way your page loads fast enough for me. *G* I will try to be more loyal.
You crack me up though.. I hope you know that you have the power of words. ( and Spelling) you got it from the grandmommiemoosie up there…. You are amazing and give a new spin on mother hood. although who wouldn’t with a child like the pup running around. there are more than three. just not all of us are there everyday. Yet we are still loyal… Popularity may not be something that you liked or something you tried to be part of. But for us out there not as popular as you…. we all wish we were you. *G*. not me of course…
erk, I now feel bad that I called you a bitch where your MOM IS READING.
and now I just said bitch AGAIN.
argh, AGAIN! (never ending cycle!)
So I don’t know if family qualifies for loyal readers, but I am here virtually every day keeping up with the happeneings of the family.
I have no idea why “mommyblogs” would be considered a bad thing, they are my favorite, but none my dear rank above you.
Add another one to your list of loyal readers. I stumbled onto your blog a couple of months ago through a photo site (probably Brookston’s) and have been checking up on you ever since. I usually just lurk, but I do that in person, too (at parties I’m usually the one standing in the background, just taking in all the action and listening in to several conversations…) You have a great site, and I love dropping in to see what’s going on.
Moose bloggers – I love it! Your new site is lovely, Lessa. Looks really nice. Cookies coming soon! : )
I love you Ren!
Though Moose in the Kitchen IS bribing me with cookies! YAY! COOKIES!
I’m not much of a commenter, but I always reply when you drop in to visit me. Does that count for anything? I only have 2 or 3 blogs that I comment on much, but that doesn’t mean I don’t read others and enjoy them! I am not one for the populars. They have plenty of readers. I don’t like to read people’s butt-kissing comments, either. That gets boring, as do the people who only comment to draw traffic to their sites. That’s what I like about my little blog. I may have FOUR readers, but they like me, they really like me. And they don’t kiss my butt. Sometimes they are even kind of rude to me, but I like to pretend that they are joking. I appreciate you being one of my best stalkers! And your pictures are OH SO PRETTY when my dial-up finally lets them through. I could never attend BlogHer. It seems like a big ol’ popularity contest to me, but that’s just because I am disgruntled and unpopular. I would definitely hide out in the back row, though, trying to remain unnoticed.