Since my little girl is up at her daddy’s for a couple of days, I was happy to get to go gather with some of our dear blogger buddies, including my Sista, who has more pictures at her place, for an after-work shin-dig. It was at this place in Green Hills called “The Greenhouse.” It’s a real greenhouse, and it has a very cool vibe…once you find it…and I must thank Busy Mom for guiding me there!
 Smiley, Chris Wage, Aunt B, Jag, & Christy |
 Seriously, is that not a fake smile radiating from the face of Mr. Wage? LOL |
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Aunt B & Kerry Woo |
Filed under: Blogger Buddies, Fun Stuff, Pictures
I feel so left out…!
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Now, before we start that business of feeling left out, let it be known that these gatherings are open-invitation!!! We make these plans via Twitter, Facebook, or via word of mouth …never feel left out, because if you didn’t hear about it, it wasn’t on purpose from any of us…you, and that means anybody reading, are always welcome!
Aww, wish I had seen everybody!
Ginger, no worries, there are just several folks in there I haven’t seen in a while.
I missed the memo, probably due to being out of town and Twitter’s stressing out, thus not being able to see older tweets. Anyway, wish I had made it, I vote for a return to the Greenhouse!
It must be a symptom of being a non-Facebook user. Looks like lots of fun was had. Good for you!
Oh, you know…that’s true…with Twitter being on the fritz, there’s a high possibility that communication did not get out there…
That sucks…but then on the other hand, that just means we need to do it again, soon!!!
So no one could have emailed? I had no idea…again.
Of course it’s intentional. Everyone has my email and phone number and I don’t use twitter, so how else would I know?
I mean, would it put people out that much to pick up the phone or drop me an email? Are you telling me no one called or emailed each other about this?
I’ve tried telling y’all just how much it hurts my feelings I get left out, but no one seems to care.
I’ll say it again, it’s terribly painful that not one of you care enough to pick up the phone or email me to invite me.
You all have no idea what it does to me. I know I know. I get the message.
I just saw the memorial day thing I wasn’t invited to, and now this and all the other things…it’s no accident.
It fucking hurts. A lot. And I’m so so tired of hurting because Nashville bloggers push my buttons and know it and still can’t pick up the phone or email me to invite me to an event everyone in Nashville is attending.
Sharon, I do care about you a ton. You are one of my favorite bloggers and people…seriously.
Please know that these things do not happen every week or even every month…I don’t get to go out very much, because I’m a single mother so when I do get to, I’m very excited and want to blog about it. Then, it hurts me that people then get their feelings hurt when it was NOT INTENTIONAL to leave anybody out. It kinda puts a damper on my joy, ya know?
I will take the blame. It’s all my fault for not communicating enough. Next time, I will put a broadcast on Music City Bloggers so everyone can access it.
Secondly, as Mack told you over at his place, the Memorial Day thing (which actually wasn’t a Memorial Day thing, it was the day before) at Mack’s was a PRIVATE, NON-BLOGGER DRIVEN party. There were two “bloggers” there: me and Aunt B…we are personal, close friends of his, and when we go to a friend’s house, it isn’t some “event”…it’s just going to spend time with a friend…just like anybody would go see family or whatever. That was not open-invitation, and nobody should feel bad about it…
There is nobody whispering to each other “Hey, let’s not invite ‘x’ person to this event.” I promise you with all my heart that is just not the case.
Um.
Looked like fun!
When I sent the email, I said “Please feel free to forward to anybody I may have inadvertently left out.” I had it on the blog…i know though it can feel like you’ve been slighted. Not the intention. At all. We’re going to do it again very soon.
To think that anyone was left out is a little silly.
These things aren’t organized by any one person, and just tend to happen organically through Twitter. Some of the more organized ones happen through Facebook, etc.
If you don’t want to be left out, then make sure you are in on all the communications (Twitter, Facebook groups, etc). If you don’t want to mess with all of those that is certainly fine, but know that you’ll miss out on stuff.
This wasn’t your fault Ginger. Don’t let anyone tell you it was.
Now…moving it up from 7:00pm to 5:00pm at the ‘last’ moment knocked a few people out (like myself) but no biggie. I’ll be there next time…maybe.
I don’t think Sista or anyone else ought to feel bad because someone who doesn’t read her blog didn’t get invited to an event she organized. Additionally, it’s not always the best idea to broadcast where you’re going to be on the internet anyway (speaking as some one who was previously blogstalked).
