I gotta say, yesterday actually started out great!  I had a terrific performance evaluation with Mark which was something I was sweating as I always do.  I came out feeling on top of the world and there I stayed until later on that day as I was on the air.  Jessica, one of my co-hosts for Upstate Unsigned, read me a less-than-flattering blog comment from the show’s myspace page.  Apparently a fan of an anonymous local band was upset (to put it lightly) that their song was dropped at the end of the show due to timing as we return to regular programming roughly around midnight.  She proceeded to not only attack the show but other bands featured on the show calling them ‘talentless’ and ‘mainstream crap’.  I would have to say a vast majority of the bands I play have quite a bit of talent and are anything but mainstream as there is a lot of metal, progressive, experimental and everything in between.  And, the reason the band was placed at the end of the show in the first place, was simply because they are somewhat new and have yet to send us any upcoming gigs which is what I base the show on in the first place to promote bands and their shows the following week.

Later in the afternoon as I was wrapping up my shift, I get someone texting in to 20346 criticizing me for dogging on emo.  As I open their text history, I discover it was my ex-girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend as I found where he had been talking crap to other jocks at the station about how I could not run Upstate Unsigned without Rebecca and that she was not given any credit.  Granted this was written before Spring Fling before Becca and I split while she was still co-hosting the show.  Giving Rebecca her fair due, she was an asset to the show and brought it to a level it would not have got to without her.  As a matter of fact, I had to replace her with TWO co-hosts.  I struggled to give her the credit she was due for the show, but, at the end of the day, when ads and promos were made, my name was the one that was tied in with the show simply because I am the one most people are familiar with because I am on the air five hours a day.  However, this guy cannot be reasoned with as he has not liked me from day one since before Becca and I had our first date and has repeatedly attempted to sabotage the relationship.  And, even though Becca and I are no longer together, he still will not let sleeping dogs lie.

After I got off the air, I busted ass to go pick up Rebecca and head downtown to catch Avenue Q at the Peace Center.  As soon as we found our seats, some dude I didn’t even recognize yells “Twisted Todd you suck!”.  A little shocked to hear that in a real non-movie theater, I laughed it off assuming it was a joke.  A couple of friends of mine, Robbie and Vanessa (aka P1 Keymaster and P1 Gatekeeper) were sitting on the other side of the guy a row behind him.  So, before the show started, I headed over there to say hi and, as I passed this guy, he was talking very audibly to his mother about how I had left Lisa’s apartment in a wreck.  To give background here, at the beginning of 2007, I moved in with a couple of friends of mine as a favor to help them with rent since their previous roommate had just moved out.  Within a few months they went through a bitter break-up and both of them moved out leaving me holding the bag.  Being a nice guy since my name wasn’t on the lease at all, I stayed and paid the rent until the lease was up.  When they moved, they left the apartment in a wreck.  So, when it was time for me to move, I emptied and thoroughly cleaned my bedroom and bathroom as well as whatever damage I had done to the kitchen and living room.

Being a confrontational individual, I quickly set the record straight yet without being hasty or rude.  I then tried to change the subject and asked how Lisa was doing.  He smuggly answered the question in a rather rude and dismissive manner and I, disregarding the attitude, told him to tell her I said hi.  He, in like fashion, said that she’d rather not hear it and then started barking at me to move and get my butt out of his mom’s face being I was standing right in front of her at the time.  Ok, boys and girls, NO ONE talks to me like that - I don’t care if you ARE ten feet tall and bulletproof!  So, I quickly invited him to take up whatever issues he had with me outside after the show.

After tipping Robbie off to what had just transpired, I ran to the restroom and to get Rebecca a bottled water.  The show began during my run, so I had to wait a few minutes as they were in an eight minute hold.  I got to my seat and struggled to enjoy the first half of the show all the while wanting to get my hands around that jackass’ throat!  I finally perked up and got a bit excited when they began their number “The Internet is for Porn” of which I have had the video on my myspace before.

During the intermission, I grabbed Robbie and Vanessa and had them sit in the open seats next to us which helped me take my mind off beating someone’s ass.  Of course, after the intermission, the guy in question did not return to his original seat and I did not see him the rest of the night which also helped.  Coward.

I ended up thoroughly enjoying the rest of the show and the four of us hit Steak ‘N’ Shake afterwards for some much needed sustenance.  While there, I filled them in on all the bs that day.  As usual, they all told me roughly the same thing: ‘don’t take it so personal’ or ‘don’t let those people get to you’.  Okay, I know I should be a bit more thick-skinned, but I am only human and surely that would start getting to anyone.  How would you feel about being attacked so many times in one day?  How should I react to all this?  Feel free to leave a comment.  Your feedback would be greatly appreciated!

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