Sweet child 'o mine

For music, we were asked (our "band") to join the "lunchconcert" which means we have a "gig". After we performed our song (hey joe by JH) for music, the guy said he thought we were really good, so he invited us to perform our song again. But we've chosen to do an other song, sweet child 'o mine by GNR. We're with many people now. Weve got Max playing drums, Paul playing rythm guitar, Bram (also known a Brem) playing bass, then we have Olivier playing keyboard, and me playing lead guitar. The end is really hard to play, but the other things are quite easy to learn. But I still have to find out who plays what. At least, for Paul and Bram and Olivier. That's really fun. Anyways, I've got to go now, thanks for reading.

Rock and Roll ain't noise pollution

First of al: WOOHOO, got myself 700 hits on this blog!!

Second of all: I got an argue with my fater and brother today. They think rock 'n roll is stupid. They rather hear people "rapping" to music which is made by a computer, then real music made with guitar and drums, and where people sing in stead of talking. I lost. Of course, there were 2 of them, and only one of me :). Even though, it was worth 'fighting' for. Also, I was challenged when playing a game, to make my own version of lemmings. I don't know if I should accept it. Hmm.. I'll need to think about it. It would be cool if I could do it, but I have no idea how i should do it..

Jimi Hendrix

Today I got to barrow the Jimi Hendrix at the Isle of Wright festival: Blue Wild Angel DVD from someone. I'm very pleased with it. Really, since it's one of the few live recordings from JH that I don't have. But unfortunatly, I can't listen to it, and I can't watch it. When I put de DVD in my computer, he installed some software. But it apprears I can't use the software because the driver for my graphic card doesn't support it. So I downloaded the latest I could find, but still I can't watch it... Don't know what to do anymore, because I can't find a solutionon the internet. Then I'll try to watch it downstairs tonight.

Also, IT'S WEEKEND!!! I can tell you one thing, we've had a boring week. Got some results from a test: a 6,5 (for the not-Dutch readers: on a 1>10 scale). Also for physics we had a practicum (?) and that turned out to be a 7.9 (BEAT THAT MAX). I did it with a person who isn't quite serious, so I expected to get a lower result than Max, but it turns out to be higher :P.

Hmm.? Bad?

For our class English we had to write a letter. M (I will reveal his name: Max xD) thinks my Enlish sucks (do you think so to..?). But my teacher has other minds about that. He says we, Max Paul and I are the 3 in our class who can speak Enlish better than average. Hmm, I doubt it. As far as it concerns my self I also think it pretty sucks, my pronuncation is a little better, and when writing it, It's again better. I explained my teacher wy my English it bad. It has to do with the fact that I learnt English from TV and the computer. So I learnt all those times (present perfect, present simple and so on) by myself, without knowing it. So now, it's easy for my to use them. I also don't think about it. But nou, on secondary school, we have to learn them for our class, and that is where it goes wrong. When I think when doing it, I get confiused. So says my teacher. When you have to think for an action you used to do without thinking (like breathing) and at once, you have to start thinking how to do it, it's harder. Maybe the breathe-example maybe sucks, but it's just an example.

Well, I've got some good news. I still haven't got my footswitch, but I'm getting a CD from Jimi Hendrix soon. It's one of the few CD's from Jimi I'm still missing..

Happy birthday...

Hmm. Celebrated my birthday yesterday. It was a really nice day, with lots of family, lots of food and lots of money. I did a brunch, so we had a late breakfast, and since we had dinner very early, I practically was eating all day. I didn't care though, since I'm always hungry.

Today, we went out for the beach. The weather suddenly changed from nice, to foggy and cold and wet. My mother slipped out on a fish that she didn't see. It was flushed on land, and still alive. xD, had some good fun with a almost crying sister She felt bad for the fish (omg), and the fact that it would die... Then my father grabbed a stick AND... You should imagine the rest yourself... Oh, almost forgot to say I had to do some "punishment work" (I don't know the correct English word for it). Got my mom not-amused there ;)

Highway Chile

Today I've been to the autoRAI. It's a carshow, the biggest in Holland. Lots of cars, bikes, and concept cars. We began our "journey" at the family cars. That part of course was so boring, I almost fell asleep in one of the cars (actually I had a little sleep to catch up, from the night before, I didn't sleep much then). 

