Thanks, Good Kid, and those good kids I met in the Seattle show
I've been having a very bad time mentally in the PNW. I forced myself to go to this show and talk to people. I got into a conversation with a few of them about Splatoon. Turns out, Good Kid has a lot of minor fans? Thinking on it, it makes sense, but I was surprised that almost everyone standing around me was, well, in middle or high school. Just my luck, I suppose, but I used to be an art teacher so it didn't phase me much. The youngin's guffawed at my age, and I immediately felt responsible to make sure they were safe at the event. Of course, the event was awesome and not at all one should worry about. For some of them, it was their first show. I took the teens standing quietly next to me and facilitated conversation between them, and they were all massive nerds.
I can't express the joy I felt bringing those teenagers together. They were total strangers, but by the end of the night, they were looking for each other as if they all came in together. God, two of the middle schoolers dapped each other up when they learned they were the same age. They've traded contacts and in my mind, I hope they become a group of close knit friends who met at one of the best concerts out there.
Tonight helped more than you know. Thanks, Good Kid.