please join me in welcoming to the stage schuyler bailar. cool. all all right. am i supposed to use this one or so? see this one? do you think you zoom? can you hear me? all right, cool. i was. i was, like, fighting back tears as as everybody's doing the intro. just i was i was born in new york city and to be able to be here with all of you, all i see so many friends. i see so much community. it means a lot to me to be here. so i just want to thank you for you all coming. this book has been a labor of love. it's been an exhausting labor. i've been saying, i've been working on it for the past year and a half or so. but i think really i've been working on it my whole life. so i'm going to start by reading a about it, about it from it. and i'm somebody who likes go in order. so i'm going to start at the beginning and then i'm going to bring it up and have a phone conversation and then we'll have you all ask questions. so stay tuned for when you ask your questions like i said, i would start with the introduction. it's titled i am just who i am. sorry, i'm like i sai