Instead of being slightly behind schedule, as I usually am with just about all my paying and non-paying projects, I’ve actually gotten a lot of advance work done for WYSIWYG lately. Namely, all the details for next month’s show, “Sumthin’ Jewy This Way Comes,” and perhaps our most ambitious event yet, the first-ever (first annual?) WYSIWYG Film Festival!
I’m really, really excited about the Film Festival, and I heartily encourage all of you burgeoning animators, filmmakers, videobloggers, and whatnot to submit work for consideration. You’ve got to be willing, though, to come to New York in January to present your work at the show, but who doesn’t love New York in January? Make those reservations now.
If you do come to New York for the Film Festival, though, I won’t be able to congratulate you in person. Because of a scheduling snafu, it turns out that I’m going to be in England the week of the Festival, making it the first time I’ll miss a WYSIWYG event since we started putting on these monthly gigs way back in February 2004. (Yes, we do have an anniversary coming up, thank you.) I’m sad about that, but pretty psyched to get back to England for the first time in four years or so.
I’m going to visit some pals, enjoy the balmy January weather, and check out the Typeface Design program at the University of Reading. As if you can’t believe all that glamor, I’m also going to spend Christmas in Iowa. Are you jealous yet?
Of course, there’s a lot of work I have to catch up on before any of that happens. Aside from all the other plates I’m spinning at the moment, I have to take care of the one big WYSIWYG project I haven’t handled yet: writing something to actually perform at tomorrow night’s show. Wish me luck!