The guy who is building me a custom Tele body emailed me today and told me it was finished. The punchline is it only took him 15 months to finish the job. Seriously, it looks nice and all but I was a little more fired up 15 months ago when I was young.
The great wall of vaginas. Reminds me of an Arby's commercial.
I just sold my Korina PRS in just 5 minutes on Ebay. I was shocked! Listing confirmed at 12:27pm and sold at 12:32 using BIN. I returned the favor and shipped it out same day. $1,600 in pocket ain't too shabby. Actually, I just broke even. It's all good. Speaking of PRS guitars, last years limited edition DC22 is now a production model? I guess that kind of ruins the collectability of my guitar.
James Bond gets hitched. Rachel Weisz is a cutie.
JHS Pedals. Cool stuff. I'm thinking about buying one. Love their custom painted stuff. Lovin' that Charlie Brown.
The stupid reality show NY Ink almost made me cry. I should probably bring this up with my shrink. Seriously, it was sad.
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Interesting email exchange from TGP where I'm trying to sell a pedal for $199 that regularly sells for $230 (note: the supplier is backed up and no one has any in stock so it's kinda hard to get right now).
Him: Hello. Best price on the Hartman Flanger to a fellow NC'er? I'm in Raleigh and will pick it up if you are in the area. Runs $229 new pretty much everywhere. Willing to pay (and pick up if local) today/tonight. Thanks! I've had two people try to negotiate a lower price based only on the fact they live in the same state as me lol.
Me: I could go $185 on the Hartman. I also have a Strymon Orbit I would let go for $250. Best I can do. I'm unavailable for local pickup, sorry. <---Here I state simply that I'm unavailable for local pickup.
Him: No local pickup? What gives there? lol
Interested in the Hartman for $185. How soon could you ship? Method? Thx!
Me: Cool. If payment is promptly made by paypal, I would ship UPS on Monday...arrival on Tuesday given UPS does their part. Thanks. My paypal if you want it: XXXXXXXXXX.
Him: I would much prefer to pick it up if you are in 919. I dont mind paying cash for it in person. It seems a major waste to have you ship it if you are in the same area. Also, I dislike dealing with our UPS driver. Can pick it up today or tomorrow. Call me to set it up at 673-XXXX. If you are still stuck on no local pickups, whatever your reason is, sorry but I see no reason why not. <--didn't I explicitly state earlier that I'm unavailable for local pickup? He sees no reason why not. Do I really need to give a reason?
Me: The pedal is no longer for sale. Sorry. I shut the door on this asshole. Fuck him.
Him: Uh huh... Something seems very fishy with your whole no pickups thing. Also the fact that you gave me your paypal to pay for it an hour ago and now its no longer available. I smell a scam artist.
Me: The pedal is still very much for sale...just not to you. No scam. Just no local pickup. Those are my terms. I don't want you at my house and I don't want to drive anywhere to meet you. I'm too busy to fool with it. You whined about the price, you whined about not being able to pickup and you whined about the carrier. You wanted a sale except you wanted everything on YOUR terms. If I don't do everything exactly the way you want then I'm a scam artist? LOL. If you don't like MY terms then I've got two words for you: Fuck Off! I seriously don't have time for it. Again, there is no scam. My terms are extremely simple: You pay and I ship. It doesn't get any easier than that. Obviously you have a problem with simplicity so MOVE ON. Bother someone else. <---crushed him.
Him: As I said before. You are either crazy or a scam artist. Shipping through ups and dealing with paypal is in no way easier or simpler than me picking it up and offering cash. Believe what you will. I just wanted the pedal for practice tonight. <---crazy yes, but not a scam artist.
And that's where I'll end it. Sadly, this guy thought he was at Burger King and could have it 'his way'. I've done a couple of local pickup sales and from the sellers standpoint it's a huge waste of time. Even if I told him I would meet him somewhere, I bet a weeks pay he would whine about it and attempt to make it more advantageous to himself.
Last night I watched The American with George Clooney. In the movie, Clooney's character befriends a prostitute played by Violante Placido. OMG! This is some seriously hot eurotrash. Good flick.
The legal fight over guitar designs. I love this stuff and feel sorry for the big companies getting ripped off with all the flat out clones on the market.
How to be a Retronaut. Cool site...oldschool.
Speaking of oldschool, I think I need a lavalamp.
I was thinking about getting a pair of these Nike Lebron 8 V.2 Lows because they look bad-ass but after taking a second look I think I'm going to pass. The reason is based on my experience with a similar pair of Nike's and it's also shown in the picture above if you look closely. What kills the shoe for me is the over sized tongue. It's too tall and when you pivot forward it digs into your shin. Look at the picture and notice the tongue is at least 2" above the highest point of the shoe. Now the guy in the pic has his laces loosened. Why? Because if he tightened his laces the tongue would be pressed up against his shin and an uncomfortable rubbing would occur when he walked. That stitching along the edge of the tongue is not soft. It is firm almost to the point of being abrasive. So, while I think the shoe looks amazing I just can't warrant purchasing at this time because of comfort issues. Plus, I wear footie socks and that stupid tongue would really dig into me. Check out that back foot in the pic with the shadow. Grrrr!!! He's going to need a band-aid.
40 Things that will make you feel old.
This guy is absolutely killing it.
Dogs and sprinklers...POUNCE!!!
Pedal Painters. I'm thinking about hiring one. Luci's got game. Also, I think I love her.
Probably the coolest fuzz pedal I've ever seen.
Just finished reading Meat by Joseph D'Lacey. Loved it! I'm not sure what I'm going to tackle next.
Just shoot these motherfuckers already. People take sports way too seriously.
Elderly dogs in Japan get the royal treatment.
While I was walking my dog around the block I found an Ipod lying in the middle of the road. I'm surprised it hadn't been run over. Maybe it had; the headphones were broken. When I got home I checked it out hoping to find some naked photos or videos lol. Unfortunately, it had things like the Twilight Soundtrack, Taylor Swift and Justin Beiber so I'm thinking it belonged to some little kid. I would like to give it back to whoever owns it but I don't know what to do other than just throwing it back on the ground where I found it. Maybe Craigslist? It's purple too...very girlie.
Best .gif ever.
This blog has gotten pretty sad lately. I think I have blogger's block or something.
Japanese Tsunami photos: before and after.
Pop culture cash is pretty awesome.
Kid dancing to Madonna. I wonder if he's gay?
I'm so easily entertained.
Lady Gaga looking pretty cute with her boobs all hangin' out.
How to capture Brian Setzer's tone.
Trying to sell some pedals.
Update Scanner: one of the coolest Firefox add-ons I've used in a while. It monitors and notifies you of any changes to a web page. For example, I've been looking for this rare guitar pedal and there is only one US retailer that sells it. Of course it's sold out but I can monitor the page and a pop up window will notify me when it's back in stock. Pretty cool.
Six cereals Americans no longer love.<--most are plain Jane cereals: Cheerios, Corn Flakes, Raisin Bran etc.
Oklahoma City court case ends with armed robbery victim sentenced to life. This pharmacists was hanging out when two masked men enter the store holding guns. The pharmacist grabs a gun from behind the counter and shoots one, dropping him to the floor. The other one fled the scene. He then chases the other one out the door. When the pharmacist returns he walks over and shoots the one on the floor five times at point blank range. The court ruled his actions were above and beyond self defense and was sentenced to 38yrs in prison. This case is crazy on top of crazy. One moment the pharmacist was a victim, the next he was Dirty Harry.
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