Editing The Pen Addict 392/transcript (section)

== Personal Update ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' Going on a trip next week, Myke.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Oh, yeah?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' You want to go?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Where are you going?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Philadelphia, Pensylvania, United States of America. You want to go? That's not a far flight for you.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Just come on. I'm otherwise engaged, but it sounds like a fun time.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Okay. Philly Pen Show next week, January 17th through 19th. I will be there, and I will be doing nothing, mostly. This is my goal. One of my goals I set last year was in 2020 to go to a pen show just to go, like, without working, without, you know, having to, you know, do different things, be responsible for different things. And just go to a show, take the show in, you know, hang out with friends, you know, look at the classes, look at, you know, spend time with the vendors, and just see what going to a show is all about. So, I'm finally, I made that happen with the first pen show of the year, and a pen show that I've never been to that I've always wanted to go to. So, it's like a double whammy of goodness, Myke. I cannot wait to get to the show. So, if you're going to be in Philly, definitely say hi if you see me. I won't be in any particular place. I won't have a not-co table to come say hi, but I'll be around Friday and Saturday. I'll leave pretty early Sunday. Like, I won't be going to the show Sunday. But Friday, Saturday, I'll be around. I am, I did commit to one event, Myke, already. I'm going to do the pen mixers, which I have hosted many times in the past. I will be actually a table host this time, so I'll get to sit and hang out at a table Saturday night. So, that should be fun, new experience for me. So, I'm just looking forward to going to a pen show to go to a pen show. It's going to be kind of weird, I think. I don't know if you've had a chance to poke through any of the Philly pen show links, but the classes that they're offering, the seminars, are pretty much all run by Aziza and Salman from the Toronto Pen Company. And they are wild, awesome classes. Like, three-hour calligraphy classes and pilot parallel, you know, customization classes. Like, it's some really cool stuff. So, definitely check those out if you're going.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Oh, there's some different things in there, which is nice. So, like, even if you have been to pen show classes before, there's probably going to be something different. Totally, totally.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And I love seeing that, like, they're bringing, like, the Toronto Pen Company, which is their company, like, they're just for education. Like, it's an education type of thing, like, where they're committing to, like, all these classes, like, throughout the weekend. It's pretty wild. I've never seen, like, the full scope of classes that I've seen anyone put on like this. So, I think it's really neat. So, y'all look at that, and I'm definitely going to look at that and see if I can figure out which one of these might be good for me to take. So, it'll be cool. So, yeah, it's pen show season, Myke. So, it's starting next week, and it's going to be a good year, 2020. I'm feeling it.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Atlanta's just, like, approaching. It's too soon. I feel the pressure of the pen at the Kickstarter campaign already. Yeah. And we haven't even spoken about it yet.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Nope, nope. I actually have a note here that it's like, oh, yeah, I need to follow up on that thing and do that thing. So, I will be actively pursuing that the rest of the week because we need to move on that, like, yesterday. It's like, we can't do it in December. Like, we can't start it before January, but then it just has to happen. Well, we can, but we just don't. I mean, we have the idea. We know where we're going and doing.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yep, yep.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' But, like, the technical aspects of it.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yes, we've picked the shows. Or the show. We've picked them. The show. We know the benefits.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Atlanta is one of them.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Always. We know the benefits, the goals and stuff. So, we've got the component pieces are all out in the ether. We're just going to bring them all together.