Guys. GUYS. GUYS!!!!!!!!!! It’s Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere!!!!!!!!!!

I had a lot of good moments last year.

I discovered my professional trajectory and freaking LAUNCHED myself down it. I traveled all over the country, for work and for pleasure, and found them equally rewarding (and often equally drunk. What?) And I made countless new friends in DC and beyond; people I now can’t imagine my life without.

But without a doubt, my greatest moment last year was the four days I spent in Las Vegas.

And I don’t even like Vegas.

Most of you are not new around here, and so you’ve undoubtedly heard me mention Bloggers in Sin City before. But I’m not sure I’ve ever really been able to do it justice. And so, with registration for the 2012 event winding down and just a few precious spots left (EIGHT, at time of publishing!)… I’m going to try.

Bloggers in Sin City (#BiSC) is basically this:

1. Take 60 bloggers, place directly in Vegas.
2. Add booze, sun, cupcakes, cheese, booze, brunch, chocolate, gambling, booze, dancing, bonding, belly laughs, and booze.
3. Mix.
4. Pour directly into face, and also heart.
5. Repeat for FOUR FREAKING DAYS.

BiSC is, honestly, a family. But it’s the kind of family you build, because you love them dearly and want them in your life; not because you’re blood. It’s an endless Friendsgiving where everyone is welcome at the table. The door is constantly revolving and new faces come, but the sentiment always stays the same.

It’s love and friendship and acceptance, and an openness to building relationships that’s such a mature kind of affection and bond. One that will last through us all getting hitched and knocked up and divorced and middle aged crises and retirement, until one day we’re all living together in our Golden Girls (and Guys) house in Florida, playing cards and drinking whiskey.

Also, and perhaps most importantly… someone is going for FREE. 

Yes, amigos, you read me right: the awesome Paper’d app (providing endless entertainment via hilarious iPhone wallpapers) is going to pick one of us lucky registrants and just pay for the whole damn thing. (All deets about how to enter are here.)

So if you’re wondering if it’s worth it, if you should pull the trigger… the answer, IMHO, is abso-freaking-lutely. And you should do it fast, because the number of tickets left is dwindling as we speak!