Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Robot Peircing

I'm toootally doing it.
if i could- i'll find a way.



Monday, February 23, 2009

Series Finale.....bitter sweet



With only 4 episodes left we have very little opportunity left for anything and everything to happen. please, observe the new 2-part poll!



Which old couples, that we know and love, from season 1 will reunite in the end for a galatic happily ever after?

-and which ones do we hoplessly wish would get back together for one more ironic and hilarious go?


VOTE!


Starbuck and Apollo?

Tigh & Ellen?

Boomer & Chief?


Baltar & Caprica 6?

Friday, February 20, 2009

I Have Bretrayed My One True Love

-but he just doesn't turn on like he use to.

it's my piano.
when i moved on new year's i lost my adapter plug.
it's been nearly two months since he's turned on.
51 days since I've played piano.
1,224 hours since I've written any music.
73,440 minutes of keeping all emotion cooped up.


not okay.

so the other dylan said, "you should learn guitar."
-which he's been saying for like, what? um ever, now, and i never do.
this time however, i said "ok," and meant it.

for multiple reasons
1) i like guitar
2) i need to play SOMETHING
3) it will be a nice hobby to keep me focused, yet distracted throughout my oh so recent breakup.

so, for the price of buying nick a beer at the fox & goose (which i didn't do) i took his guitar home with me and have actually been "practicing." At first I loved it, which made me feel extrememly guilty everytime I looked at my neglected keyboard. It's much easier to learn-having already understood music theory. It's like I already know which notes make which chords-i just have to figure out which of those notes are where on the guitar. It's a love-hate relationship with myself little miss guitar. i'm sure i would have left her long ago, had i not been stuck with her due to lack of accessible pianos.

So lately i've been comparing piano and guitar


1) piano has such a huge range on it- there is much more "master" than on a guitar, which only has six strings

2) you can practice piano for as long as you want without physical reprocussions whereas the stupidass guitar likes to rip apart your fingers. i seriously can't do sessions longer than 30-minutes. will this get better? please, tell me it does.


3) guitar is easier to sing to (or fuck up to, rather) because so many notes are contasntly blending together. i realize anyone's voice sounds nice to guitar (correction: most people's voices) and you can sing however you want
-when you play piano i feel like you can't get away with being "off" slightly
AND you could never get away with quiet, indie, whisper voice because you have to sing loud enough to be heard over the giant piano

4) guitar is portable. it's everywhere you want it to be. -incredibly convenient.


5) guitar is a much more affordable instrument to play

6) everyone thinks they can play guitar, AND HAS TO SHOW YOU??? hey man, can i show you something? can i play it? can i try something? OR they don't say shit and just pick it up and play.
and it doesn't matter if you've taken it somewhere with you or if you invite people to your home and the guitar is sitting in the corner minding its own business.
do you know how many conversations in my bedroom have been ruined by interrupting the discussion just to listen to someone slowly play the same 4 chords over and over


anyways, i haven't given up yet and i'm not going to be able to afford to buy a new piano anytime soon so i'm venturing forth on my selg-guitar-lessions.
if anyone has any advice (i know most of you are more musical than myself) let me know!

for the record: the piano is still my one