Editing The Pen Addict 197/transcript (section)

== Pen Show ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' All right. Well, let's get into some of this pen show stuff because it is so close. It's not even funny. Um, can almost smell it. We can almost smell it. And, um, but let's, let's talk about one of our friends first. Um, the, the always excellent smelling Harry's. Oh, nice, nice segue.

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'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, and once again, it'll be Harry's Fest. It'll be best in our hotel room at the Atlanta PEN Show, won't it? You bet. You bet it will. We got a huge kick out of that last year. It was like, oh my God. There's Harry's smelling products everywhere. It's like a Harry showroom in Atlanta. All right. So who's ready for this PEN Show? I am more than ready. I need it to be here now. What about you guys? Yeah, I'm emotionally ready now.

'''Myke Hurley:''' What about you, Anna?

'''Ana Reinert:''' I reserved what I think now has become my official Atlanta PEN Show car.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Which is what? I can't remember last year.

'''Ana Reinert:''' I will once again be driving around town in a Fiat 500. Yes.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Excellent choice. I forgot you did that last year. I still have Casey's nuclear green car stuck in my head as the car of the PEN Show last year. But unfortunately, we won't get to see Casey's car this year. So we'll just roll in your Fiat all over town. That sounds pretty awesome. There we go.

'''Ana Reinert:''' We'll see how many people we can cram in the Fiat.

'''Myke Hurley:''' We should do that and take a picture of it. Although we won't send it to your rental people.

'''Ana Reinert:''' I don't know. Last year, by the time the PEN Show was over, there was some weird kind of funky mold growing in the back, in the trunk of the Fiat. That when I dropped it off, I'm like, I don't know how that got back here.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Oh, man. That's awful.

'''Ana Reinert:''' When I dropped it off. And the lady's like, what are you talking about? I'm like, I don't know what this is. And she looked at it and she's like, ew. I don't either. I'm like, y'all need some carpet cleaner back here.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. Yeah. You didn't spill any ink back there. That wasn't like some like.

'''Ana Reinert:''' No. And actually, I found.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Rouge hematite or something.

'''Ana Reinert:''' No. And I actually discovered it, I think this, maybe the second day when I went to get the birthday cake. Did you hear about this? I went over to the grocery store to get a birthday cake for the.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It was Jim Rouse, I believe. Yeah.

'''Ana Reinert:''' For his birthday. And I went to open the boot to put the cake in. And I looked at there and I'm like, I'm not putting the cake back here. This is gross. So I had to like figure out how to like fit it in the front seat on the floor and not like tip this giant sheet cake.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah.

'''Ana Reinert:''' Luckily, you know, those fiats are a little more spacious than you think they'd be.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Nice. That's awesome. All right. So let's, let's talk about kind of the schedule a little bit. And then we'll kind of get into some details. So the show itself is, is the Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. What is that? The 15th, I believe. 15th of April is the Friday that the show starts. But I'm getting in town Thursday. Anna, I think you're coming in Thursday.

