the girl most likely to fall for the

This is all T's fault. She's got me hooked on Parachute. I can't get enough of their songs and videos. I get so mad because they don't have enough interviews and live performances on Youtube. I even had a dream about them! Finally I'm in love with a band after that crazy obsession with Supernatural. Uh oh.
Their songs are so easy to sing because the lyrics are really smooth and nice. Their live performances are good and effortless. All of the band members are musically talented too! They're really creative when it comes to acoustic live performances because they use different instruments (I don't know what some of them are called) and take music to a whole new level.
My current favorite song is White Dress because it's so funky and catchy. I've already listened to Halfway 60 times this month so that probably says something...
Well, I'm not gonna tell you which Parachute I'm crushing on, so you'll just have to make assumptions to satisfy your suspicions. All of them are equally cute. Johnny is the first good-looking drummer I've seen. LOL. Kit has really gorgeous hair. Nate (Table Scrappa!) is so crazy-nerdy-cute (please don't let the grammar police see this word) and Will's smile is like a camera flash to a fan girl's eyes and Alex is so funny!
I'm so excited that T said she wants to play the guitar again because of Parachute. I can't wait until all those assignments are over to get started on guitar strings again. I guess I didn't really give up on our dusty, old guitar. I was just waiting for someone to say, "Hey, let's start learning the guitar again" and bam! there you go, that's the green sign for me.
that can’t match up to the real thing

I confess, Parachute is my new favorite band. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE them. Now that I've listened to their songs over and over again, I have come to a conclusion. They are of their own genre! They're not a version of Maroon 5 or anything. They've got a really indescribable style. It's not exactly pop, not exactly alternative, not exactly pop-rock but a mesh of good stuff.
And their originality is refreshing. I can also relate to their songs because they stick to real stuff, not nonsensical stuff about being rich and spending money in clubs and things like that. I especially love that some of their songs tell a story. Forever and Always is one of my favorite tracks off their newest album The Way It Was (released 17th May 2011). Okay, who am I kidding? I love all the songs on the new album. But I do favor Philadelphia slightly more...
I had no idea they were the band that sang She Is Love. In the beginning, I wasn't quite into that song but now I admit, I love it. Also, I've watched almost ALL their videos on Youtube. HAH, watching band videos for hours is my sign of love for them. I don't know how anyone can dislike their music!!
And it would be so unlike me to NOT talk about the band members in my giddy lovesick band post. Will is cute! LOL. At first I thought he looked like Jesse McCartney. He doesn't. Will is... cuter, definitely. I can't decide which member I like best but I've got this crush on Kit French. Who can deny the attraction of a tall blond saxophone player who reminds me of Jesse Spencer (yes, I do mean Dr. Chase on House)? All of them are hilarious. Alex looks like he's a serious guy but you should watch their videos. He's funny.
Nate as the Table Scrappa (I made C watch it and now we're commonly referring to various people as Table Scrappas) was adorable, especially when he was wearing those nerdy glasses and plaid shirt. Johnny is cute and totally funny! And he's supposedly the ladies' man.
So that was half the point I wanted to make in this post: Parachute = amazing band with cute members.
The other half is... (I feel that this is an appropriate moment for a drumroll. Move over, royal family!) ... Parachute has inspired me to want to learn the guitar again. How freaking awesome is that?!! I blame it on the sweet guitar parts in their songs. After 2 years, I'm inspired again. The first band that inspired me to learn how to play the guitar was Simple Plan. Since then, my inspiration has spiraled downwards to nothing and I haven't touched the guitar in two years.
Maybe I'm not musically talented but I've always had this love for learning an instrument. Our guitar lessons were a struggle because the teacher was bad and we tried to learn it ourselves but somehow failed. And school and other things were always something that came between our practicing time. After we began to lack inspiration, we made excuses not to touch the guitar.
Now I'm inspired again. I'm ecstatic but I'm not sure if we'll be successful in learning it again. Wait for more tales of the guitar. ![]()
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Hold my gun and watch the door
Pick the lock and cut the phone
Keep your head up, love,
Nobody here can stop us
Grab the bags when sirens call
We're out the window, through the yard
Keep it locked up tight
Nobody here can stop us
Baby, I've had this same dream
Where I wake up wondering
What it really means
If the world came running down
If it was you and me against the world
Baby, they've got us under but
We'll take whatever we want.
If it was you and me against the world,
You get the car, I'll get the cash,
We'll take the money and run.
They'll come running through the door
Shattered glass across the floor
Oh, they think they know but
We both know they don't.
Oh, we did our crime and got away,
We stole the gold and made the day
And we both smile knowing that they saying
Nobody here can stop us
Baby, I've had this same dream
Where I wake up wondering
What it really means
If the world came running down
If it was you and me against the world
Baby, they've got us under but
We'll take whatever we want.
If it was you and me against the world,
You get the car, I'll get the cash,
We'll take the money and run.
Oh, I keep waking up
In an empty bed
And I'm wondering why you're
All the things I should have said
And, oh, we could have had
If it was you and me against the world,
Baby, they've got us under but
We'll take whatever we want.
If it was you and me against the world,
You get the car, I'll get the cash,
We'll take the money and run.
If it was you and me against the world,
Baby, they've got our number but
We'll take whatever we want.
If it was you and me against the world,
You get the car, I'll get the cash,
We'll take the money and run.
You get the car, I'll get the cash,
We'll take the money and run.
It's you and me against the world.
get me with those green eyes
Excuse me for the truthful and sadistic post ahead. I'm feeling rather rebellious now.

