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Checking it off
Apr. 29th, 2006 01:30 pmIt's a typical Saturday, running errands and getting stuff done:
Wake-up with killer migraine... check
Hot shower and tylenol to take the edge off... check
Bills done and checkbook balanced... check
Trip to Post Office to mail bills 'n' stuff... check
Car Safety Inspection done, oil changed, nail removed from tire... check
Piano Instruction books purchased... check
Fender Amp borrowed from my son so I can play around... check
Realization that I've forgotten 99% of what little I had learned... check
It is going to be a long road to being able to play anything involving more than 1 or 2 fingers at a time. And yes, I know, the key to success is practice, practice, practice. And then just to be sure, some more practice. There are 8 keys that aren't working and 2 that don't work some of the time, including with any other key. I've not cracked it open yet, but the manual makes it all look fairly straightforward. I'll fool around with it for a week or so and then decide if I really want to sink the time and more money into it. If so, I'll eventually have to buy my own amp in addition to doing what it takes to get all the keys functional.
I promised Mike I'd take him out for new shoes. He wants to get some cleats to use for paintball. The catch (no pun intended) is that some of the fields are very grassy and some are almost nothing but sand. He wants football cleats but I really think those will be too long, and that he's better off getting a soccer cleat, perhaps even an indoor shoe. He really only needs something that's got better grip than a regular sneaker. The actual amount of playing time spent running isn't as much as he thinks. The important part is just getting a jump off the break; once he gets to the snake, then it's all about moving as a team and accurate shooting. I hope to be able to get him to see that, it'll make this easier.
Maybe I should ask him how serious he wants to be about his guitar. If he's all done with it, then I can suggest buying his amp from him and help him list his guitar on ebay or craigslist so then he'll have some more $$ for paintball. But if he's still wanting to play, then I can go the other direction and see if he wants more lessons. Having that once-a-week obligation may be all he needs to pick the think up regularly; if he can do that, I have no doubt that he'll get better with it in short order, given how he progress when he was playing Sax.
Wake-up with killer migraine... check
Hot shower and tylenol to take the edge off... check
Bills done and checkbook balanced... check
Trip to Post Office to mail bills 'n' stuff... check
Car Safety Inspection done, oil changed, nail removed from tire... check
Piano Instruction books purchased... check
Fender Amp borrowed from my son so I can play around... check
Realization that I've forgotten 99% of what little I had learned... check
It is going to be a long road to being able to play anything involving more than 1 or 2 fingers at a time. And yes, I know, the key to success is practice, practice, practice. And then just to be sure, some more practice. There are 8 keys that aren't working and 2 that don't work some of the time, including with any other key. I've not cracked it open yet, but the manual makes it all look fairly straightforward. I'll fool around with it for a week or so and then decide if I really want to sink the time and more money into it. If so, I'll eventually have to buy my own amp in addition to doing what it takes to get all the keys functional.
I promised Mike I'd take him out for new shoes. He wants to get some cleats to use for paintball. The catch (no pun intended) is that some of the fields are very grassy and some are almost nothing but sand. He wants football cleats but I really think those will be too long, and that he's better off getting a soccer cleat, perhaps even an indoor shoe. He really only needs something that's got better grip than a regular sneaker. The actual amount of playing time spent running isn't as much as he thinks. The important part is just getting a jump off the break; once he gets to the snake, then it's all about moving as a team and accurate shooting. I hope to be able to get him to see that, it'll make this easier.
Maybe I should ask him how serious he wants to be about his guitar. If he's all done with it, then I can suggest buying his amp from him and help him list his guitar on ebay or craigslist so then he'll have some more $$ for paintball. But if he's still wanting to play, then I can go the other direction and see if he wants more lessons. Having that once-a-week obligation may be all he needs to pick the think up regularly; if he can do that, I have no doubt that he'll get better with it in short order, given how he progress when he was playing Sax.
