A Mild Confession

Hey everyone! I'm afraid I have some bad news if you came to the February Radio Demon in Residence show. If you were there, you definitely have an idea about what I'm going to say.

But if you weren't, see if you can guess what it is! I actually have a strong suspicion on the topic, but we'll get to that in but a moment.

Okay. Are you ready? The answer is that... I WASN'T THERE! If you came seeking karaoke and fun, you would have found it but you didn't have your favorite radio demon keeping you company! And that's a shame!

Why wasn't I there? I wasn't convinced that there was anyone coming to see me. As fun as it is to have my party with the unsuspecting public (which is what I will typically do on such nights), I just wasn't feeling it. So I didn't go.

Pictured: Something that may have caused you to take a look.

While the distinct possibility that someone came and was disappointed remains, my strong suspicion is that my assessment was correct. I obviously don't have any proof, hence why I'm calling this a "suspicion", but up to this point in my career/whatever I'm doing, I've tended to know roughly when people are coming and when they aren't. It's still mostly true, but we are at the point where that's starting to change.

This is both incredible and terrifying.

On one hand, this is what I've been building towards. This is quite literally what I've been hoping would happen and what I've been preparing for. Every time I see something take off just that little bit more, I get butterflies in my stomach from excitement. I'm as ready as I'm going to be; this is going to be so much fun!

On the other hand, I've been making free use of the comforts obscurity grants (such as being able to make accurate assumptions about when people are coming to see me) and I will miss them dearly. It's funny to say that shouting into the void has its perks, but it does. If you know, you know and if you don't, well, buckle up.

A side effect of this change means that the previously semi-necessary/sanity preserving assumption that no one actually bothers to read what one puts out has given way due to sufficient evidence to the contrary. And, now that this is the case, I need to start fighting and dismantling that assumption. There will be some work to be done there. Please have patience as I adjust.

In the meantime, let's come up with a contingency for this so I can better weigh how many people I'm letting down when I have to back out of something.

First, if you want to minimize the risk of being disappointed, find a way to ensure that I know you are coming. As events grow, this will be be somewhat self-correcting, but if the only thing that's out there is an unanswered invitation, I'm more likely to assume no one is coming.

Second, if you come to one of my events for me, please let me know! Feel free to have fun with that.

Lastly, if you ever show up to an event I'm supposed to be at and, for some reason I'm not (normally me getting sick), take a photo of yourself there and get my attention with it. I'll be sure to personally make it up to you somehow in a really fun way. I truly hate to disappoint.

Pictured: Both a night to remember and look forward to! Start getting hyped now, article not withstanding.