If it's any consolation, I've been feeling some of those same feelings lately; evolutions of friend circles stink

Priorities, amirite?

In the bus? Seems reasonable.

It keeps bringing me back to Jake the Dog and “sucking at something is the first step towards being sorta good at something”

Haha thanks! You're only likely to see me at con battles, and not at MFF's. But I'll post my rounds from things I hit up on occasion. More gets posted over on IG than on here for that type of stuff.

Kids.

God pleeeeeease

The answer will always be the one @codexgator.space made for me from a carve-your-own kit about 15 years ago.

Otherwise, it's one of my Peterson house pipes, or my part-rusticated Il Ceppo bulldog.

Gahhh... that's a really hard one.

@codexgator.space says that I'm like a mix of Baloo from Tale Spin and Bob from Bob's Burgers. "Talented but have foibles that make it hard to do stuff sometimes."

Legally? None.

Figuratively? I've lost track of the number of people who call me dad at this point...

We both know that this is just the tip of the iceberg. :)

Prepare for funkiness with some other vibes peppered in

Songhoy Blues - "Dabari"
Silver Skylarks - "The Math"
Eric Zayne - "Swurl"
Aves - "Level Up"
Marcioz - "Mate Um Bonito Hoje Mesmo!"
Sabrina Claudio - "Stand Still"
Leon Bridges - "Bad Bad News"
Tom Misch - "Disco Yes"
Ivy Lab - "Jet Lag"

One size fits all, obviously 🤔

I'm not sure if the shaped abs really will work out once things stretch out across a lot of raccoon. That's just gonna be gilding the lily, you know?