Hi, my Darling,
Happy Late Night. All quiet on the Western Front, and I just realised I can legitimately say that, haha, as I am indeed west of you. I saw your post a little while ago. An "adultier adult", eh? I like that phrase! Now, I don't know if you meant me. I suppose you could mean your Mom or some of your other, older friends. :)
But if you did mean me, then we have something in common, because I always needed an "adultier adult" for a long time, because being an adult - whatever the heck that is, anyway - was hard for me for a while there. In my case, the "adultier adult" I looked to was usually one of my parents, though I guess I never really looked to them for guidance. As much as I loved my folks, and as much as I relied on them, they did not give me a lot of guidance as to "how to become an adult". Little to no guidance, in fact.
It wasn't their fault though. Each was an only child, and each of my parents lost both of their parents by their late teens. I think I've told you this story before. My Dad, who never knew his own father, lost his Mom at 17. But he still had his Aunt and Grandma. Mom, on the other hand, was adopted, and she lost both her adoptive parents by age 17 and was basically on her own, though she did have some relatives and friends for stability.
But it's no wonder they weren't much in the Guidance Department. They had to figure things out on their own, for the most part.
I guess what I mean, when I say I looked to them as "adultier adults" (and I did for a long time), was that I just plain hung around with them. I asked my Dad to get me a job, when I was 18, and he did, at MGM where he had worked. But I never asked them for advice, per se. I just stayed with them, and lived at home for a long time, because it just plain seemed like they knew what they were doing. :)
I sure didn't, for a long time. But my parents, despite their dysfunctions (and we all have them) did seem to know what they were doing, at least in respect to Having The "Adult" Thing Down.
I was scared to death of trying to do The Adult Thing.
Mainly because I didn't know how I could do it - me being me, and all.
Me to myself: "How the Hell am I supposed to do this"? :)
I had no idea. Literally. For many years. And my parents really couldn't tell me.
But Sweet Baby, do you know what is interesting about life (or should I say LIfe? I probably should...). Okay, do you know what is interesting about Life?
What is interesting about Life, is that Life is bigger than people. Life already knows what's going on. Life has been around a long, long time, and so Life knows the ropes.
What this "adultier adult" would tell you, is just keep doing what you are doing. I know I say that a lot, and I know it sounds simplistic, but girl - it works. And it not only works, but it's The Key to becoming Yourself.
Life, being bigger than all of us, will take you to where you were meant to go. No joke.
It's 100% real.
Now, I don't mean - and you already know this - that you just lay back, as on a raft, and let the River Of Life take you. No way.
I mean, and I repeatedly say - just do what you do. Not just in your chosen profession, but in every way.
Lock into this philosophy to the fullest.
And you will see, little by little, the way in which LIfe is taking you to your destination.
The big - no, the HUGE payoff to all of this, is that one day you will find inside yourself an enormous well of confidence that has grown and grown, as the months and years have passed, and you have trusted in yourself, and in what you do, and in Life, to take you to your Destination.
Life is an ongoing experience, yes, but it leads to a destination, and that destination is also an ongoing experience. It is never revealed to you all at once. Especially for Artists.
So just keep doing all of that, what I said above, and I give you a money-back guarantee that it will work for you as it has for me.
That, and keep hanging around with the "adultier adults", every one of whom was in your shoes (and my shoes), and every one of whom - to this day, I am guessing - would tell you that there really is no such thing as a Textbook Adult.
Only those who have followed and trusted Life, to varying degrees.
That's all I know for tonight, Sweet Baby. I will see you in the morning....
I Love You! Sweet Dreams.......
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxooxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxooxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Sunday, August 2, 2015
Happy Sunday Evening (love and music)
Good Evening, my Darling,
I am home from Pearl's. Slowly getting back into the swing of things today. We went to church this morning, sang in the choir for the first time since the end of June. A little rusty but not too bad. The after church practice was good, too. That's actually one of my favorite parts, cause when we practice we get to do a lot of singing.
I am still blown away by those two Rush concerts, and especially last night. I knew they were gonna affect me but didn't realise how much. It's in a good way, though. Hard to explain, though I've tried in my two recent blogs.
I hope your day was good. I am gonna hang out here for a little while, then go for my walk when the sun starts going down. I'm back to normal work schedule, and so I'll be here til 9:45pm, then back to Pearl's, and I'll write more at the usual time.
I Love You. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
12:45am : Happy Super Late Night, my Baby. It took a while to get situated this evening, but now all is quiet, KUSC playing softly on the radio. Now we will head into August, and the second half of Summer, with many good things to come. No concerts for a while, but October will bring a triple whammy : Van Halen, then Alcest, then Opeth. Wow!