Then, the cabriolet's came. A nicer part, but still boring, due to cars we've had seen before in the family part. Even though there was a rolls-royce phantom coupé, and a Lamborghini roadster...

Finally, after the bikes, the 4x4's and carshow we were heading to the sports cars and super cars. The nicest part. A lamborghini Murcielago, Gallardo, Piaggo Zonda (or something), a spijker, and some cars I had never heard before. But, a nice day.

Rocker

Today, I've read my blog myself. I found out it sucks. Stupid stories, bad English and I can go on...         Even though, I'll write again.

Today mu oncle came by for my birthday, with wy cousins from Curacao. But it has been such a long time that we haven't seen each other, the youngest of them don't know who I am anymore. Even though, we had a lot of fun. One of them has turned into a rocker-skater-girl-loving-boy, so we listened to some music today, and he showed me some tricks on his (really nice) board. He has got this very cool bracelet with metal studs on it, and very cool shoes from vans. Also he wore a shirt from rage against the machine, which is not my favorite band, but I like it. I got him convinced NOT to buy one of greenday. Because, as we all know, the band sucks. Just like me, he plays guitar (accoustic), so we played some songs together. Then he showed me this photograph from his girl (he likes to say that). I doubt if it's really his "girl", since I know he isn't really after girls (he isn't gay, but skating and music is more important to him) and the girls are not really after him. 

Well, my mom called me, so I've got to go.

Manic depression

So. Long time no writing. It's because I had a busy week. 

I went to a music store Sunday. Since my birthday is comming, I've been asking my parent for a footswitch. And it drove them nuts. So, sunday, we were going to buy one. Of course, traffic jam. Stuck. Behind an aston martin DB 9. I've never liked a traffic jam as much as then. The music store we were going to, was kind of big. For each instrument you can think of, they had it, or something that has to do woth it. First, we went by the guitars. Now I'm convinced I'm going to buy a Gibson SG when I've got enough money. Of course, all the footswitches were sold out. So now I'll have to buy one in my hometown, which is going to take a couple of weeks. But for toy, I may get my Guns N roses bandshirt. I hope so. 

This is a very nice week. All days (except from Thursday) we're out from 12.10 of (only friday) free!

Nemesis

Not really my nemesis. No... But I don't like it. I've bought another shirt, guns N roses. From their album Chinese Democracy. Which by the wy is SO different then what we know from GNR so far... Anyways. I told him I bought the shirt. He also wants to buy a bandshirt. I told him which one I'd bought. Now, he wants to buy the same shirt (at least, that's what I understand when I hear him and my friends talking about it). I told him I was not amused. I don't want another guy to have the same shirt as me, I told him. But now he says he saw the shirt first..! OMG?! The only clothes in the world I like a bandshirts, so maybe you could understand I'm quite mad about it. If he is going to buy it, I'll really get angry He will notice it. 

Got my mom convinced I'm a real tallent on guitar, so now she's going to buy me a footswitch/POD. Woohoo. More songs can be played now... Downside.. I still need to wait for a week, since it had to be ordered from the USA... Ahhh

Wait until Tomorrow

Right. Question. In Holland, in our language that no one understands, we have this wierd thing. My neighbour has a photograph, and it's title is: A last ride. "Een laatste rit". That "A"-part is in Dutch "een". Which, in this context, means there are more of them. How can you have several last rides? So, today I told him the title is wrong. He changed it to THE last ride. I'm happy with that..

Also, got my first bandshirt today. It's fits almost perfectly. It's only a little wide. But I maybe wear it tomorrow. Quite happy with it. 

Well, that is it. 

Foxy Lady

I'll write about her. It's what I said to M. Well I've done. Short entry today xD.

