Blue Monday
"Tell me now how do I feel?"
Take your pick of the original by New Order or the cover by Orgy (What ever happened to them? Its just proof that having a hit cover song as your real hit, is never a good idea. See - Limp Bizkit and "Faith")
Anyway, yes, its Monday, and although I'm a little sad to see the weekend go and to be at work, its not as bad as I'm making it out to be. I have some stuff going on tonight after work that will hopefully pan out nicely, all around, and that would make me a very happy person indeed. I had a decent weekend too, so no complaining there. The rundown you ask? Here you go!
Well, it starts last Thursday night when my roommate Rob and I went to this guys house a few towns down and I bought a vintage guitar amp. A 1974 (the thing is older than me, or my brother, or the length of time my parents have been married!) Fender Vibro Champ. Its a very small amp, all tube (tubes sound better than transistors in an amp, trust me on this) and very low wattage. So it makes a great practice amp or its good for recording. Anyway. I buy the thing after trying it out, get it home, plug it in and notice that the plug is missing the ground prong. Not that it never had one, it did, it was just snapped off. So I plug the amp in anyway, and then plug in the instrument cable. I turn on the amp and grab the cable to plug into the guitar and I get a shock! Odd, right? So I think little of it, sit down on the bed to try this bad boy out and go to slide my laptop out of the way. The laptop is made out of aluminum, and is plugged into the same surge protector as the amp, and just touching the metal gave me another jolt. At this I'm getting a little worried. So I play a little, and at some point, just touching the strings on the guitar (metal again) gave me a jolt. So I promptly turned the thing off and unplugged it.
Last Sunday, while having to drive way too far to try on a suit I bought, I stumbled upon the greatest guitar store ever. So I brought the amp over to them Friday night after work. $60 later, I have a new plug and an amp that won't electrocute me one day. Good stuff. So that was my Friday evening. I passed out watching TV at about 8:30 or so, which is really pathetic, but woke up at about 10:30, and actually watched some TV and messed around online until bed time.
Saturday was the usual routine. I got up, went to my parents house, did some laundry, chilled with Keyser, had my guitar lesson and just generally relaxed at home. I picked up my amp later in the afternoon, and then my parents, me, Randy and Beth (his fiance, I promise to do a who's who entry real soon, I swear!) went out to dinner at a local diner. I should say we went out to breakfast because thats what everyone got, for dinner. Nothing beats that, except if it was good, and it was just OK. I basically crawled into bed at about 8:45, Keyser joined me and I passed out, until 6 AM the next morning when the dog woke me up.
Sunday was spent doing more nothing. I went shopping with my mom briefly. She had a few last gifts to get before the start of Channukah, which is Friday night, I think. She got my little brother an XBOX 360 and a hockey game for it. Only when I got home did I realize they gave me the PS2 version of it, so I had to go back to the mall and get the right one. After that I went back to my house to unpack my laundry and relax a little. My brother met me at my house and we headed into the city to see a Ranger game last night. They won 2-1, which was nice. It was the first win I saw this season. They lost in regulation for Randy's birthday, lost in overtime for my birthday, and won last night. So they're 1-1-1 when I'm in attendance.
That brings us to Monday, which I'm hoping goes by fast. Mostly because I'm out of here at about 3:45, which can't come soon enough. Ugh, its only 10:18. Ouch.
Anyway, have a great Monday everyone! Hopefully mine will be awesome.
Comments
I always wonder about Orgy too. My best friend had a crush on the lead singer (creepy) and we saw them in concert once. I liked them a lot, but then they disappeared so fast.
Posted by: Jenniy | December 11, 2006 4:28 PM