Holiday Parties 2006... CHECK
Sorry for the lack of updates. As you might have guessed, the last few days have been hectic. I'm starting work on another freelance script assignment at the moment, along with the various holiday-related errands and duties.
Thankfully, my holiday party season is now over. Here's the recap.
Friday - The Animation Guild (TAG) Holiday Party. At Pickwick Gardens, it was a huge room with tons of animation professionals, but I think I knew 10 people, tops. Did meet a very cool woman from the production team of one of the Cartoon Network shows I wrote for. The food line was ridiculously long (due to some error, they only had one line working) - so me and two friends went next door to the Pickwick Ice Rink snack shop and ate there instead.
Then in the middle of the party, I went next door to the Ice Rink to play hockey. I use the term "play" loosely - we ended up getting destroyed 11-6.
Saturday - Matt Wayne's birthday party celebrated over hummus and tabouli. Happy Birthday, Matt - congrats on turning 21. Later that night, went to Kent & Amy's annual holiday party.
Sunday - Went to my friend's Christmas Cookie party. Stuffed myself on cookies, then went into their living room... where there were MORE cookies. Seriously - wall to wall cookies.
Sunday night - The Writers Guild Holiday Party at Memphis in Hollywood, which is an amazing old mansion that got turned into a restaurant. The place was jam packed, so they had to set up more tables outside where it was cold and rainy. Long lines for food, drinks, bathrooms, etc - they even started running out of plates and forks.
The story behind the mess was that the WGA got as many RSVPs for this year's party as last year's party - and last year's party had a 50% no-show rate. So they planned accordingly for a small crowd, especially with the bad weather. Instead, they had something like a 5% no-show rate - and the massive crowd that ensued. Leave it to us writers to be unreliable when it comes to the art of the RSVP.
Still, the WGA party was fun, only because it's one of the few times a year where an animation writer gets to throw down food and drink with writers from film, primetime television, news, and reality shows in one big room.
Tuesday - The Gotham Group "Wrap" Party. Instead of presents for all their clients, the past few years, Gotham has spent the money on gifts for needy families - then invite their clients to help wrap presents. Great time, except for trying to remember the names of all the assistants (and there are a LOT of them). A lot of champagne and donuts flowing.
Afterwards, had dinner with Nicole Dubuc, Dwayne McDuffie, Charlotte Fullerton, and Alexx Van Dyne. Dwayne was telling us how everything he says gets repeated verbatim on the internet. Oh - and he said the only reason he hasn't killed me is because Charlotte told him not to. I figure the best way to protect myself is to have what he said repeated verbatim on the internet...
Now I just have to get back to work. Oh, and I still need to finish my Christmas Card list. I really need to stop meeting people, so this list doesn't get any bigger than it already is.
Thankfully, my holiday party season is now over. Here's the recap.
Friday - The Animation Guild (TAG) Holiday Party. At Pickwick Gardens, it was a huge room with tons of animation professionals, but I think I knew 10 people, tops. Did meet a very cool woman from the production team of one of the Cartoon Network shows I wrote for. The food line was ridiculously long (due to some error, they only had one line working) - so me and two friends went next door to the Pickwick Ice Rink snack shop and ate there instead.
Then in the middle of the party, I went next door to the Ice Rink to play hockey. I use the term "play" loosely - we ended up getting destroyed 11-6.
Saturday - Matt Wayne's birthday party celebrated over hummus and tabouli. Happy Birthday, Matt - congrats on turning 21. Later that night, went to Kent & Amy's annual holiday party.
Sunday - Went to my friend's Christmas Cookie party. Stuffed myself on cookies, then went into their living room... where there were MORE cookies. Seriously - wall to wall cookies.
Sunday night - The Writers Guild Holiday Party at Memphis in Hollywood, which is an amazing old mansion that got turned into a restaurant. The place was jam packed, so they had to set up more tables outside where it was cold and rainy. Long lines for food, drinks, bathrooms, etc - they even started running out of plates and forks.
The story behind the mess was that the WGA got as many RSVPs for this year's party as last year's party - and last year's party had a 50% no-show rate. So they planned accordingly for a small crowd, especially with the bad weather. Instead, they had something like a 5% no-show rate - and the massive crowd that ensued. Leave it to us writers to be unreliable when it comes to the art of the RSVP.
Still, the WGA party was fun, only because it's one of the few times a year where an animation writer gets to throw down food and drink with writers from film, primetime television, news, and reality shows in one big room.
Tuesday - The Gotham Group "Wrap" Party. Instead of presents for all their clients, the past few years, Gotham has spent the money on gifts for needy families - then invite their clients to help wrap presents. Great time, except for trying to remember the names of all the assistants (and there are a LOT of them). A lot of champagne and donuts flowing.
Afterwards, had dinner with Nicole Dubuc, Dwayne McDuffie, Charlotte Fullerton, and Alexx Van Dyne. Dwayne was telling us how everything he says gets repeated verbatim on the internet. Oh - and he said the only reason he hasn't killed me is because Charlotte told him not to. I figure the best way to protect myself is to have what he said repeated verbatim on the internet...
Now I just have to get back to work. Oh, and I still need to finish my Christmas Card list. I really need to stop meeting people, so this list doesn't get any bigger than it already is.
posted by Eugene at 10:05 PM
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