I haven't heard a lot from you recently, but I hope and trust that all is well. Hope your video is coming along to your satisfaction. Now that I am back on normal schedule I will post more myself, mostly my usual musical stuff. Music has been such a huge part of my life, and even that sentence doesn't describe it's place and what it has meant to me. It's been constant, all my life. Very little time goes by, on any day, when I am not listening to some kind of music, passively or actively. Suffice to say, for now, that music - good music - never lets you down.
Never.
No matter what.
I had a friend, my old drummer, who has since moved back to the Chicago area, and he once said something that always stuck with me. He said, "They say music is the second most powerful force in the Universe".
He didn't say who "They" were, and nobody will ever know anyway. He also didn't specify what the first most powerful force in the Universe is, but I think we know.
It's love, of course.
And music - good music - is the language of love in all it's expressions.
So I would tend to agree with my drummer.
I would add one observation of my own, one that I have expressed before, and it is that, like love, no one knows exactly what music is.
In fact, music may be even more mysterious. We can identify love, at least, as an affection from the heart, based in emotion. Very often our strongest love is for a fellow human being, so we understand it innately in that sense, even if we can't really describe it in words. We know the pull of the heart.
But music?
What in the world is it?
A series of tones and sounds, played in something called scales? And these things are created, literally, out of thin air? Air that has been transformed into vibrating waves?
And not only do these vibrations make us feel good, and are pleasant to hear, but in the best music they speak to the deepest part of us, in a way we can't put into words. Just like love.
At least as mysterious, perhaps even more. Perhaps even two expressions of the same thing.
I will see you in the morning, Sweet Baby.
I Love You! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
I am home from Pearl's. Slowly getting back into the swing of things today. We went to church this morning, sang in the choir for the first time since the end of June. A little rusty but not too bad. The after church practice was good, too. That's actually one of my favorite parts, cause when we practice we get to do a lot of singing.
I am still blown away by those two Rush concerts, and especially last night. I knew they were gonna affect me but didn't realise how much. It's in a good way, though. Hard to explain, though I've tried in my two recent blogs.
I hope your day was good. I am gonna hang out here for a little while, then go for my walk when the sun starts going down. I'm back to normal work schedule, and so I'll be here til 9:45pm, then back to Pearl's, and I'll write more at the usual time.
I Love You. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
12:45am : Happy Super Late Night, my Baby. It took a while to get situated this evening, but now all is quiet, KUSC playing softly on the radio. Now we will head into August, and the second half of Summer, with many good things to come. No concerts for a while, but October will bring a triple whammy : Van Halen, then Alcest, then Opeth. Wow!
I haven't heard a lot from you recently, but I hope and trust that all is well. Hope your video is coming along to your satisfaction. Now that I am back on normal schedule I will post more myself, mostly my usual musical stuff. Music has been such a huge part of my life, and even that sentence doesn't describe it's place and what it has meant to me. It's been constant, all my life. Very little time goes by, on any day, when I am not listening to some kind of music, passively or actively. Suffice to say, for now, that music - good music - never lets you down.
Never.
No matter what.
I had a friend, my old drummer, who has since moved back to the Chicago area, and he once said something that always stuck with me. He said, "They say music is the second most powerful force in the Universe".
He didn't say who "They" were, and nobody will ever know anyway. He also didn't specify what the first most powerful force in the Universe is, but I think we know.
It's love, of course.
And music - good music - is the language of love in all it's expressions.
So I would tend to agree with my drummer.
I would add one observation of my own, one that I have expressed before, and it is that, like love, no one knows exactly what music is.
In fact, music may be even more mysterious. We can identify love, at least, as an affection from the heart, based in emotion. Very often our strongest love is for a fellow human being, so we understand it innately in that sense, even if we can't really describe it in words. We know the pull of the heart.
But music?
What in the world is it?
A series of tones and sounds, played in something called scales? And these things are created, literally, out of thin air? Air that has been transformed into vibrating waves?
And not only do these vibrations make us feel good, and are pleasant to hear, but in the best music they speak to the deepest part of us, in a way we can't put into words. Just like love.
At least as mysterious, perhaps even more. Perhaps even two expressions of the same thing.
I will see you in the morning, Sweet Baby.
I Love You! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
Saturday, August 1, 2015
Rush Again (all is well?) (they have always been in my life)
Good Morning, Elizabeth,
I just wanted to say hi because I saw your Lantlos post a few minutes ago, so maybe everything is okay? I am hoping so. :) I just want to wish you a nice day and hope you are having a fun and happy Summer in general. That is always my wish for you, of course. :)
I am just hangin' out at the moment, staying inside. I don't think I will try to go anywhere or do any last minute hikes or anything, because I am gonna head back to Pearl's in a few hours. I will get there a little early so I can leave a little early for the Rush concert. This one will be much easier to get to. And hey, now that I think about it, your Lantlos post is partially about Marcus having ridden in the van for seven hours, so maybe you meant it - at least in part - as a reference to our ride to the Rush show at Irvine. Maybe you even meant the Dalai Lama "anger" post about that situation? The 4 hour trip to the concert? Did you mean that post in reference to me? I know it's a stretch, but I'm just guessing?
