awwwww *hug* I'm glad you were able to be there! Meet ups are always absolutely surreal. You're a really kind and swell guy.

It's the least we could do when you filled our hearts with your smiles and great beardy wisdom!

I'm so sad I don't have a picture with you from Chicago. It was really sweet what you said to me about what you think I mean to this place, thanks for that man. I don't see it, but I'm glad you do! See you again in just a liiiiiiitle bit...

Derek rocks. :^)

i'm glad we got to talk a little the last day or so. you're a really awesome guy and i wish i'd known that sooner. i'm sure we'll meet again.

Priscilla, I'm very glad that I got to meet you. I look forward to future hang outs and getting to bask in your awesome, sweet personality.

Evan, it was great to talk with you and actually chat it up in person. We'll just have to make sure to get a picture next time we hang out.

Matt, don't even get me started, you big hunka-hunk of burning love. I'm glad that we were in Bike Tyson together and that I got to fly home with you. Let me know when you want/can get together and we'll either meet up in SLC or O-town for some pizzaz.

Rob: I'm sad that it took till right before we left to get to talking, I think that you're tiiiiiiight. I really appreciate all the work that you're putting into for the pictures, they all look great.

Also, I sent out a bunch of AIM requests, so if I forgot someone, hit me up. I want to chat with you guys all day every day.

i don't do aim, but i use facebook and obviously flickr.

aw, it was great seeing you there. i could tell that you were having a lot of fun. nonstop smiling!

You are adorable. I will always remember how excited I was to hug you and your beard!!!! You are such a gem of a man and your wife and baby are incredibly lucky to have you.... You're such a stand-up guy.

YOU'RE ADORABLE.
Still waiting for my own Dezignated tee shirt.

Oh man, I am so sending you one in the mail. You're hilarious!

dude, it was a real pleasure to meet you!

It was a dream to meet you Terry. Your work is so inspiring and it was great to meet one of my art heroes and find out that you're so down to earth and humble.Truly inspiring.
I said this in your blog already, but I look forward to hanging out with you next year at the meetup where we can talk more and get to know each other better.

*manhugs*

Dude it was so so cool to meet you. We need to chill again

i love this guy

Derek! You are the nicest guy ever. Seriously. I loved your company.

what a wonderful blog :) awesome to hang with y'all

:)
Just wait til next year, meet-up on the moon!

It was amazing meeting you, man. You are one of the coolest guys I know and I'm super pumped you got to meet the artist who inspired you to do what you do. I expect things from you, man. Good things. Great things. Things that I can just look at and think "Man, I hope I get to meet that fellow again".

I had so much fun with you, Derek! You were just as wonderful as I had always imagined you to be!

i love your beard!!!

you're so awesome in BT and the blogs but everything about you is better in person,

Man you are so genuine. You ARE threadless.

you were an awesome roomate, now were my apples?

Mitch, I expected to hear about 53 more 80's pop references than I heard, but it was great to meet the legend that you are.

PHADAM, nobody wears board shorts quite like you. I hope that those model trains will be able to be put to use and they can add something to your collection. It was also real nice to meet Megan, she is super classy and really nice, you've done real well for yourself.

Brian, I love you too.

Raichu, it was awesome to have you in Bike Tyson. Thanks for your help with the drunk-wrangling and also for the portrait that you drew of me. It's going on my wall of inspiration above my desk.

Jake- all of this wouldn't have been possible without you. I don't think you expected to be where you are right now 10 years ago when you started Threadless, but I'm grateful that you had the ambition to follow an idea and create something that has helped change my life, and the lives of so many other people.

Dustin, having the meetup on the moon will make the bouncy castle more interesting, that's for sure.

I'm glad I got to have dinner talks with you on the last night! You're beard is epic and your smile is contagious.

Derek, you are the nicest, sweetest guy. I don't know if I said it already, but it can't be said enough. I think everyone was happy that you were there.

