My yearly meeting with Sabete
BEWARE!! It's the streaky people!!
Sabete makes it a point to not let a year pass without seeing me. So, naturally, this means one must track and hunt me down. It's not so hard to do...there's only 2 or 3 possible places in this world that I could be at any given time - (1) work, (2) shopping in some store, usually pay-more, and (3) HOME. So, she got a hold of me, and invited me out on my day off. And of course I said YES, 'cause otherwise I would've heard my door get knocked in, and would've been dragged out of the house with physical force ;-)
We had coffee at the beanery, had us some good conversation, and afterwards, I was off to see the band at Mac and Marti's. It was good music. They played songs that I hadn't heard in a long time, and even songs that I used to know how to play myself, on the guitar. It was great. I spent majority of the time not cheering for the band, but studying the chords they played ^_^ And after that night, I got inspired to pick up the guitar again.
After how many takes, we finally got a decent pic ^_^
I'm playing Trev's guitar for now, 'cause my other guitars either don't have strings, or are massively broken - and I'm talking about the guitar that I let my bro take with him to Africa - which was dropped off of some truck at one point and sustained major injury by means of cracking body and increasingly warped fretboard. Anyhoo, the damn guitar just doesn't sound right, gets de-tuned after 30 seconds of play, and is an eyesore.
So, Trev's guitar is an acoustic - and the steel strings are killing my fingers. My carpal tunnel doesn't help my playing either - I can't play for long stretches, and my guitar muscles are practically non-existant right now - so I can't even do bar chords for a long stretch. Basically, I need to train my damn hands and muscles back to my high-school days level. I've also forgotten how to play lots of songs. And that sucks even more, I think.
In other news...
My potential love interest, a.k.a. Arnold, will be turning 27 years old this August 29. I've already made a plan - I'm gonna call him and sing him happy birthday, sing a pinoy song to him, and also sing an originally composed song by moi ^_^ made especially for him. I've got the basic song structure down, but I need to start writing lyrics and start practicing my vocals. On top of that, my coworker Lucille, who is Arnold's future cousin-in-law, will be going to the PI this mid-month, so I will ask her to bring him his b-day present - more pics of me, some chocolate, and a cell phone!
It's not a "brand-new" phone, it's actually a phone that I bought when I was in the PI, which I intended to have grandma use but later discovered that it won't work on Guam :-( It's a Nokia 6060 - flip phone and nice style/design. It's a basic phone, it's not customizable like my 6600, but it's still a cool phone. I haven't used it at all, so I guess it's just "new".
Aren't I a kick-ass pseudo-girlfriend??? ^_^
Those aren't streaks. Those are emanations of greatness from the ROCK GODS! *laughs*
And yes, you're right. You're a terrific girlfriend-in-training. Maybe you'll even rival my skills one day, grasshopper.
Posted by
sabete |
8/06/2006 12:57:00 PM
oh yeah - and I still want to try out the bass guitar!
Posted by
sabete |
8/06/2006 03:56:00 PM
my bro's got the amps, so I can't play any electric instrument (like the bass) without them. But I'll ask him to give me at least the small amp, so I can see if the bass still works ^_^
Posted by
ronnie |
8/07/2006 12:52:00 AM