Back in black

First, I always wore whatever was on top of my clothes-stack. Now, I take great care choosing my clothes. For instance, tha AC/DC shirt. I think it's going to turn my mother nuts. I've been listening to AC/DC for 2 whole days. Whole days. Almost 24 hours a day. I only stopped the music te sleep. And eat. And as I'm writing, I'm listening to... Maybe you guess, AC/DC. Well, since I play it very loud, she should be happy I'm not listening to Arch enemy or cradle of filth. Right now, my iPod has no available memory anymore, so I guess I can't put the damn music on my MP3-player. Hmm, some great thinking takes place here. As you could have read yesterday, I also want to buy a new guitar. But I want a new MP3-player just as bad, because my iPod can't have more songs on it then it has right now... Hmm.

By the way, you should listen to AC/DC's Big Balls. It's a funny song. 

I think this is my earliest entry from this whole blog.

By the way, you should listen to AC/DC's whole lotta Rosie. It's a nice song.

Well, today I have to play Jimi Hendrix' Hey Joe for music. With my "band". Hmm. Curious to see what happens. I think it will be madness. Well, have to go to school now.

Finally

Well, I've got myself a bandshirt. Finally. It's from AC/DC. This shirt was second on my list, I couldn't find the first on my list. When I was looking in the shop (where I did not bought it, I bought it via internet, WORLD OF THE LAZY xD)my mother saw a shirt with a big-size skull and a poem with whore and fuck, she said; Isn't this a nice one? I also nearly bought a nirvana shirt, which I also want, but it was to big. So. Went to the McDo for a quick hamburger. 

For my guitar lessons, I now have to play a song of Santana, Samba pa ti. It's harder then it sounds, but about half past the song, I got to improvise. In E pentatonic. It's really nice, and as my mom and guitar teacher says, it sounds quite well. I'm getting a footswitch for my birthday. or even a pod with double footswitch. Also, I'm thinking about buying a new guitar. I don't know which one yet. I'm thinking about a Gibson SG. I think I'll first have to convince my parents... Bye

Oh, by the way, a friend thinks it's very gay if I say: "Thanks for reading, Bye!", So to do him a favour, I'll now say: nothing.

Wild thing..

There is this thing... It's actually not really a thing, but I'm not going to tell what it is. There a secrets all over the world, so why not here in my own room? It's a thing I've been wanting to write about for a long time. When I think of it, I instantly become comfertable. Everywhere I am. It's not my guitar xD. It's a wild thing. Just like what Jimi Hendrix once sang. Once, when he still was alive.It does exactly what is wants. This thing... it's very beautiful. And eventhough it's wild, it can be very nice. I first saw it when I got on secondary school. I instantly loved it. It could be even better then my guitar, piano and music collection. It's a wild thing, just like I said... Enough.

I think I'll change the name of my blog, because the name I've now, is a bit hard to memorise. You can still reach me at meblog.tk. I learnt how to play sweet child 'o mine in a day. It's not that hard.

Well, I'm going to study for now. I'll tell you if the name of my blog changes, and if so, I'll tell you it's new name. Bye.

Sleep now in the fire

YES! A wish I had for a long time has finally come true. I've found a good guitar pro 5 download for sleep now in the fire by rage against the machine. It's not that is think it's the bast band in the whole f*cking universe, as they say of themselves, but they have a couple of nice songs. Including sleep now in the fire. I found it when I heard this boy drumming on youtube, and he also had a vid of he and some other guys playing this song. And then I went searching. And I found! It's not as hard as I expected. It's really good to play though. Also, I now know the pentatonic range on the guitar, so I can improvise.

Today in testweek we had economics and English. English was okay, but I don't know what I should think of economics...

Thanks for reading, bye!

