...that the moment you rediscover something you thought had been lost forever is a pivotal and exhilarating thing.

...that making someone a mixtape is a wonderful exercise in the sweaty anticipation of endless potential and fierce optimism.

...that when good things culminate in a nexus, it feels like good fortune. It is, however, the result of multiple strands of hard work and a bit of luck coming to fruition like everyone having a birthday in September because so many people were carnal on New Year’s Eve.

...that anticipating something wonderful is often more fun than the wonderful thing. If the two match up, that’s the juice, gang.

...that the reason Russians are so salty is vodka. Vodka is the devil’s elixir.