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I woke up with a very sore head on Sunday morning…
The Blog Awards were a great success once again. More so even than last year and I reckon it will only continue to get bigger and better.
I arrived at the Alexander with my cousin, Ronan, shortly after 6pm. Not sure were to go we walked towards the ‘Winners Bar’. As we walked through the lobby I noticed some people sitting at the first table. I recognised Tom Raftery among them, but they looked like they were talking hardcore computery stuff so I didn’t bother embarrassing myself, instead we sat at the back of the lobby and watched everyone make their way in, not seeing anyone I knew. After finishing drink number one we made our way to the hall and towards the free bar.
Many well deserved awards were given out [winners here], even if Jett Loe left empty handed (again) - there’s always next year.
Of course I didn’t talk to as many people as I would like to, though I put this down to not knowing who most people are, what they look like, and, most importantly, what on earth they blog about. Though I have glanced at many blogs (hard to say most), certainly the shortlisted blogs, I can’t say I have read all of them enough to embarrass myself by attempting to talk to them, even though I know I should have.
I did however get the opportunity to chat to Niall, Red Mum, Tom, Jett, Twenty, Connor, Caitriona, John, his wife Paula and brother Dave, Ken and the Killkenny Music crew, Ronan, Rick, Robin, Gavin and many more.
The highlight however, was being presented with an award. Unfortunately, it was not for me. Gavin of Headphoneland could not make it on the night so I accepted the award for best Photo Blog on his behalf and quoted his own words from the text message he sent me when I suggested the idea a few hours prior: “…say I said thanks to everyone who voted and to Damien etc. Have a good night!”
Another highlight was calling Tom Raftery a “nerd”, unfortunately I missed his dancing.
Much time was spend outdoors admiring the wonders of nature in the form of the lunar eclipse. I just couldn’t keep John’s camera still enough to get a decent photo, though he got a good one, as did Gavin back in Belfast.
At the end of the night there was much talk of going on somewhere else, though with no one sure where everyone else had gone, and me being sure I would get lost along the way I decided to call it a night and got a taxi back to the hotel with John and Paula - thank you!
I had a thoroughly enjoyable night and look forward to next year! Thanks to Damien for putting this all together so brilliantly once again and congratulations to all the winners.
Having achieved very few of my goals partly due to alcohol consumption(?). I am ensuring that I know plenty more people by this time next year (and going off drink for a while)!
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