25 years ago this month a mutual friend introduced me to Shane. “You guys both love smashingpumpkins more than anyone I know. We hit it off immediately. After several months of dating him, I was at a Smashing Pumpkins concert with a roommate. I yelled over the music that I was seriously considering marrying Shane. Moments later, billycorgan finished his song and threw his guitar pick into the crowd and I caught it. I looked down at this little bit of plastic and noticed it also shared the initials of this man I had fallen in love with. I’m not one to ignore obvious signs from the universe. We got married the next year. Today we fly to Seattle with our teenagers to see Smashing Pumpkins play with greenday. They are so excited they can hardly contain themselves. The world might be on fire, but today is a perfect day. #smashingpumpkins