Brian Greene

I was as determined as I had ever been to complete this act.

I even went through the rest of this day quietly saying my goodbyes to the ones that I love.

I was sad, but I longed for relief.

My plan was to grab a hotel room many miles from my house so that my family or my friends would not be the ones to find me.

So on this Wednesday, I booked a room for that Saturday night.

Jesus, get me choked up.

God, I know.

On Thursday, I woke up just as determined.

I started my morning walk to go somewhere I needed to be, and I started listening to a podcast that a friend had recommended.

During a commercial break on that podcast, a commercial break for your podcast came on.

Honestly, the commercial was so terrible and so silly, I really wanted to hate listen.

I was miserable.

You were miserable.

We were going to be miserable together.

So I turned on an episode.

So I turned on an episode, my first episode of the commercial break.

From the moment it started, I wanted to be irritated with you.

I really wanted to dislike you so much.

And I did, probably for the first five or six minutes.

But then you went on one of your signature rants.