Rick The Stick – a comic on the Interwebs

	I’m standing there and I feel great! Suddenly I recognize that all this time who exactly it was I was standing next to!

Good morning!

Funny thing happened to me last night. We were invited over to a friend’s house for dinner and we started talking. I was telling them I need me some coffee in the morning to give me a little kick because I’m working so late every night. They asked me why I was staying up late…

Then it hit me. Funny little thing. I was embarrassed.

I was excited too – don’t get me wrong. You see, I’ve known these people a little bit longer than I’ve been doing the strip and they never knew that what I was doing. I assumed my wife had told them, but in hindsight, I guess I don’t know when that conversation would come up – sooooo, yeah.

Anywho, they were very kind, and very interested in the comic strip and actually pulled it up on a laptop while we talked about it. Then more funny hit me. I was REALLY embarrassed when they clicked back to the first strip. That art is horrific – and I’m really tempted to pull it, but it’s part of the strip, part of the history of RTS and it stays. One thing I am doing is pulling the button to go back to the first strip. That will help me sleep tonight.

I guess as a faceless person behind the computer right now, I’m comfortable. I know I can control the conversation. Face-to-face is another story. I’m not comfortable with personal accolades. I appreciate them and I want them – REALLY BADLY – and I will work my ass off for them. I’ve just never learned how to accept them gracefully – simply put I’m awkward as hell. Here’s the bad ugly part – I expect to excel. I expect to get accolades. I expect my comic to be kick ass. I was arrogant when I started this strip – I expected to be a huge success within the first year. I thought I would get discovered by someone and I’d be rolling in accolades and success.

PSSSST! That didn’t happen. Honestly, I’m VERY glad to have been humbled. But I won’t lie – I expect to get better, I still expect to be successful, and I still expect that I’ll be awkward.

One thing I would like to say. I do NOT take your time here with Rick the Stick for granted. I appreciate every pageview, every comment and every email subscription. Every month the numbers grow. Every month, I work harder and harder – hopefully it shows.

But today, I was embarrassed and I was – definitely – awkward.

As always, thanks for dropping by!
Ken

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