Derek bro, I'll marry you. You didnt even have to ask. Your smile is larger than life. Nice to meet you and be friends!

a4j! so great to see you dude!

quit yer cryin, ya big baby!!!
:p

Oooh, I can feel the love in here! You guys are all too cute. Next year, I am so there. I'd better start saving... How much is a ticket to the moon?

Apparently i didn't comment in this blog earlier

But DUDE it was awesome to meet you. PLUS you gave me more trains and I cant be sad about that. If I ever go to Utah, I am coming over for like a week.

Alvin, thanks for your words of encouragement. It means the world to hear that coming from someone as talented as yourself. There will be many more times that we get to hang out, we'll make sure of it.

Kelsi, thirsting with you was such a highlight of the trip. It was fun to try clothes on and look at vintage stuff and talk to you about life and everything and Canada.

Dee, I love your Face.

Matt, make sure to tell Erin thanks for being so awesome with you, it was great to have you both at the meetup. I sat back and watched everybody on Friday night at the BRC show at the store, and the interaction that was going on because of your puzzle magnets was incredible. I think it helped everyone to have a really nice time and it served as an ice breaker. Absolutely perfect.

DEREK!! It was so great to meet you! You're amazingly nice and I'm so glad you went this year. Thanks a lot for being the last person I said bye to!!

DEREK IS THE GREATEST.

man I said in my blog, and I legit mean this, like if there was a world summit of cool communities, you, phil, and maybe littleM would totally be threadlesses ambassidors. You're so solid, and I mean it.

Also, sub something as soon as you get back on track with everything!

Derek! It was great to talk and hang out. It was cool to finally meet and experience the beard in real life. Cant wait for next year

Nestor, others have thanked you for your help at the airport and the rides, but thank you so much. I was really happy that we had a ride home on Saturday night, it would have been nuts trying to figure out how to get back to the hotel.

Omair, you're my bro bro. I liked our chat that we had in the Art Institute around all the Asian statues, and it wouldn't have been a complete trip without Saturday night. Thanks for making me and everyone laugh so much. I love you. Sike! Sike! (Ohhhh, second sike negates first sike! See what I did there?)

Jonah, my usernamesake, I'll make sure to get you some apples. I'm looking forward to some collabs with you.

Jan, I was real intimidated to talk to you like all weekend. I'm glad that we had dinner at Tempo and we were able to joke so much and add some more to your awesome sketchbook of ideas. I hope we get to do it again sometime soon.

Mike, I'm so glad that you won the bloggerraiser and that you were able to be at the meetup. No wonder everyone always talks about you being their favorite blogger, you're incredible.

You do good drawings! You are good people! You have memorable shoes!

Kristen, Name That Tee™ 2011 is going to be awesome. It was great to meet you and you made my day by knowing who I was.

Annie, ;-;

Abs, it'd be amazazing to meet you at the next meetup. Get Aled to sub a bunch more so that you can have the funds to make the trip to the Meetup On the Moon™

Adam, you've always got a place to stay if you make it out to Utah. :)

Weston, I don't know how many times that Haya and I have talked on AIM about you and how you're so awesome, but now I have real life experience to back up my half of the conversation :) It was great having you in the room and I look forward to your many successes. Thanks for the encouragement also, it means so much to hear it coming from you.
PS-I'm working on some stuff as soon as I finish with this blog for now.

DEEANN IS THE GREATEST.

Mitch, I'm all sad faced that I didn't get to hang out with you more and the time that we did hang out the music was like rumbling my heart because it was so loud. But I'm glad that I got to talk with you a little, and next year we'll have ALL weekend to hang out.

Sam, you're so rad. Every time I saw you throughout the weekend, I thought, "Man, that guy just drips awesome juice". But I always thought that anyway. I mean, how many people are asked about the "glands that sharks have to sense movement" and can respond right away with the answer of Ampullae of Lorenzini? Not many, and you sir, are one of them.