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Feb. 17th, 2002
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Feb. 17th, 2002 08:49 amI'm having trouble remembering yesterday.... it feels like a dream.
Strange. When someone has an incredible time, and it's a completely new experience, shouldn't one spend at least a little while fondly remembering it?
maybe I just need to get some cereal in me.
Strange. When someone has an incredible time, and it's a completely new experience, shouldn't one spend at least a little while fondly remembering it?
maybe I just need to get some cereal in me.
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Feb. 17th, 2002 09:29 amI just remembered the weird stringed instrument I played there.
It was shaped like a triangle, and has the natural notes on one side and sharps on the other, though I didn't see the labels at first. It's played with a bow.
Being a guitarist, I didn't know any songs that afforded that kind of design. So the lady there taught me Joy to the World, as a descending C scale..... but it took experimentation to get it right...
I went to show Devi and Poot the store; they're more accomplished musicians than I, so I figured they could pick it up a little easier. Suddenly I couldn't play Joy to the World anymore. But I did remember one song all of a sudden. I had to transpose it to A-minor, but that was the easy part. At least I think it worked. I probably screwed up the tempo big time, having to translate from guitar to whatever-this-was on the fly, and I miscalculated a few times. So it might not even have sounded like music to my audience, since the both of them left in the middle of the song.
But, I'm sufficiently intrigued that I want to join the SCA, find someone who already owns one of these instruments, and go to their house and practice it, so that if ever the need should arise again, I can play something that sounds like music on it.
I'd have bought one, but they're $225, and as Devi observed, total hell to tune.
It was shaped like a triangle, and has the natural notes on one side and sharps on the other, though I didn't see the labels at first. It's played with a bow.
Being a guitarist, I didn't know any songs that afforded that kind of design. So the lady there taught me Joy to the World, as a descending C scale..... but it took experimentation to get it right...
I went to show Devi and Poot the store; they're more accomplished musicians than I, so I figured they could pick it up a little easier. Suddenly I couldn't play Joy to the World anymore. But I did remember one song all of a sudden. I had to transpose it to A-minor, but that was the easy part. At least I think it worked. I probably screwed up the tempo big time, having to translate from guitar to whatever-this-was on the fly, and I miscalculated a few times. So it might not even have sounded like music to my audience, since the both of them left in the middle of the song.
But, I'm sufficiently intrigued that I want to join the SCA, find someone who already owns one of these instruments, and go to their house and practice it, so that if ever the need should arise again, I can play something that sounds like music on it.
I'd have bought one, but they're $225, and as Devi observed, total hell to tune.
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Feb. 17th, 2002 12:04 pmdevi and poot left me crunchy M&Ms.
Thank you.
Now I have crunchy M&Ms.
Thank you.
Now I have crunchy M&Ms.
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Feb. 17th, 2002 04:18 pmI walked all the way to the Bank One to find out they were out of deposit slips and envelopes.
But at that intersection, I found a Food City that sells better garlic than Fry's does. Alton Brown says they're not supposed to be refrigerated under those mister things, and these weren't, so, I bought a bunch.
But at that intersection, I found a Food City that sells better garlic than Fry's does. Alton Brown says they're not supposed to be refrigerated under those mister things, and these weren't, so, I bought a bunch.
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Feb. 17th, 2002 04:53 pmThe CEO of Vivendi just said "bullshit" on CNN.
(Vivendi owns Ticketmaster.)
(Vivendi owns Ticketmaster.)
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Feb. 17th, 2002 10:29 pmI mentioned the SCA earlier, provoking much controversy.
I like anachronisms, but to be honest, my favorite anachronisms are in the 20th century. And now that it's the 21st century, I can lump the whole century together. It's a pole-sitting, lindy-hopping, lava-lamping, pac-manning rock and roll good time!
Maybe I should found a 20th-century society. And we'll totally make everything clash. Remember all those things I mentioned? Those would ALL be present at the SAME PARTY. It'll be God-awful, and God-awesome.
But perhaps it works better as a dream than reality.
I like anachronisms, but to be honest, my favorite anachronisms are in the 20th century. And now that it's the 21st century, I can lump the whole century together. It's a pole-sitting, lindy-hopping, lava-lamping, pac-manning rock and roll good time!
Maybe I should found a 20th-century society. And we'll totally make everything clash. Remember all those things I mentioned? Those would ALL be present at the SAME PARTY. It'll be God-awful, and God-awesome.
But perhaps it works better as a dream than reality.