Widdly wom! Widdly, widdly, widdly wom! - Sunday, May 23, 2010
Have you seen my new acoustic/electric guitar?
Now you have. It was $700, and completely worth it. Look at that matte-black beauty. I don’t even know why they bother making non-matte instruments; matte is superior. Every guitar/bass I buy from now on will be matte. Did I tell you it also sound beautiful, because it does. It’s like happiness being directly pumped into my ears. It seems to rarely go out of tune, but if it does, this thing even has a tuner built in. Isn’t that awesome? It is. I can change tunings with far less effort. My only complaint is the action is a bit higher than I would like for it to be, and I’m scared to adjust such things on an acoustic guitar. I’ll probably have to have it done by a pro.
On a completely unrelated note, today is Super Mario Galaxy 2 day! New games should always come out on a weekend; I don’t know what Square was thinking releasing Final Fantasy XIII on Tuesday. I bought the game at midnight, and I have collected 37 stars so far. It’s absurdly good, and you’d be stupid not to buy this game for your Wii. Yes, stupid. I might end up beating the game by the end of the day (i.e., collect enough stars to face and defeat Bowser). I might beat it in time for the Lost finale! Some people are throwing Lost parties, which I think is absurd. I shall watch it alone and in the comfort of my own home; I don’t trust people not to ruin my Lost happiness. Speaking of happiness, I was pleased to find out that Amanda actually updated her blog. I was also surprised to find out that she basically cut off all her hair. I should cut my hair at some point. My dreads are a little too awesome.
André//2:59 PM//I'm surprised 2 people left commentsWould you like to listen to my mad beats? - Monday, May 3, 2010
I went to Lawrence, Kansas for the first time in my life. There is a load of sororities there. One could go as far as to say there are loads of sororities. I’ve never seen so many sororities in my life. I also met a gentleman with sideburns which could only be described using a word that I try to use as little as possible: epic. I can’t remember his name, but I remember those sideburns. I shall give him the mental name C. Montgomery Burns (mental names are names I give to people in my mind until I remember their name). I also had bubble tea, which Vernie insisted I try. It was disappointment in liquid form, but I tried it; no one can say I don’t try new things.
As I was being shown downtown Lawrence (while sipping my disappointing bubble tea), some dude sitting down on a bench (I think it was a bench) with a keyboard saw me and insisted that I should listen to his “mad beats”. I, being a black man, obviously enjoy listening to the maddest of beats. So my only option was to stop, listen to his mad, possibly angry beats, and critique the aforementioned beats. Actually, I just looked at him and kept walking. I didn’t even say a word to him as he hit the play/go/whatever button on his keyboard. I wasn’t offended that he saw a black man and thought he’d enjoy some hip-hop. He had a high probability of his assumption being correct. But you know what happens when you assume: it makes you look stupid and wrong. And for the record, his beats were lackluster. I should have just listened to it and said “You’ve embarrassed us both.”
Speaking of music that can be embarrassing, I recently purchased a mic and audio interface for guitar/bass recording purposes. I’ve yet to get the audio interface to work perfectly and consistently on Linux. I’m getting xruns (skips) far too often. I think I need to do something more drastic than I want to, like installing separate Linux OS for the sole purpose of recording guitar/bass tracks. Speaking of guitars, I have settled on buying myself an acoustic guitar. This will solve the problem of not having an instrument to play when traveling. I’ve even found the guitar I want. I had no intention of getting an acoustic/electric guitar, but I’m clearly getting one anyway. By the end of the week, my instrument stand will have one less open slot.
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