Oh, it’s about time for a little Wootness injection and update, isn’t it?
As I puttered around in my kitchen just now, making my *favorite* kind of Pop-Tart… what?…you don’t know what my favorite kind of Pop-Tart is?
Well, you know, people have often asked me what kind of Pop-Tart is my favorite and I always say “buttered un-frosted Strawberry!” Yes, I say the exclamation point, too.
If you have never had a buttered, un-frosted Strawberry Pop-Tart, you need to immediately stop what you’re doing and make them. Just so you know, there’s a Low-Fat version of the un-frosted Strawberry ones. Do not buy them.
If you’re trying to eat low-fat, you shouldn’t even be *IN* the Pop-Tart aisle… yet I digress…
Anyway, procure your Pop-Tarts and heat them in a toaster. I have one with a Pop-Tart setting on it. Of course. Then, spread some nicely un-chilled butter across the top of each one so that it gets all melty.
Yes, “melty” is a technical term.
Pop-Tarts go excellently with coffee and since I’m the queen of laziness, I have succumbed to the ease of living in a K-Cup world. My current favorite flavor is the Donut Shoppe coffee.
Anyway, what does any of this have anything to do with anything?
Nothing really, haven’t you gotten used to the occasional random post? 😉 We’re taking a Wootness break.
Anyway, as I was puttering around, enjoying my morning (and my breakfast), I was musing about my to-do list, which is exceptionally long. I’ve got a lot of stuff to do this week because very early Sunday morning I will be boarding a plane to Atlanta. Home of the PPA Headquarters, the IPC judging and ….
drumroll please…
PPA Judges’ School.
I am going to judging school, SQUEEE!
After three long years of competing (woah, watch it there, don’t choke on your Pop-Tart!) my dream of going to Judges’ School is finally coming true.
Yes, it was a dream. *IS* a dream. I haven’t mentioned it much, because it seems like such a high goal, an aspiration I’m not quite qualified to try and reach. “I’m not worthy” is the sentiment that runs through my head.
But now, it’s happening. I’ll learn the judging process and how to do it. I don’t know if I’ll be any good at it, I don’t know if I have what it takes to be a judge, but I know I love the process and want to learn more about it. At the very least, I hope to learn things that will help me as I talk to others about print competition and encourage them to give it a try.
In a way, I feel like a little kid in a candy store. The PPA Judging team will be in place to judge IPC while I’m in my classes. The students will get to observe judging as well as hang out with the judges at lunch time. I’m gonna keep my mouth shut and my ears open, because I have found that every time a judge talks, I learn something. And there are going to be LOTS of judges there. I couldn’t have hand-picked a better group of people to learn from.
Some judges have been photographers many years. Some have been judges many years. My pitiful “4 years in business” isn’t going to impress anyone. Although I’ve done the minimum qualifications to start the judge application process, my inner paranoid is sure they’re gonna call and say “sorry, there’s been a mistake!”
Deep breath…. it’s gonna be fine… right?
Like Christmas or that long-awaited dream vacation, I just realized it’s only a few short days away. And it’s really happening! I can’t wait!
…. I raise my coffee cup in toast … “May Wootness Reign!”
SQUEEEEE!
check back next week ~ Christine will post daily judging school updates as well as IPC results!
Try the peanut butter Pop Tarts. Trust me.