u/case_s3nsitive

rambling about my experience.. hope this type of post is allowed here:_)
just a disclaimer, these are a mix of photos and screenshots from videos. my main focus was not to take pictures and record well-framed videos, but to listen to the music..!

my dad has been giving my music taste flavor for some time. i grew up with the Beatles, mainly, but he quickly began adding more and more seasoning. i quickly took a liking to the 70’s myself :))
these past two years he has opened the floodgates to prog, and i’ve soaked it up like a sponge 🧽🧽🧽
but these past few months, he switched it up to be much more rocking. because.. he got tickets to Rush. he couldn’t BELIEVE IT. i didn’t know what i was in for.
my dad has been a longtime Rush fan, since about 4 years after their debut. he’s been to.. genuinely, 20 rush shows. if i am wrong, it is more. this was his 20th, if i am right.

he began showing me Rush songs on the way to school this year (along with songs birthed by the hippie movement in the 60’s), and on the way to driving school, and other events. i thought to myself, “does Rush even have a bad song?”. i decided it would be amusing if i asked my dad this, expecting a laugh. he did laugh! he laughed and said “no, no not really!”.
i quickly ate it all up. i don’t know why anyone wouldn’t. i personally ate up The Camera Eye immediately among other songs
but eventually.. the day CAME

we wrecked our wallets at the merch shop. i listened to like over half of it w/o all the ear protection i came in with. i’ve been to many concerts in my life but this is the only time i’ve been to one that had a crowd that was enjoying the concert as much as i was!
cheering and hooting and laughing and yelling “HEY!” at the same things! MOVING TO THE MUSIC!
all counting down for 2112!
laughing at their skits!
laughing because South Park was there!
being astonished that they played THE ENTIRETY OF 2112 AT MY CONCERT OH MY GOD (WHAT)
AND THE FOREST
AND WITCH HUNT??!
AND PASSAGE TO BANGKOK (i freaking love passage to bangkok. wonderful visuals too)
AND A GREAT SONG WITH IMAGERY OF A BOY FLYING THAT I CANNOT REMEMBER FOR THE LIFE OF ME
i’ve never even heard my dad yell like he did at this concert..!
IT WAS INCREDIBLE (of course)

it’s the day after, and it’s just now setting in how wonderful it was. when i came home that night, i went to bed faster than i ever had. and i want to go back
ohhhh my godddd
i can’t believe that night even happened, man.

i’m upset that other teenagers don’t know of Rush. none of my friends except for two knew who they were.
this was an experience that i can’t fully articulate at all, but i want others to have. i want to have it again myself!
THIS was a freaking SHOW
and my dad is setting me up RIGHT AAHHHHHHGHBFF
appreciation for my DAD🎉🎉🎉and for RUSH💥💥💥💥💥🎉💥💥🎉💥🎉💥💥
I AM SO HAPPY THAT THEY CAME
I AM SO HAPPY I GOT TO EXPERIENCE THIS
I HOPE THAT EVERYBODY HERE CAN EXPERIENCE THIS ONE WAY OR ANOTHER
MULTIPLE TIMES EVEN
YOU LONGTIME FANS DESERVE IT
i don’t think i’m ever gonna forget this♥️ i’m gonna tell my dad thank you every time i think about the concert..
he told me his very first rush concert was outstanding, and his absolute favorite.
i think i share this sentiment.

just having fun! not fanart. i just made them in the game (will be making a custom outfit for mustachio and maybe changing ochanomizu’s eyes). i saw other people in other subreddits posting their miis and i thought i’d post.. it was fun to make them anyway! so far, every time someone has fallen down after i made Astro Boy, he’s happened to be right next to them!

Unfortunately these photos are hindered by a screen, but today my dad spotted this giant “butterfly” on our window. I’m assuming this is NOT a butterfly..? Judging by its larger body.. And also a girl if knowledge of thin antennae vs thick antennae means anything in this bugs’ case. This is in America, if it helps.

when walking home from school i always pass my friends’ home, with flowers and foliage that can grow as tall as me in their front yard. but yesterday, there was an interesting butterfly feeding! i’d never seen a butterfly so soft-looking in tone, so i wonder: what is it?
this is not zoomed in, by the way— i just brought my phone in slowly, and the butterfly just kept feeding! i was also able to film it for some ten seconds, then i gave it privacy (but it still stayed).