A Lucky Break at Dollywood?

by Crazy Ivan

So before I even get started, I should explain that "Myachi plans" aren't like regular plans.  We plan things out meticulously and well in advance and then we change the plan 37 times before it comes to fruition.  Once it does come to pass, we often change the plan as we're enacting it so very often we are really planning for the sake of improvising with a great deal of forethought.

When I say there's a plan, there should be a little asterisk next to it and underneath the statement there should be a line of fine print like a used-car ad that includes the words "Plans subject to change without notice.  We offer no guarantees on stated plans.  Void where prohibited."  (and as an aside, aren't all things pretty much "void where prohibited"?)

To make a long story short, the information I'm about to divulge is not exactly set in stone.  It may make way to a new plan tomorrow or even yet tonight.  But as the plan stands, it's pretty cool.

See, when we first came down to Dollywood, Kid Myach drove down with us in a van that carried all our displays, signage and the first bit of product we sold.  So in order to go back to NYC, we'll need the van.  Kid Myach would normally drive down, but he's on a whirlwind tour of tradeshows at the moment and won't be able to make it down.

After juggling a few things, we have a plan, and it includes a lucky arrival here at Dollywood.  And I mean that in the double entendre sense that we're lucky that a dude named Lucky is arriving at Dollywood.

You may never have heard of him before, but this dude is heavily into the game.  Monk and Animal met him years ago back when they were at the FAO Shwarz in Las Vegas.  He had awesome skills and worked as kind of an unofficial Myachi Master back then.  We've stayed in touch through the years and he recently decided to join the team and move to New York.  And now he will (probably) be coming to Tennessee.

I feel a bit bad even writing this, since as far as I know, Lucky doesn't even know this yet.  He might actually find out that we need him to come to Tennessee by reading this entry and that would be hilarious.  But maybe not the best way to break the news.

Anyway, that means that if you're in the Knoxville area, you have yet another reason to come back to Dollywood and see us one more time during Dollywood Nights (August 8th-14th 10 am to 10 pm).  You'll get to meet the newest member of the Myachi team, a soldier who is already well on his way to earning the title "Myachi Master".