For reasons I won't get into, today I felt like a composer who got the following note:

Thank you for composing your new work for our ensemble. Since you know our ensemble and our players very well, it's extremely well suited for our particular talents and needs. We would love to premiere it.

Provided you don't show up.

We'll send you a tape, if we bother to record it. Thanks!

As Calvin said, "You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help."