- 18:34 Dinner 20081214 radar.net/c/iNC3 #
- 18:37 @allgames When AGN podcast gonna return? Have about a end of the year 2009 video game review? #
- 18:39 RT @loic: I uploaded a YouTube video -- Unboxing a Nokia Booklet 3G Netbook bit.ly/6qtE3w #
- 19:07 COME ON YouTube!!! It's only Monday!!! #
- 22:22 Watching: Penny Arcade: The Series – The Pilot - Part 1 www.penny-arcade.com/patv/pa-the-series/101/ #
- 23:41 @ADAMTALLEY Tune in now www.ustream.tv/channel/pvptv #
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- 00:25 May go out for a late night gym session... #
- 00:25 Could just knock out Monday's routine tonight #
- 02:28 Long traffic light.... Wth? #
- 02:50 @Darla_Crane - great south park episode! :-) #
- 03:53 It's so easy for you to gloss over practical details that you ... More for Sagittarius twittascope.com/twittascope/?sign=9 #
- 11:07 Fell asleep a 0500 after watching Reservoir Dogs, phone went off at 1030. So much for sleeping in. Redli ne, shower, then lunch w/a friend. #
- 11:10 Glad I had my phone off or bday texts would've woken me up waaaay earlier. 5.5 hrs is better than 2.5 anyday. #
- 11:52 Beautiful day #
- 16:22 Just woke up from a nap, forgot to take my contacts out.... #
- 16:32 Quick text conversation with the exwife fragpic.com/35u4 #
- 16:49 @comparingapples - thank you! :-) #
- 16:50 68 degrees on a December afternoon, love it.. . #
- 17:50 @TheFisherbabe - haha! Well best bday would involve getting a Gibson SG Diablo & Explorer w/a Krank amp stack & crybaby wah pedal=win! #
- 17:53 RT @JoeNBC: After the Afghanistan surge, the US will have 72% of troops in Afghanistan. US=98,000 All other allies=38,000. #
- 17:55 Wonder how many of those troops are on their 2nd, 3rd, 4th plus tour or were recalled from inactive/reserve status? #
- 17:59 @TheFisherbabe - where's my holiday card? :-) #
- 18:20 #Dethklok - #DethAlbumII RT @GuitarHero: 2009 is coming to a close. What was your favorite album of the year? #MusicMonday #
- 18:29 It's so easy for you to gloss over practical details that you ... More for Sagittarius twittascope.com/twittascope/?sign=9 #
- 18:29 RT @Megadeth: METALLICA, SLAYER, MEGADETH & ANTHRAX TO PERFORM TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY. lnk.ms/4tFtb #
- 19:13 @TheFisherbabe - yes ma'am! ;-) walked away from it for awhile, started playing again recently. Didn't realize how much I missed it. #
- 19:14 @TheFisherbabe - thank you (blushing). Extra? Whoa!!! Omg! ;-) #
- 20:28 Testing. #
- 21:09 My grandmother (dad's side) called earlier. She called to wish me happy bday.... Then blindsided me with the "when are you going to get ... #
- 21:10 married and give your dad grandkids?" question. Didn't know how to answer that. #
- 21:30 Somethings wrong with the 3G network, can't access internet on my iPhone. Have to switch it off. Hate edge network. Too slow #
- 21:31 @TheFisherbab e - love that game! #
- 21:52 @TheFisherbabe - nothing too exciting. Trying to learn a new song actually. You? #
- 21:54 @TheFisherbabe - I have all the GH games except for the last one to hit. Didn't buy DJ hero either. #
- 21:55 Nothing like listening to some Nirvana on a quiet Monday night. #
- 23:20 @TheFisherbabe - get some rest. Hope the rest of your eve is a very relaxing one! :-) #
- 23:49 @TheFisherbabe - yes ma'am. I am #
- 23:59 @TheFisherbabe - not yet lol. #
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She took me out to lunch today for my birthday. She went through the surgery just last week. I thanked her for lunch, but the topic quickly changed to her breasts. Ha!
