Goodbye Guitar Pick ~My Broken Plectrum~

In memory of my favourite guitar pick.

I went jamming yesterday with the band, and it was one memorable day.
First of all, it was from 1800 to 2100, which was not the usual time we normally go. Also we got this new room we never played in before. Anyway...we started tuning our stuff and all that.
Then my guitar strap let loose and ...my guitar fell on the ground...
First time my guitar actually falls on the ground, in the past when something like this happens I always managed to grab/save it from falling. But this time it was inevitable.
Lucky it felt on his 'stomach' (front side of the guitar). So nothing was really smashed.
But it did mess up the 'G' snare, I spent like half an hour trying to tune that snare again. It was like totally messed up or something.

Okay so that was already something bad, but after like 45 minutes we finally started...and it was 'bad'! I don't know what it was, but I totally felt it wasn't going anywhere. Ofcourse I can only talk about myself so, but I wasn't into it really. Spend the whole session trying to get the right sound to match the actuall guitar riff, cause I wasn't feeling it. It sounded so off. And plus, ofcourse my playing was bad. Is bad. Will always be bad?
You know I can blame it to the new room, the amplifers, or anything else. But the really problem is me I guess. Don't really wanna go into 'depressive mode' but I can't sing, I can't play the guitar, I can't play sports, I can't do anything. Yeah basically useless for that matter...hahaha.
But yeah you know what they say, don't give up and try. "I can accept failure, but I can't accept not trying" ~ Michael Jordan. I was watching MJ's vids on youtube the other day haha =P

Anyway, I don't think I got anything to lose now. When one got nothing to lose, he can go all out.

My guitar pick also broke! I was playing real hard and all of a sudden it broke. I was like...."what?" On one hand it is a bad thing, cause it was my favourite plectrum. On the other hand it means you've played a lot? (But then again the plectrum was second hand I guess, when I bought it, is was already a bit 'used'.) But still, had a lot of memories with this plectrum. It is a special one really. It was the only Gibson pick on the whole stash with all those other brands. Don't know, maybe it was destined to be.

So I'm gonna frame this guitar pick and hang it on my wall. To remind me to keeps on playing. To never give up. and more of this sentimental talks.

Goodbye to my favourite guitar pick. I will never forgive. You will always be here. I will remember you. I will work harder. I will live out my passion.

Thanks for all these years.

Goodbye.

Education In This Generation

Bring back education in this generation.
Don't seek for redemption, but for liberation.

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I've got a Laptop a.k.a. Notebook!!
The Sony Vaio SR 31M/S or it's full name SONY VAIO VGN-SR31M/S.
Already got it last week actually, but I needed some time to get used to it. Like with all the new things, you got to take the time to get to know them. And well, I think I'm used to my laptop now, but I haven't fully 'discovered' it (yet).

I'm not really into facts and specs and all that but for your information:
Intel Dual Core 2 2.4 Ghz
4GB RAM
320 GB HD
ATI 3470
13.3 Inch 1.99 Kg

etc etc bla bla bla =P
Lets go to the photos!!

The Packaging--------------------------------The ModelType

This was a hard decision for me... --------------The Laptop still 'covered'

I present...The Laptop!! Sony Vaio SR!! -------------Left side with HDMI, VGA & FireWire ports


Right side with the 'eye catching' on/off button --------Front view

Opening... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Open.

Enjoy the photo -------------------------------------------------------Another point of view

The keyboard, which is really nice to type on --------------------Close-Up of the keyboard...=P


Some stickers, Vista, ATI Radeon, Intel Centrino2 ---------------It also promises 4,5 hours batterylife?!

More stickers ----------------------------------The booklet, AC adapter, powerchord, batterypack

The Batterypack -----------------------------------------------The AC-adapter and powerchord

Me in the reflection of the screen...trying to be...cool ------------------------The start-up screen.


Ofcourse you got to test the screen! ---------------YUI on a absolutely stunning sharp LED-screen!

YUI perfoming on the streets on my laptop! -------------The screen is of top quality! And so is YUI!

So that was a lot of work, blogspot isn't really blog-friendly if I may put it like this. Uploading this photos was really a hassle. Anyway this were the photos.

About the batterylife, although it promises 4,5 hours, when I switch to 'energy saving' and low screen brightness it got 2 hours and 40 mins. Maybe with more tweaking it can last longer?

Also still need to uninstall all those software from sony I don't need. It's slowing the laptop down. It should be faster!!

Anyway, I'm happy with my Laptop!! Wireless Online everywhere in the house!!

Bye!

The Guitarist On The 17.55

I went to work as usual.
Already late as always.
Took the 17.55 to Schagen.
Sat down in the 3row flip-out seats next to the door.
On the opposite sat a young fellow.
Strumming the Guitar.
An Ibanez semi-acoustic.

He asked me if it was bothering me.
If it was, he could stop playing.
I said, no, it's cool man, continue.
I have 2 of these at home too.
He: oh yeah?, Relax!

Continues playing on his semi-acoustic.
It sounded cool. Both the guitar and his playing.
There he sat, in the train, right in front of a little train-window, Strumming his guitar.
This sceneric set-up could come straight from a music-video, or a Black and White photo in a music-magazine.
The guitarist in the train, a melodramatic scene. With a meloncholic mood.

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True story, really happened, a few days ago.
His Ibanez was a semi-acoustic, like one of these, although his one got a different finish that the ones on the page. Maybe it was some limited edition? Or maybe an older discontinued model.

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About other things:
I'm going for a Notebook/Laptop!!
Have been doing research for some while now. So expect a brand new laptop this week or next week! It is necessary though, the PC I'm using now is still having this 'problem'. Malfunction is the word. Will try to continue to fix it.
Yesh, then most probably this striveagain.blogspot will be updated more frequently. (If anyone care that is...) Well I care, cause I want to write stuff to improve my writing skills =P
And also then I don't have to write these things at midnight no more. The reason I'm writing it now instead of tomorrow is that maybe tomorrow my PC won't even start up...

About 'CreativeReview':
Withing a short time 'CreativeReview' will be launched.
Sounds cool huh? Well it's nothing more than my so-called reviews of films, music, gadgets, events or anything that I interest in. Don't expect a true 'review', cause it's not. Why do a review about a film if you can find the same review on the net too. No no no, this will not be a plain review like you see in other blogs, it will be a 'creative review' hahaha........ No it won't...

About right now:
It's somewhere in the midnight, I got school tomorrow at 11.00
I remember me saying this on this blog, but I will be definately going tomorrow.
The subject of the class/college will be "Usage of Games".
Sounds interesting huh?

About the title:
Cool title, not? So cool that I will repeat it again.

The Guitarist On The 17.55


Have a nice day.
Peace.