Destiny's Balls

Guitar players out there reading this. Ever feel like you wanna just belt out some sweet ass blues solo but some of your gears are missing cause somehow the stars and moon are aligned and the whether just brings out the blues in you? That's how I'm feeling right now, no fucking amp. But it's entirely my fault. I was lazy when I found out the amp that I bought was faulty and didn't send it for repair straight away. And now, it's almost two months since I bought it, and one month since I sent it for repair. I haven't played a single note on that amp.

That's not what I wanna talk about today though, at least not the underlying problem that's just cascading and turning into this big problem that I'm currently having.

I've skimmed through some of my posts from past years. Not too shockingly, I've grown to the point that I kinda disagree with all the bullshit that I've preached all these years. Just laughing at myself, really.

Now, I'm fully aware this kind of talk is usually reserved for those anniversary bullshit or end of year public service announcements. Still, I think it'll be interesting to revisit those past topics and just pen down what I think of them now and why they were outright stupid.

Again, I'm happy with my growth these years but definitely not satisfied! I WILL GRAB MY DESTINY BY THE BALLS AND SQUEEZE THE FUCK OUT OF THEM!

p.s. have fun and good luck, guys

Overpopulation?

I was listening to Paul Gilbert's Six Billion People and realised that that song is gonna be a mistake soon cause the world population is gonna hit 7 billion soon. Six Billion People is the only song on Paul's albums that went full-on jazz here's the song to showcase his versatility!

The lyrics are sweet too :D

New Companions

For the first time, Paul Gilbert isn't accompanying me tonight. As long time readers might have noticed, it has always been Paul who sings to me whether through his voice or guitar whenever I'm rushing for assignments.

Jesus Christ, I just hope he gets that Mr. Big tour over with a.s.a.p. and go back to making a solo vocal album. Anyways, I'm listening to Final Fantasy 7 and Zelda, and having them on repeat. Really brings back memories. Memories of grinding characters, fighting insane bosses, just getting nerdy in general. Now I'm grinding for the chance to offer myself as a slave to the corporate world.

Anyway, be sure to check out the songs I'm listening to right now. They are:

Final Fantasy
Aeris' Theme
Tifa's Theme
Cloud Smiles
Fisherman's Horizon
Breezy
Village of Dali

Zelda
Ocarina of Time title theme
Song of Storms
Lost Woods
Bolero of Fire

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So many great music, so little time to listen to all of them... O well, back to doing assignments. Bye.

FISH!

Give a man a fish, and he eats for the day. Teach the man to fish, and he gets to eat till his river is polluted by the factory dumping toxic just up river.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Don’t teach the man to fish, and you feed yourself. He’s a grown man. Fishing’s not that hard.

Teach the man to fish and he'll want to use your yacht.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Don't teach the man to fish, and you can make a lifetimes profit selling fish to the man.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

Which of these are better?

p.s. All quotes shamelessly lifted from the internet

Update Update

My god, it's really astounding when you think about how time flies. I've been having the death stick for almost six years already. And to think I was telling myself I'd stop after 3 or 4 years. Who the fuck was I kidding, hahah.

Birthday was last week. Didn't celebrate as usual. Like I've said before, I don't see the point in celebrating. But do I really? Maybe it's just cause the state of my life is just not worth celebrating. At least not now. Don't get me wrong, I hate regretting past choices for there's nothing you can do about choices that are made.

I'm very thankful for what I have. All those choices made me who I am. I am happy but I can be happier. So I wanna thank all who made me, me.

To my parents.. jesus fuck do I really have to state the countless reasons? My brother, even though you still owe me 600+ and being a lazy selfish fuck sometimes. To my aunt, I'll never be here at KL if it wasn't for her. If I wasn't in KL, I wouldn't have done all this growing up that I needed so badly. If I didn't grow up and step out of my comfort zone, I wouldn't have met all the guys at music master. To all those great people at college, no matter how much my Paul Gilbert hair pawn you guys. All my hometown friends, although we don't talk much anymore.

By the way, I took the liberty of giving myself a birthday present by breathing new life into my Ibanez RG565 even before my parents gave me the funds. Using college money. And I have no fucking amp to play that guitar on right now, which is a huge fucking turn off. Fuck that shit -_-

SOOOOOO all in all, happy birthday to me. The world didn't improve or implode because of this. So everyone should have fun living their life. It's a wonderful world we're living in, and a great time to be alive, if you're "lucky". Hope you know what I mean.

Louis Armstrong agrees with me.