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skaltezon · 03-02-2012, 10:09 PM

Glad your friends survived. News reports say West Liberty was 'leveled'.

Howard the Duck · 03-02-2012, 10:14 PM

sent my fiancee to her brother's, she's going back to the coastal town

feeling very relieved, relaxing now to the various Mando-Pop i procured in Taipei

speaking of natural disasters, there was an earthquake in Tainan, south of Taipei, the ground swayed a bit

skaltezon · 03-02-2012, 10:32 PM

Cool. I was in an earthquake several months ago. The whole house rattled and the front door popped open.

Howard the Duck · 03-02-2012, 10:35 PM

^^nowhere near as bad as that

just felt as if I was on a boat

Mrd00d · 03-03-2012, 02:54 AM

Nice weather today. Went on a nice long walk with my walkman mp3 player. Cleaned the house, packed all my clean clothes away in preparation of moving again in about two weeks. Read 90 pages of High Times about growing indoor/outdoor just to brush up for the outdoor season, purely out of boredom/interest (I've done outdoor twice now, and learned a lot from watching my mom growing up, but it's nice to read different ideas and maybe pick up some new tricks or knowledge). Had a Papa Murphy's All Meat stuffed pizza for dinner. Bought a 6er of Pabst 16 oz.ers and some Peace Teas: Ceylon, Raspberry, and Green Tea (those are for later). Found a damn harmonica in my room today in a case, brand new. I don't remember getting it, but vaguely have seen it before - years ago. Considering all the moving I've been doing, I'm happy to have it.

Oh yeah, and probably the highlight of my day was playing drums earlier for about two hours. Beat the crap out of Mastodon's Colony of Birchmen and Blood and Thunder, and am working on Megalodon. I'm using downloaded youtube videos of the charts from Rock Band 3, of expert pro drums (uses cymbals symbols as well), so it's basically like drum tabs that move at the correct tempo. I just have to know which symbol corresponds to which piece on my set, and/or improvise. I have about 80-90 tracks downloaded, and have been doing this for about a month now, but hadn't mentioned it before. I think it's really clever and helping me learn to play real songs better. I've only been drumming for 9 months so far (but played the Rock Band series for years, graduating from expert to a real kit finally), and I feel like I'm making big strides. Down side to this idea is how to wean myself off reading the charts and just knowing what to hit and when. Do I memorize the notes? Do I just get really familiar and then improvise and pay attention to the other instruments to see where I am? Not that I'm going to be hitting a stage soon, or even playing with folks yet... but it's something that's been crossing my mind now and again about this. Also beat the crap out of Jimi Hendrix Exp.'s Hey Joe [live] and Wait Until Tomorrow, the latter being much easier.

The rolls seemed daunting at first, but I've really nailed them consecutively, and they even sound good! I'm fairly excited about this. All I need to really work on is getting my double kicks down more precisely.

Howard the Duck · 03-03-2012, 03:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mrd00d

Nice weather today.

been effing raining since I came back

as it was so effing cold in Taipei, i'd like some sun here, please with sugar on top, God?

ThePhanastasio · 03-03-2012, 07:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skaltezon

Glad your friends survived. News reports say West Liberty was 'leveled'.

Yeah, they lived more on the fringes of West Liberty, but in Morgan County. They live in a smaller city within ten minutes of West Liberty, and claim it as their hometown...much in the same way that I claim Ashland as my hometown in spite of living in an unincorporated township outside of the city.

Kentucky does that.

EDIT: Yeah, I can't even look at the pictures of West Liberty right now. I have family in Morehead, KY, and went to the University there...so West Liberty was a place we went to hang out all the time. Seeing places I know and used to hang out at is seriously making me physically ill. My mom is a nurse and got called in there today. Horrible, horrible stuff.

ThePhanastasio · 03-05-2012, 10:22 AM

Waiting for the cast list for a show I auditioned for to be posted. I'm really not optimistic, and have already told myself I'm not cast, in addition to telling everyone who asked about auditions that I'm pretty certain that I'm not.

It was the worst audition ever. I got weirdly tongue-tied, which seldom if ever happens to me, skipped over other peoples' lines, and just...didn't have a good audition in general. Naturally, I had to have a poor audition for a show with only 6 female roles, and roughly 20 females auditioning.

