This post is going to have a little bit of something for everyone.
For our “real life” friends – What BlogHer and VOTY mean will finally be revealed!
For our blogging friends – You will be given the tools to pick us out in the crowd!
For our children – We gift you with a heaping dose of humiliation!
BlogHer is the HUGE conference on all things women and blogging – over 5,000 attendees last year! There are seminars on how to hone and pump up your blogging craft, there are speakers, there is an expo floor full of brand representatives ready to toss out swag, and there are lounges where they pamper you with caffeine and wifi. We even heard somewhere there is karaoke, but we’ll be skipping that . . . and the universe breathed a sigh of relief.
Another part of this extravaganza is Voice Of The Year – VOTY. This is where bloggers submit their own best writing (or the blog posts of their peers) to be judged in one of four categories: Op-Ed, Humor, Heart, or Inspiration. Each category has honorees, three readers, and a People’s Choice Award.
There were 2,600 submissions, but only 25 pieces were honored in each category! I’m assuming we’ll be able to pick out the committee members at the conference by their blood shot eyes and fear of sunlight. What an impossible job to pick 100 pieces of writing out of that honkin’ deep pool of talent. That is why we were delighted and gratified when we were chosen as a Humor Honoree for The Sensible Sisterhood Summer Camp. Read the rest of the selections here to understand why we’re so humbled.
We’ve really taken this explanation as far as we can BECAUSE THIS IS OUR FIRST CONFERENCE! We’re newbies and we’re just gonna ride the wave to Chicago and have a blast! But we were a little worried that our blogger friends would not be able to recognize us in the flesh. So that is where the humiliation of our children comes in. We made a video. Behold.
And then they vlogged . . .
So it’s a little fuzzy and sound challenged, but so are we. Maybe we’ll just stick to what got us here – writing.
Ellen and Erin
I’m in love with you both. You are perfect.
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A terrific idea! I want to make one now but am shy because I have no partner. Excuse now, while I try to find the cat… See you soon!
You guys are so funny! I’d recognize you anywhere 🙂 Excited to hug you both at BlogHer!
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I sadly won’t get to meet you at BlogHer, but now I can play your video over and over again and pretend I’m there. Have a blast and leave the ax at home!
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I don’t know what to say after watching that blog except to say I I so wish I was coming just to watch you two from afar and then share with all the sisters back home my thoughts.
Love you guys and in all seriousness (because the above statement was not!) I am super proud of you and your award!!!
You are both hilarious! And superb ax-wielding, tiara-wearing, volleyball players! Can’t wait to meet you at BlogHer!
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I giggled the WHOLE way through that video! You two are adorable, and now I’m certain I’ll be able to recognize you. Phew! Promise me you’ll sit with me at VOTY and share your Sour Patch Kids!
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That was awesome! Maybe when I get more experience I’ll have the courage to run screaming towards you in excitement at the BlogHer conference. Maybe 2030?
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I am so proud of you two!! You have earned the right to be with the best of the best. My hat’s off to you. Love you!!
Yep, I definitely won’t miss you ladies now! And I’m not much the vlogger, either. Don’t feel bad. (This was cute!)
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Funny! Please wear your party dresses so I can pick you out among the throngs!
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Heh, heh, heh. I first read that as “thongs.” Ellen
I think I’ll be able to pick you two out, the problem I’ll have is trying to remember which one of you is which. That sounds awful – I’m re-watching the video.
Vlogging is hard. The two I’ve done are just me lip-syncing. Nice job!
YAY on being VOTY. That is really just superpluperfantastic. I wish I were going to be in Chicago for the conference b/c I would love to hear your actual voices as opposed to the voices I hear in my head. I mean…the voices I hear when I read your blog (which are different from the voice I usually hear in head)…ack. Anyway. Have a great great time & don’t forget to GET OUTSIDE THE HOTEL. Breathe nonblogher air occasionally…(but don’t forget the swag…)
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I wish you were going too! I would love, love, love to meet you. And trade swag like Halloween candy. Just keep playing our video as you go to sleep at night; then you won’t be able to get us out of your head. 😉 Ellen
Have fun, ladies. I wish I could y’all. Maybe another conference, soon. But I can not go to Chicago this week.
Can’t wait to see and read how it went.
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You guys are too cute. See/hear you there! Hysterical…
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