I know.

It’s been a week since landing in Florida.

It’s been 4 days since I’ve been back from Florida.

And there has been nary a blog peep from me.

The thing is… Poppy did such a great recap… what else could I possibly say?

Poppy Rawks with Mew

Floating Princess looks like a deer in headlights while Poppy swills back something else made by PJ

The Royal Court of the PRB will smile and like it!

Dave2 looks uber emo considering who he’s standing next to

I had a really good time reconnecting with friends I haven’t seen in a long time, meeting new people I’ve looked forward to meeting for a long time, and just relaxing in the sun.  It’s important to remember this when you read the next part… so let me stress… I had a really good time.

But the truth is… it was different.

Maybe it’s because I was actually sober for this year’s party.

Maybe it’s because I knew which way things were so gone was that certain freshness and excitedness.

Maybe it’s because I didn’t spend an afternoon in a hotel bar surrounded by bloggers and Klingons and getting obliterated off margaritas.

I don’t know.  I don’t know exactly what or how it was different other than the obvious… but it was.

What I do know is that when people try to push their morales upon me, or upon others in my presence, I get fucking annoyed.

What I do know is that I may have to abdicate my crown as the King of Drama, because to be honest, while it can be thrilling for the moment, people let it consume them… and life is too short to be consumed by such pettiness.

Those are my two big observations about how I think things were different.

Next year, the one thing that will definitely be different, is that I’m going to have a cooler in the back of my rental car packed with DiGiorno frozen pizzas… and I’ll be selling them at 2:00am for $20 a pop.

Now THAT is how you make money in blogging.