How there was such a turnout for a straight play, I'm not sure...oh, and I am only age-appropriate for 3, maybe 4 of the roles. So basically, me completely blowing an audition with 12 other girls in my AGE RANGE shooting for the same three or four roles...not looking good.

I will be shocked if I'm cast and not asked to stage manage or assistant direct.

LuckyLovexoxoxxx · 03-05-2012, 04:37 PM

fight fight, beautiful day out today ... i love that i dont have to worry about a dresscode (:

DoctorSoft · 03-05-2012, 07:40 PM

sick all day... bored. goddamn. don't even wanna type.

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Mrd00d Stoned and Jammin' Out Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Northern California; Eugene, OR; mobile Posts: 1,602	Nice weather today. Went on a nice long walk with my walkman mp3 player. Cleaned the house, packed all my clean clothes away in preparation of moving again in about two weeks. Read 90 pages of High Times about growing indoor/outdoor just to brush up for the outdoor season, purely out of boredom/interest (I've done outdoor twice now, and learned a lot from watching my mom growing up, but it's nice to read different ideas and maybe pick up some new tricks or knowledge). Had a Papa Murphy's All Meat stuffed pizza for dinner. Bought a 6er of Pabst 16 oz.ers and some Peace Teas: Ceylon, Raspberry, and Green Tea (those are for later). Found a damn harmonica in my room today in a case, brand new. I don't remember getting it, but vaguely have seen it before - years ago. Considering all the moving I've been doing, I'm happy to have it. Oh yeah, and probably the highlight of my day was playing drums earlier for about two hours. Beat the crap out of Mastodon's Colony of Birchmen and Blood and Thunder, and am working on Megalodon. I'm using downloaded youtube videos of the charts from Rock Band 3, of expert pro drums (uses cymbals symbols as well), so it's basically like drum tabs that move at the correct tempo. I just have to know which symbol corresponds to which piece on my set, and/or improvise. I have about 80-90 tracks downloaded, and have been doing this for about a month now, but hadn't mentioned it before. I think it's really clever and helping me learn to play real songs better. I've only been drumming for 9 months so far (but played the Rock Band series for years, graduating from expert to a real kit finally), and I feel like I'm making big strides. Down side to this idea is how to wean myself off reading the charts and just knowing what to hit and when. Do I memorize the notes? Do I just get really familiar and then improvise and pay attention to the other instruments to see where I am? Not that I'm going to be hitting a stage soon, or even playing with folks yet... but it's something that's been crossing my mind now and again about this. Also beat the crap out of Jimi Hendrix Exp.'s Hey Joe [live] and Wait Until Tomorrow, the latter being much easier. The rolls seemed daunting at first, but I've really nailed them consecutively, and they even sound good! I'm fairly excited about this. All I need to really work on is getting my double kicks down more precisely. __________________ Mrd00d's Last.fm

03-05-2012, 10:22 AM	#18348 (permalink)
ThePhanastasio Killed Laura Palmer Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Ashland, KY Posts: 1,679	Waiting for the cast list for a show I auditioned for to be posted. I'm really not optimistic, and have already told myself I'm not cast, in addition to telling everyone who asked about auditions that I'm pretty certain that I'm not. It was the worst audition ever. I got weirdly tongue-tied, which seldom if ever happens to me, skipped over other peoples' lines, and just...didn't have a good audition in general. Naturally, I had to have a poor audition for a show with only 6 female roles, and roughly 20 females auditioning. How there was such a turnout for a straight play, I'm not sure...oh, and I am only age-appropriate for 3, maybe 4 of the roles. So basically, me completely blowing an audition with 12 other girls in my AGE RANGE shooting for the same three or four roles...not looking good. I will be shocked if I'm cast and not asked to stage manage or assistant direct. __________________ Phish: Studio Discography Reviewed 100 Albums I Heartily Recommend My last.fm It's a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken Perhaps they're better left unsung

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LuckyLovexoxoxxx shake it for me:) Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Nor Cal bxtch,California (: Posts: 85	fight fight, beautiful day out today ... i love that i dont have to worry about a dresscode (: __________________ I can be your best friend and make everything wonderful or I can be your worst enemy and make your life a living hell.

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DoctorSoft Rocket Appliances Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,335	sick all day... bored. goddamn. don't even wanna type.