Editing The Pen Addict 302/transcript (section)

== Pen Shows Logistics ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' This is kind of like. You know. This is. The logistics. This is what we tend to do. But pen shows are about more than that. And this is my first pen show of the year. May actually be one of two. You know. Well. It will only be one of two. I'm going to go into two shows this year. So. I wondered if you had any specific purchases on your radar. Because I do. For me. I have some things I've got my eye out for.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' No. I've been out of hand. Way too much. Yeah. You're going to buy something. This year has gone off. I'll buy something. But this year has gone off the rails quickly. I had a really. Really good. End of 2017. Not spending money. And that's come back to bite me. Really quickly. In 2018. I'll end up with something. I have nothing on my radar.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' The next purchase that I know I'm going to make. Is that Sailor Ocean pen. In the summer. So I don't have anything. Like that I have to have. Like I got my Crusack pen. That I wanted. You know.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' You know. I've gotten the Pelican 101. That I wanted. I just got these. These new. This new Pelican Ocean Swirl. So like we talked about those pens in the beginning. The Ocean Swirl is mine. Like that's the one I bought for me. The. The Platinum. And the. The Monte. Grappa. Will be. You know. Other people's. You know. Either I'm returning them. You know. They were on loan. Or giving them away. Something like that. So. I don't have any particular purchases. I know you have something up your sleeve though.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Well okay. So. I have some stuff. That I want. And hopefully. Maybe I'll pick it up at this show. Maybe I won't. Like I haven't made my decisions yet. But. Everyone knows. That I want. My King of Pen. My Pro Gear. King of Pen. Yeah. And that's something that I will be looking for. Right. Like I'm going to be looking out for it. And maybe that's the thing that I'll get. But I'll see. Right. Like I'll see when I. When the time comes. But I'm looking for two inks. I know that much. I'm looking for a gold ink of some kind. For my fifth anniversary. Oh that's right. For my fifth one works. And a new orange ink. Which. For the tangerine. My 1911 tangerine.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So that are two things. Okay. That are two inks that I'm looking for. And I will. I will be handling any King of Pen. That I come across. And see if I find the one that calls out to me.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Gotcha. Yeah. I think that's awesome.

'''Myke Hurley:''' But I'm sure I'll buy a bunch of other stuff as well. I mean. Like I'm going to be buying a bunch of other stuff. Like let's be real. But they're the things that I have on my radar.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I hope you have enough room in your luggage. Because I'm bringing at least four pens that I can think of to you. Interesting. And there might be something else. Like I can't even.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Oh yeah. Because you've been just randomly buying me stuff this year. Which has been very interesting to see. Yes. I'll bring some extra cases. I hope that's okay. I mean. The thing is though. I mean. I know a guy who can help me with pen cases if I need them.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' True. True. And you also know a guy that can help you with shipping. So. Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' No. I'll have space. I'll make sure I have space. You got it. You got it. If you go into a pen show. You got to keep space in the case. Come on.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Yeah. So. Let me rewind real quick to the live show. We. After the show. We usually do a pizza party afterwards. So that's still on tap. Right after the show. We'll do pizza and bar. I mean. Like. This is the one. I guess. Other shows I do this at. This is one show I don't ever leave the hotel. Because. Because. There's just so much going on. You know. That's one of the. Features of this show. Is. There's a lot going on after hours. So every night the bar is packed. Until we close it down. So that'll be Friday night and Saturday night. We'll just be full time. You know. Going. Either. Doing something. Or at the bar. There'll be a lot of Waffle House pictures. There's a lot of Waffle House in our future Myke. I'm fine with that. It's definitely one of the. It's the most convenient. Most convenient food we can get to. If we're not eating at the hotel. We eat at the hotel a bunch. Luckily.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Hotel breakfast. The Atlanta hotel breakfast. Is one of my favorite things in the world. Yeah. It's so good. They do a good job. The cappuccino French toast man.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And the one thing. For those visiting. One of the closest places you can get. Is one of the best barbecue places in the south. That's called heirloom barbecue. I usually get that brought in. For lunch. One of the days. But if you're visiting. And you can. You can get out. It's about. I don't know. It's about two miles down the street. So it's. It's about as close as anything is. Heirloom barbecue. Put that on your radar. If you've never been to Atlanta. And want to eat some amazing barbecue. They are out of hand.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I don't know if we got it last year. We got it the year before. Right. It's completely out of bounds. It's. It's one of the best. One of the best places. You know it's basically. In an old convenience store. That's just kind of. Expanded into this amazing barbecue place. So it's great. So yeah. That's. The Atlanta Pen Show. Is the most fun we have all year. It's the biggest event for me. All year. Personally. With Knock. And the Pen Addict. And. We have fun. And I appreciate everyone. Who supports us. Doing this Kickstarter project. Allowing us to fly Myke over. For the event. That's a big deal. It's a big ask for us. Every year. Every year. For. You know. To ask you to help us put this on. On that note. The. The pins. PIN pins. Got ordered. This morning. So I'll send out a. Or yesterday. I should say. So I'll send out an update. As we get ready for. The event next week. They won't be ready in time. Obviously. But just know that the. The ball is rolling on everything. Right now. The cases are in line. The pins are. On order. So everything's coming together. And we'll have the audio. Out. What? Saturday night. Sunday morning. For everyone. It'll be outside tonight. It'll be out Saturday night. Myke usually gets right on it. Right after the show. And then. We'll have the video. Sometime in early May. That's. You know. It takes the guys. Three or four weeks. But that's actually. A super fast turnaround. They. They do a really. Really quick turnaround. Hell. It could be. By the end of April. Knowing how good they've done. In the past years. They have this down to a. Science. The Hackett brothers. The video. Audio. The AV crew. Yep. For. For the. AV squad. For the event.