Back with the parents

[cornerofmadness]

Still hacking out a lung. I ended up not going to the amazing coffee shop Nicholas Coffee because I wasn't up for a rushed walk before check out to get some (wish it had been opened yesterday). I have never seen Pittsburgh that empty. I flew home.

And really did nothing all day other than learn my favorite cousin my parents' age is in the hospital with pneumonia and sepsis and am wondering why the hell the care home didn't catch this.

Since nothing of interest happened other than that let me dive back into Music Monday. I'm doing the alphabet again with music from the 2020s only (but you can rec whatever you'd like) I'm up to H and if not for David Kushner I'd have one Dua Lipa song and that's it. On the other hand his debut album has 3 H songs that I like equally (looking for the perfect story for them)

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I will be getting his debut album!

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and here's an Abney Park just because (though it's not that memorable if I'm honest)

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Comments

[spikedluv]

I'm glad you made it home safely! Bummer you couldn't stop for coffee.

That's ridiculous about your cousin! (Makes me glad I'm able to visit my aunt regularly. Even if I don't catch something, they're so used to me asking questions, they ~might take more care with her.)

[cornerofmadness]

And my cousin is mostly there and she goes out all the time with her sisters. This is not someone who is non compis mentis but I'm not surprised after my years working in these places

[spikedluv]

Oh geeze! I hope she wasn't asking for help and being ignored.

[cornerofmadness]

probably. Her friend there a former pharmacist is the one who had to raise the alarm

[suzume]

Hooked - Franz Ferdinand? (I was actually at this show! ^^)

[cornerofmadness]

Oh cool to being at this concert. I liked this one

[suzume]

I think I've seen Franz Ferdinand in concert 3 times- the first time in Santa Ana (what convenience! (this is in my same county)), then twice in different parts of L.A. at the Novo and then the Wiltern earlier this year.

I'm always going back and forth on whether Franz Ferdinand or The Decemberists are my favorite band. XD;

[cornerofmadness]

that's cool. I sadly don't get to go to concerts anymore unless they're online (they're too far from me and in the middle of the week)

[suzume]

Well, if I can, I do go to online ones as well! I'm just luckily within driving distance of LA.

[cornerofmadness]

yeah that's good, for me columbus is 90 miles away and Huntington is 80 so it's a hike, putting me home at like 2 AM on a work day. sigh

[suzume]

Yeah, I'm only 50 miles or so away from LA (which is still quite a lot, but really only 50).

[cornerofmadness]

That's not too bad (though LA traffic is legendary) And if I were 20 years younger...

[suzume]

Most of the time my dad and I go together to these things and since they (after what felt like a million years of working on it) opened a multi-person lane that goes all the way through LA county up to the actual city of LA (on the 5). So, that cuts off a bunch of the traffic! Until you, uh, reach, LA. XD;

[cornerofmadness]

Glad you get to share these experiences with your dad

This reminds me to buy my Abney Park tickets for this weekend

[suzume]

Well, he can drive to all these locations and I can't so...

Good reminder then!

[cornerofmadness]

yes that would put a damper on things