ROCK 'N' ROLL!!!

Well, my older sister just left from having a late birthday dinner, and she had her two sons. Anyways, after asking me to play my guitar before they left, they begged me to play the "Blues Clues" song. After telling them that I only play Rock 'n' Roll, my oldest nephew Jayden asked me what it was. So I played American Pie
and told him to say "rap bad" and to stretch out his hand and put his fingers in a "V" while yelling "Rock 'n' Roll!" at the top of his voice. Now my sister is made a me.

Steak, cake, and annoying my older sister. A very good evening, in my opinion.

Back to the Grind

Well, I've just finished my second week of classes for the Spring semester. My sixth full semester at a two-year school. A two-year school that I will get no degree from.

I've applied to California Baptist University and am well on my way to getting things ready to go. Got an audition in a few months, looking up scholarships, doing schoolwork here to go...

...I doubt I'll get in.

So I'm playing a gig tomorrow...

...and needed to buy some new bass strings. So yesterday I took the strings off of my old Squire and cleaned it up real well. Polished it and everything. Was up at Loma Linda today and went to the Guitar Center to buy some strings. I ended up buying a set of Fender 7250M bass strings. Got home, started to put on the "G" string, and my hand slipped, causing me to cut it to short. So, I quickly ran to the local guitar store and bought a single string (Ernie Ball...hate their strings) before Rick closed (a live-saver, Rick is). Drive back home and put it on, only to get a terrible sound.

BUZZ BUZZ BUZZ

From the nut to the fifth fret, it was buzzing. Not a good sign. I tried to put on the "D" string, figuring I'd play with the "G" later, only to have the damn string snap. So now I have a $25 set of strings, two of which are broken. I have a now worthless $5 Ernie Ball "G" string that I can't use anymore. And I bought a $10 string winder/cutter from Guitar Center for a bass that I can no longer use.

For that price, I could have just left the dead strings on the damn thing and bought a used BOSS Compression bass pedal. That way, I'd have a decent compression pedal for church (the Behringer one I bought is kinda broken), and a bass I could still play at home. Now I have nothing.

Piece of shit.

Oh the irony...

I have a tracking toolbar on my browser (ant.com), which list the ranks on just about every website there is. Anyways, as I've mentioned, I'm a fan of fanfiction.net where I got my start writing. The website rank is 1,072. That's the same page count as Under the Dome.

Anyways, in other news, I will soon be starting the editing process of Ethics, mainly due to the fact that I've been going through writer's block. Since I have a bit already written, I will print it and start editing most likely sometime tonight or tomorrow.

In other other news, my house is almost an island. The rain storms have battered this valley I'm forced to call home badly.

Oh, the urge to steal three million dollars...

Just found out that the murdering son of a bitch who beat my ex's son to death last year somehow got his trial moved to May 17th. Was supposed to be next Tuesday. At last I checked, the fucker's bail was three million. What I wouldn't give to have that kind of money on hand. Post his bail, then shoot him to death outside the court house. Maybe stab him to death. Tear him apart limb by limb. Electricute him, gas him, throw him in the ovens. KILL HIM!

I'll say this now, however. Should he be killed before his court date, I didn't do it. Nor did I have anyone do it for me. If I were going to have him killed, I would do it myself, then kill myself right there. Witnesses, police, and press bedamned.

That, and last time I checked, my bank balance was about $4.57, nowhere near the amount needed.

Son of a bitch...not even two full weeks into the fucking year and my year's already ruined...

A Tip For All You Writers

In case you're writing about something that can be readily looked up on the internet, meaning anything, MAKE SURE YOU DO YOUR RESEARCH FIRST!!! Don't be like me and do it after the fact as a "Maybe I should throw this in..."

It's been too long...

Well, I know I'm behind on my Music in Worship blog. I will try and have a decent sized post up for it later on tonight. However, I thought I would come and give an update on my current WIP, Ethics.

Depending on which version you look at, there are two page counts and two words counts. The one I'm working on is at 90 pages and 57,233 words. That is in Times New Roman, 10pt print, and single spaced.

Then there is the version I will print out once it is complete. This one is 204 pages long and 54,636 words. It is in Courier New, 12pt print, and double spaced. It contains chapters 1-8 and 11-12, the prologue, and the epilogue.

For a comparasion, the original project I was doing last year at this time ended up being (first draft) 171 pages long and 52,126 words long. It was also in Courier New, 12pt print, and double spaced. It also had extra space after the chapter heading and the scene breaks. And I still have another forty to fifty pages to write for Ethics at least, and that's in 10pt print and single spaced. That also does not include the detail I will go into that NaNoWriMo didn't allow me to pan out with for the first few chapters on the second draft.

Busy busy busy my future be.