Sending out email invitations isn’t easy. Someone always gets left off (one of my best friends does this to me all the time because my email address isn’t in her iPhone); that’s just the way it goes.
It’s a shame you people don’t make a special effort to keep Sharon in the loop about everything going on. Really, she’s a grieving, wounded soul and Ginger’s over here rubbing her good time in Sharon’s face. How disrespectful of you to blog about what you’re up to, Ginger! Tsk tsk.
I’m terribly disappointed in everyone, but I’m most disappointed in Sista for only posting all the details about the gathering on her blog where anyone can read it and join in. For shame! Shaaame!
Hey I didn’t get the memo and I’m on Facebook, Myspace, Twitter and some other stuff that I’ve forgotten.
But then again, I’m an introvert. I probably wouldn’t have gone if I did know about it. =-) It’s not you, it’s me. tee hee…
I love the pictures and I love that I know you guys. Now if I could just stop having to work stupid schedules to pay the bills, I’d happily drink and laugh with you all.
My best to everyone.
Mike
I want to know where Smiley got that shirt.
I’m terribly disappointed in everyone, but I’m most disappointed in Sista for only posting all the details about the gathering on her blog where anyone can read it and join in. For shame! Shaaame!
OMFG. That’s almost as funny as the guy on TennesseeFree.com last night who impersonated an U.S. Army captain in Afghanistan, and got busted doin’ it.
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I can’t wait to get back and be able to make one of these deals some time!
Attention internet. I will probably be at the Sportsman’s Grille in Hillsboro Village tonight from 8:00 until 10:00 tonight. I usually sit in the 2nd bar stool from the far end of the bar, just past the taps and under the screen with the Cubs game on. If anyone wants to come drink with me, you have all been apprised of my whereabouts and are welcome to exercise your freedom of assembly.
And here I thought we were just having some fun “adult swim” time in the world of social networking. Sheesh.
p.s. The shirt is from N.O. JazzFest circa 1995. I got a million of `em. Well, five really.
Dammit. I have to move to Nashville.
I did drink beer though staring at Mable, watching Lost and pondering world domination.
When’s the party coming to Hooterville?
We have dives but beer is $1.50.
Who’s in?
I’ll call the only hotel we have.
Well, I’ll be coming to Hooterville as soon as I can get my private plane ready. (Seriously! Woot for friends with mamas in West TN!)
Sorry I missed y’all last night! Mr. Ivy just didn’t come home in time. Alas. Maybe next time!
Tell ya what….why don’t everybody who wants to be included in future get togethers (there’s gonna be another one VERY soon, like next week, so saith the Sista) email me at sharoncolliesmith@gmail.com to get on the list? I’m not a great Twitterer anymore so I’m not really reliable on that. I’m also officially ADD, thus, meaning your Sista is spastic.
I think I’m going to call my new blog SistaSpaz.
Hey Sista, I have ADD too. Don’t you find you have trouble fin… oooh, a butterfly!
Please stop having fun without Sharon Cobb.
It fucking hurts. A lot.
I don’t know any of y’all from adam and what the sista tells me about y’all’s goings on, but I must say you are a handsome lot who appear to be having an especially good time and it makes me jealous because I don’t have blogger friends around here to go drink with in a greenhouse.
Chris needs to move here just so she can play wid us.
Ron…this is why I have a section of my blog called the “I Have A Green Dress” file.
The funny thing is I have many conversations just like whatchew said. HA.
If I lived there, I’d need a new liver.
I’m just making everyone I know blog. They even want me to set up a class. With money I raise, I will buy a new liver for the next time I’m in Nashville.
It was great to see you! Hope that happens again soon.
If you ever want to do that again when you have Amanda, you could bring her to ME!!! I would love to hang out with her for a while…and you!
Two things stand out –
(1) Dr. Woo lookin’ awesome in his suit!
(2) Smiley’s shirt is louder than 99% of Hawaiian shirts sold in the United States.
Always happy to see you guys together & having fun, as always wish I’d been there but maybe again sometime soon.
Well, I kind of feel Sharon’s pain because I wasn’t invited either. I understand the Mack thing being a private party but when there’s a party that’s “for bloggers” but the main blogs don’t talk about it….like MCB…well, that’s pretty hurtful.
I don’t open Twitter and Facebook often.
Well, I entered that comment before I read all the comments so I see I’ll just have to be back to reading more blogs, opening Twitter every day, etc.
Has CeeElcee lost weight? Boy looks to be reducing more than just his carbon footprint!