Except for feeling wiped out, I was back to sounding authoritative and in control, even tilting my head and smirking sheepishly as if to say, You'll forgive me for that little freak-out I just had.
At sites like Kicktraq.com, your Kickstarter fate is plotted out in real time, complete with nerve-wracking trendlines you can use to freak out over how awful your friends are, how nobody understands your genius, and how little access you really have to rich, famous benefactors.