- 13:25 At Alamo South Alamo waiting to see The Slammin' Salmon, again, w/ Broken Lizard doing an intro. #
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- 00:14 Smashing Pumpkins - Ava Adore: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTtee6c7-gw #
- 00:15 @thisiskali - didn't think there was any place to party out in southlake #
- 00:27 @LasherDumplings - damn, would've driven out to the lounge to check out the set too... #
- 01:00 Slipknot - Psychosocial: happyhacker.vox.com/library/post/new-slipknot-video-psychosocial.html #
- 01:07 Going through the vi deo section on my blog and picking songs at random to listen to... #
- 02:06 Quiet in my apartment except for my metronome in the background #
- 02:22 @emilymmkay - no need tomorrow. High of 73 is expected #
- 03:51 Your friends and family might only see your optimistic attitud... More for Sagittarius twittascope.com/twittascope/?sign=9 #
- 05:41 @Darla_Crane - no Twitter app to help keep track? #
- 11:54 RT Bo Pelini on Suh's 4th pla ce finish: I think everybody in that room knew who the best player in the country was. bit.ly/88skve #
- 12:31 Toggling between the Vikings and Saints games #
- 13:48 @ReporterHawkes - expected high of 73, I love it! #
- 16:36 @ckelpin - Shawn Watson has been calling in plays from Lincoln #
- 18:37 @ckelpin - or be overpaid, like most already are #
- 18:38 @krissy - lmao! #
- 19:56 It just occured to me, I haven't gone on a beach run since I was at Camp Pendleton in 1996. Wouldn't mind going on one now. Clear my mind. #
- 20:07 Awesome! RT @darthvader: She may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts, kid. - bit.ly/8r6fQX #
- 21:31 Talking to a friend that I hadn't heard from in 10 years! Wow, time flies. Talking about time spent in New Orleans. Crazy...lol #
- 21:32 Don't know how many times I wanted to move back there. Loved that city, running in the Quarter first thing in the AM and along the levy. #
- 21 :33 Had a 3 mile, 6 mile, and a 10 mile route to run every other day, time of the day for the run would vary. I miss those beignets too! #
- 22:38 @TheFisherbabe - I wrote "lol" in a letter (snail mail). I didn't realize it until after I dropped it off... #
- 22:49 Crazy fight #Eagles #Giants #
- 22:49 Let them fight ref.... #
- 22:50 RT If you'd like to watch the Turner Gill news conference tomorrow, visit www.kusports.com at 11 a.m. We'll be streaming live. #
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While at the studio this week, my instructor showed a few techniques to practice which would help improve my finger dexterity and overall strength. I'll admit, it's frustrating at times. I know how it should be played, but it's one thing for my mind to picture it, another for my hand to actually do it. It's getting better. One of the things my instructor commented on was how fast I've come along in such a short amount of time. There have been several times he'll watch me play and just pick up his guitar and strum along. 'Paranoid', 'I wanna be sedated', 'The KKK took my baby away', 'Wicked game', all great tunes that I played in the studio where my instructor jammed with me. He even did some of the vocals during the session.
We'll transcribe the notes (sometimes tabs) and break it down (or make it more complex), that's where I'm thrown for a loop. He said that he's not trying to be a dick, just show me that there can be several ways to play that same section. He's right, damnit. Practice doesn't bother me, I'll just plug in my amp (other times not) and strum. I told him, that when I do practice or play, I feel like I'm apart of the music. I can just release myself and get lost in it. It's kind of crazy really, but I felt similar when I would train in the gym, you just get lost in the moment. I've pulled down quite a few new song sheets and it's just getting to each as I clear the previous song. I'll practice one song, play it, if I have any difficulties, I'll go back and break it down again.
