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Stream of consciousness VIII

Here’s something I haven’t done in a while. Streamed my consciousness out for all to see. Okay, it’s not true stream of consciousness because I’m not adding in stuff like gee I have to go to the bathroom every five seconds. I don’t have to go to the bathroom right now, but it’s an example.

On Sunday nights I tend to get philosophical. Earlier I was reminiscing a bit about the days when I used to jam with my friends. I don’t feel very comfortable as a musician, but with them, it was all right. I don’t know if I could ever meet people like that again. That’s why I’d like to get together with them and play some music once in a while.

I haven’t been playing much because my guitar is kind of shot. The frets are worn down. I do have others, but they’re… well, I’ll describe them. I have my first guitar, a Hohner (as in, the harmonica company) acoustic that I believe is 3/4 size and whose case cost more than the instrument itself. I have my DeArmond electric, a sort of a Les Paul copy that’s held up pretty well. I have my Epiphone Dot, which I’ve considered my primary guitar since I got it in March 2003. It’s the one that’s sounding pretty sad. Finally, I have a Carlo Robelli 12-string acoustic guitar, which sounds heavenly but is nearly impossible to play because it’s a 12-string acoustic guitar.

The suggestion I’ve gotten in the past is to sell some or all of those babies and buy a new one. But I’m not sure how much money I’d get for them, and they have a lot of sentimental (and practical, sometimes) value. Maybe I could buy one good acoustic or one good electric, but I don’t know. I also don’t know how much money I could sink into a new guitar considering I am a college student and all. Also, I don’t play nearly as often as I used to. Is it because I’m no longer interested or because I have a guitar that sounds like crap and is musically unviable? I’d like to think it’s the latter. (The poor Dot, by the way, is the only one I have at my apartment, a five-hour drive from my house.)

I don’t want to buy a new one, so I’ll probably do what I can to fix the Dot. All I can think of doing is changing the action because I don’t think that having the frets redone would be worth the money that’s been spent on it. It’s already had a costly repair a few years ago.

Speaking of things not working, I’ve mentioned that the memory card I bought for my camera in anticipation of my big European trip (you know, the one that broke during the trip)… umm… broke. It turned out that it worked in my dad’s camera, so I figured the issue was with the adapter that I used to fit it into my camera. Apparently that’s not the issue, I’ve found out after my dad bought two new adapters for me. The memory card and the camera just don’t get along. I’ll have to have the thing reformatted, I guess. Or buy a new one. Actually, I don’t want a new one because I’ve been locked into Sony (we’re talking Sony cameras and Memory Sticks here). I think I’ll just wait for my current camera to bite the dust, be it in one week or ten years, and then buy all new stuff. And no vendor lock-in this time.

From my dad’s camera, I did manage to get 10 photos that I thought were lost when the memory card crapped out. That brings my total number of photos taken during the trip to 4,012.

Creepy video of the day: Barack Obama’s Amazingly Consistent Smile. (Via The Presurfer)

Here’s an epic song directed at Lily Allen, who apparently has been concerned that file sharing will rob her of her income in the future. (Via waxy.org).