We celebrated Robert's birthday last Saturday night (Happy Birthday!). Dinner at Sasaya and then over to South. It was my first time in this bar. I can't say I was that impressed. They try to live up to their name by serving Southern-style dishes, but other than that there is nothing, and I mean nothing, to suggest the name is anything other than an attempt to get in on the "one-word names are cool for bars and clubs" trend. It reminds me of the Family Guy episode where Brian and Frank Sinatra Jr. let Stewie re-design their club and he names it "pLace."
Last night I had my second guitar lesson. We learned some new chords and a simple arrangement of "Hey Jude" by the Beatles. It was funny to see and hear people freak out over the G chord - I guess all this practice I'm doing is going to a good cause. Jeremy also showed me a bunch of stuff, including some pointers that should help me out when I start working on the shred songs instead of the paaaaaaaanies dropping ones.
One big problem that I'm having (and Brent too) is a lack of focus. I will start to learn a song, then hear another, see an article on how to play something, or just feel like trying something new. As a result I have a library of songs I can play a few bars of, but nothing that it performance-worthy from start to finish. Still, the variety of songs introduce new techniques which are useful to put in the box of skills for the future.
The upcoming snowboarding trips (Mt. High on Friday, Utah next Thursday) are totally overshadowing paintball (this Saturday). I guess I'm just much more into snowboarding than I am paintball. I could take or leave the Saturday get-together, but the snowboarding trips are getting me pretty hyped. I was hoping to bring along some hot company on Friday, hopefully she will be able to join us...
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