It’s that time of year when the Dancing on the Valentine benefit begins taking over my (and Joriel’s, and Jenny’s) life. This afternoon the three of us put our heads together to finish the press release, notify the Croc about the confirmed bands, and update the site with the link to purchase tickets as well as all the aforementioned info. That evening, Joriel continued to perform website labors while I began the social media blitz with all things Duran Duran.

It’s a lot of fun, really, and we get to help kick Leukemia’s ass, meet beautiful people, hear amazing bands do spectacular covers – and when I keep all that in mind, the use of time feels perfectly justified. Jenny’s offered to pay me in the past, but really, if I charged what I’m worth for the time I spend, all proceeds would go to me rather than to fund the sort of cancer research that saved Jenny’s life. Good enough.

I *have* promised myself that I’m going to simplify this year’s photo booth/project/video in such a way that it doesn’t take me 10+ MONTHS to finish the post-work. And I definitely want to rent a ringflash to make it all extra-glam. Stay tuned…

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