Alright maybe not genius, but you have to admit you laughed a little at Blogtoberfest.
After Blogtoberfest was over and done with I was having dinner with my friend Bob and I was telling him about how sad it was that my next blog-tastic* event wouldn’t have a name half as good as Blogtoberfest.
* You see what I did there? Genius.
So then we started going through times of year, months, holidays trying to come up with another great blog event.
While going through all these options, we were also going through several glasses of wine which was quite obvious because the conversation quickly went from “Yes, yes, Blogtoberfest was a perfect play on words. You cleverly incorporated the “blog” with the “October”, the very month when the event was to fall in.” to … this:
Jenny: AH! Blogidents Day!
Bob: Pffffwha?!!? Ha…what is that?
Jenny: President’s Day, but with blogs! Yeah wait. That doesn’t work. It doesn’t even…
Bob: Make sense? Make you laugh? It’s dumb.
Jenny: Let’s have a Blog Prom! With a theme like Under the Sea! But it could be like Under the C…SS. AH! SEA? CSS? SEA SS!! HA! HA! HAHAH!
Bob: Shut up.
Jenny: OH MY GOD. I HAVE IT.
Bob: Here we go.
Jenny: It will be in February.
Bob: Ok.
Jenny: BLOGHOG DAY.
Bob: ….
Jenny: RIGHT?!
Bob: Um, well wouldn’t “GroundBLOG Day” make more sense?
Jenny: Oh.
Bob: Yeah.
Jenny: But …. BLOG HOG!!!
Bob: Seriously. I am embarrased to be your friend right now.
In other news, yes I am gearing up to organize another event. And I am thinking February or March (but no it will not be called Blog Hog Day — unless you all agree with me that that is HILARIOUS. Seriously, have a few drinks and it will be.). Blog friend Tom votes for an event in January. He wants everyone to wear flannel. And we’ll call it Flanuary. But … I ask you? Where’s the blog tie-in? Tom, your logo was great. Typography? Phenominal, but you got to work blog in there.
And also? I’m not putting my body in flannel.
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I vote that you should have it in February, because in march I’ll be too busy with my wedding.
Unless we turn my reception into a blog event…. Blog-ception? no, that’s lame. You come up with the title, I’ll work on the bedazzled shamrock nametags.
we can have it at the Medieval Times and call it BLOG AND GROG
YES!!!
No offense but GroundBlog day is really cool! But on the other hand, don’t do it then because I’ll be away until like the 13th of Feb or so. How about something like ValenBlog’s Day? Or better yet, BLOG Patrick’s Day! or uh… St. BLOGtrick’s Day? You could do green beer, have it at a kick-ass Irish Pub. One with light, so I can shoot video… ? Or Daylight Saving Time starts early this year, on March 11. How about Daylight BLOGging Time or something?
How about Blog-ese New Year?
Chinese New Year is on Feb. 18th. It’s the year of the pig, apparently. Which means, I suppose, we have to have ham sandwiches? Pigs in a blanket? Baby back ribs? Slabs of bacon?
Yeah. Nevermind. I got nothin.
Blog hog too funny!
If it is the year of the pig, as you claim, then Blog Hog works there as well. But we could definitely celebrate George Blogishton’s birthday too.
Seriously, though, you guys. Check out this logo for Flannuary:
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5012/130/1600/flannel%281%29.jpg
That’s great stuff right there. Also, Jenny, that typography sucks. But it doesn’t matter. IT’S FLANNEL.
We missed the winter solstice so “blogstice” is out, Blograham Lincoln’s birthday might also be usable, March could come in like a lion, out like a BLOG, or vice versa, we could wait for snow and call it a BLOGstorm, or blOG-zzard, or BLOG’easter, or “winter blogger-land,” “I’m blogging of a white christmas,” “Frosty the blog-man,” Rudolph the blog-nosed reindeer,” there are a million of them.
Samantha reminded me we missed an opportunity for “Blog Kippur,” or “Blog Kashana” (assuming turning religious ceremonies into poorly spelled puns isn’t offensive).
You could schedule another event, like a board game tournament, and then incorporate “blog” into the name, like a boggle tournament called Bloggle (to cite the most obvious). “Blogs and Ladders,”
Popular movie-themed parties. Call it BLogFlix: We could wear kilts for BLOGheart. And if you schedule it near Valentine’s day it could have two meanings. “Why do all these people have blue faces? Is it moad or are they just frozen?” Look all scraggly and come with a bunch of escaped prisoners for “BLOG-Air,” host it in Alcatraz and bring Sean Connery along for “The BLOG.”
Or just wait until June. FLAG Day is only a couple letters away from being a nationally recognized BLOG Day, you know?
Though, compared to all your ideas FLANNUARY sounds pretty kick ass.
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right sorry, wrong link.
try here instead
http://peoplefood.blogspot.com/2006/11/blog-post.html
Bloghog day! Me likey.
ugh, i can’t believe i’m going to say this, but you could celebrate inbloguration day on january 20th.
of course, it wouldn’t make sense to do it any sooner than 2009…
I love blog hog becuase it sounds so vulgar.
One time, I went to my mailbox to (obviously) get the mail and for some complete random reason the word “FLANFEST” was taped onto it. ??? just made me think that FLANUARY would be a great time to hold a FLANFEST.
inbloguration (or just Bloguration) on January 20th would be PERFECT! only because it is my birthday… so needless to say in 2009 I should be getting the BESTEST birthday gift EVER.
I’m not feeling too creative with the names, but I like GroundBLOG Day.
January OR February would be fine with me.
You’ll have to excuse me. I just got home from an 8 hour work day in RETAIL on the day BEFORE Thanksgiving. My brain is mush.
We had a similar illness that swept through our offices at work for months. It involved making up people’s names that fitted together to form other phrases.
I think I won the award for the best one in the end with “Sue Mowrestler”.
By far the most naughty was “Jenny Talia”
if you host a “bloggle” event, I will drive up from Philadelphia to participate.