So I was watching these live videos of Maroon 5 and Taylor Swift and it sparked an old, abandoned interest of mine...
Guitars, chords and picks.
I know, I know. It's so absurd. But I can't seem to completely forget about guitars. I haven't even gotten over the fact that I've gone through all that and yet I still fail again and again. There are (oh, only I know how many) days when I wish I could pick up that rotting guitar in the corner, attempt to tune it and start playing all over again. I guess I'm still an even bigger kid at heart than the outside because I still hope that I'll be a rockstar someday. Two years have passed and my dreams are the same about the same thing. I know this is pretty lame and typical of me (because all my friends want to be singers and stuff like that...), but dreams are made to be dreamed of by dreamers. Knowing this makes me feel a little... good? because it shows that I haven't given up all my hopes.
Ah, guitars. I hate them so much that I feel like ripping up all the music sheets in jealousy and anger yet I love them so much that I want to cradle them in my arms and play until my fingers have callouses again. I remember being really proud of the first sign of callouses on my fingers because I thought that it was the ultimate symbol or landmark of playing the guitar. Unfortunately, I wasn't thinking straight. You can't be great just because your skin peels off. Right?! But I really miss those stuff... When I had to lift my right knee higher to support the guitar, when I plucked a string and real music came sang from the guitar, and when I pressed down those strings really hard until I felt like crying in defeat because I couldn't get the chords right.
I miss the weirdest stuff, don't I?
Every time I go near the 2-year-old guitar, I feel like bringing it out just to touch that lovely wood and silver strings but I always back away because I'm reminded of how it felt to lose to everything related to guitars. See this love-hate relationship I have with stuff? Talking about guitars again... it's like spilling all my secret hopes out. Yes, I still secretly hope that one day when I wake up on the morning of my birthday, I find a guitar (preferably a black one, but not a Takamine anymore), bathed in sunlight, waiting for me. Maybe not the sunlight part but it would be really cool. I can't believe I was so close to getting one but backtracked so quickly. It was within my reach! I would've regretted it, though. To be honest, I didn't and don't deserve a guitar. Not now and not yet, at least. Someday. Someday when I'm good enough and when I've proved myself to be worthy of instruments. Someday when I can sing while play (after I get over my stage fright). Someday when I can switch chords without looking down.
Being an on-and-off fan of Taylor Swift, you probably already know that all girls who love Taylor will look up to her and act as if she's the goddess of heartbreaks, relationships, songs and guitars. I do admire her talent in music and her love for guitars. It's just amazing to know that she's been playing since such a young age. Unbelievable. It makes me wish that I could play and sing as wonderfully as her. Of course, I can't really sing like her because my voice can't reach simple high pitches and I definitely can't play guitar better than her but maybe I'll be as good as her one day.
I always think of how I'll start playing the guitar again during the holidays but it never happens because there are so many plans, so much work and so many dreams that I'm chasing after. Even if I had the chance, I wouldn't. I'm a shy person when it comes to doing important things openly. I don't take critics very well but I'm learning.
But then again, the bad side comes out when I begin this whole phase again. The unreachable chord problem. The cause? Short fingers! I used to think that my fingers were long but guitar just changes a lot of things. Chords that can't be pressed. Frustration. Anger. Sadness. Envy. Regret. Slow strumming, fast strumming, bad strumming. Strumming patterns that aren't even stated in how-to-play videos. Able to play but unable to sing. Palm-muting problems. Looking at the bad side makes it all so dizzy and so wrong. Argh, patience and concentration!
One day, I want to accomplish whatever I've just said. It would be a real dream come true.
If I had the time; if I had the right amount of patience; if I look on the bright side and forget the bad side; if it ever happens, it'd be a blessing, a surprise, a success, an accomplishment. Wishful thinking.
Oh, here I go again. Going on and on about my thoughts, complaining, hoping, wishing, moping and just saying. I gotta do something to make it happen, right? In a few more hundred days... or, who knows, a thousand days.
Almost a thousand words of the same old topic that I've been talking and thinking about for the past two years.
I can only sit and wish for the future now.
feels just like i don’t try

