The last week has truly pushed beyond the "zone". Saturday night I found myself with rained out plans followed by two failed attempts at a sold out movie, and ended up stumbling into the pleasure of performing at the Brewers Collective Open-Mic hosted by marvelous Rorie Kelly, and the Ladybeast Collective. A bar. Open mics at a bar are HARD, I read at one every few weeks in Bay Shore and I love to challenge myself to be loud, work to captivate the room, hope to garner the att