{"id":390243,"date":"2013-10-16T12:30:32","date_gmt":"2013-10-16T10:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2013.capetown.wordcamp.org\/?p=390243"},"modified":"2013-10-16T12:31:03","modified_gmt":"2013-10-16T10:31:03","slug":"a-message-from-your-mcs-for-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capetown.wordcamp.org\/2013\/a-message-from-your-mcs-for-the-day\/","title":{"rendered":"A message from your MCs for the day&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dear everyone (who is reading this),<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Over the last few days &amp; nights, we have both worked tirelessly to come up with a clever &amp; creative way to make this announcement to all of you.<\/p>\n<p>Being that this is the most important announcement we will quite likely make in our career, it is a decision we did not take lightly.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-390245\" alt=\"derickwatts_01\" src=\"https:\/\/2013.capetown.wordcamp.org\/files\/2013\/10\/derickwatts_01-682x1024.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capetown.wordcamp.org\/2013\/files\/2013\/10\/derickwatts_01-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/capetown.wordcamp.org\/2013\/files\/2013\/10\/derickwatts_01-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/capetown.wordcamp.org\/2013\/files\/2013\/10\/derickwatts_01-624x936.jpg 624w, https:\/\/capetown.wordcamp.org\/2013\/files\/2013\/10\/derickwatts_01.jpg 853w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We came up with many different possible ways to make our statement, but in the end could only choose one. Here are several of our discarded ideas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We considered hiring a hot-air balloon &amp; flying over Camps Bay, shouting at everyone we saw sunbathing during the day when normal people should be at work.<\/li>\n<li>We thought it might be a good idea to send a please-call-me to every single person in the phonebook for Cape Town (including the northern suburbs &amp; Helderberg area).<\/li>\n<li>We wanted to spray-paint our announcement on the ocean.<\/li>\n<li>We wanted to tattoo our announcement on the forehead of a few prominent CT socialites\/bloggers &amp; have them be seen around town in the trendiest eateries imaginable, all the while dropping words like &#8220;craft&#8221;, &#8220;organic&#8221;, &#8220;cost-to-client&#8221; and &#8220;haberdashery&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the end, we just chose to make our announcement here, using the medium of typed words. So, here goes:<\/p>\n<p><strong>We, Derick Watts &amp; The Sunday Blues, are proud to announce that we will be MCing WordCamp 2013 here in beautiful Cape Town. We cannot wait to meet all of you real-life internet nerds in person!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There, that felt good to finally say it out loud. See you all there! In the meantime, be sure to watch\/re- watch\/re-re-re-watch some of our comedy videos at <a title=\"Derick Watts &amp; The Sunday Blues on YouTube\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/wearethesundayblues\" target=\"_blank\">youtube.com\/wearethesundayblues<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Excelsior!<\/p>\n<p>Nic &amp; Gareth<br \/>\n<strong>Derick Watts &amp; The Sunday Blues<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear everyone (who is reading this), Over the last few days &amp; nights, we have both worked tirelessly to come up with a clever &amp; creative way to make this announcement to all of you. 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