My rendition of "Too Close" by Alex Clare.
Showing posts with label guitar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label guitar. Show all posts
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
3rd ROCK from the Sun
I just discovered all sorts of covers by Joseph Gordon Levitt on YouTube. AWESOME! Here's a duet between him and Zooey Deschanel (who is also awesome).
Here's his cover of "Lithium" by Nirvana.
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Hanging in there
The impulses to blog are few and far between these days. So much easier to just try to ignore things. Thanks for the comments, good to know I can disappear off the face of the earth and come back and people are still around :-)
So, I talked to my mom about it again. Way more awkward this time. To the point where I even regretted bringing it up. Now, I'm still not comfortable AT ALL with talking about sexuality issues with people I know. The therapist was one thing, and that was hard enough. So, when I brought it up again with my mom I was talking about it in very vague terms (eg, "So, about the issues I'm going through, that I talked to you about before . . .). So it was a bit unpleasant when she asked me straight up, "Have there been guys that you've been physically attracted to?" I know that's an easy enough question, but it was just so forward and unexpected. I turned into a stuttering fool, muttering something about how my attractions to guys and girls are different. Which is true. She also made it clear that she herself is uncomfortable talking about these things, and she encouraged me to see another counselor, perhaps one that specializes in these things. Maybe that's a possibility, but I just don't know. I don't really feel like throwing money at something that may or may not be all that helpful.
This weekend I went down to San Diego to chill with some friends I hadn't seen in a while. I love feeling like I'm part of a group. Don't really get that too much anymore. Too many of my friends are not friends with each other, either because they don't know each other, or sometimes because they don't like each other. I've always been the kind of person who is able to hang out and get along with different groups of friends, but have never really been a central member of any one group. I should pursue new avenues of meeting people.
While I was down there I also entertained my friends with my guitar playing, and got some compliments, including of the "I had no idea you were that good!" variety. Felt nice. I certainly love to play. One of the greatest forms of stress relief. Any music fans out there who have thought about picking up an instrument, I cannot encourage it enough. You don't have to have rock star intentions. It's great just to be able to play casually. Anyone play anything?
Till next time.
So, I talked to my mom about it again. Way more awkward this time. To the point where I even regretted bringing it up. Now, I'm still not comfortable AT ALL with talking about sexuality issues with people I know. The therapist was one thing, and that was hard enough. So, when I brought it up again with my mom I was talking about it in very vague terms (eg, "So, about the issues I'm going through, that I talked to you about before . . .). So it was a bit unpleasant when she asked me straight up, "Have there been guys that you've been physically attracted to?" I know that's an easy enough question, but it was just so forward and unexpected. I turned into a stuttering fool, muttering something about how my attractions to guys and girls are different. Which is true. She also made it clear that she herself is uncomfortable talking about these things, and she encouraged me to see another counselor, perhaps one that specializes in these things. Maybe that's a possibility, but I just don't know. I don't really feel like throwing money at something that may or may not be all that helpful.
This weekend I went down to San Diego to chill with some friends I hadn't seen in a while. I love feeling like I'm part of a group. Don't really get that too much anymore. Too many of my friends are not friends with each other, either because they don't know each other, or sometimes because they don't like each other. I've always been the kind of person who is able to hang out and get along with different groups of friends, but have never really been a central member of any one group. I should pursue new avenues of meeting people.
While I was down there I also entertained my friends with my guitar playing, and got some compliments, including of the "I had no idea you were that good!" variety. Felt nice. I certainly love to play. One of the greatest forms of stress relief. Any music fans out there who have thought about picking up an instrument, I cannot encourage it enough. You don't have to have rock star intentions. It's great just to be able to play casually. Anyone play anything?
Till next time.
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Two to zip
My accomplishment of the night is learning to play "Name" and "Slide" by the Goo Goo Dolls. They use alternate tunings, but once the guitar is tuned they're not that hard. Guitar has been a hobby of mine since high school. If I had the motivation I could probably be a lot better, but I'm pretty content with my limited ability. It's a nice way to unwind.
And unwinding is definitely what I needed. This felt like a long week. In the early part of the week I was actually feeling pretty good. I think part of it was due to my attempts to change the way I think about sexuality (see the last entry). Work was really busy this week, though, and today the confusion came back in full force. There was a party, and the number of girls that piqued my interest was zero, while the number of guys was 2. One was actually the "crush" (whom I've never met) that I mentioned in a previous entry. He was talking with one of my coworkers, but I didn't try to enter the conversation because I was talking with another guy. This one was probably one of the best looking guys I have ever had a conversation with, and I would be lying if I said that I didn't feel an attraction of some kind. So yet another bit of evidence that I definitely have some level of same-sex attraction. Whether I could comfortably go from that to actual relationships . . . is a rather scary thing to think about. I wish I'd had a girlfriend before! At least I would have some relationship experience under my belt so I wouldn't be in the dark about everything at the same time. Oh well. Que sera, sera. (I always think of that song when I start worrying about the future too much. It helps bring me back to the present, haha.)
And unwinding is definitely what I needed. This felt like a long week. In the early part of the week I was actually feeling pretty good. I think part of it was due to my attempts to change the way I think about sexuality (see the last entry). Work was really busy this week, though, and today the confusion came back in full force. There was a party, and the number of girls that piqued my interest was zero, while the number of guys was 2. One was actually the "crush" (whom I've never met) that I mentioned in a previous entry. He was talking with one of my coworkers, but I didn't try to enter the conversation because I was talking with another guy. This one was probably one of the best looking guys I have ever had a conversation with, and I would be lying if I said that I didn't feel an attraction of some kind. So yet another bit of evidence that I definitely have some level of same-sex attraction. Whether I could comfortably go from that to actual relationships . . . is a rather scary thing to think about. I wish I'd had a girlfriend before! At least I would have some relationship experience under my belt so I wouldn't be in the dark about everything at the same time. Oh well. Que sera, sera. (I always think of that song when I start worrying about the future too much. It helps bring me back to the present, haha.)
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