Crushing Krisis

Comic Books, Drag Race, & Life in New Zealand

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I have a life now. How scary is that… i have internet friends complaining that i’m not online enough! Me! The boy who was on IM for a week straight last spring. The fact is, i’ve just made more of a home for myself at Drexel, which means i have less of a home on my computer and in my apartment. By ditching my involvement in theatre (yeah, it’s ditched, more on that later) i’ve been able to increase involvement in things like PiNuEpsilon and the newspaper, things i actually wanted to do last year. And guitar ensemble, which is just about my only practice playing with other people these days. Plus, i actually go out with friends on Friday’s and Saturdays now, and i work twice a week. So… maybe this just sounds like me bitching, but in reality it’s just me telling you that i’m happy now that i’m busy, and i’m sorry that the thing that has to suffer is this. Sorry.

https://crushingkrisis.com/2000/11/1330411/

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I am very displeased that Torrez took down his blog without much warning at all (after a week or three of writer’s block) and has not yet replaced it. He’s reassured me that he won’t be disappearing from the face of the internet, but i still miss being able to browse back through his excellent commentary. I don’t know what’s worse, the lack of new posts or the lack of all posts!

https://crushingkrisis.com/2000/11/1330292/

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I can’t play guitar for shit. Well, actually, it’s becoming increasingly evident that i think much more like a rhythm guitarist than like a soloist or lead guitarist. For one thing, a solo infers having some sort of rhythm to solo to, of which i have none other than my own. Essentially, i’m all about being able to strip a song down to a solo version, and so i have no use for solo-ing tricks Furthermore, i don’t really know how to construct a good solo; i know how to do it with music theory and with scales, but i can’t write anything worthwhile past a four bar fill. While this revelation at first upset me a bit, i then realized that hardly any of my favourite albums are solo-laden, just riff laden. And, riffs are cool. Yeah… so, don’t expect any big guitar solos on my next disc. Just thought i’d warn you.

https://crushingkrisis.com/2000/11/1330181/

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Don’t ask me how it happened, because i don’t know. One minute i was sorta leaning on my sink, and the next we were both in a heap on the floor. I managed to mount the sink on the wall again, but the pipe below it refuses to quite line up. And i forget which apartment the handi-man lives in. Crap. Well, i only need that sink for hand-washing and tooth-brushing, both of which could easily be moved to the kitchen. What a life…

https://crushingkrisis.com/2000/11/1330054/