I've been busy. Give me a break.
To keep myself organized: Vocal rig, 9-Volts, challenge coins, rational conversation, Awesomenauts.
The vocal rig. This thing is friggin' awesome. I'll get a picture up in a bit. Anyway, I went over to a friend's dorm to watch a movie the other day. After the movie, we sat around and talked for a while, then she asked if I would help take the packaging from her last package down to the recycling. This package had been full of Dance Dance Revolution pads. DDR pads, apparently, come with a puzzle-like foam padding insert so you don't hurt yourself. She has her own, favorite DDR foam padding, so I was tasked with taking down the new padding. We took the boxes and padding down to the recycling place, but there was no trash can large enough for the pads. In trying to figure out what to do with them, I remembered: I'm a recording arts major and a musician. AND my roommate had been thinking about setting up a place to record vocals (he had the mic equipment, but dorms are loud). I took the pads back to my room, showed them to my roommate, and we got to work. Sadly, the foam was less sound dampening than anticipated, but we had a few extra towels and sheets that we put up to shut out the outside noise. It turned out really well for the most ghetto looking thing in the world. I'm happy.
After we set up the vocal booth, I went looking for 9-Volts for my roommate's acousto-electric guitar. I think the strangest thing about this place is that the book store stocks D-cells and C-cells, but no 9-Volts. Think about the last time you needed a C- or D-cell. I can't remember that. 9-Volts, on the other hand, are used in many places, like any auditorium with belt-pack mics (there are a very large number of those.) But no, I had to pick up some from the local CVS. I guess it was good exercise, but it was pretty annoying.
If you don't know what challenge coins are, follow this link because it isn't particularly important to the story (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenge_coin). The only part that does matter is that the loser of the challenge buys drinks. Because I don't drink, I don't have much practical use for my Eagle scout challenge coin. Actually, I do. The coin is large, flat, and metal, making it actually pretty good as...a guitar slide. I feel a little guilty using this token of honor as something so simple, but I have a deep respect for people who can play slide guitar well. It's crazy.
During the conversation my friend and I had after the movie (see above), we got to talking about sports. What is a sport, how is it defined, does it have a concrete definition? I took the "anything is a sport" side and managed to have the most logical and complete argumentative conversation I have had in months if not years. It was kind of cool. Then I started skipping words and we decided that I should just go home.
I picked up a game off Steam recently: Awesomenauts. It is an arena shooter with similarities to League of Legends, but I never really got into League. The intro to this game consists of a heavy rock, borderline metal beat with the silliest of lyrics over the top. It's hilarious. And every time you win a game, the singing voice comes in over distorted guitar and screams, "AWESOMENAUTS!" You should look at it if you have a chance, if only because it's so absurd. They were on Kickstarter, so you can see an example video there, I think.
Woo! I got through all of the things I thought of!
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