WOW... or, for our dyslexic friends, WOW... (if you're looking at it upside down, MOM)

So tonight was my first real reading of "Cancerboy". I wanted so badly to have a good lecture, and it appears to have worked!

I'll tell you what, I worked hard and prepared for this mutha! My biggest concern - despite whether it would suck or not - was how nervous I'd be. When I'm nervous, I sweat. And when I sweat, I get more nervous! Anyhow, after the first couple of minutes, I felt great - relaxed and calm. Even when things didn't work out as planned, or when I'd trip over my tongue, I was able to recover acceptably.

And MAN, WHAT A RUSH!

Prior to the lecture I had a knot in my lower back, and sweated heavily. Looking back, I'm thinking I didn't get a deep breath all day until it was over, either!

We had a nice turnout of around 30 people, and I was comforted having the support of everyone there... particularly Sheryl, Van and my mom. We sold eight books, and gave out some buttons... the weird thing was trying to explain to each person what "the shizzle" was!

The audience was amazing, though. I felt like everyone wanted to hear what I had to say, and that was such a cool thing to experience.

Everything I have done with "Cancerboy" to date has been a new experience. Tonight, I told stories about my life that I never told to groups greater than one. And here I was, just spouting it all off the top of my head... it was cool. Very cool.

Damn, was that fun!

I keep hoping that stuff like this is just practice for the Oprah show, or something like that!

Anyhow, many many thanks to everyone who showed up tonight, and really, truthfully, thank you Sheryl for everything you did, and for being so great.

This weekend is gonna be crazy... got my fantasy football draft Saturday! Whoo-hoo! Football! So it might be a couple days before I post again.

Man, this is an amazing life...

Now playing:
"Mota Atma" by Tangerine Dream