tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post4631932919009054598..comments2023-08-10T01:09:49.154-07:00Comments on Saints and Spinners: Awards, Gigs, Dreams, and Barre ChordsSaints and Spinnershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08532215042953620628noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-41342705615810112632008-01-15T08:32:00.000-08:002008-01-15T08:32:00.000-08:00Goddess: Normally, I'd transpose, too, but those d...Goddess: Normally, I'd transpose, too, but those darn-tootin' Beatles are tricky, and some of my favorite songs have B and B flat chords that cannot be transposed except into trickier keys. If you want to take up guitar again, by the way, I will be supportive of you.:) Thanks for the note of encouragement, by the way. I do appreciate it.<BR/><BR/>LSM: I think you have a sensible policy. Thus far, we haven't gone to a great many birthday parties, and those parties are usually relatively low key. I've placed the kaibosh on pizza-video-amusement ride parties because of the overstimulation-- we are a family of three introverts, after all. <BR/><BR/>Oh, I am reminded of the one pizza-game parlour party I went to in 5th grade, I think. It was at a place called "Shakey's," and on the way out, there was a light-up fortunetelling slot machine. We each got a turn, and my "fortune" was that I was "passionate." I asked a grownup what "passionate" meant, and she said, "Um, uh, it means intelligent."<BR/><BR/>Crikey! She could have said, "It means you really love what you do." However, I suspect she was thrown off by the 11 year old birthday girl getting the "Sexy" fortune. Egad.Saints and Spinnershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733517166056974501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-65976230729905350112008-01-15T07:24:00.000-08:002008-01-15T07:24:00.000-08:00Alkelda: I've been meaning to say, I greatly admir...Alkelda: I've been meaning to say, I greatly admire you for learning an instrument as an adult. I've played guitar since I was 11, but I reached that "high school plateau" where I have not made any improvement whatsoever over my 16-year-old self. In fact my 16-year-old self was much better than my 36-year-old self because she <I>practiced</I>. <BR/><BR/>I am also hampered by that scourge or wannabee guitarists everywhere: tiny fingers. Barre chords are pretty much a no-go area, and F is really the only one I could ever hit. If I ever ran across a song with B flats in it, I'd just get out the capo and transpose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-34963807885414395722008-01-15T04:35:00.000-08:002008-01-15T04:35:00.000-08:00Very cool F chord - had I had that at 16, I might ...Very cool F chord - had I had that at 16, I might have kept playing.<BR/><BR/>I generally do not take the LSB to birthday parties - only once in a great while for a very special child. If I don't mention it, any talk of invitations at school falls out of her head pretty fast. I have decided she will get family parties until Kindergarten and, well, this policy makes that a lot easier. They just keep going once you start..year after year after year....so anyway Lucia is lucky you care(:Lone Star Mahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14339475499304565638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-38478158134417055902008-01-14T21:54:00.000-08:002008-01-14T21:54:00.000-08:00HWM: These dreams seem to be pretty common. Is the...HWM: These dreams seem to be pretty common. Is there a cure? I suppose they're not as disturbing as the ones where my teeth turn soft and start falling out. Ewwww.Saints and Spinnershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733517166056974501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-21771942469610234682008-01-14T21:47:00.000-08:002008-01-14T21:47:00.000-08:00That is a bit scary. I used to have similar dream...That is a bit scary. I used to have similar dreams. I'd wake up in a sweat panicked I forgot to take a final for a college class. <BR/><BR/>Good luck with your barre chords!Vivian Mahoneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11285339307161020541noreply@blogger.com