OK - here is my #backfromsteemfest post. This is an easy one - as opposed to all the random thoughts I still have swirling around my head; trying to capture and express them somehow.
I will just do this one in a Q&A list style as suggested by @anomadsoul here.
Funniest picture I took
Or maybe funniest video? Definitely this one from the ladies restroom on Day 1.
Featuring @redrica, @techslut and @crimsonclad, none of whom I had met in real life before.
Seriously, don't miss this.
Funniest picture I did NOT take
...People licking the walls in the salt mine... 😆
The most embarrassing situation I was involved in
Nothing really serious, but if pressed, I’d say it was when @nanzo-scoop told me he lost “all his Steem Power” in the poker game.
Of course I responded, “You did NOT!!”
But he nodded in such a serious “Yes I did” kind of way, that I did believe him.
Of course I found out later that it wasn’t true. 🙄 But before I did, I said some wisecracky things about how men are always like “all or nothing” and women manage their money way better, blah blah blah, and I embarrassed myself even more. [imagine facepalm smiley here]
Apart from that, absolutely nothing embarrassing happened. AT ALL.
See, I have already successfully blocked out the fact that my Winning Team lost a bowling match to three kids... 🙈 (@lukestokes’s family...) If I allowed myself to think about this I would find this embarrassing, especially after over-confidently announcing on Steemit a week before Steemfest that we would win.
@surfermarly did mention something about “pride before the fall” to me back then, but I just waved it off and said, "If it’s on the Blockchain, it’s true!" But I guess this particular transaction got rejected... 😉
Well, we had fun anyway!
Winners at drinking aiming water. In vain. @abh12345, @surfermarly, @connecteconomy, @starkerz
The coolest/most interesting story/anecdote about this Steemfest
That has to be @apshamilton and his quest to sue Facebook and Google for the Crypto Ad Ban.
I still have to watch his presentation on the replay, but from talking to him at dinner on Day 2, I can tell he really knows his stuff, and with his background he seems to be the perfect person to do this. I would find it ambitious and respectable just to try, but from what I've learned so far, it sounds like he actually has a real shot!
So, if your crypto portfolio went down since January (it did go down a tiny bit, didn't it? 😜) - check out his presentation and his company blog here - you may have a chance to claim that money back! I admit, it does still sound crazy and hard to believe, but that's why I'm going to invest some time to learn more about this.
And then there was of course Dried Fruit Guy...
... who hitchhiked to Steemfest from Finland with a 12kg box of dried fruit on a skate board, to feed his fellow Steemians, including Ned!!! 😄
Photo with the most Steemians in it
I guess only the drone caught more!
New favorite Steemians
Tough one of course... Let's go with the people who's names and faces I remembered together right after meeting them the first time.
@tarazkp - my first encounter with him was in his "Don't drink and Blockchain" post while I was on my way to Krakow. I thought, "If this guy makes so much sense when he's drunk, what's he like when he's sober?"
Then we met in person at dinner and I called him Tarzan, like nobody has ever done that before in his life [super original, Anja! 🙄] but that's why I made an extra effort to remember his real name. Anyway, smart guy, deep thinker, also sexy voice and accent, which helps with memorability for an auditory person like me 😀! Will definitely follow his blog from now on.
@blewitt! Yes, you! OK maybe I remembered your name only the second time I ran into you, but still. It stuck. And we laughed a lot, so I'll follow you for more laughs from now on!
And @redrica, who I did know before - online - but who turned out to be the opposite of what I expected her to be like. For some reason I expected someone shy and reserved. 😄😄 LOL, imagine!
If she looks shy and reserved to you, too, watch the video above again
Overall experience of the event
I'll just post my summary from Facebook here.
The most random photo I took, and don't even remember why
I took this photo of my hostel room on the first day. I really don't remember why. Maybe I wanted to show it to @daniel.errey, who didn't know where to stay yet. I have no idea. But before I delete it, here it is:
Now you know what the Moon Hostel looks like
So, what's your backfromsteemfest story?
Just copy my headlines, use the #backfromsteemfest tag and post yours.
I'm so honoured that the Crypto Class Action was your most interesting story!
It was great to meet you and have such interesting discussions.
Thanks for the mention of the Class Action against Facebook & Google.. Please take the time to sign up.
good stuff.
It was so nice to talk over dinner in that group and my "sexy voice" is actually a lost voice trying to be heard :D
There are just so many people that I want to mention that I don't think I will mention anyone at all but thank you so much for the conversations and laughs :*
Do you know that I never saw you not smiling?
Thank you thank you 😊
Well there were a lot of reasons to smile - most of them people.
I think my own voice also still sounds a bit sexy since the karaoke night... 😄
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You sang? Aww, I missed out :D
I did, LOL! And no record of it will ever exist! 😅
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I heard more timber is required down the mines to support the structure following our visit - The Stokes family giving our team a good licking at Bowling too! 🙈
Thanks for sharing the tipsy toilet video, that is really undercover Steemfest research right there!
It was lovely to meet you, a year later than should have been the case, and maybe I'll see you sooner, rather than later in Asia 😀
Really? Are thinking of coming to Chiang Mai? That would be great! I guess Mallorca gets cold in the winter, too and living costs are higher than in Thailand ;) So yes, this would be a very wise decision! 😀
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Yes I'm thinking about it, STEEM going the wrong way to make it a reality at present but there's still a chance :)
Actually, I've got a good deal here but the Sun is an important factor to consider!
True, the bear got even bearish-er since we came back... all because of the Bitcoin wars!! :/
Hey something else - on the first day at dinner you mentioned a bidbot that was OK to use, that has a guaranteed ROI - which one was that? I don't think I've ever tried one before... I'm ready! :D
Damn wars, never solved anything.
@ocdb - a white-listed non-profit bot that wont interfere with trending. Once a day, 10 sbd max i think :)
Thank you!!
I didn't get the dried fruit, and I was wondering hahaha but I knew anyway that celestal plays the kantele in our talk.
@redrica is sooooooooooooo cute.
And that video at the ladiesroom is epic
I didn't get the dried fruit either, when he told me the story, but then I looked it up on his blog :) Crazy, but memorable!
Yes, I can't stop watching that video ha ha!
Awwww... I don't know which @redrica you met at SF3, because I am absolutely 100% shy and reserved! That video, I really do need to watch again, because I'm pretty sure it wasn't even me, it was @rea wasn't it?! so many people mistook us for each other at SF3 hahhaha :P
Lots of Love for you, awesome lady! Have an amazing time in Thailand, I remember you saying you're going soon :)
Shy and reserved?!? Don’t buy it folks. She’s as raw and vulgar as they come...and I love every bit of it. Lol
Especially when you called me a bitch and told me to go fuck myself. Shit got real! 😂
Raw and vulgar??? I like it :P
I call it how it is Blewitt.. don't make me air your laundry on the blockchain hahaha
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If you will actually do my laundry...you can say whatever you want about me. 😉
Ah.. the truth comes out! I could tell you never do your laundry after the first hug I was "forced" to give you.. Fret not, there are many tutorials on Youtube, like this one, it's never too late to learn!
Wait...you are supposed to use soap?!?
Omg you are truly the sweetest! I loved our time together. Definitely not enough though and I look forward to toasting to your awesomeness at SF4! You are amazing. 😉