After I graduated from high school everyone went there separate ways to different colleges across the state and country. Not me, I stayed in my home town and played in a rock band. I was 18, getting payed in beer and really enjoying myself. I lived at home with my parents until one day, my father told me it was time to "shit and get off the can".... meaning "move out". I applied to only one school, the University of Montana. They let me in.
Despite my families objections, I moved to Montana to go to school. My parents said they would pay for room and board if I stayed in Michigan but if I moved to MT, I would have to pay for it myself. I decided to go for it.
It didn't take but 3 months before I was so broke I nearly had to move back to Michigan. The only things of value that I owned were my guitar and amplifier. I had a Gibson Studio Les Paul and a Fender Super Reverb amp. Together, they were worth between 2 and 3 grand. In order to stay in Missoula, I sold them together to someone for only $1000.
I hated it. I still hate it. I can remember driving passed the house of the d-bag that bought them and seeing my guitar and amp in his living room through his front window, no joke. It was painful.
But.. I was able to stay in Montana and didn't have to move back to MI with my tail between my legs.
So how about you, any regrets? Or did you ever buy something from someone that was in a rough spot?
Just looking at the pic of this amp brings back so many memories.
I also sold an amp. I moved back from Cambridge MA to Michigan, but didn't have room for my bass amp. I went back to visit, and to pick up my amp. One Thursday each month, you can't park over night because of street cleaning. That was the Thursday I arrived. My car got towed, and I had to sell my amp to get it back. Plus I had to walk about 5 miles to my car. :/
lately, i just have to enjoy reading all the cards in the decks i get lent to play against my friends new decks. i myself am much happier in skyrim. edit: i would me totally into those closed deck games. anyone in tokyo/yokohama wanna play?
- my final hand was swamp, 3x dark ritual, necro, hyppy, 2 knights, and contagion.
LOL That's a good feeling. I had a ridiculous discard deck back in the day. All black, and all the regular suspects (racks, hyppies, hymns, underworld dreams, drain life's, rituals, etc.), except for 4 scrublands a Mox Pearl, a couple of disenchants, and two rocket launchers. Everyone always laughed at my rocket launchers, but they won so many games for me. Colorless damage that could be divided was so often a clincher. I was known as Mr. Tourach where we used to play. -Good times. :) EDIT: There was a guy there with a version of 'the deck' that just had jade statues. I was his nemesis. It used to drive him nuts to play me.
http://i.imgur.com/VMaXL.jpg http://i.imgur.com/YBqAk.jpg Gibson Les Paul Traditonal Pro with 50's Neck I gave up my huge comic book posters when I left my ex.
You a Strat guy?
- Bass lines should be composed just like melodies and lyrics, not some afterthought to give some crappy pop song a little more low end.
Paul will never be appreciated enough for his bass playing because his signing and songwriting always take the spotlight. But also, what bass players are ever fully appreciated? It's a very under appreciated instrument.
I do miss the geese my parents made me give away in my teenage years, but it was for good reason; they were terrorizing my ducks.
- I do miss the geese my parents made me give away in my teenage years, but it was for good reason; they were terrorizing my ducks.
Glad you were able to disable your disabling grief. Joyful Saydrah has to be preferential to "sad sack Saydrah" no matter how alluring the sibilance ;-)
had to sell basically all my stuff but on the other hand i Now have a Camera EOS 10D which i got for £74 so i am happy i have a creative outlet again and iam enjoying it immensely. I will be looking at a DLSR with video capabilities in the future at least i can shoot video again too.
I'm glad you are able to be creative once again. I know that for me there will be times when I am down or unhappy and I quickly realize it's because I haven't been making art. It's such an important part of who I am. I've been enjoying your photography. Keep it up and good luck getting that DLSR w/ video.
For me, nothing material comes to mind. As far as things I've regretfully given up, I once had a girlfriend whom I was mad about. She broke my heart, but came crawling back a few months later. I let my pride instead of my conscience do the talking and told her to go fuck herself, and I've hated myself for it ever since. Definitely not a tragic as losing your favorite guitar and rig, but still, it was a lesson learned about holding onto that which you care about.
- I let my pride instead of my conscience do the talking and told her to go fuck herself, and I've hated myself for it ever since
- I suppose all you can do in life is make the best choice you can with the information available to you at the time.
Have fun!
On the upside, that set me on a career track that made me a lot of money and eventually gave me the option to work at a very small tech company in Seattle called Microsoft in the mid-80's. I decided they didn't have much future (Quarterdeck and Borland were clearly going to take the that Gates guy out) so went for a logistics startup. Where I met my wife. So, I guess I got nothing. -XC