If I feel stuck on one area, I move on (sometimes to another song), but I always go back to look at the previous one again. I told my instructor that at times I wondered how far along would I have gone with music had I stuck with it as a kid. He understood, he said that while I hadn't been playing, I was still training my ear because I've always been a music enthusiast. So while I wasn't practicing or playing over the years, my ears were still being trained. He's still surprised how fast I pick up what he goes over with me. Naturally, I play fast, I find it difficult to go slower. He said that could be a strength when it comes to speed picking or sweeps. I'll stumble when playing slow (4 beat, 56 tempo), I mean really stumble.
He said that by observing me play, I don't have to focus, I just play. But, when he has me go sloooooow, I focus to much on focusing and trip myself up. Eh, it happens right? Whatever it takes to make myself a better guitarist. As I'm tying this post out, I have my metronome in the background going. 1-2-3-4, 1-2-3-4, 1-2-3-4...lol. On that note, I'm going to wrap this up. It's time I pick up 'Black Betty' and do some strum work.
Aus.
The Big 12 title game was on December 5th, the week of the game while at the studio for practice, my instructor was wearing his UT sweatshirt while I wore my Nebraska pullover.
Suddenly, I want to search for the Holy Grail. I think I'm prepared to answer these questions as well.
I'm apparently listening to blues on NPR right now and I know by writing this I am only avoiding writing something I am in the middle of. Regardless, this is the second recording from the tape that I hardly ever use but feel self-guilted(yes, Firefox. Add to dictionary! Don't doubt me. For some reason you're not linked to dictionary.com or something.) into transcribing, despite how useless the content may be. However, if you are reading this don't be afraid to enjoy the random human experience of another.
Click.
Classical music--lead by piano sounds that sound like Spring or a reflective period of one's time-- drapes the room in dim luminescence. In retrospect, this tape reminds me of a fresh experience in what I normally consider a small, dirty apartment. The piano rises in pitch, falls, rises, falls. I feel like I am riding some strange plastic animal at a carnival, up and down some spinning pole on a spinning wheel.
George: "... uhm, that Baptist guy. . ."
Hunter and Graham burst out laughing.
Hunter: "Jerry Falwell?"
George: "No! Um. . ."
Hunter: "Cuz he's dead. Is it going to kill you if you don't get it?"
George laughs, Yes probably.
Graham: "Billy Graham," sure of it.
George: "...was the president, man. Not after--"
Hunter: "Pat Robertson! No, he's still alive." Someone probably glares.
George: "After Nixon, but [inaudible], was not Johnson. But, uh, Carter is who I'm thinkin' of. But who was after Nixon? Was it Gerald Ford?"
Graham: "May I have a lighter?"
Hunter: "I think so."
George: ". . .but I think Carter was [inaudible]."
Graham: "Regan was, wasn't he?"
George: "Regan died," very matter of fact.
Graham: "Yeah! Regan's dead."
...a lot of shit uninteresting even to me...
George: "FOX News did an entire day of Regan."
Graham: "I bet they did!"
Kim: "Yeeeeah," her words elongated to the very end of the h.
Something about "that's when it should have been. Fuck." Unsure who says this, sounds like George or myself, Hunter.
Graham: "Old people like Ronald Regan."
George: "FOX news likes Ronald Regan."
Something about "white people."
Graham: "He was a good president, I think."
Cht cht cht cht cht cht cht. The tape makes a beat in the absence of voice for the piano to follow up and down, back and forth.
George: "Reganomics. . . what are R--"
Graham: "--yeah, they worked, didn't they?"
Hunter, almost offended: "No they didn't! They didn't work at alll!"
George: "Say no!"
Hunter: "And, and, and yeah! DARE? DARE was terrible!"
George chuckles, says: "It was like the highest drug usage rates," pause, "In American history."
Graham: "B'cuz people knew about drugs," cool and assertive.
And I guess there should be a volume III. Because I don't feel like typing anything, anymore.
