adam&eveDDB NYC’s Chris Brailey Not Named Judge at AICP Awards.
Viewed as one of the most prestigious awards in the biz, Chris appears to be the only person not named on the jury if LinkedIn is anything to go by.
Chris saw all the LinkedIn posts patting themselves on the back for being selected to judge at AICP.
In fact, he liked a lot of those posts.
Sometimes he even pressed the ‘celebrate’ hand clapping button thingy.
‘Well done’, he thought.
He didn’t comment ‘Well done.’ But he definitely thought it.
From what he can tell, lots of good people were asked to judge.
The best people, obviously.
In some cases, personal heroes of Chris’.
But it does seem like a lot of people that were asked were not Chris.
I mean, there must be like, what, 12000 judges at this point?
And when you think about it like that, maybe there’s a rebel-like quality to not judging.
Or not being asked to judge.
Or never being heard of in the field for that matter.
And he’s totally ok with that.
You don’t write an article on the loo if you aren’t completely ok about it.
In a way, not being asked to judge feels like a real honor.
If the meaning of the word ‘honor’ had a completely different definition.
Like, if ‘honor’ was a way to describe being kicked in the guts.
And then again when you fell to the ground.
Still, Chris wants to congratulate all of the outstanding talented people that will be judging the AICP awards.
Not to mention the nominees, which he is also not.
Come on, what does AICP even stand for?
Chris knows he should know this.
Or at least look it up.
But why give them the satisfaction?
No, Chris does not want to be a judge at AICP.
Who would?
Other than everybody that posted on LinkedIn about how happy they are about judging.
Look, to sum up: Chris isn’t interested in the Association of Independent Commercial Producers Awards.
But hey, just in case the invitation accidentally ended up in his junk mail.
Or if one of the 12,000 existing judges drops out…
It’d be an honor.
Old meaning of honor, that is.
