How apropos. It is 740 p.m. I don't know why I just say it like that, guys, but it's 740, and I am here recording the 74th episode of the My Maria 777 podcast. This is your girl. It's been a minute. I apologize. I have been in kind of a rut lately.

And I'm here to explain that to you a little bit in this episode. But I've just been in this kind of weird place.

And it kind of comes off the heels of the great unveiling, the doxing.

I just, there's kind of like some side effects still hanging around from that.

You know, I was supposed to record an episode with Ian Smith from Ian Smith

Fitness of New Jersey. And he's blown me off before. And I've taken that in stride with a smile

on my face. But he, I don't know if I've talked about this

already or not, but I will again, but he's liked out on me again recently.

And I just thought that it was like him being him because it had happened before.

And then I come to hear through the greatvine that I had, like I had posted something of my stories about him, about recording with him on a Monday and that.

I put a little question box thing up there, you know, ask him anything.

And by making that announcement of the person to whom I wanted to record,

the little kangaroo gang of misfits that like to play with people's lives

told their followers to go out and tell him

whatever they decided to tell them about me. And I guess that stuck. I guess that permeated in some way

because he canceled on me and hasn't responded with me since.

So I got a little frustrated with that, you know, thinking,

am I never really going to be able to announce a guest, you know,

and kind of ask for these questions because don't get me wrong,

I think I'm a great

interviewer, but I love to integrate what you guys are thinking about and I love to see

your perspective and allow that to influence the manner in which I ask questions.

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