- I do not think I have a procrastination relapse.
- I do not feel the need to share.
- I am not sure if I am retreating back into my shell.
- I am not sure if I need to clear the attic.
- I am sure however that I feel 100x better now than I did a few months ago.
- Thanks, all three plus of you, for participating.
- Happy Holidays.
- Wait, I still owe Bon and Rei beer tokens! How will we coordinate this. Arg!
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Just in case...
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Monday, November 17, 2008
A manuscript of an actual sober debate, regrettably.
Is there such a mechanism in humans that suppresses “good”? Is it a defense mechanism? Is it a mechanism as a result of natural selection? Does this mechanism exist?
Defense mechanism:
We temper our “good” because of adverse experience.
-Maybe
Natural Selection Mechanism:
Being is “good” is bad for the proliferation of humans therefore really “good” humans are rare.
-IDK
Nonexistent Said Mechanism:
Good and bad coexist or may not exist at all, and everything that we think is real actually does not exist. Lastly, we think we exist but only relative to a fabricated reality.
-What do you think?
Am I high? Regrettably, no.
Stupid Monday Game is back!
please don't read this!
- I play guitar.
- Big deal.
- It is my hobby.
- I can play technically advance guitar licks.
- But (F-bomb) Guitar Hero is HARD!
- Not unless you are a 7 year old.
- Damn you to the depths of hell Guitar Hero, damn you!!!
Monday, October 27, 2008
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Stupid Monday Game Bonus!
OK. Grassy is cool with the SMG bonus. She earns an automatic VFW token of her choice. What a great sport! Damn I am broke.
Week 4's Stupid Monday Game!
Boni wins 2 VFW domestic beer token. That's right 2 because I said so!
This week's song is "Little Red Corvette" by Prince. You know the drill!
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Monday, October 13, 2008
Week 3's Stupid Monday Game!
This week's song is "True" by Spandau Ballet. This should be interesting. The winner will receive 1 VFW domestic beer token.
Bad news flash! It looks like I had a relapse. I know it is Tuesday. I will look in the manual to see if holidays are exempted from The Stupid Monday Game.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Recovery Meter (Off the Charts)
FYI! A Mesa/Boogie Nomad 45 is a Guitar Amplifier.
My Mesa/Boogie Nomad 45 came with a 40 page manual. In the manual, you can find technical specifications such as, number of tubes, sound settings, how not to get killed by way of electric shock, etc. My daughter TK came with none. I only know bare minimum specs such as, age 7, female, loves to hug and kiss, has me wrapped around her little pinky. Earlier this week she was complaining of poor eyesight. So, I brought her to the eye clinic, she received strange eye tests, got her eyes dilated (dilated pupils look cool BTW), then she was prescribed glasses (yes, in that order). The result? She is blind as a bat. Now I have to find someone who can teach her echolocation.
It had to take her less than ideal eyesight to make me realize that humans need to come with a manual as well. You see, I can crank out some killer tones with my mesa but I really suck at picking up adverse physiological cues of my very own child.
So in closing, next time humans have sex, there should be a manual that says something like “Penis may enter, but read page 1046 before ejaculating.”
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Stupid Monday Game!
Today's song is Stevland Hardaway Morris's (AKA Stevie Wonder) "Sir Duke"! PLEASE COMMENT ON WHAT THE SONG REMINDS YOU OF. The winner will receive yet another VFW domestic beer token.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
"God" Particle
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Tales from the Crypt
Disclaimer: I am a Vikings fan.
BEFORE
AFTER
To me, Al Davis is the Keith Richards of sports. He will out live us ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GAS
- GAS: Gear Acquisition Syndrome
- Definition: “…a common disease found particularly among, but not limited to, guitar players. A loose definition of GAS would be the obsessive and irrational horse trading or purchasing of musical related equipment.” - Brett Ratner
- I have been recently diagnosed with GAS or GAD.
- After a battery of tests it was determined that my GAS started in 1996.
- I scored an 8 on a GAS self test. (See where you stand, click on the link http://www.harmony-central.com/Guitar/Articles/Avoiding_GAS/GAS-Self-Test.html)
- For the ailing spouse or partner whose loved one has been afflicted with GAS, you may find this article helpful. http://www.harmony-central.com/Guitar/Articles/Avoiding_GAS/
Here she is, my latest GAS attack. Her name is Margaux. Why? Well she comes in a wine finish and Chateau Margaux has killer wine(s). Don’t ask!
Right!
FYI
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Every monday (I know, I know) I will post a song title and the artist. Comment what the song reminds you of. Technical comments will be eliminated!
Please no comments such as it is in F#Maj 13 Sus 5th to the 14th power 4/4 blah blah blah. TY!
