That most is the key word, because you're right - when the loneliness hits, it hits hard.

I'm an only child, and that probably helped prepare me to be alone in music tastes generally and concerts specifically.

But the time in 2014 when the Canadian border crossing guy asked "why aren't your friends going?" to an indie Japanese rock thing that was my trip purpose still stings a bit.

Are you there as a performer or attendee?

It's felt for awhile that there a lot of Ds in media who would give anything to end up in Congress, while a lot of Rs in Congress would give anything to end up in media.

It's somewhere in a triangle among Sade, Stereolab, and Portishead, which is a pretty cool thing to type.

Mom's 20th reunion at Michigan Christian College, 2002. Talent show night.

Her classmate says God "inspired" to write a song. Remembers it's CoC group, amends to "used me as a vessel."

Song sounded fungible.

My acoustic rendition of Phil Collins's "One More Night" was much better received.

The biggest divide of the last 9 years is who's motivated by being for what they're for v. being against what they're against.

Dodgers definitely won the Quantrill-Izturis/Prokopec trade. (And yes, I think about Luke Prokopec disproportionately.)

Gut instinct says 5 minutes.

But the bigger thing for me with daily games is feeling like I've taken on a lifelong commitment that will mean I am a shameful failure if I don't do every day. That anxiety consumes more of my life than any of the games do. Whee!

I *am* difficult to deal with! :-D

Happy birthday!!!

Waiting for the Richard Osman's House of Games clue rhyming Hercules Poirot and Hawaii Five-O.

"Ann Rollercoaster" would be a great character name in a kids' book.

It responds to many names! :-)

Is #elevatorgaze a genre? If it is, the video's that. :-)

She's on the West Coast real soon, isn't she?

Hadn't heard of him - listening now!

Thank you so much for reading and telling me - I hope I helped while I hit. I ended up listening to all the Newsboys albums I was raised on once more, to lower them into the ground as the subculture, at least relative to me, has passed away.

Speed don't slump!

I haven't gotten to this point yet, but I think management level around me has.