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That was hard to read but I'm glad I did. It's obvious you loved him very much. I'm so sorry, OP

I have to know - was this in Knoxville?

And Ada

Hah, did you see the lizard with that name here?

Oh my GOODNESS I want a Lumatone so badly! I thought I had invented isomorphic keyboards one day in the shower, but when I searched my idea up I learned that people have been clever long before me

Eyyy, Minus the Bear!! I've always loved the P.O.S redo of Drilling, takes me right back to myspace :)

Had the strangest sensation while listening to this. Right at 56s I was hit with the taste of watermelon taffy. No clue why

I really like this! Thank you! I'm surprised it's from 1990

Hey thanks for the suggestion! I really dig that song!

I think TTRRUUCES - Sensations of Cool (youtube links incoming) hits this prompt pretty perfectly, especially the dream-like quality of the video

Same for Jon Worthy - Please Tell Me

A few more that are close but not quite perfect:

TTRRUUCES - TTRRUUCES

Hiatus Kaiyote - Red Room

Hiatus Kaiyote - And We Go Gentle

Robotaki - All I Can Do

I'm looking forward to listening to the other suggestions, I've listened to a few of them and so far they've been great!

That's a dang good cat. Sorry your day's going poorly, OP. You made my day a little brighter with this photo though :) Thank you

Hah! I use my mf01s every night when I go to bed. I turn on candle mode, give it a timer, and drift to sleep. It's an incredibly expensive night light but I love it

The biggest thing for me was learning, remembering, and using people's names. This may not be helpful for everyone (and that's okay), but it helped me be a more confident person in social situations.

Growing up I was painfully shy and awkward, but I had fantastic semantic memory and always did well on tests in school (does this sound like you?). One day, after I heard someone say "I'm terrible with names, sorry if I forget yours", I decided to heck with it! I'm going to be good with names! If I can memorize pi to however many digits, I can memorize that many names of human beings.

And it helped me :) People like it when you remember their name, and they like you more for using it. For me, unfamiliar things are scary, but knowing someone's name makes them a familiarity. Plus, there's a devilish part of me that delights in remembering someone's name who clearly doesn't remember mine. I always offer it easily, to not embarrass them. But it's a reminder that everyone's out here struggling to make connections just as much as I am - and I can handle it.

Ps: it's nice if you can let the person see you learn their name. It can feel creepy for a person to know your name without you telling them. If you learn someone's name without them telling you, all you gotta do is hit them with a "your name's Alex, right? Got it, thanks! I'm Daniel" and then you're covered