If you did, no worries at all. I was not angry in the slightest about the long drive. Now, it was no fun, certainly, and that's why I mentioned it in my FB comments, so locals like my friend Bill S. could relate. But, even though I will most likely never go to that venue again, I had a blast at the show, and the traffic jam in no way ruined it or had any effect at all, really. Once we got there and the show started, the long ride was instantly forgotten.
So, lol, all of that is just to say "all is well" in case you meant the Dalai Lama post in reference to me. :)
Tonight's show will be much easier to get to. The Forum is just 25 miles from Pearl's. Same freeway, the 405, but it's a Saturday evening, not a work night, and so traffic should be much more moderate. The main thing tonight is that it's the last show of the tour, and there's a chance it could be the final Rush concert ever.
I will be really surprised if that's the case, but it could be, and so it's kind of poignant.
But it will be awesome all the same, so I am looking forward to it.
Anyhow, I hope all is well, and I will trust that it is. I will be here at home til about 3:30, then over to Pearl's til 6pm, and then back after the show probably about 12:30ish. And then I am back at work, normal schedule, etc.
Have a nice afternoon! I Love You and will write when I get back from the concert.
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
12:15am : Happy Late Night, my Darling. I am back at Pearl's. You may have seen my post on FB just now. Wow, what a night, what a moment in time. All kinds of things are going through my head. First and foremost is, what a concert. I've seen Rush so many times, and as they aged from 25 year olds to middle-aged guys in their late 30s and 40s, and now as they are verging on senior citizenship, and I have seen them play incredible shows, tour after tour. But never have I seen them play with the intensity they had tonight. They were just on fire, and you could see it on their faces, especially on Alex's. He formed Rush when he was 15 years old, he's now 62 and it may have been his last concert. He was playing his heart out. And so were Geddy and Neil.
It was just freaking phenomenal, especially the way they played their older, progressive stuff from the 70s.
I just really don't know what to say, to have had these guys always in my life since I was 16 years old.
At the end of the show, Geddy said to the crowd, "on behalf of our entire organization, we'd like to thank you so much for the last 40 years". That's something he's never said before, thanks on behalf of the organization. Rush puts on such a big show that it takes a lot of people to pull off, from managers to road crew to lighting designers to the folks that make their films. A lot of those people have been with them all this time, too, just like the fans. In that way, Rush is an organisation, built around the three guys.
With that sentence, which he's never said at the end of a concert before, it sounded like he was saying goodbye.
But then he said, "And I sincerely hope we see you again sometime".
That's Geddy speaking. He's always been the one who loves touring the most. He's been the lucky one who has avoided the health problems of the other guys. Alex has some arthritis in his hands, and has had ulcers, and Neil has tendonitis that has caused him to have a lot of pain, at times, when playing.
If you saw them tonight, not only would you never sense these things, but you'd wonder the opposite : "Where'd these guys find the fountain of youth"?
Rush is so great now, live in concert, that they could even blow previous live incarnations of themselves off the stage.
Arthritis? What arthritis?
I know they wouldn't divulge these things to the press if they weren't true, and I am sure they are serious conditions for any musician to have, especially guys who play as hard as Rush do, in their 60s.
It's just so weird, though, as I said the other night, and it's like breaking new ground, because these guys are playing with more intensity than ever, into their 60s.
If you saw them tonight, you'd think they were hitting their peak.
So I hope, as Geddy said, that we "see them again sometime". I really hope it wasn't the last Rush concert.
But if it was, I'm glad I was there, cause it was the greatest Rush concert I've ever seen.
I know I say that every time, but this time, they knew it, too.
Well, tomorrow morn is church and choir, so I'd better sign off. Back on regular schedule for the next three weeks. I hope you had a nice day, Sweet Baby. I will see you in the morning.
Sweet Dreams.........
I Love You. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
I just wanted to say hi because I saw your Lantlos post a few minutes ago, so maybe everything is okay? I am hoping so. :) I just want to wish you a nice day and hope you are having a fun and happy Summer in general. That is always my wish for you, of course. :)
I am just hangin' out at the moment, staying inside. I don't think I will try to go anywhere or do any last minute hikes or anything, because I am gonna head back to Pearl's in a few hours. I will get there a little early so I can leave a little early for the Rush concert. This one will be much easier to get to. And hey, now that I think about it, your Lantlos post is partially about Marcus having ridden in the van for seven hours, so maybe you meant it - at least in part - as a reference to our ride to the Rush show at Irvine. Maybe you even meant the Dalai Lama "anger" post about that situation? The 4 hour trip to the concert? Did you mean that post in reference to me? I know it's a stretch, but I'm just guessing?