Someone get me a guitar.
He doesn't deserve another. I mean, you can't even call him an amateur and I'm not calling myself a professional. He's been playing for, like, what? four months? and bam! He gets another as his birthday?! Who are you kidding, mister?
Not to mention, his dear faithful friends bought him a guitar tuner. How great is that?
And now he goes around boasting about his capo or whatever. As if he's the only one having guitar problems. Yeah, you don't have to attract attention like that because it's disgusting.
Now he owns two guitars when he's the only one playing. That's the opposite of us. We have only one guitar to share.
Oh, someone has to learn how to tune our guitar. And that would be me. If I have enough patience..
...

Eddie Fisher, of One Republic.
Special request from T. I think she likes but I'm not sure about the results. Ha ha!
Naw, this is just an excuse to say something about One Republic. I've been rocking to Everybody Loves Me the whole day and it's getting too addictive.
I still have to get their album, Waking Up.
...

Movember is over.
Nick Wheeler shaved and he looks better.
I can't find a fresh picture of him but this will do.
Since it's her favorite picture.
...

Mike Kennerty for all the Mike lovers.
You know who you are.
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Do you know it's almost Christmas time?
Time to bring out your Christmas trees and string of colorful lights.
...
Someone get me a new pair of headphones.
Lots to learn this month.
don’t lose it, don’t leave it
Pacing up and down. Nah, I don't think you have time to do that.
I'm doing too many things - banging my head to music (wake-up-call technique, not hardcore metal), tweeting (pretending musicians will reply to my one-in-a-million comment), chatting with the `thonners and brainstorming.
I would like to do other stuff like - Left 4 Dead-ing (each campaign takes about 20 minutes, good timing), practising the guitar, watching music videos / interviews and writing.
(Thanks Google for the pics.)



