Quick Message (3/15/25)
Hey all!
I’ve got a bunch more people to sign up for updates on here and I cannot even begin to emphasize how much that means to me. So I won’t try. This message is not to be sappy or appreciative - even if I am - no this post is to explain my stupidity when it comes to emails. Specifically the, “Welcome to this website and thanks for subscribing!”, type of email.
This is the exact face I’ve been making for the last six weeks. So it’s not added to the random stock image tally.
In order to understand just how dumb I am you have to first understand that I have the old soul of a curmudgeonly old man yelling at children to get off his lawn. Which has its advantages, but one of them is not technology. Despite being Gen-Z, I cannot for the life of me understand some things our computers and phones do. Seriously, you should have seen me when I first got Snapchat. I went on some weird rant about how stupid it is and kids these days are only interested in maintaining their streaks instead of actually talking. This is context for the email situation.
Because trying to figure out how to send e-mails to my new subscribers on here has resulted in some truly comedic crash-outs that I wish you guys could have seen. Nevertheless, the purpose of this blog post is to explain this: while it is normal for new subscribers to receive a “Welcome” email - this is, apparently - not a normal website. Because I can’t figure out how to do it without paying for it. And I currently have my pockets turned inside out with no money to spare, so please excuse the informality of this operation. We (me) are still working out the kinks of this whole thing and I appreciate you guys not all standing in a circle around me pointing and laughing as I fumble with the e-mail situation.
“But Nic,” I hear you say, “None of us really noticed or even cared.”
Yeah, well, whatever. I felt the need to explain myself. I’m a paranoid and struggling artist - leave me alone! See? Curmudgeonly.
With all that said, you guys should still get email updates for a new blog post and, more importantly, you’ll get an email to buy my book when it comes out. So thank you guys for sticking with me. Much, much, much later, when I’ve made it big and I have a dude running this website for me, we will all look back at this snafu, this debacle, this miscarriage of email justice, and share a laugh.
