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I'm Always Happy," Sasha Said. "sometimes I Just Forget.

At Night, The House Thick With Sleep, She Would Peer Out Her Bedroom Window At The Trees And Sky And Feel The Presence Of A Mystery. Some Possibility That Included Her--separate From Her Present Life And Without Its Limitations. A Secret. Riding In The Car With Her Father, She Would Look Out At Other Cars Full Of People She'd Never Seen, Any One Of Whom She Might Someday Meet And Love, And Would Feel The World Holding Her Making Its Secret Plans.

They Were Snobs Or Idiots Or Both...yet She Was Inexplicably Crushed By Their Coldness.

The Music Industry Is An Interesting Lens Through Which To Look At Change, Because It Has Had Such A Difficult Time Adjusting To The Digital Age.

Kathy Was A Republican, One Of Those People Who Used The Unforgivable Phrase "meant To Be"--usually When Describing Her Own Good Fortune Or The Disasters That Had Befallen Other People.