Brooklyn-n-SXSW

For those of you that don't know, SXSW is a music, film and interactive/festival confernce that takes place every March in Austin, TX. So now you're probably thinking to yourself: what the fuck does SXSW have to do with me? And believe me: that is a VERY good question.

And the truth is, It might not have anything to do with you...that is if our panel ALLLLL ABOUT BROOKLYN doesn't get picked for next year. We've teamed up with the folks at Brownstoner, Brokelyn and Brooklyn Based for the Brooklyn-iest panel in SXSW panel history. It's gonna be all Brooklyn, all the time all up in that piece.

Here's our Brooklyn-y descripsh:

Brooklyn the Brand: How The Internet Made BK Famous

Brooklyn matters…really it does. At least that’s what all of us who live there keep telling ourselves. And yes, we’re all getting big heads now, and feeling self-important, and envisioning that we’re way the hell cooler than we actually are. But honestly: it’s not our fault! Everyone and their brother can’t stop talking about Brooklyn, writing hit songs about Brooklyn, developing HBO shows that take place in Brooklyn and even naming their goddamned kids Brooklyn. Brooklyn is it’s own brand…and it’s all the Internet’s fault. In this panel discussion we'll cover the viral spread of Brooklyn blogs, music, fashion, pop-culture, food, flea markets and more. Join some of the biggest, baddest Brooklyn movers and shakers as we uncover, break-down and debate the full-on branding of the hottest borough in NYC.

Anyway, before we can get picked, they make us go through this whole bullshit procedure where we gotta get people to vote for us. And more annoyingly still, you bitches actually have to sign up for a goddamned account in order to be able to vote for us. Sheesh! (I know).

Figuring this process out was harder than taking my SAT's, so I'm gonna break it down for you:
1. Go to the front page of the panel picker.
2. Look up to the top left of the page. Squint very fucking hard, because you can't even read the blue text on top of the gray. All the way over to the left it says "create an account"
3. Fill in the stupid information and create one
4. Wait for the stupid email they send you so that you can activate your account
5. Curse whomever designed this system cause you're already ready to slit your wrists and you're only half-way through.
6. Go to our panel page.
7. Like riiiight underneath our title at the thumbs up and thumbs down icons.
8. Choose the thumbs up icon.
9. Send me an email and tell me all about how you just wasted 20 mins of your life on all this bullshit. Write this email in all caps...and curse a lot.

But also: know that if you do I will love you forever and ever and ever and always.