I totally admire those playing video games.
Why is the time flying so fast this year? 30 minutes is like 10 minutes. \: But still.. enjoyable.
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Tuning in : Gavin Degraw - Cheated On Me.
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try to learn a lesson but you can’t
Someone just bought a guitar. That someone has be burning because she's gonna learn on her own. That someone likes bragging and pretending she knows-it-all. That someone has me green with envy. That someone is lame.
She worships Taylor Swift like a god. She thinks she's gonna become her. She thinks by looking at her and obsessing about her everyday can get her somewhere. She has passion and that's what I hate about her.
Holy crap. Geebus. I am terminated, just been erased and boom bam bom beem bem!
Why do these people have such luck that their parents get them a guitar before they even join a lesson because they trust the kid to be responsible for what he/she does with it in past, present or future uses?
Great. Yeah. When she becomes Taylor Swift, she'll be exactly like her because she's probably gonna get some chords and write a song tonight just like Taylor Swift. Blah blah blah. And she'll be named that she learned on her own and how responsible is that.
I'm just so glad that she didn't get a black guitar because I'll be taking my high blood pressure pills right now.
Someone says we don't need to get a branded guitar as long as the sound is good and you can play well or for leisure. Someone had a fallen face right after that someone said so. That someone doesn't know if we should get a Minnie anymore because you don't give a dang if it's branded or not.
Is that the right thing to say?
Oh, whatever. I hate becoming center of attention when I suck at the freaking F (you) chord. Especially bar chords. Ha.ha.ha. My fingers are not long. You should see those guitarists at sch. Their fingers are terrible and it kills me very much. Maybe I was too cocky like Miss Future Taylor Swift.
Don't need to make that stupid laughing sound when I mess up. I feel paranoid that everyone thinks I'm stupid. Well, I gotta start welcoming myself to the real world now.
Why do I get freaking carried away when I get stressed because of lame things like that?
God save the person who will never be a guitariste.
the smiles, the flowers, everything is gone
Bless the broken road. Random thought.
Gee-tar lessons are getting interesting. We changed the strings today and it's awesome. It felt awesome. I guess. And now.. we just need a tuner or a keyboard.
I wish a certain someone would practice more. [:
Now we're like progressing into power chords and bar chords and picking. I like that? Power chords are really interesting. Doesn't really matter if I make some dead strings because I plan to correct it. Bar chords are horrible. My wrist feels confused. Weird expression because I don't know how to position my fingers.
Changing strings. Damn! Wish I could do it again on my own. Haha. But you need some strength and some extra tools. Then... I'm sure Taco is explaining about it so I'll leave it to her.
xxx
Tuning in to Island In The Sun by Weezer. It's a good song to learn. Still one of my favourite relaxing songs. Currently Mona Lisa by AAR. I swear the freaking thing is on random mode!
xxx
I can't wait for Monday. Why? Because The Wind Blows video is coming out and the pictures are wonderful at their main website. Yummeh pictures. And what's with Tyson in the desert scene? (:
xxx
Whoa. Listening to Move Along. On shuffle once again!
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Guitars, guitars and guitars.
I'm still hoping.. wishing.. thinking.. What's really on my mind? [:
That beautiful light brown wood, sleek in the spotlight with shiny, smooth strings and pretty flowers luring you, making you want to pick it up just like that then admire that triangle-like logo on the headstock. I feel so tempted.
I'm not obsessed. I just can't wait to get another guitar. A really special sweet one. Long lost present. <3
"I've been thinking 'bout you all day long." -Rascal Flatts, Close
see you again, pretend you’re naive
Ah. Hum. Ho.
I officially hate Sundays once again. I hate everyone as well. [:
xxx
I'm so, so, so glad that the Backstreet Boys are finally in the 21st century. I mean. No offence but you have to agree that you always prayed they would get a Myspace, Youtube and Twitter. Now they do.
Us, fans, are overjoyed. Updates, vlogs, blogs.
Brian keeps us entertained. Nick looks weird now.
But he's funny. Howie, what's with that quick accent? Makes him sound really funny. A.J's beard.... No comment.
They're all jokers. Haha! I like that. Incomplete without Kevin.
I also can't wait for them to release their album! You can hear the demo in background in one of the videos. Sounds awesome!
xxx
Yesterday... we watched The Making of The Wind Blows video. Not too long but reveals much.
Yeah. Me, being the freak, went to check their website and found out too late! Later than the other fanatics. ): But it's not too late now.
Sorry, I think I have to disagree with the video. A little.
I mean, the band playing in the beach is so damn awesome and calm. Especially when the wind blows their hair into a great mess. I find that so cool. You definitely have to laugh when you see Mike pour water out from his guitar's sound hole.
Nick's checkered shirt looks great on him. Makes him look wonderful, professional and I don't know what. Ask Taco for further opinions/words. I can't believe I used the word 'wonderful'. That's so classical and old school, don't you think? So I'll use the word AWESOME.
Anyway, the whole video is practically about Tyson, Tyson, Tyson and nothing but Tyson. Don't get me wrong, he's a great singer-songwriter and whatever. We like him. Yeah. With mom. We wouldn't count her out. So, it's about him and the girlfriend in the video. The girl isn't that pretty. Not as good looking as Kelsie, the redhead (However you spell her name. I remember it this way) who is stupidly great/pretty/whatever and Amanda, the cookie cutter's wife a.k.a the blond one from Gives You Hell vid.
It's all too mushy, you know. I mean, did you see the sappiness of the video? Cuddling and snuggling or snogging at the beach? Enjoying the view outside the window? Staring into each others eyes? Sorry. Don't you Tyson fans feel a little jealous?! It's too much for this song.
Then that dramatic part of Tyson standing in the water and not caring that waves are crashing against him. Whoa. Really. That must've been really cold. He looked terrible when he got out. I'm exaggerating but he's fine..
I'm just scared I guess. I love the song alot. I fell in love with it at first sound. I really, really love it and I hope the video won't spoil my whole impression. Like how that anime video of I Can Wait Forever did. Let's hope for the best. It's not enough. I don't believe in it. I'll just watch it for fun.
There should be more of the band. Like Gives You Hell. A good amount of the band and a good amount of Ty. ]:
Currently getting my daily dose of Swing, Swing. I need Time Stands Still as well. And now getting The Last Song daily dose!
Speaking of yesterday. I sent Taco a link of this smokin' video with a drunk and shirtless Nick rocking like a rocker in only a pair of jeans, shoes and a wristband. Of course, she didn't know what was gonna happen to her because I was cackling to myself. Then she demanded, "What's so funny about the video? Tell me now.. OMG!!!" ROFL!
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There's something more that I should know.
I need to learn how to play while singing. That seems real hard now. Everything is. Especially when a person has absolutely no musical talents or self-belief. It's gonna be hard to concentrate. Imagine this - concentrating on the strumming pattern and where your fingers should be for the chord and the words you're gonna sing.
That's like the frog swim or whatever you call it. I'm really weird. It's like you have to concentrate on your hands and legs. Oh well.
And. And. And. And I like how guitarists do that last-strum thing. I don't what it's called but you strum downwards while moving your hand to the left. If you're a righty. You got that? You know what I mean, right? Like a flaw thing. They strum downwards. After the first string, they move their picking hand (is that what you call it? not the fretting hand) to the left (for right handed people). Then they place their hand into position again.
Never mind. You don't get it.
xxx
I haven't been posting much pictures since Chris Gaylor's buh-day.

