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You knew it was coming, the "brillig went to NN11 and all we got were these photos"...
Truth be told, you get way more than that. Sure, I'm gonna regale you with pictures of people and places. I came home with them, so might as well share :-)
But I also came home energized, rejuvenated, and fired up to make a difference this year. The couple of days spent with my Netroots Nation family fuels my activist soul and reminds me with whom I'm walking this progressive path.
Pictures and words cannot fully express what it's like to attend NN. For me it's like coming home after too long away. We may only see each other once a year, but it's like family reunion - we eat and drink either too much or too little, share stories, and reconnect. And each year, we add another member or two to the family. If you've never been, I hope you'll let us add you to the family next year!
Without further ado, on to the pictures! Note: rather than horribly offend someone by not identifying them properly, I've not identified everyone. Feel free to claim yourself in the comments.
The folks I spent most of my time with:
More folks I spent lots of time with:
See what a stairwell can do? (I met the man next to me on a stairwell in Pittsburgh, and we struck up a conversation. We're still talking :-))
The C&J Dinner crowd in the hotel lobby:
Do any of these C&J faces need an introduction?
Stripes!
Shanna telling the volunteers what she arranged for us - an individual picture with Howard Dean:
Fortifying myself before karaoke with a table of friends:
Breaking brillig's karaoke cherry with help from the wonderful Alicia Morgan:
Breitbart visits NN. Yes, I was that close. Yes, I wanted a shower:
Netroots For The Troops box packing. Note: the only thing keeping us from packing even MORE boxes is money. Please donate, and yes, even now after NN11 is over. It'll still be needed in Providence.
Top Commenteer:
Van said to stop staring at your thumbs!!
Bacon!! For the record, two great tastes do NOT necessarily taste great together:
The dKos party:
The tangle of wires in the hotel lobby Sunday morning as six of us shared one outlet:
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Now it's on to the comments! I think many of you are feeling rejuvenated, by the looks of the mailbox contents!
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From enhydra lutris:
palantir explains the great hidden secret of our times
From MBNYC:
This comment by liberal granny in psychodrew's diary is amazing.
From Dragon5616:
I love this quip from blue aardvark in jotter's valuable community fixture High Impact Diaries: June 20, 2011.
From pico:
In a snarky thread devoted to the tongue-in-cheek question "How old does a religion need to be before you'll vote for one of its members?", it's GussieFN's response to this comment that wins the gold star.
From Julie Gulden:
My my! Front pagers getting a little testy!
Comment by Barbara Morrill from my diary on Chairman's Pub Quiz.
From the same diary, by SanDiegoDem - The chanting thing has caught on...
From indycam:
A top comment for trusted users only! Brilliant humor by happy camper
From commonmass:
This, from Kossack jnhobbs from this morning's C&J, took the cake for me on the thread this morning.
Apologies for not having comment mined myself; a combination of first-day-of-summer-vacation for the K's, and some odd swelling of my ankles post-flight, has me alternately busy running and busy laying with my feet higher than my head.