The Analog Grownup

*walks up to the bar and pulls out a chair* Can I have a cup of coffee, please? Still recovering from a night out, so better make it strong ;)

Good riddance for sure! And thank God she found a supportive and loving boyfriend. Way too many people stay in bad relationships, mainly because they're afraid they won't find or deserve someone better. It's sad that a relationship can come to that point, where one doesn't consider that there might be a better alternative out there. And also I'm with JohnnyBlaze on this one. I know ones feelings can get the better of one, and therefore it's easy to think someone will end up in a certain way. I believe those who are on the path of violence themselves are the ones thinking 'why change when I know I'll end up in jail or dead. Everyone else seems to think that way'. Most of them have not gotten guidance in their lives, I'm not pointing fingers here, just to clarify :) I think your nephew needs to feel loved in order to give love back. But however I do understand why you feel like you do. Sometimes we get so angry we can't even see straight ;)

Being a musician myself I'm a big sucker for live rendition of songs. :guitar:

I get the same from playing guitar if I'm not pre-strechting my wrists or doing some warm-up excersizes. I use a trackpad instead of a mouse, and haven't had a problem since in that regard. Some light training of your arms could help too, but remember to go easy on yourself, as you might end up worse. :)

I honestly believe the synth-era songs benefits from being played live with the more modern guitar sound Alex got. The guitar parts now has the balls they lacked on the recordings. Manhattan Project and Territories are now some of my favorites :)

What is TMMB?

you basically stole any potential inuendo.........you killed the thread! At least I haven't dug into the lyrics yet ;)

Depends on the girl, but I probably wouldn't put on Rush to some sweet sexual healing ;) Nope, some good ol' soul for that

Crowbars makes me think of my ass. I did however get a colonoscopy some time ago. No the thought of testicles and crashing them on the handlebars of a bicycle makes me cringe.

I can think of a couple ... :madra: Cut to the chase Leave That Thing Alone Between Sun & Moon A Passage to Bangkok In The End Force Ten Territories Show Don't Tell The Weapon Countdown Losing It The Main Monkey Business Oh boy, that Beavis & Butt-head meme sure got me sidetracked

Thanks for the link. It was right up my alley ;)

One of my favorites: Subdivisions from Clockwork Angels Tour 2013 :)

I think I saw it at the Amsterdam show. Can't remember the price, but generally it seemed like the prices were about twice the amount of rush backstage.

Signals for me :)

I am a firm believer of personal freedom, so when I hear/read about someone obstructing ones personal freedom, I get a sick feeling in my stomach. Who is he to treat you like his property or demand you give him sex when he wants? A healthy relationship is when both parts are equal and treating each other like it. Clearly he is not seeing you both as equals and that will never lead to any place good. I took a look at your profile to see how old you are. At only 23 years old you have your whole life in front of you. No need to throw it all away by staying with an abusive excuse for a man. You mentioned a part that really stood out to me; that you felt like the worst mother in the world. You have no need to feel that way about a situation you didn't start. I know you care about your child, but your husbands behavior is not your responsibility. I can only repeat what the others have answered you: Get out. And get out now. Don't wait for it to get better as it probably wont. Please.

I hope the next three records I find will be 2112, Hold Your Fire and Power Windows. A couple of years ago I found them, but back then I didn't want them. Now that I want them I can't find them.

I don't have a job at the moment, but my perfect job would be able to live off my music. I'm holding on to that dream like there's no tomorrow. I can't be bothered to keep interest or having a good work ethic, if what I'm doing doesn't interest me. But things that interest me and I want to pursue, I could work myself to death for :)

This thread made me pull out all my Rush vinyl "collection" for a family snapshot ;) http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3719/9092674130_858fcfa34e_c.jpg

I see no issue abbreviating the album titles. Those are understood on a site such as this. When people start abbreviating song titles, it gets a little annoying, unless it is extremely obvious, like FoL or TSOR. I was looking at a thread and saw MP. Had to look back a ways thru the thread to figure out they were talking about Manhattan Project. What's FoL? My thought exactly :)