If you did, no worries at all. I was not angry in the slightest about the long drive. Now, it was no fun, certainly, and that's why I mentioned it in my FB comments, so locals like my friend Bill S. could relate. But, even though I will most likely never go to that venue again, I had a blast at the show, and the traffic jam in no way ruined it or had any effect at all, really. Once we got there and the show started, the long ride was instantly forgotten.
So, lol, all of that is just to say "all is well" in case you meant the Dalai Lama post in reference to me. :)
Tonight's show will be much easier to get to. The Forum is just 25 miles from Pearl's. Same freeway, the 405, but it's a Saturday evening, not a work night, and so traffic should be much more moderate. The main thing tonight is that it's the last show of the tour, and there's a chance it could be the final Rush concert ever.
I will be really surprised if that's the case, but it could be, and so it's kind of poignant.
But it will be awesome all the same, so I am looking forward to it.
Anyhow, I hope all is well, and I will trust that it is. I will be here at home til about 3:30, then over to Pearl's til 6pm, and then back after the show probably about 12:30ish. And then I am back at work, normal schedule, etc.
Have a nice afternoon! I Love You and will write when I get back from the concert.
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
12:15am : Happy Late Night, my Darling. I am back at Pearl's. You may have seen my post on FB just now. Wow, what a night, what a moment in time. All kinds of things are going through my head. First and foremost is, what a concert. I've seen Rush so many times, and as they aged from 25 year olds to middle-aged guys in their late 30s and 40s, and now as they are verging on senior citizenship, and I have seen them play incredible shows, tour after tour. But never have I seen them play with the intensity they had tonight. They were just on fire, and you could see it on their faces, especially on Alex's. He formed Rush when he was 15 years old, he's now 62 and it may have been his last concert. He was playing his heart out. And so were Geddy and Neil.
It was just freaking phenomenal, especially the way they played their older, progressive stuff from the 70s.
I just really don't know what to say, to have had these guys always in my life since I was 16 years old.
At the end of the show, Geddy said to the crowd, "on behalf of our entire organization, we'd like to thank you so much for the last 40 years". That's something he's never said before, thanks on behalf of the organization. Rush puts on such a big show that it takes a lot of people to pull off, from managers to road crew to lighting designers to the folks that make their films. A lot of those people have been with them all this time, too, just like the fans. In that way, Rush is an organisation, built around the three guys.
With that sentence, which he's never said at the end of a concert before, it sounded like he was saying goodbye.
But then he said, "And I sincerely hope we see you again sometime".
That's Geddy speaking. He's always been the one who loves touring the most. He's been the lucky one who has avoided the health problems of the other guys. Alex has some arthritis in his hands, and has had ulcers, and Neil has tendonitis that has caused him to have a lot of pain, at times, when playing.
If you saw them tonight, not only would you never sense these things, but you'd wonder the opposite : "Where'd these guys find the fountain of youth"?
Rush is so great now, live in concert, that they could even blow previous live incarnations of themselves off the stage.
Arthritis? What arthritis?
I know they wouldn't divulge these things to the press if they weren't true, and I am sure they are serious conditions for any musician to have, especially guys who play as hard as Rush do, in their 60s.
It's just so weird, though, as I said the other night, and it's like breaking new ground, because these guys are playing with more intensity than ever, into their 60s.
If you saw them tonight, you'd think they were hitting their peak.
So I hope, as Geddy said, that we "see them again sometime". I really hope it wasn't the last Rush concert.
But if it was, I'm glad I was there, cause it was the greatest Rush concert I've ever seen.
I know I say that every time, but this time, they knew it, too.
Well, tomorrow morn is church and choir, so I'd better sign off. Back on regular schedule for the next three weeks. I hope you had a nice day, Sweet Baby. I will see you in the morning.
Sweet Dreams.........
I Love You. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
Friday, July 31, 2015
Wondering (confused) (hi)
Good Morning, my Darling,
I am just waking up and checking FB, and I see the one post by you, via the Dalai Lama. That one doesn't sound very good. Is everything okay? I have thought you were busy the last couple of days, perhaps on an outing, but if you are upset about something, please let me know.
I hope things are alright at home. At any rate, you obviously wanted me to see that post, and it's upsetting, so please clarify if you get the chance. I'll be here for the next couple hours at least.