aaron carter... ; i still think A.J looks adorable in this pic. (:
Net is slow. More pictures tuh-mar-row. Enjoy this picture while you can.
she’s seeing other guys, emotions they stir
I'd like to reinforce my point again: I hate Sundays.
Sundays nearly always come with misery. I just wanna run. I just don't want to see Saturday end. I'd rather be stuck in Saturday than face Sunday with you around. You bring me down, you bring all of us down. This only happens on Sunday, don't you see? I can see right through you. You'd rather be elsewhere than here just like I won't miss your company on Sundays.
And it always has to rain or storm or hail stones on Sunday. Tell me why. It isn't like we're having fun so why bring more down on us?
And all I do is give and you just take. That's what you enjoy doing and I hate you for that. Hate is a strong word, so many people tell me. Like I care? Like I don't know? I exaggerate, I do but when it comes to words and when you piss me off, I'm sorry, I fling vicious words out without hesitation.
It doesn't take much to make me happy. I cool down easily so that's a bonus for you.
And I am nice. Just don't try funny things which you know don't amuse me much. Do that and you'd just be digging your own *. Go figure.
xxx
Well, being a Sagittarian, I am always blindly optimistic.
There is a bright side. I see things half full not half empty. I was always that way. Even now when people look at things half empty, I get annoyed. Why can't you just smile and think positive thoughts? Is that why they invented Cheerios? Because people need to eat them to feel cheery or when they look at CHEERIOS on the box, they think I Must Be Happy?
And when time is up, then say goodbye. If not, enjoy life while you can. Everyday is a gift though sometimes it's hard to see it that way. These
My mission in life is to be happy and healthy. I would add money into that list but, I don't know, I still think that money is secondary to having a happy and healthy life.
Just like The All American Rejects song Mona Lisa? You can sit beside me when the world comes down, if it doesn't matter then just turn around, we don't need our bags we can just leave town, you can sit beside me when the world comes down. Like Tyson said, it's important to have someone. Someone you can spend life with be it your mom or dad or spouse or friend as long as you know someone's there, even if the world crashes down, it's all gonna be fine.
That might be naive or unrealistic but think about it. Would you want to be alone when you're trapped off at all sides? I don't think so.
I want to be that someone important to you but you never see. You refuse to see.
Am I the only one who gives a rat's piss?
Jeez, are my eyes getting wet or something? I don't give a dog's tail about you.
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I HATE EVERYBODY.
I am currently very, very, very angry with everyone. I just lost many lines from this post so screw it.
I just want to leave.
xxx
In your eyes, we'll never be close to perfection,
Doesn't matter, we don't crave for your attention.
xxx
We'll start all over again.
From the beginning. But I still miss Taka.
We will definitely be something. Bigger, better, stronger and faster. I won't be put down by your stupid accusations which I will just casually flick away and I will bury my anger and regret and pain in just words. I don't do arguments. Not with you, unreasonable ***crack. You always try to make us see the point in something but in reality, you don't even know what you're talking about.
There's a saying for that. Refresh my memory please.
If only words and anger could be disposed of by just pulling the flush handle. That would make life easier for those who have low tolerance for ***cracks. Don't you think so?
And no one is asking you to judge me. I don't care how you judge me but if you comment and tell me what kind of person I am, evil or ungrateful, you might just get it in your face.
Peace.
I love peace, don't you? - Tony Stark.
When you talk, it's just a joke.
xxx
Excuse all that. Heart songs, really, Weezer.
I've been watching AAR videos. I particularly like Tyson in It Ends Tonight and Nick in Swing, Swing. Shopping cart moments are fun.
And Nick is cute.

