Since my dad asked…

My new guitar is a semi hollow body. It’s the same body shape as a Les Paul…much thicker and lighter, but with a much different sound (more twang and a LOT of sustain). I really like it.
My LP copy is just set up for slide now. I’d say I’m improving a bit, but am still a far cry from decent.

…and happy birthday dad. I guess this is the last (only) time I’ll be half your age. Downhill for both of us now 😉

In other news…Now that I have all my documentation for Italy I am getting the Vespa (Julio: it’s not a scooter…it’s a Vespa…). Doing the title transfer et-al this week. Thanks Piero!

Stop it tom 😉

I got up this morning about 8 and so far today I’v had 2 coffees, ridden a bus, a train and two taxis, picked up my Permesso di Soggiorno (Permit of stay), bought some clothes, bought a guitar amp and made it home at 11:55. Not sure why but Saturday mornings are usually my most productive 4 hours…

Alles klaar!

I think a lunch, a DVD and a nap are well deserved 🙂

Here’s a pic of my second guitar. I realized I didn’t put up a pic after I got it a few weeks back…
the mandolin does not get it’s own pic because all it does is taunt me…

Thanks dad for the guitar books!

I guess I’m picking up my residency permit thing tomorrow. Not sure how long it’s been waiting for me, but apparently it’s ready for me to pickup. This means I can finally get that scooter.
Ha! No more bike rides out of necessity…

This also means I now have a ride back to Frankfurt if/when that ever comes up again 😀
Ok the thought of driving through Switzyland on a Vespa is not funny at all…Does anyone remember Dumb and Dumber?

My phone tells me it was 10° today. That’s really about as warm as it needs to get I think. Can we just stay like this until next October, or am I going to be forced to complain about the heat for the next 6 months or so???

I had my energy up tonight (after a week of sitting home), so went to the pub for dinner and after staring at the menu for half an hour I decided on a SALAD!!! Now this is a rare occurence. I wasn’t really hungry, but felt like I should eat.
Whilst waiting I tried to remember the last time I actually ordered a salad as a meal…and I think it was Bratislava…Feb 2008. That’s 2 years people (for the science challenged yanks). 2 years and I had a salad…hmmmmmmm.

Weird…I still distinctly remember the salad I had in Bratislava. It was rather green pepper heavy I thought…but for whatever reason I have a clear memory of it. It probably cost .90€.
It was tasty….

I give this story a 2…

In my case it’s a tie (lunch and nap). I havn’t been anywhere but work for almost a week now. Boring!!!