I Love You. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
9:50pm : Hi Elizabeth. I just wanted to check in a little earlier than usual. I hope you've been having a nice Friday evening. I've just been hanging out, enjoying my last day off. I was wondering about this morning's post, as I said earlier, and then a while ago, earlier in the evening I saw you post via your friend Tristan. I know you are a Star Wars fan, so maybe it's just an ordinary "like" post, but if not, I don't understand it. One line concerned me at the very end : "I hate you". That is something I don't even wanna type, and I am sure is has nothing to do with whatever message you were trying to convey (if there was a message), but I suppose I only even noticed it in this context because of your earlier post this morning about feeling anger.
I guess I am pretty confused at this point. First, you didn't post for a couple of days, and I thought you were on a short trip or vacation. Then, you finally did post, but it was about feeling anger. Then when I asked for clarification (if you read this same blog earlier this morning), you posted something mentioning Star Wars, but with that one line at the end which relates to feeling angry.
I say again that I hope everything is alright, and if it's not, please tell me.
I am gonna finish the rest of my walk in a few minutes, but will be around after 11pm, and then I will be up until 2 or 2:30 because I have one final sleep in tomorrow morning.
So if you feel like posting, I'll be here. I Love You and I'm thinking about you.
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
12:35am : Hi Elizabeth. I am just trying again, even though you are probably asleep. I guess you are upset about something; unfortunately, I have no way of knowing what it is. We've been down this road before, so you know that communication is the key. I am trying to communicate, several times today, but if you don't want to communicate in return, then there's no way I can know what the problem is.
Tonight is my last night off, so I'll be up for a little while, on the off chance that you are awake and feel like responding. I know, though, that it's not always possible to instantly find a post that matches what you are trying to convey. Tomorrow I will be awake at about the usual sleep-in time, 10 to 10:30am. Then I will be around most of the day at home til 4:15. Then I go back to work, and tomorrow night I will again be at the Rush concert and won't be back to Pearl's til about 1am, and then Sunday morning I am right back at church and the return of choir practice and all of that.
Anyway, for now I will be awake til about 2 or 2:30. Just trying to communicate, as always in these situations.
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
I am just waking up and checking FB, and I see the one post by you, via the Dalai Lama. That one doesn't sound very good. Is everything okay? I have thought you were busy the last couple of days, perhaps on an outing, but if you are upset about something, please let me know.
I hope things are alright at home. At any rate, you obviously wanted me to see that post, and it's upsetting, so please clarify if you get the chance. I'll be here for the next couple hours at least.
I Love You. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
9:50pm : Hi Elizabeth. I just wanted to check in a little earlier than usual. I hope you've been having a nice Friday evening. I've just been hanging out, enjoying my last day off. I was wondering about this morning's post, as I said earlier, and then a while ago, earlier in the evening I saw you post via your friend Tristan. I know you are a Star Wars fan, so maybe it's just an ordinary "like" post, but if not, I don't understand it. One line concerned me at the very end : "I hate you". That is something I don't even wanna type, and I am sure is has nothing to do with whatever message you were trying to convey (if there was a message), but I suppose I only even noticed it in this context because of your earlier post this morning about feeling anger.
I guess I am pretty confused at this point. First, you didn't post for a couple of days, and I thought you were on a short trip or vacation. Then, you finally did post, but it was about feeling anger. Then when I asked for clarification (if you read this same blog earlier this morning), you posted something mentioning Star Wars, but with that one line at the end which relates to feeling angry.
I say again that I hope everything is alright, and if it's not, please tell me.
I am gonna finish the rest of my walk in a few minutes, but will be around after 11pm, and then I will be up until 2 or 2:30 because I have one final sleep in tomorrow morning.
So if you feel like posting, I'll be here. I Love You and I'm thinking about you.
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
12:35am : Hi Elizabeth. I am just trying again, even though you are probably asleep. I guess you are upset about something; unfortunately, I have no way of knowing what it is. We've been down this road before, so you know that communication is the key. I am trying to communicate, several times today, but if you don't want to communicate in return, then there's no way I can know what the problem is.
Tonight is my last night off, so I'll be up for a little while, on the off chance that you are awake and feel like responding. I know, though, that it's not always possible to instantly find a post that matches what you are trying to convey. Tomorrow I will be awake at about the usual sleep-in time, 10 to 10:30am. Then I will be around most of the day at home til 4:15. Then I go back to work, and tomorrow night I will again be at the Rush concert and won't be back to Pearl's til about 1am, and then Sunday morning I am right back at church and the return of choir practice and all of that.
Anyway, for now I will be awake til about 2 or 2:30. Just trying to communicate, as always in these situations.
