Wasted Continuum

Gibson just came up with a guitar that can tune itself with a twist of a knob. It touts that it is true tuning not virtual or relative tuning like on the Fender VG Stratocaster. This is kind of exciting for me, but not really. It’s a cool feature, but are they going to charge you an arm and a leg for it. I can play without a leg, but not my arm. Good for Gibson though. I’m happy for them. Their digital guitar didn’t really take off. At least not yet.

Before I start, I just want to state for the record, Mai was right, I was wrong.

Now that I’ve made my peace, I shall continue. Happy New Year everyone! It’s late and I should sleep, so naturally I’m writing a post. But it is not for no reason though. I just had dinner tonight with Mai before her 9:30 flight back to San Fran. I think she’ll be landing any minute now. We were joined by one of our mutual friends. We ate at Kum Gang San, a Korean restaurant, in St. Paul. With half an hour to kill, we walked over to Ginkgo Coffeehouse. I haven’t been there in many years. Anyway, that’s when I saw a concert flyer on the door for this musician, Emily White. I noticed it in the middle of a fake argument with Mai, which I lost, I think. Since I’m always looking for new music, I committed her website to memory and checked it out about an hour ago. I’ve only heard the two songs that she has posted on her website for download. I’m getting a little bit of the Tegan and Sara vibe from her and it’s got me interested. I’m considering checking out her performance on the 27th. I grabbed the two songs off her site and plopped it into my iRiver. I’ll decide after I hear her a few times over.

So that’s my first push for a musician this year. Go check out her out.

Emily White

So it’s one hour and thirteen minutes into the last day of 2006. I couldn’t say goodbye to it any quicker. It’s been a long, long year for me and I’m looking forward to the new year. I’m gonna make it a good one. As always, this is a time when we all reflect on the year passing. For me, it’s been a bit of a eventful (for better or worse) 365 days for me. Ok, not all 365 days were eventful, but quite a few were. Here are my milestones of 2006 in a semi-quasi chronological order:

• Jan – Accepted a full-time position as a web designer/developer.
• Feb 12 – Turned a year older (personally not very momentous, but it’s here by default).
• Feb 15 – My niece was born (tried to steal my birthday, but missed by a few days).
• Feb 15 (later that night) – Called up Marie to tell her the news. She, in return, tells me that she’s moving to Michigan. Awkward conversation ensues for the next two hours.
• Late Feb – Mai tells me she’s moving to San Francisco to study fashion design.
• Mar 1 – Got my first DSLR (Canon Rebel XT).
• Mar 4 – Helped Marie move out of her apartment. Had a lovely dinner with Marie and her mom.
• Mid Mar – Met the lovely Star. Watched V for Vendetta on the Ultra-Screen.
• Late Mar – Helped Mai leave for San Fran.
• Apr 7 – Drove down to KC with family.
• Jun 4 – Bought a JM Custom Strat from Guitar Center when all I went in there for were new strings.
• Jul 1 – Took first photo trek with the Canon. Star came as my photo buddy. Practice shoot with fireworks.
• Jul 4 – First real photo shoot with July 4th fireworks.
• Jul 6 – Bought my GTI.
• Jul 22 – Mai returned for her god-brother’s wedding.
• Aug 11 – Marie returns for vacation. Spend an amazing day with her. Told her how I felt at the end of the night. Everything implodes. Friendship slowly dissolves.
• Aug 25 – I fly out to SF to see Mai for her birthday. Stayed at the Hilton. Had the quickest tour of SF ever.
• Oct 6 – Watched Ben Kweller at First Ave.
• Oct 14 – Watched Shannon Curfman at Bunker’s with Ms. Linh – her first real concert.
• Mid Oct – Realized that I have a subconscious obsession with the character Rory Gilmore, not Alexis Bledel.
• Oct 21 – Watched David Sedaris at the Orpheum Theater again with Ms. Linh. She is now a fan of his.
• Oct 24 – The last time I hear anything from Ms. Marie.
• Oct 29 – Watched the Foo Fighters open for Bob Dylan at the Xcel with Ms. Linh.
• Nov 4 – The first time I listened to Mignon Fogarty’s podcast, Absolute Science. Reanimates my podcast interest.
• Nov 5 – My concert weekend streak officially ends.
• Nov 10 – Watched Roger’s band play at Half-Time Rec with Debbie.
• Nov 20 – Saw a girl at Caribou that looked exactly like Rory Gilmore who is now referred to as Ror-a-like.
• Dec 15 – Watched Shannon Curfman at Shaw’s Bar & Grill with Star – her first blues rock concert.
• Mid Dec – Saw a girl at Caribou who kind of resembled Rory. Now there may be two Ror-a-likes or this is the original Ror-a-like and she didn’t really look like Rory in the first place.
• Dec 24 – Took a photo trek to Rice Park to capture the giant Christmas tree.
• Dec 28 – Drove down to Sioux Falls to meet Mai at her family’s place.
• Dec 30 – Mai and I drive back to beautiful Minnesota to spend New Year’s here together.

Well, that’s my list. I think everyone should of made one of these lists in one fashion or another. See you all on the other side.