A buddy of mine from work is poised to become a dad, at any moment. I asked him what ratio of excited to nervous he was, and he replied, “50/50“.
I’ve had two extraordinary women nearly usher me into getting pregnant (think I’ll just let that phrasing stand), but the closest I’ve come to creating anything with any kind of life of its own is this company.
(Another type of creation that has required an extraordinary partnership…)
To stretch an already dubious analogy to wafer-thinness: The incubation period of ASF is best measured in decades, but the next 50 days will see huge things happening for Atta Squirrel.
Some several events, an industry screening of our first documentary, the launch of our web series, pre-production on our largest-scale project to date…
What ratio of excited to mind-wipingly terrified am I-?
Oy.
What ratio, indeed…
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