Yes, it all ends tonight when darkness turns to light. That is such a good line. It makes perfect sense.
Happy Easter, folks.
May the force be with you.
My download for the Buzznet acoustic performance for AAR is complete and fully functional. Is that awesome or what? Now I don't have to go to annoying Youtube to listen to it. Youtube is getting laggy even though they're ripping off videos like nobody's business.
It's the smile which counts.
xxx
Off to watch some Paul Walker interviews.
xxx
Love.
hope that you can keep it
Yeah, Fast And Furious rocked. A lot.
Awesome ending but kinda sad storyline. Not too mushy love. That's good. This movie can't get any better. Exciting, love, sorrow, revenge, flirtatious and just plain great. Can't describe it in any other words.
Paul Walker did an awesome job winning my mom's heart. I mean. Did I really say that? Well, he's as cool as cool. Running in his suit and tie or whatever. He reminds me of Danny Messer plus Josh Duhamel, don't you think? His clothes were nice. [: Especially that shirt with the jeans and black sneakers. Really casual.
Vin Diesel's muscles are grrrrreat. Hahaha! He's such a nice brother to his sister in the movie. So sweet and caring to his girlfriend too. Love that determined face he had. The emotions on his face told the whole story of his grief and pain. And the expressionless face like he didn't care what was gonna happen because he was doing it for his girlfriend.
My brain is kinda muddled in music. I can't wait to get AAR's first album. I need to listen to their songs!!
Damn, it's sad to admit I'm addicted to Boys Like Girls' Thunder. Couldn't hear what they were screaming so didn't really like them before. But the lyrics here.. man.. Totally great lyrics. Your voice was the soundtrack of my summer.
And I'm so, so, so embarrassed to admit that I've been thinking of getting more piercings since yesterday. I didn't really hear what my teacher was crapping about. Oops...
I've been like dreaming and dreaming of it. Ah. Crap. We should get more. The next holidays? Then more on the next one? I wanna get three more on my right ear.
But it sounds.. yucky, huh?
Something struck me yesterday.
Taco and I were acting crazy while singing loudly. She sang while I strummed the guitar without much thought. Gotta train myself to sing while strumming. (: We didn't give any thought about the so-called practice.
Oh my God. I think lightning like struck my brains or something. Because... because... it felt like we were some band. Even though it was only two of us together, it felt like we were performing to ourselves. My inspiration level just shot up like I don't know how. I decided to try again? No idea. But it always feels like it's never gonna work out.
Okay. It starts tomorrow. Ah. Sunday. I'm probably gonna start from the start. I think. I hope. Need to practice patience..
Did I just admit that I'm missing the practicing routine? No more dreaming thoughts - Takamine, Gibson, new guitars, lead guitarist. I'm gonna do this for myself. My mind is going, "OMG OMG OMG I'm a freak." It's not so convincing to myself either but it's just an inspiration boost. You got it?

can. you. help. me. find a way to carry on again?
This is so cheesy.






