First off, a big thanks to Shirley for hosting the MeAggregator BBQ the other night, I think we can probably claim it as a success, although I do regret making a tit of myself trying to keep with Karsten on the chinese rice wine..
Life is cool at the moment, Redgloo is taking shape on the devlopment machine at work, and I'm doing my best to follow T-rex's expert advice outside of work. Got a party tonight, and tomorrow I'm meeting a girl who doesn't suck for a spot of one on one drinking tutelage .
Anyway, one of the things I aimed to do once I was back in Reading was to buy some of the musical instruments I used to play, and erm.. start playing them again in my free time. First up is the Guitar, as anyone can play guitar, even if you haven't owned one in four years :)
I popped onto Ebay and found a chap who was getting rid of his musical instruments so he could go jetting around the world. I found a nice simple classic guitar which appealed to me and placed some bids and ended up snapping it up for about £150 (Retails new at around £350).
I stayed at home late this morning so I could sign the paper and pick it up from Parcelforce, the seller was amazing and was very honest and forthcoming about the delivery. "I didn't get time to do it today, so I'll make sure to get it sent tomorrow", and he did! It took just under 17 hours for it to get from him to me and I had great fun unwrapping the parcel.
Well, it plays just like he said it plays. It's got a really rich sound, it's amazingly loud and clear compared to other classical guitars I've played in the past and I'm looking forward to learning some new stuff once I've gotten into playing it again.
Starting off with the familiar and over-played, I'll be jamming with The Rolling Stones and moving onto anything which has an interesting finger pick. I'd love to get Buckets of Rain (Couldn't find a video of Dylan doing it himself )Nailed before I visit my dad again, it's such a lovely piece of music and would sound really nice on something which didn't have those orrible steel strings O_o
And here's a picture of me with the lovely thing, Ok I'm posing a bit but I was actually playing something, honest!
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