Editing The Pen Addict 467/transcript (section)

== Failure ==


'''Brad:''' To make this work, I tried so hard and I still failed my one job. I still failed my one job, Myke.

'''Myke:'''  So Brad is on vacation this week and very kindly still suggested he would do the show. And I was like, Brad, that's very wonderful of you. I'm so happy. And he's like, don't worry, I'm going to bring all my stuff. You know, we'll do the show as normal. I'm like, thank you, Brad. And then he just messaged me and said, so it seems like after all of my planning and prep, the actual microphone didn't make it into my bag. I had to unhook everything. I have the amp, the cord, the headphones, but no microphone. So Brad is calling in from a lake house somewhere on his AirPods. And this is one of those unfortunate situations where the time stuff doesn't work that like technically Brad could do tomorrow or Friday. But I have no space tomorrow or Friday at a time that makes sense for us to record. So, pen addict audience, we would like to issue an apology for the regressed audio in this episode. Think of it as like nostalgia for the first, I don't know, 200 episodes or something.

'''Brad:''' You know, I really tried so hard. I planned everything perfectly. And then that stupid mount on the microphone, I wasn't going to bring the mount, right? Because that's just too much to pack. I can hold the microphone in my hand for one episode.

'''Myke:'''  In theory.

'''Brad:''' It threw me off. It threw me off. And I was so sure I had nailed everything. I didn't even check until like 30 minutes ago. That's how confident I was in this situation.

'''Myke:'''  Well, you know, you're a professional podcaster. Why would you forget your microphone, right? No. Exactly. You wouldn't do that. So you don't need to check.

'''Brad:''' Oh, God. I didn't forget like the stationary stuff. You know, that stuff made it on vacation. I did forget the microphone, though. Priorities. Sorry, Myke.

'''Myke:'''  It's okay.

'''Brad:''' Sorry, listeners.

'''Myke:'''  Yeah. Don't apologize to me, you know. It's our listeners that deserve the apology. But I'm sure that they're even more forgiving than I am because they're like nice.

'''Brad:''' Yeah, they are nice like that. And man, I'm bummed. I'm just like, I'm replaying this whole thing through my head. Like, there's no way that I failed this. And then I failed this.

'''Myke:'''  You know what's going to happen? You're going to forget about it. And you're going to go home. Yeah. And you're going to go into the office. And the microphone is just going to be sitting there looking at you. And then you're going to feel bad all over again.

'''Brad:''' I am. This is a you had one job situation. Yes. And where I failed.

'''Myke:'''  So what kind of vacation are you on, Brad? Set the scene for me.

'''Brad:''' We are on a quiet family vacation. So my family, my parents, and then my sister and her husband and daughter who I only get to see once a year. And during COVID times, we didn't get to see them that year. So I hadn't seen them in like two years. So we're just a quiet lake abode. Very nice. Just chilling with family. Like literally nine of us in a house and doing like next to nothing. Like floating around on the boat and chatting and beverages and playing games and reading books. So like a great like getaway vacation.

'''Myke:'''  Very jealous.

'''Brad:''' Yeah. Yeah. Just super chill. Like that's why I wasn't worried about podcasting because I know half the house will still be asleep at 10 o'clock on a Wednesday because we're up late at night just hanging out.

'''Myke:'''  Now, I know that for Brad Dowdy, no vacation is truly a vacation. Which stationary went with you on your vacation?