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
Back From The Rush Concert (music as anti-aging time warp)
Hi, Sweet Baby,
I am back from the Rush concert. I know you are asleep but I wanted to check in anyway, since I've been gone all day long. I wanna get situated here, because I literally just walked in the door, so I just wanna have a little something to eat real quick and then I will write more, in about 10 or 15 minutes. The concert was incredible, but I am reasonably sure I will never go down to Irvine again for a show. Grimsley and I left at 3:30 sharp. And do you know what time we got parked in the Irvine Meadows parking lot? 7:10pm.
Yep. That's 3 hours and 40 minutes for a 65 mile trip. Not sure of the exact math, but I think you are looking at an average speed of 17mph. The traffic was horrendous on the 405 freeway, pretty much bumper-to-bumper the whole way there, with a few short breaks.
So, fantastic show/no more trips to Irvine. Back in a few minutes with more. Hope you had a great day!
I Love You! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
1:45am : I am back. Anyway, the concert itself was incredible. The show was exactly 3 hours long, with a 15 minute intermission, so 2:45 of straight music, and it was pretty mindboggling to see three guys in their 60s pull off something of this magnitude. Rush has been doing 3 hour shows (with no opening act) for a while now, the last 10 or 15 years, but this time - perhaps because is it said to be their last major tour - they pulled out a lot of the early adventurous stuff that they hadn't played in years.
Just one great song after another. I was remarking to Grimsley on the drive home that we are witnessing some of our favorite bands near the Finish LIne. With Rush, it's such a mindblower, because in my case, they've been not just part of my life, but a major part (because music is so important to me) since 1976. That is the year I found out about Rush, two years after their first album came out. I first saw them live in 1978, as I said yesterday. So it's a trip to see them, almost two generations later, and they are still putting on a concert at a mind-boggling level, with all that music and all those songs.
It's also a trip to watch a band, over a great many years, and to listen to them on record and to see them live over that time period, and to notice the difference.
Rush on record has gone through some stylistic changes, but live, they have always been a hard, hard rock band. It's like they are in their own world up there on stage, for all these years. No matter how many years go by, or how the world changes (or doesn't), a band like Rush has just stayed in their world, touring and making records for 41 years, but onstage they might as well be in their 20s, such is their energy and attitude.
It's like time stops, in a way, for bands that continued to record and tour for all these years.
They are the same 21 year olds, on the inside, who formed the band in the first place, and you can see it now, as they near the finish line in their 60s.
It's really weird, and neat!, for the fans, because it's like when you are at a Rush concert, it is it's own world. And you the fan become part of that world, and so time stops for you, too.
The whole rock and roll thing is weird, because it was built by youth, with a focus on youth, and yet some of it's most famous practitioners are in their 60s and 70s. These bands, like Rush, say they won't be doing it much longer.
But that's something none of us fans have ever considered before, or have even had to consider.
Won't be doing it anymore? Won't be touring? What about making records?
None of it makes any sense.
Because it's like a new frontier has been crossed. When you see a show like we saw tonight, 2 hours and 45 minutes of music it would be hard pressed of anybody to pull off, let alone a group of 62 year olds, you've gotta wonder what the potential is, for human beings in the future, for things like longevity, creativity, and just the aging process in general.
Now, the guys in Rush look their age. The force of gravity is hard to defeat.
But in every other way it's like being in a Time Warp, and as we have seen, time is a very strange thing.
Well, Sweet Baby, that's all I know for tonight. I have two more sleep-ins coming, so I will use one of them tomorrow morn, and will see you about 10:30am, or so.
You are already long asleep, and so I send you Sweet Dreams in progress...... :)
I Love You. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
I am back from the Rush concert. I know you are asleep but I wanted to check in anyway, since I've been gone all day long. I wanna get situated here, because I literally just walked in the door, so I just wanna have a little something to eat real quick and then I will write more, in about 10 or 15 minutes. The concert was incredible, but I am reasonably sure I will never go down to Irvine again for a show. Grimsley and I left at 3:30 sharp. And do you know what time we got parked in the Irvine Meadows parking lot? 7:10pm.
Yep. That's 3 hours and 40 minutes for a 65 mile trip. Not sure of the exact math, but I think you are looking at an average speed of 17mph. The traffic was horrendous on the 405 freeway, pretty much bumper-to-bumper the whole way there, with a few short breaks.
So, fantastic show/no more trips to Irvine. Back in a few minutes with more. Hope you had a great day!
I Love You! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
1:45am : I am back. Anyway, the concert itself was incredible. The show was exactly 3 hours long, with a 15 minute intermission, so 2:45 of straight music, and it was pretty mindboggling to see three guys in their 60s pull off something of this magnitude. Rush has been doing 3 hour shows (with no opening act) for a while now, the last 10 or 15 years, but this time - perhaps because is it said to be their last major tour - they pulled out a lot of the early adventurous stuff that they hadn't played in years.
