Happy St. Patrick's Day!

While I don't really celebrate holidays anymore, I do however like to acknowledge a few of them. Today being one of those holidays. ☘️Happy St. Patrick's Day!☘️

Emotional night of unpacking...

Well since my most recent move is finally over, I have slowly started to unpack and get situated here in the basement where I am now living. I started going through my boxes and totes. These things have gone with me everywhere since my days of living in Florida in the late 90's! Some of this stuff I haven't seen in over 20 years! These boxes and totes have gone from one place to another with me throughout my many moves and were always in storage units, garages, spare rooms, or basements. It's been a trip looking through my things but I have to say last night was rather hard for me. I found so many old cards my Mom, Grandma, and Grandpa had given to me for holidays and birthdays. I found old pics of them as well. So many memories from years ago! I cried a few times. It caught me off guard but that's how it goes. I'm still very broken from losing them. It started with losing my Grandpa back in 2015 then 2 years later my Mom and 5 months after her my Grandma. It's just something I don't think I am ever going to get over or move on from. I'm thankful for the memories I have but I miss all of them terribly. It was just an overall really emotional night. As I continue to look through these boxes I hope not every time is as emotional. I'm not sure how much more my old ticker can handle, It's already messed up enough as it is... Here's to hoping the rest of the unpacking process goes smoothly!

Requiem is out now, and it's awesome!

TODAY IS THE DAY!! KoRn's new album 'Requiem' is out now! I have to say, having listened to it several times, I love it already! KoRn never disappoints! THANK YOU for another great album, gentlemen! This one is a banger for sure! 🤘😁🤘

Click HERE to listen to KoRn's new album!

Requiem drops tomorrow!

KoRn's brand new album 'Requiem' drops tomorrow and I for one am excited! I'm always hyped to hear new KoRn. These guys have been the soundtrack to my life for the last 28 years! So thankful they're still around making music. THANK YOU, KORN!! 🙂

So begins 2022...

Here's to hoping this year is better than the last!

Wow... It's December already?!

Another year has come and gone. Time goes by way too quickly...

It's been 17 years!

Wow... I have officially been playing World of Warcraft for 17 years now! What a heck of a long journey it's been! So much has happened in my life during that time. Many ups and downs over the years. I went through two relationships and have since remained single, people I once considered to be truly good friends have become strangers, and family members I loved more than life itself have passed away... One thing I have learned along the way is that not everyone who started with you will finish with you. You have to be willing to go on without them... and in going on in this world, one thing that has helped me get through all the bad times is World of Warcraft. It has been my main source of entertainment and sanity for the last 17 years and I just want to say that I am thankful that I've been able to play it for all these years. It has allowed me to escape from all the bullshit in life. So to Blizzard I just want to say THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart for keeping this wonderful game going through the years. I am a lifer and I will be with you til the end... be it when the game finally goes offline or the day that I die, I'm in it for the long haul. Here's to the future! I hope it's a good one... Cheers!

So begins relearning how to play guitar!

 

I finally got both my guitar and amp delivered and so begins relearning how to play! I got them both set up and went to start playing only to realize that I have forgotten everything I used to know how to play! I mean granted it's been a good 12 years or so since I last picked up a guitar so it's somewhat understandable. Guitar has been out of my life for well over a decade now. My fingertips are sore and I feel like i've literally picked up the guitar for the very first time. I am a complete noob all over again... lol!! Hey, it's all good though... I mean you have to practice to retain the knowledge, if you don't play at all.. it goes away! So I guess you could say I am back to being a beginner! In some ways, it's exciting because it's really like starting over fresh. I just have to put the time into it to get better and try to get back to the level of playing I used to be at. For now? I'm tinkering away and going to attempt to relearn songs that I used to play all the time. I'm choosing to look at it like a new adventure... a new chapter of my life! I'm looking forward to relearning what I used to know. So it begins! Wish me luck. :)

I just bought a new gaming chair!

Well, I finally decided to get myself a nice gaming chair! I got the Ewin Flash XL Series Chair. From what I read it supports up to 500 lbs and is made for people up to 7 feet tall. Seeing as I am 6'9" and roughly 390 lbs, I thought this was definitely the chair for me! I'm really looking forward to finally having a nice gaming chair, It's been a long time coming that's for damn sure! You can check out the chair I got by clicking the link below!

https://www.ewinracing.com/flash-series/26-ewin-flash-xl-series-ergonomic-computer-gaming-office-chair-with-pillows-flh-xl.html

I'm getting back into playing guitar!

 

Like the title of this post reads, I'm getting back into playing guitar! Yep... After almost a decade of not playing guitar I have finally decided to start playing again. I only ever quit due to lack of funding. You may ask what that has to do with playing guitar... Well, my original guitar and amp both crapped out on me years ago and I never had the funds to replace those things until quite recently. I finally saved up enough to get a decent guitar and amp and I did just that. I have spent months looking at different guitars in random price ranges and I figure for what I could afford I could get one in the low to mid range cost and that's what I did. Above, you will see the guitar I decided on. It is a PRS SE Custom 24. It's the low to mid range cost of the Custom series guitars from PRS and it's about what I was looking for concerning cost. I've never played a PRS ever in my entire life but a few guitarists that I admire play them so my thought was if it's good enough for them, it's good enough for me! Granted, my particular model isn't as nice as theirs but the way I see it, I'm not a pro guitar player anyway, I'm the sit in your room and jam alone type of guitarist so this will be fine for me.

The picture above is the Boss Katana Artist 100-Watt 1x12 amp I decided to get to go with my guitar. It fit what I was looking for. It isn't overly fancy nor is it something completely basic. It's pretty much exactly what I wanted to fit my playstyle. I'm happy with the choices I went with and for the kind of guitar player I am I feel like both fit me perfectly. This is the first time in a very long time that I was able to buy something nice for myself so it feels really damn good. I haven't played guitar in such a long time and now I will finally be able to get back into it and I'm excited! I know that i'll have to relearn everything because it's just been far too long.. but the way I see it? Better late than never! Over the years I have truly missed playing guitar because it was something I used to be so passionate about and now I can be once again! I suppose it's true what they say, good things come to those who wait. It's gonna be damn good to get back into playing. I'm definitely looking forward to it. Anyway, I just felt like sharing because I'm excited. It's not too often anymore that I get excited about anything so this is pretty cool for me. Here's to being able to rock out once again! 

Never Forget...

 

To all who perished on September 11, 2001 and to all who have made the ultimate sacrifice while preserving freedom on behalf of their fellow Americans in the wake of that tragic day, I will never forget...