Written on
June 29, 2006.
I’ve just had a great idea for a great resturaunt. You know how it’s so embarassing to ask for a doggie bag or a box because you can’t finish your Kiddie-Size cheese sandwich? Well, here’s a great idea for a resturaunt. Everything in this resturaunt would be served . . . in a tupperware container! Not only will people have tupperware containers that they can bring back and use for other things, they can also eat half of their meal in the resturaunt, then just close the lid and walk out with their meal!
It’d be called . . . Ziplock Palace!
oh yeah, this idea is copyrighted as of now.
Written on
June 26, 2006.
So, here’s the video of me playing at the Japan cultural fair. I must say, I do sound pretty good. I always cringe when I play up the neck on that high part ’cause I know how it’s “supposed” to sound and I’m not quite doing the same (since I hadn’t played in a week, I was off on some of the notes [harder too, 'cause there isn't any frets]). In any case, I was comforted by the fact that nobody in the audience cared/noticed the mistakes (and couldn’t do any better for that matter).
So yeah, if you notice any mistakes, it’s because my hands were sweaty and I kept losing grip of the bachi.
Written on
June 26, 2006.
Last week, at 8:45, I sat in the operating chair awaiting extraction. It was pretty neat, they had a heartbeat thingy (that goes *beep beep*) and the clear bag bag with the watery liquid too. After a little bit of chatting, they put this thing that looked like a white clown’s nose over my nose. They said that it was pure oxygen. I thought pure oxygen gave the person a “woosh” (as in it wakes the person up) but I guess it make’s one tired ’cause a few breath’s later, I, well, let’s say I had a system memory failure (to put it in Tech Terms). Next thing I remembered, I woke up in the chair and then fell back asleep. Than I vaguelly remember being in the car but I thought that was a dream but I guess it wasn’t.
Anyway, for the past week I’ve been taking it easy and not doing too much so there hasn’t been much to blog about.
Exceppptttt. . . The next day after the surgery, I picked up the cordless phone and gave it to Pa. After he was done talking, I took it back to put it on the charger. As I was walking with the phone, I past by the fridge. I decided to have a quick slurp of yogurt so I opened the fridge, put the phone on one of the shelves (in the fridge) and ate some yogurt. Well, a few seconds later, after I ate some yogurt, I closed the door. . . and forgot to take the phone out. Guess I was still on the gas.
Written on
June 21, 2006.
I can’t decided wether to use Tung Oil or Teak Oil as a finish. Well, I can decide but there’s a debate. I want to use Tung and Pa suggests I should use Teak. Well, today, I rubbed Tung Oil on a piece of polished wood and Teak on another piece of polished wood. Tomorrow, we’ll see which turns out better.
I may not get to see tomorrow ’cause I’m getting teeth pulled that day and the doc said I should take it easy.
Written on
June 21, 2006.
As you can tell, I haven’t written a Shamisen blog post in a while. This is due to a couple a’ reasons. The first reason is I’ve been praticing making tapered circles for a tight fit and the second reason is I’ve been busy with other stuff.
You see, I’ve practiced mortise and tenon and carving before I even started the Shamisen so that really helped me and it was smooth sailing carving out the Shamisen. I didn’t get stuck at many places (execpt for making the rod fit on the neck) and that encouraged me to continue. This Peg making step is the first (well, second if you count the rod/neck thing) real stumbling slow down I’ve had with the construction. I’ve had to practice making good circles and tapers. So I’ve made a few tuning pegs which I’m not gonna use but I’ve practiced enough to make a good peg that’ll stay on. I think I can kinda safely say that I’m ready to make the real non-test tuning pegs.