Just one great song after another. I was remarking to Grimsley on the drive home that we are witnessing some of our favorite bands near the Finish LIne. With Rush, it's such a mindblower, because in my case, they've been not just part of my life, but a major part (because music is so important to me) since 1976. That is the year I found out about Rush, two years after their first album came out. I first saw them live in 1978, as I said yesterday. So it's a trip to see them, almost two generations later, and they are still putting on a concert at a mind-boggling level, with all that music and all those songs.
It's also a trip to watch a band, over a great many years, and to listen to them on record and to see them live over that time period, and to notice the difference.
Rush on record has gone through some stylistic changes, but live, they have always been a hard, hard rock band. It's like they are in their own world up there on stage, for all these years. No matter how many years go by, or how the world changes (or doesn't), a band like Rush has just stayed in their world, touring and making records for 41 years, but onstage they might as well be in their 20s, such is their energy and attitude.
It's like time stops, in a way, for bands that continued to record and tour for all these years.
They are the same 21 year olds, on the inside, who formed the band in the first place, and you can see it now, as they near the finish line in their 60s.
It's really weird, and neat!, for the fans, because it's like when you are at a Rush concert, it is it's own world. And you the fan become part of that world, and so time stops for you, too.
The whole rock and roll thing is weird, because it was built by youth, with a focus on youth, and yet some of it's most famous practitioners are in their 60s and 70s. These bands, like Rush, say they won't be doing it much longer.
But that's something none of us fans have ever considered before, or have even had to consider.
Won't be doing it anymore? Won't be touring? What about making records?
None of it makes any sense.
Because it's like a new frontier has been crossed. When you see a show like we saw tonight, 2 hours and 45 minutes of music it would be hard pressed of anybody to pull off, let alone a group of 62 year olds, you've gotta wonder what the potential is, for human beings in the future, for things like longevity, creativity, and just the aging process in general.
Now, the guys in Rush look their age. The force of gravity is hard to defeat.
But in every other way it's like being in a Time Warp, and as we have seen, time is a very strange thing.
Well, Sweet Baby, that's all I know for tonight. I have two more sleep-ins coming, so I will use one of them tomorrow morn, and will see you about 10:30am, or so.
You are already long asleep, and so I send you Sweet Dreams in progress...... :)
I Love You. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
Thursday, July 30, 2015
Night Person
Hi, my Darling,
Happy Super Late Night once again. I saw your post this morning, of a person way up high on a rock cliff in Norway, and because you have been away for the last couple days (except for that one post), I am gonna guess that you yourself are perhaps on an outing of some sort. Maybe to a state park? Road trip with Mom and Bro, as in Summers past? A trip with friends?
Gotta be something like that. :)
I hope you are doing something fun, anyway. For me, Day 3 of my six days off was pretty similar to the other two, and most of all to yesterday. I woke up late, at 10:30 yet again. I am finding that I really am a night person. I mean, I'm totally a day person, of course. Obviously I love the daytime because......well, I don't need to list all the reasons. It's enough to say I love the outdoors and the sunshine. Besides, a true Night Person is like a Vampire. Those types avoid the sun and generally stay indoors until late afternoon or evening. But I am a night person in that I love the quiet and the serenity of the night, and I find myself staying up later than usual, til 2:30 or 3am sometimes. Only when I have days off, though, so that I can sleep in. So, I guess Adam Hours have modified a bit in the last few years, and if I were left up to my own devices, my hours would be apprx. 10:30 am til 2:30 or 3am.
Where was I? Oh yeah. So I woke up at 10:30, watched yet another Mummy Movie at noon - this time "The Mummy's Tomb" - and then a while later I headed out to Santa Su for a major hike, all the way to the top of The Slide, and then over to the Lilac Lane trail on the Spahn Ranch side, and just a little ways down that. Then back, 4 miles in all. With my walk tonight, I did 7 miles total for the second day in a row.
I feel really good now, all evened-out, dopamine-balanced, sleep recharged.
I'm getting a lot of reading done, too. Taking photos......
Tomorrow is Rush. My goodness, I have been listening to them since 1976, and the first time I saw them in concert was November 1978. 37 years. I think I've seen them 32 times, or maybe these two upcoming concerts will make 32. It's a mindblower any way I look at it. I will be riding down to Irvine with Grimsley. He's driving, just like the first time we saw them in '78. Back then he was the only one with a car, haha.
Irvine is a long drive, so we will be leaving at 3:30, to ensure we don't miss a note. I will be around before that, probably til about 2:45pm. Rush usually plays for 3 hours, so the concert will end at 11pm. Irvine is a hassle to get out of the parking lot, but if we can get out of there before midnight (no joke, it's that bad), I should be home by 1:30am. Even though you will be sound asleep, I will write anyway, just to say hi and let you know how it was and wish you sweet dreams.
