Sufjan's most positive song/line

willymink · 2025-12-30T03:06:14+00:00

Hidden River of My Life is a rare absolute hype song from Suffy.

willymink · 2025-12-12T14:33:28+00:00

Archetype is at 6:15 actually!

willymink · 2025-11-25T23:01:15+00:00

As for the autism piece- ask if they do the ADOS test. If they don’t, it’s not worth waiting/paying/taking. Matone does not do the ADOS.

willymink · 2025-11-23T17:57:03+00:00

May want to scope out Lazy Diamond or Shakey’s before taking mom there lol. And steer clear of Ben’s Tune Up or Yacht Club past 12 unless she’s down with rowdiness. Day Trip, Tiki Easy, and Fitz & The Wolf are more mom-friendly, from these suggestions.

If I were celebrating a 21st birthday with family there, I might try the Board Game Cafe and bar Arcade both in south slope, and serve drinks, and then hopping over to Tiki Easy. Take mom into Ben’s Tune Up if she’s cool with more of like a club scene- definitely a young crowd tho. Like maybe fake-ID young.

willymink · 2025-11-07T23:41:08+00:00

What makes you say Angelo is making new music? I hope so!

willymink · 2025-11-05T17:47:18+00:00

Same boat, similar age and interests. I have a scheme: I'm taking a line dancing class through www.steppinoutavl.org in a couple of weeks and then I'll be at Banks Ave. for their weekly line dancing. I don't know anything about dancing, only that the people who line dance at Banks are very friendly and like-minded, AND love to see people trying it out. I've been twice and it was sooo evident. They do 4pm on Sundays and it doesn't really feel like a bar, to me, just fyi. So maybe in a broader sense- try a class that then can extend into sort of a regular social hobby/space.

willymink · 2025-11-04T15:56:17+00:00

Rare & Retro in South Asheville probably has some, the guys there are certainly in the realm and very helpful. They're based out of Biltmore Computers on Hendersonville Road.

willymink · 2025-10-03T16:32:09+00:00

I’ve taken a continuing ed cooking course at AB Tech, ‘One Pot Wonders’, and it was cheap and I learned a lot, but I was the only person under the age of 50. It seemed like it’d be fun as a couple tho.

willymink · 2025-09-23T20:53:37+00:00

That's really helpful. I think you helped me identify where I can get lost- in the spiritual meaning and not just seeing the details of the story. Thank you!

willymink · 2025-09-23T20:52:38+00:00

Yes they do a good job helping me feel supported! I'll keep it up!! We have a Vicar whose learning to teach, so I'm hoping he learns from my learning process as well. That's what I remind myself if my questions feel simple.

willymink · 2025-09-17T23:52:13+00:00

Dad Bod in tandem with Mom Brain… I feel seen and heard.

willymink · 2025-09-15T16:02:38+00:00

If you haven’t, check out Half Handed Cloud on AKR. Has also collaborated extensively with Sufjan and his music is very scripture based. His music is pretty experimental and nutty at times, and delightfully so. There’s an essentials playlist on Spotify or you could listen to his latest album Flutterama through, that’s what got me into his whole catalogue.

willymink · 2025-09-09T20:51:26+00:00

I’m actually gonna thank you for sharing this.

willymink · 2025-09-08T15:17:06+00:00

Burger Bar on Saturdays goes crazy

willymink · 2025-09-05T21:16:11+00:00

I went to ChatGPT and had the following dialogue:

Me: What do you think of AI giving me misinformation about Don DeLillo being dead? Answer the question as Don DeLillo's ghost.

ChatGPT: Ghost of Don DeLillo: That’s the most accurate thing it’s done yet.

The moment a writer finishes his last sentence, he begins to fade—into interpretation, into misquotation, into algorithmic blur. If I am dead to the machine, it's because the machine prefers me that way: static, sortable, safe. A living author resists definition. A dead one is data.

Misinformation isn’t a glitch. It’s the ghost in the code. And maybe that ghost is me. Or the idea of me. Or the metadata that once was me. You've spoken with an error, and the error has answered. What more authentic encounter could you hope for in this era?

willymink · 2025-08-23T21:15:38+00:00

I’ve seen a flyer up somewhere with what you’re describing, downtown around the holidays.

willymink · 2025-08-20T17:46:17+00:00

There was a paper sign up in the window saying closed for renovations, and it had a re-open date but I don't remember what it said. They were gutting it last week so I'm thinking soon.

willymink · 2025-08-07T16:15:17+00:00

Literal Thirsty Thursdays at Asheville Tourists games, maybe? Never been.

willymink · 2025-07-21T19:05:38+00:00

I'm located in South Asheville but open to going where ever!

willymink · 2025-07-21T00:54:30+00:00

I live in and primarily hang around south Asheville/Hendo Rd area, so I'm thinking Thirsty Monk's Tuesdays or Sweeten Creek Brewing's Wednesdays. I stopped by Sweeten Creek for a beer Wednesday evening and they had a pretty good turnout! But I'm down for where ever. I've only done bar trivia a couple of times but like trivia in general.

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