Week 35 Update
Hey everybody,
This missive finds me working on the mock up. Things are going well, as you may have guessed. Here’s my week-in-brief:
PERSONAL STUFF:
- Pushed my departure up North by a day because of the TV spot. I’ll be leaving directly from the studio around 8 a.m. Tuesday and heading to my place to pick up my gear.
- My oldest friend’s barbeque picnic was really cool. Had a chance to touch base with he and his family, and Carla got a chance to meet everyone. Good eats, restful environment, too short. Had to get back early to keep working.
- Haven’t even thought about packing yet…
- It’s my birthday on Wednesday the 30th. I’m certainly not feeling my age this week!
FLASHLIGHT STUFF:
- Today is a crazy day. Don’t know how much time I have to do stuff, but I’ve managed to optimize what I need to print down to fewer pages. I’m printing this copy onto 32 lb. Laser stock, so there’s a bit of bleed-through from the inkjet. Essentially I will be printing every second spread and marking the “on camera” ones with post-its. Looks beautiful so far!
- I’ll be working on my responses at every convenient moment over the next forty hours, to pare it down to the requisite 40 seconds per answer.
- Gotta get my suit pressed, my shoes shined, etc.
- Taking the digital cover file and the printed pages to Staples tomorrow a.m. to get it all bound. They told me it should be a 2-hour turnaround for that type of job.
- 8 billion phone calls. Monday I’ll be alerting all of the other media outlets of the appearance. Plus I have some follow-up calls where I can notify them as well [media agencies, school boards and the like].
- Be talking to the Ontario North East school board once I’m up there.
- Continue the deluge of emails.
- Finish the email campaign for Friday. Get them pumping out on Monday the 4th.
UPCOMING PERSONAL STUFF:
- Carla’s getting her classroom ready for next week and I get to help! It’s a lot of work, and we both want to make sure that she’s ready to start in two weeks. Having one of us in a stable position is pretty important right now.
- Checking out the employment opportunities up North. I’ll either look for an evening job or a well-paying part-time day job. Who knows?
So that’s what’s new, until a heap of the unexpected falls on me!