Which I will also do now. :)
I Love You, Elizabeth. See you in the morning! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
Happy Super Late Night once again. I saw your post this morning, of a person way up high on a rock cliff in Norway, and because you have been away for the last couple days (except for that one post), I am gonna guess that you yourself are perhaps on an outing of some sort. Maybe to a state park? Road trip with Mom and Bro, as in Summers past? A trip with friends?
Gotta be something like that. :)
I hope you are doing something fun, anyway. For me, Day 3 of my six days off was pretty similar to the other two, and most of all to yesterday. I woke up late, at 10:30 yet again. I am finding that I really am a night person. I mean, I'm totally a day person, of course. Obviously I love the daytime because......well, I don't need to list all the reasons. It's enough to say I love the outdoors and the sunshine. Besides, a true Night Person is like a Vampire. Those types avoid the sun and generally stay indoors until late afternoon or evening. But I am a night person in that I love the quiet and the serenity of the night, and I find myself staying up later than usual, til 2:30 or 3am sometimes. Only when I have days off, though, so that I can sleep in. So, I guess Adam Hours have modified a bit in the last few years, and if I were left up to my own devices, my hours would be apprx. 10:30 am til 2:30 or 3am.
Where was I? Oh yeah. So I woke up at 10:30, watched yet another Mummy Movie at noon - this time "The Mummy's Tomb" - and then a while later I headed out to Santa Su for a major hike, all the way to the top of The Slide, and then over to the Lilac Lane trail on the Spahn Ranch side, and just a little ways down that. Then back, 4 miles in all. With my walk tonight, I did 7 miles total for the second day in a row.
I feel really good now, all evened-out, dopamine-balanced, sleep recharged.
I'm getting a lot of reading done, too. Taking photos......
Tomorrow is Rush. My goodness, I have been listening to them since 1976, and the first time I saw them in concert was November 1978. 37 years. I think I've seen them 32 times, or maybe these two upcoming concerts will make 32. It's a mindblower any way I look at it. I will be riding down to Irvine with Grimsley. He's driving, just like the first time we saw them in '78. Back then he was the only one with a car, haha.
Irvine is a long drive, so we will be leaving at 3:30, to ensure we don't miss a note. I will be around before that, probably til about 2:45pm. Rush usually plays for 3 hours, so the concert will end at 11pm. Irvine is a hassle to get out of the parking lot, but if we can get out of there before midnight (no joke, it's that bad), I should be home by 1:30am. Even though you will be sound asleep, I will write anyway, just to say hi and let you know how it was and wish you sweet dreams.
Which I will also do now. :)
I Love You, Elizabeth. See you in the morning! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Late Night Love
Hi, my Darling,
Happy Super Late Night. Sorry I didn't post earlier, but I didn't see you on FB, so I just figured you were busy, maybe taking photos or hanging with friends. My day today wasn't all that much different from yesterday : another Mummy Movie ("The Mummy's Curse"), which I don't even have to review because you know I loved it! :)
Went for a full length hike up at Aliso Canyon, 3.5 miles total. Saw another bunny, who wound up on FB. One thing I am noticing about bunnies, having photographed several by now, is that they don't vary much in their choice of poses, haha. They seem to go for the sideways look, sitting down, ears up, one eye visible, very intent on something. That's the Singular Bunny Pose, from what I can tell. But I always enjoy seeing them and taking their picture, whenever we cross paths on the trail.
This eve, just reading, then going for another 3.5 on my usual CSUN loop. 7 miles total for the day. Feels good. I hope you had a good day, too. Hope to see you in the morning!
I Love You. Sweet Dreams until then. :):)
Happy Super Late Night. Sorry I didn't post earlier, but I didn't see you on FB, so I just figured you were busy, maybe taking photos or hanging with friends. My day today wasn't all that much different from yesterday : another Mummy Movie ("The Mummy's Curse"), which I don't even have to review because you know I loved it! :)
Went for a full length hike up at Aliso Canyon, 3.5 miles total. Saw another bunny, who wound up on FB. One thing I am noticing about bunnies, having photographed several by now, is that they don't vary much in their choice of poses, haha. They seem to go for the sideways look, sitting down, ears up, one eye visible, very intent on something. That's the Singular Bunny Pose, from what I can tell. But I always enjoy seeing them and taking their picture, whenever we cross paths on the trail.
This eve, just reading, then going for another 3.5 on my usual CSUN loop. 7 miles total for the day. Feels good. I hope you had a good day, too. Hope to see you in the morning!
I Love You. Sweet Dreams until then. :):)
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