The best comment wins a VFW domestic beer token! Well look at this this way, based on the number of my "regulars", you have a 1 in 3 chance of winning!!!
Attention to detail! The winner will be chosen before the next posted song. Thanks grassy.
Stroken is dead again!
I think this is good a time to take a long break. I will be focusing my energy on my brother's new band. I am looking for a bass player. Please send me a bio and a pint of your blood.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
For the bored ear
Monday, September 1, 2008
I will follow you into the dark
- I love you.
- I will sacrifice everything for you.
- I hold you in my heart every day that i live.
- I gave up everything.
- I will stay strong when you feel weak.
- You are the air that I breathe.
- You are my foundation.
- I am who I am because of you.
- I am proud to call you mine.
- You are still beautiful.
- I will fight for you.
- I will die for you.
- You are my only home.
Prep for Suicide
- I saw this on postsecret and thought it was poignant.
- I am afraid of not doing something or not recognizing when someone wants to hurt themselves.
- Perhaps that is why I am a recovering procrastinator.
- It is hard...
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Population Studies
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
MEB
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Stroken is (NOT) dead!!! Part 2
· A totally last minute gig and it felt like a “pack ‘n go”.
· It was for a farewell party a musician friend and his family had at their residence.
· I am unsure of the reason(s) why they are leaving and I do not want to assume that they are departing for the same reason(s) as everyone else.
· It seems like every week I am attending a farewell party.
· By the time November rolls in, there may only be 30 Chamorros left on Saipan.
· Anyhow, back to the gig.
· It was one of the top 5 best gigs I had experienced…ever.
· We played surprisingly tight and the crowd was surprisingly supportive.
· Other than our half a dozen loyal fans (which so happens to be family members), we played in front of a rare crowd of rockers!!!
· I was quite intimidated since 95% of all the musicians on Saipan were at the party.
· Had a bomb exploded, the music scene (if any) on Saipan would die a sudden, horrific death.
· It was pandemonium.
· We had a nano Woodstock at As Lito.
· There may have been 2-3 dozen musicians there, musical equipment spilling everywhere, Oh yeah, a lot of BEER!
· Just to name drop:
· Jerry Alcantara – present
· Boys from “The” Big Beats – present
· Rated R – present
· Project X – present
· Seven Side (Club V band) – present
· My guitar mentor Roger Cadua - present
· Well, I will hang on and enjoy every gig as if it were the last.
· Stroken may be temporary, life is transient, but Rock on (behold the power of cheese)!!!
· Oh yeah, I totally botched the intro to Iron Man!!! Uckfay!!!
· I blamed it on alcohol, CUC, and Sheila from the V.
Stroken is (NOT) dead!!!
· As a contingency measure, I formed a new group called Broken.
· Broken is comprised of a guitar player, bass player, female vocalist, and a percussionist (me).
· We play a variety of the “same” song.
· We just started practicing.
· Practice is ALWAYS fun and productive. Hmm…right, practice sounds like practice.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Vitamin D
· Fortunately, the Captain was superstitious and insisted he personally pick me up at home.
· I was embarrassed for breaking the 5am pact I made the night before to meet at the Smiling Cove dock.
· Verbatim "We are meeting at 5 am? Hell yeah I'm there!"
· I blamed it on the N Rolling Rocks I had at Johnny’s.
· Had a Minnesota Vikings game been scheduled to air, I would have been up by 2:30 am.
· I am glad I still have my priorities in check.
· We set off around 7 am and carried on to a place the Captain called the “FAD”.
· I was disappointed to see a buoy.
· I anticipated seeing a bunch of Pokémon or even beanie babies at the “FAD”.
· But sure enough within minutes we managed to snag a 25lb Wahoo.
· Notice I said “we” and not “me”.
· A few minutes later the Captain decided to Jig and caught the first Wahoo’s identical sister.
· I only knew the Wahoo were female because of the distinct c-cup bikini tops they had on.
· Oh, the adrenaline rush.
· I was so amped I felt I could swim back to shore.
· I had an overwhelming feeling we were going to have a stellar day.
· The ocean was bluer than blue and the clouds looked like arrows pointing to all the hot spots.
· I started complaining why on God’s earth did we bring “only” 1 ice cooler.
· Then reality set in.
· For the next 9 hours……………………………………………………………………………………………………
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Nothing!
· We went here, there, and everywhere…Nothing!
· We spotted a school of yellow fin…Nothing!
· We spotted birds swooping…Nothing!
· I did get a bad 3rd degree sunburn that would make my Apache uncle proud.
· I guess the silver lining was that I had a lifetimes worth of vitamin D.
· I enjoyed every minute of it.
· The company was great.
· BTW, I had since replaced my human alarm clock with a real one.