After years of wanting to, meaning to, intending to, but never "doing", At 45 years old I finally joined a band! Played our first open mic monday. It's a cover band doing late 90s early 2000s alternative, grunge, and hardcore, but it's a start! Im learning songs faster than ever, and finally motivated to work on some originals.
The last month I've really hit some...
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It's not much, just two songs at the recital my guitar instruction put together, but it was at a venue I've gone to see bands at, and got to play in a full band with a friend. Always wanted to but could never find the way. Now I want to do it more!
If there's any RYANs in San Diego or surrounding area or you know any Ryans, Wednesday(Nov 12th), the Ryan Meetup San Diego chapter is having our first chapter get together at Novo Brazil Brewery in mission valley @ 7pm.
I've been to 4 of the big meetups now, and they're an absolute blast. So if you just want to dip your toes into "why is...
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It's been a crazy few weeks. In the last 25 days I have seen so many concerts.
21/09 - BARONESS - This was such an amazing show
29/09 - High on Fire - This was a little disappointing really. Opening bands were awesome, but Matt Pike was having some serious guitar/pedal/technical trouble and it took away from the show a bit.
30/09 - Poppy -...
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Went to a Ryan Meetup this weekend in San Diego and it was insane. Two nights of nothing but a theater/club full of Ryan's from around the U.S.(+1 Canadian). Had so much fun, but also partied like I thought I was in my 20s. I spent most of yesterday in bed hungover. Today I'm able to work from home but my voice is completely gone....
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Went to the Oddities Expo in San Diego today and it did not disappoint. Bought some great clothes, and roommate got some great jewelry, and we both got some henna tattoos. Lots of fun, and lots of interesting "adventures in taxidermy", as seen in the photo below.
Did anyone else go"(In San Diego or to one of the other events)
https://odditiesandcuriositiesexpo.com
guys, I need you to understand, just because the girl has a tan, please please PLEEEEEASE, do👏not👏say she looks like an "exotic beauty". We live in a global society. You can get to almost anywhere on the planet within a day. Nothing's exotic. and the "back in the day" time when women of color were refereed to as 'exotic' was just a dog whistle for...
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