'''Ana Reinert:''' I'm coming in Thursday.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Thursday. You and Bob, Myke, you're flying in Thursday. Yeah. Cause I hope you're picking me up. Yeah. We haven't discussed that. So I haven't looked at your flight schedule. So, um, yeah, I guess I'll, I guess I am picking you up. Yeah, you are. But since so many things start happening on Friday and so many people are coming in on Thursday, I wanted to do something a little bit different and have a place for us to gather Thursday night for anyone who was showing up and, um, Jimmy, the show promoter. Um, if you hear me refer to Jimmy a lot, that's who he is. He's, he puts on the show, um, here in Atlanta. Um, he has been more like bend over backwards, helpful in, in trying to hook us up for anything we want to do whenever we want to do it, wherever we want to do it. So tomorrow I'm actually meeting him at the show hotel to see about moving rooms for, from where we did the podcast last year was going to be kind of our meetup room too. Um, and then show after party room, we're going to try to get a bigger room. Um, so I'm going to check out the, he, he won't book the bigger room unless I come look at it first, which is really nice of him. But the good thing is that bigger room, number one, it's bigger. Number two, it's right next to the bar. So that's pretty cool. So starting Thursday night, that's the plan is to have just a kind of a runoff space. A lot of us hang out in the bar, but it's not the hugest bar compared to, especially compared to other pin shows that a lot of people have been to. Um, so we'll have this room with just tables and chairs where we can all spread out and talk and try pins and play with inks and all kinds of things like that. So that's a little bit different. We have a little Thursday night, totally unofficial thing, but we'll actually have a physical space for us to hang out at. And then Friday starts the show. A lot of people have been asking, um, what time they can get into the show since a lot of people will be there Thursday. And even though the show site says noon, um, Jimmy will let people, I talked to him specifically about this. He said he will let people in early to kind of, uh, mingle, go around, you know, understanding that not all the vendors might be not be set up at this time. He said, but if anyone wants to go in and start looking around, he'll let them in probably as soon as like nine o'clock in the morning. So, uh, that'll be, that'll be good. And then this is your key.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Like if you are in town and there are any specific booths that you want to get to for something, or, you know, maybe you want to get some nib work done or something like that. That's the time to get it done.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yes. Yeah. And we're going to talk about that specific thing, um, here in a minute, um, because you went off the rails first thing out the gate Friday morning. So, uh, we're going to talk about that. It was, it was pretty awesome. So then Friday night, there is a show after party, um, at the hotel. It's going to be sponsored by Goulet pins and knock. Um, I know Brian is, is really excited about coming to the Atlanta pin show this time. Him and Rachel are coming from Goulet pins. They're bringing their videographer, um, with them. I know they're going to talk to a bunch of people there. I know Anna, you have time set up to talk with them. Uh, Jeff and I are going to take them over to knock one day. So we're going to do a bunch of stuff with the Goulet is doing some video and, uh, things like that, um, with them. And then they're working with Jimmy on the party for Friday night and knock is going to sponsor that as well. So that should be cool. Like last year, um, Anna got the, uh, the great joy of driving through Atlanta traffic. At 6 PM in a straight up monsoon from the hotel over to knock. What did that take us? Like an hour to get there when it should have taken us like 20 minutes.

'''Ana Reinert:''' It was, yeah, it did take a while. It was, you were getting stressed out, but it wasn't when, when all was said and done, it was no big deal. Everybody got there. We were, we were all a little damp, but we had a good time.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Most of us were in a bus anyway.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So yeah, the bus, the bus was, uh, one of the best things we did last year, but in lieu of all that this year, instead of taking people off site, Hey, how about let's keep them all at the hotel? And, uh, which Jimmy's happy about. I'm happy about. Um, and everyone, um, won't have to, to fight any traffic to get over to knock. Plus this year, I don't think we could hold them. I mean, we blew the doors off knock last year as it was. And I know we wouldn't be able to hold them this year because our space hasn't grown, but got a bit, got a bit sweat in there. Got a little bit, a little bit sauna ish in there. Um, the rain didn't help because we couldn't really mingle outside. So anyway, that's Friday night at the show. Um, Saturday is another just regular show day until the evening. We're going to shoot for around six o'clock to do the Panatic live recording episode number 200. Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So this part is like for everyone. Cause obviously I know that what we're doing here is, uh, for the vast majority of the audience is making them feel incredibly jealous, uh, of the show. Uh, but there will obviously be, uh, episode 200. We are going to be planning on streaming live. We did it last time. We'll try and do some tests this time to make sure we have everything, uh, dialed in. Right. But we're planning on streaming live. Uh, it will be three of us. Um, and we'll be talking about the pen show. We'll be talking about the things that we've come across. Uh, all of the, we'll be talking about giving a kind of a wrap up and a good feel for the atmosphere. So hopefully we'll be able to create an episode for you, which will make you feel like you're part of the pen show as well. Um, this will obviously be broadcast in audio, uh, and the video will be recorded, uh, for all of the Kickstarter backers who wanted to get the video. Um, and then afterwards we'll be doing a kind of show and tell of the stuff that the three of us have seen and purchased, um, over the, the kind of the days prior to a couple of days prior. Uh, and that will go out for the Kickstarter backers as part of the overall video package as well.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. So that's hoping to be in this bigger room that I'm hopefully going to get set up tomorrow too, which is so convenient just to everything. I'm really hoping this room is the right size. Especially if we want to have an audience this time. Yeah. So we're going to have an audience and we're also going to have an after party, which we didn't last year either. So we're going to do that hopefully in the same room. Um, we've got some sponsorships. Um, I've got some artwork in process for that. It's going to be kind of a pretty, it's going to be a pretty cool thing. Um, and then, um, Sunday is just recovery. I mean, that's a big waffle house day. Um, it's a late morning at the show. Um, and it's just kind of a chill day. Um, everyone, uh, kind of wrapped up everything on Sunday and in a more relaxed manner, got some sleep, got some sleep in. So that's kind of the general schedule. Um, I guess what I really wanted to talk about with this, um, and especially with you, Anna is kind of what did you take from last year that you're going to do similarly or the same this year? Was there any big no-nos that you did last year coming to this show? Or was there something that was super awesome that you're going to make sure to do again? Kind of, kind of what was your, what's your plan this year relative to how things went last year?

