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It's been on my to-do list for years now, since at least October 2001 apparently (I knew keeping my archives was a good idea!).
Learn to play the guitar.
When she and Matt left the country a little over a year ago, April left her beautiful black acoustic guitar in my care and it's been sitting at arm's reach for all that time, reminding me of my threats to learn to play music.
Late last night I got home from dinner out in Subi and, in all the wisdom that can be mustered at a quarter-to-twelve at night, decided to start learning the guitar. There and then.
I grabbed some learn to play guitar videos off the web and ran through the introductory lessons ("okay folks, this is a fret!") before crashing for the night.
We'll see how it goes.
I've had the pleasure of knowing a great bunch of musician-type friends over the last few years (the photo's of Luke at a party on the beach in Mandurah years ago) so if I can make something even half-musical sounding out of a piece of hollow wood and some strings I'll be a very happy man.
So, I'm now in the process of striking one thing off my to-do list. What's on your list? (And tell me about your musical gifts!)
Posted on Sunday, February 26, 2006
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It's a Tuesday morning, I'm tired and I feel like my head's about to explode. Who has a cold in the middle of Summer? Yep, I do.
In other news, I made a discovery at the shops yesterday afternoon. "Professional" chewing gum which I think raises some questions.
Such as, what defines a pro-chewer? Is everyone else then by definition an amateur? How much training is involved? Is there a pro-league? Should it be a demonstration sport at the 2008 Beijing Olympics?
Posted on Tuesday, February 21, 2006
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I got tired of staring at a blank wall in the office and decided to scatter some photos around the place. So I ran some wire all the way along the wall and clipped photos to the wire using weird little paper-clip-type-things.
The photos range from brand new shots through to some of my first photos from way back in 2001 when I got my first digital camera.
It's like some kind of weird flashback sequence. Just a weird, abstract and textural one.
I also discovered how many photos I've taken but never posted on here, so I'll have to try and clear the backlog at some point.
Posted on Friday, February 17, 2006
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There's something about jazz and Friday nights.
Tonight I'm trying out the debut album from The Conglomerate, and trying to ignore the fact that if I lived in Melbourne I could be watching them play live tonight at Bennett's Lane, the greatest jazz club I've found yet.
Disclaimer: I haven't been to enough jazz clubs to make such sweeping statements.
Making it through the working week tends to take it out of me at the moment so I'm something of a mellow Friday night kinda guy, not much of a party-goer (geez, saying that makes me feel old). Catching up with friends and then listening to some late-night jazz at home in the dark about sums it up for me.
Your idea of a good Friday night?
Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006
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Word of the day: Pareidolia (more at flickr).
Common example: seeing a human face in random objects.
Posted on Sunday, February 5, 2006
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I ended up having an interesting conversation with some friends the other day that basically centred around whether everyone there listens to the lyrics or sound of new songs.
I'm wholeheartedly in the music-first camp, usually deciding if I like a song or not based almost entirely on the sound of it. The lyrics stick in my head after a few repeats, but I don't really pay attention to them, and without the music I'd struggle to remember most of them.
What about you? Lyrics or sound?
Posted on Thursday, February 2, 2006
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Music
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