VATSIM

On internet are, for flight simmers, some networks in which you can fly with "pilots" from all over the world. I'm flying at VATSIM. It's a virtual world, with air traffic controllers, and pilots. I am playing the pilot. I'm also joining a virtual airline. It's called transavia VA. A virtual airline is actually just a normal airline. It has pilots, a dispatch and, it carries people. A virtual airline does the same thing, but virual. Today I got my promotion, which I've been expecting for a long time. Now, I'm senior first officer. Nothing changes. But people with who I perform a flight, and are lower in rank then I am, have to say "sir" to me. And if I have to do a flight, and there are no captains availeble, I am the captain of the flight! How is that? I get to say things like: Let's get boarding and before take off checklist and so on. Of course, it doesn't happen a lot that I'm playing the captain since we are a large VA. In a couple of months I expect to be promoted to junoir captain. This means I get te be captain at short flights, and when I perform flight longer then 2500 nautical miles (4630 km), I get to be the third pilot. Not that I'm flying myself, but I have to look what the captains do. Remember. This is a virtual airline, and it's so close to reality! 

Also, I messed up physics in our testweek. I thought I had done it very well, but as it seams right now, I've made a couple of mistakes. Maybe it are only two, but I'm not happy with that. I could have done it all right. Ahh, I will see what is becomes. Bye! 

p.s.: tomorrow geographic and French, xD, I suck at french...

737-700 simulator

Hell, I've liked today. I went out to fly in boeing 737 simulator. It was one of the most impressing things I've done in my (short) life so far. I had to keep altitude at 5000 ft. That's about 1530 meters. That's a normal height for an approach. I had to do a turn of 360 degrees, which was really fun since I then also got to do the throttles. And of course... I landed. Not really what aviators would call a nice landing. Even though, my "instructor" was impressed. Maybe, in the future, this blog will be a blog of an aviator, xD. 

I also have 2 positions in my guitar to play a solo, or improvise. I use backingtracks for the rythm and then I play until my fingers hurt. This is it for today, Bye 

P.S: since I have a week with only tests next week (in Holland it's called a "proefwerkweek"), I won't write much, because I of course must learn.

Your anus

Did you know there is a planet which is called: your anus? That's what M asked me this day. I said: no. I know a lot of planets, but not that one. He said: uranus. Muhaha, not funny. I'm still looking for a bandshirt, all though I think I am going to buy a shirt of Lamb of God. Also, for our music project maybe I'm going to sing. I sing bad. As the French would say: merde. So, luckly for us, another classmate is maybe going to sing for us,

Well, that's is for today. Not a lot happened so not really much to write about. I will write more in the future. Shit, mum is calling me now to get my ass down xD. Bye!

iTunes

This publish has nothing to do with iTunes, but I didn't knew a title xD. 

Well, I've been looking for a bandshirt, study for school and play guitar. Results: not a nice bandshirt, a 10 (or A) for physics and of course other marks, but I'm not going to write them down all, and a couple of new songs for my guitar. Not many time for my blog. Also, nothing has happened. So. Short blog this time... Thanks for reading it though, bye!

Politics

This is for all the Dutch (including M) who like the PVV, a Dutch political faction, a rightist one. You may know the leader. The ass with the (fake) wite hair, and the movie. About the muslims and shit. One that blows something smalls up to something bigs. For instance: an eliphant died in a zoo. Cry cry cry, bla bla bla, and it was done. I thought. Not. No, I forgot the PVV. You know what they did. They cared about an eliphant. There was a debate about an eliphant in our gouvnerment. An eliphant. And you know what? They have 26 "zetels" (places for members of the tweede kamer, which represent the people from holland) if elections would be now. 26. That means, that if it would happen, the biggest group in our gouvnerment, cares more about eliphants, then a war, for instance. Am I stupid, or is Holland stupid?!

Well, my aunt is a journalist. She got an e-mail from our friend, the PVV. In it: (translated)

"Dear mem,

We have noticed that your union (that of journalists) is doing a research about you being threatned during your work hours. Bla bla bla bla bla..."

Bottom line is, they find it ridicilous that they always be nice to foreigners, but they get beaten by them and menaced. My aunt thinks it's a part of her job, since they do their thing when people don't want it. So they may get angry. But the PVV says we don't have to agree hat they write nice and shine about foreigners, while they are being rude against "us", Dutch people. You know what her reply is? "I've never been threatned by a foreigner. It are people from Holland that do it, not the Turkish, not the Maroccans, but the Dutch". But the PVV is stupid enough to think everything happens is caused by foreigners. Stupid PVV.

Thanks for reading, bye.