'''Ana Reinert:''' I, um, what was so great about last year was the opportunity to meet so many people, um, both vendors and, um, people who, um, I knew from online. Um, so it was so great to just meet people and talk to people and, um, swap pens and share inks and experiences. And for me, that was really the best part of it. So for as much as I'm looking forward to an opportunity to look for and buy, um, you know, potentially buy some new pens, um, I'm really excited to just meet and talk with people and hang out and see all my friends, people that I met last year, meet new people this year. Um, you know, get to see you guys again. Um, you know, we had such a great time. Um, it's been a while since I've been to a Waffle House. They don't have them around here.

'''Myke Hurley:''' That's a highlight. I'm not even joking.

'''Ana Reinert:''' Craving my skillet.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, that's right.

'''Ana Reinert:''' So, but, uh, yeah, no, so I'm just, I'm just really excited to be there. And, um, and actually for me, like in retrospect, I, um, I did get a couple pens that I liked. Um, I got a couple pens that, um, you know, a year later I'm kind of tepid about. So I think again, you know, in the, um, excitement of a pen show, I think we get, you get wrapped up in, um, there's so many things to see. And so, you know, I love this. I love this. I love this. You know, you get all excited and you end up maybe buying more than, than what you intended to buy. So I think, again, this goes back to, I think you've said it before, kind of going with a list, knowing what it is that you're really looking for. Um, you know, making sure that if you have a budget, stick with your budget. And it's not that I spent money I didn't have. Um, but just being sure that, you know, you don't go home with something that you're like, oh, well, it's nice, but it wasn't exactly what I had in mind. I bought it because maybe it was, um, something I thought I might want, but I got a good price on it, you know? And it's not that I can't, there's certainly things that I have that I can resell or give to someone else who may really enjoy it. I actually have one. I think I might give you, um, if you're interested in it.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I'm always interested.

'''Ana Reinert:''' Um, but yeah, so, you know, it's, you know, and they were opportunities that, um, I got to try some things that I've never gotten to try. Um, I had a great time, uh, like Franklin Kristoff getting to try all of their pens and all of their different nibs, getting to get custom, a custom grind, um, from Myke Masayamo. That was awesome. Um, just getting to meet a lot of people. So.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. One thing I would add on the budget and listing is have some stuff that you're looking to get. Um, this, and I think this applies for any pen show really. And, but I would say to have a little bit of extra, um, because you might come across something like last time, uh, I came across the sailor pro gear, uh, because I can't, I think it was, you had bought one Brad in all orange. Right. I saw it, fell in love with it and now it's my favorite pen, but that I wasn't planning on buying it. Um, so, you know, that, that would be my thing is don't spend all the money that you have in the world, like have a budget, but maybe don't earmark every cent, you know?