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Didn't make it to the second iteration of the Stirr emerging tech event? Neither did I, despite digging Stirr #1. But through the magic of the Internets, we can pretend we were there. Photos courtesy of Hot From Silicon Valley (actual approval pending).

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Whoa. The Mint Pages founder Angie Chang is totally gonna blog your makeup.

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Pandemonium ensues when the Meetro staff reinterprets "Naked Conversations."

A baker's half-dozen more, after the jump.

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"This is Armand, and he's about to fund me with two million."
"Haha, no, I—"
"Shut up, Armand."

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Straight from the warehouse: Rent your Web 2.0 Grinning Asian Girls today!

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"When I get tired of a conversation, I just gently sway my head back and forth. Always hypnotizes them."

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"So did these guys want to re-create the Best Buy prank?"
"Dude, they're Valley wonks. Thomas Kinkade has a sharper sense of irony than these guys."

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"Wastin' away — sing along! — in Margaritaville!"

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Stirr organizer Sean Ness quickly adopted a Lord of the Flies strategy: "Whoever holds the Valleyschwag pack has the floor."

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Sporting a really killer Botox job, George Clooney cannot escape getting Gawkered.

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That's as exciting as a Valley party gets. Dear New York: Please send drugs. Kthxbye.

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