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Very nice!

I have to get up even earlier tomorrow. And I'm not gonna listen to any Rush on the way to work

Kudos to both of you for acively working toward the day we don't have to worry about lack of acceptance anymore.

But...but...Rushchick10, you forgot my fave pic of him from those Brazil shots...the one where he's raising his arm and looking up... *THUD*

I have type 1 diabetes, which usually presents in children, but thankfully waited until I was 25. Many of my family members also developed autoimmune disorders, and they all point to our having genetic damage to a certain chromosome. I sure hope you find you have something other than lupus, but if you do, I hope you respond well to treatment. And know you're not alone in dealing with illness - you know where to find me if you need to chat!

Going to a Rush show is like not realizing you were dead, and waking up and finding yourself alive again. And that's from the second to last row; I can't imagine what being up close is like. Well, I sorta can...I was a groupie of another band for a while, and had some amazing experiences, but Rush is on another level. They help me experience life in a way I never have before. I'll probably never have the opportunities to be close to them that I've enjoyed with others in the past, but that isn't necessarily all it's cracked up to be, and I can still dream, and if it happens someday, it does. Anyway, I'm doing all I can to save money to find out what it's like to be closer than I was this year, but I hear everyone on how hard it is. At least I know that if I have to work hard and give things up for Rush, it's nothing less than they do for us. They're worth it! And if the tour doesn't happen as early as we though it would next year, it buys me more time to save money. And this post where I first introduced myself to the board talks about my experience at my first show. Every time I re-read it I live that night over again

Love it - GeFilter technician! Too funny!

Like I said on RIAB, they're all awesome, and the one where Geddy is raising his arm and looking up is all kinds of fabulous!

Other than biting my nails, a donut hole.

Yeah, I knew something was a bit off, too, but it didn't click...oh well!

Jeff Dunham and Rush played our State Fair a few nights apart this year, so that's pretty close!

Neat...I really need to get around to reading his books.

I got a pink Rash logo on a white shirt with navy blue long sleeves at Zazzle a few days ago by searching under "Rash". Kind of the opposite of Geddy's black one with white sleeves. I'm going to incorporate it into a Geddy-flavored Halloween costume. They had three other color combos for that style alone. I just didn't care for the black Rash tee on rush.com as much, but I bought the blue Time Machine girly tee from there because I liked it and felt bad buying an unofficial shirt from somewhere else.

One for the "thought I was mishearing but really wasn't" category - the intentional "evelate from the norm" line in Vital Signs. I'm sure that this has been discussed about a million times, but I couldn't find much info on it. Does anyone know if Neil told Geddy to sing it like that, or did Geddy (or Alex) come up with the idea? It's funny, in any case

Bob, love your thinking on the name, since I like Star Trek too (although I wouldn't look as good in a silver lame' bodysuit) Thanks for the welcome! If there's a meetup for the next show I'll be sure and say hi!

Documentary spoilers... I did love how their parents are in the documentary. "I love Rush now. The louder, the better"! Geddy's mom... "I think you'd better go try out, the shop will be waiting for you". Neil's dad. How awesome

Still no question that anyone who (re)discovers Rush, at any point, is lucky. I certainly knew about them growing up, but missed out on seeing them when I was younger and a friend went without me, and lost track of them through the 90's and 0's. When I heard they were playing in town a month ago, I was determined not to miss out again. I was in the second to LAST row and absolutely had every nerve and fiber of my mind, body, and soul redlined into over-capacity, but it was a great thing. It was like waking up from the dead. It's all I've wanted to think about since, and the more I discover of them, the more I learn about how to truly be engaged in one's life, no matter what that life is, which I needed a lot of help with. I have enthusiasm to face every day I could have only dreamed of. And no shame in telling people why. So, now I'm here to meet all of you who won't give that look of "oohhhh, okay, whatever" (though some of you may still do that, and that's fine). And to do whatever catching up I'm able to do. We can't change the past, but I changed my future a month ago, and can't WAIT until I go back to another show! and another! and another! Because I am going to LOVE IT!!! Every show that happens this tour, I think about what the guys are doing to a few tens of thousands more, some of whom are feeling for the first time the same way I do. I only hope the guys can sense that they do this for people; that it feels as good to them. They deserve it!

Aww, my boyfriend had a cocker spaniel (before he and I got together). Must be a mark of a great guy

I got a bit of teasing at work today because my Rush interest has finally eclipsed my legendary fanaticism over the Fixx, and I was defending the loveliness of our Geddy to the point that my co-worker accused me of "cheating on" Cy (Curnin, Fixx singer). It didn't help when they played One Thing Leads To Another about 15 minutes later Well, they're never going to play Rush on the station we listen to, so it's a good thing I have at least one other band I'm a fan of to look forward to hearing! My poor boyfriend, he's always having to put up with me fawning after somebody (but then, I tolerate his spacing out whenever a blonde chick walks by, and his adoration of the cute weather girl on the local news station, who shares my first name). Convincing him we should spend money on multiple sets of good Rush tix next year is going to be another story, though...he likes the Fixx a lot more than Rush. Oh well, he knows I'll fly solo if I have to, but he'll probably want to be there to see me so psyched...he IS very sweet like that!

I can't WAIT to have a Rush dream! Hope it's as good as yours when I do!

I thought the cats were in the beginning of Witch Hunt? I'd been thinking that they were there to symbolize how people will demonize them when all they really want to do is look around for something to chase...just to be a cat. I did wonder if they belong to the guys or someone they know? At any rate, I made sure to get some pics of the black one when they put it up on the side screen (see my avatar) because my two girls are rescued black cats! Not on purpose, it just turned out that way.

Totally know what you mean! Sept. 2nd (Syracuse, NY) was my first; it not only blew me away, it reordered my priorities in life! It will NOT be my last, and it's gonna be one long winter. I hope I get to go to more than one next year, and meet some folks from here - it looks like you all know how to have a great time!

"Here Again," Alex chimed as he picked-up his axe, strummed a chord, then looked at Geddy and said: "I don't wanna sing my robotic vocal contribution in Subdivisions because it's challenging to watch Neil's hands, pretending he is holding two unicorns." I don't understand Alex's position, but The Mighty F#7add4 Chord sounds as good as it ever has! "Maybe I should learn that chord!," said one unicorn, bouncing off drum-heads, hooves thundering across Neil's indestructable toms. The unicorn's horn snapped-off in Neil's hand, and the beast flew across the studio. I wonder why the horn sounded like a big wet gong hanging on the Elephant's tusk. Geddy sighed, as once again he had to slap his bass with a shovel,"Where's my rake!" Geddy's grip on his maple syrup increased but then he had to take a leak on the platypus. Geddy's zoo membership was taken away when he decided to take a dinosaur stuffed animal. Geddy shoved it into the nearest caravan so he wouldn't have to hide it from Neil's greedy eyes. Neil then suddenly ran to the snack store to steal some chips and velvety chocolate. Alex saw him riding a unicorn as fast as

Is the poll closed now? The blog is there, but I can't find where to actually vote...help me help Geddy