Someone talking trash about Mika? http://i.qkme.me/35ve2t.jpg

Life sometimes throws you a curveball. In adversity the best you can do is being true to yourself. Don't take it as you're wrong or need to change, when things take a turn for the worse. I know from bitter experience that trying to be someone you're not never gets you anywhere good. I can understand why you feel like you do. Cheer up, everything's gonna be fine again :) (and listening to :rush: is never a bad idea ;) )

Thanks for your nice words! And please, understand that I'm not being superficial. Or I'm not trying to be, anyway. I simply understand that I'm at a lower level of health right now, as indicated by my tighter clothes, especially around my tummy area, and as a result of a lower physical activity level and poorer eating habits. I'm not trying to lose weight, and I don't want to look good for anyone. I want to improve my health habits, which will automatically show up on the outside. Health is from the inside out, after all. And I actually have little interest in trying to get Geddy's attention with the way I look, in all truth. And if he did respond to me in just a physical sense, I wouldn't have such a high level of respect for him, or at least of what I think I know of him. I'm much more interested in attracting someone through a liking of my personality than from my bum looking cute in a dress, or whatever. The whole Geddy goal is to improve my health to a point that I will be more comfortable in my own skin, that I will sit (well, actually, I won't be sitting...) without having a bit of tummy pooch out and flail my arms around in a rock concert-y way without having them jiggle. I like having goals to drive me, and this is a good goal! Having a good reason to amp up my taking care of myself. And not to sound cheesy, but I think that a way to tell how someone feels about oneself, if one loves oneself, is through how the person takes care of oneself. If someone stuffs himself full of crap food every day, doesn't exercise at all, and bemoans that he's fat and lazy, he's not really loving himself. If he makes a good effort to fuel his body with healthy food, and moves around every day, and feels good about being well... it's a big difference between the two examples. I want to be good to my body, and I want to treat it well, and it will in turn treat me well. Ok, it's 2am, I've just got home from 14 hours at work... it's too late for me to try to talk about this stuff! :S Okay, Mika, time for my response :) I am sorry if I made you appear superficial, which wasn't my intent at all. I think that we agree on this subject and my reason to write as I did is that many feel pressure to look a certain way. In Denmark you can see advertisements on buses to buy new breasts, with pictures of silicone breasts. Billboards showing naked thin women with big breats flipping you off. I do not feel any pressure to live up to some unrealistic ideals, but I feel sorry for the young girls and women who may suffer from it. In the midst of all that we have in my country a debate about breastfeeding in public! It can get people to the barricades, but people who have sex in front of the camera in prime time, is getting drunk and acting like idiots, are role models for young kids. I think you have the same, Jersey Shore if I'm not mistaken? It's just one of those things I feel is fundamentally wrong, so I'm glad you take that stand you do, even though I don't know you. I believe you're right about a healthy mind gives a foundation for a healthy body. If one loves oneself, one takes care of oneself. No question about that. Like I too don't know Geddy (would be awesome if I did) I'm confident that he too is not shallow. We can't know for sure but he doesn't seem that way, and no we as fans probably wouldn't like him (Alex and Neil included) as much if we sensed they're total pricks. Other than that, hope it goes well with the training. Up and at 'em :dweez: ;)

I'm still on Facebook, though many times over I have thought of deleting my profile. A lot of people have become lazy, and instead of sending birthday invitations, or birthday cards, by mail, they more often than not just post it on Facebook. That to me is much impersonal, and would it hurt people to actually grap a pen and write on a piece of card or paper? I hope not :)

That's CRAZY! Thank you for doing that! I'd send you an extra copy of Rock On! if I had it as a way to say thanks, but alas I only have one! :drool: Well, if you ever obtain a second copy I might hold you up to that ;) No seriously, it was quite fun and I felt like I did something good :)

Um ... What? ;)