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last_rebel wrote:if he's trying to kill himself, then he's not serious. If he were serious he would be dead by now...
Nobody is worth that kind of drama, if he wants to die I'd tell him to head out. What he wants is for everybody to have a big emotional breakdown, so I just wouldn;t ablige him.... and i'm not just talking cuz i've had to deal with people like this before.
Jerome,
I think children do have different personalities, but because the majority of behavior is learned, most people just pick up on what everybody else at school is doing. Deep down I think they have different tastes, they're just too ashamed to admit it because they've learned what is and isn't "cool". I don't like to think of myself as a herd animal, but even I'll admit I'm no grown up yet.... even if for circumstances beyond my control i had to grow up a little faster than most kids these days.
Being 'unique' these days also seems to be a form of following the crowd. You either do everything everybody else is doing to look cool, or you automatically NEVER do what anybody else is doing because you think it makes you cool....people should just do what they want, and if somebody else does it thats cool, but if they dont thats ok too. SOme things everybody does because its a fad, but some things are done by everybody because it just makes sense....like chocolate ice cream.
I have no doubt that you will grow up to be a wholly unique adult. Children are herd animals for a lot of reasons. Biologically speaking, it's safer for kids to hang together than not. Emotionally speaking, children push boundaries (and should push boundaries) as they grow to independence. This is the source of %99 of the "My parent's don't understand me!" laments, and why they cling to their friends who "get them" so desperately.
They're looking for validation that their emotional outbursts against the boundaries their parents set are legitimate. As a parent, the worst thing you can do is confirm that. I have taught my oldest since she was 12 that all the emotial drama she can come up with is pretty normal for teenager, and that teenagers are pretty well understood animals. That made her mad, but over time, she came to see it's true. She's 18 now, and has grown into a mostly responsible young lady.
Yep. That's normal.
Keep playing, and practice every day.
Altex wrote:And now to really confuse you here are some names for different notes of a certain notes major scale.
Root(1st)=tonic
2nd=supertonic
3rd=mediant
4th=sub dominant
5th=Dominant
6th=Sub mediant
7th=leading note
8th=(octave) tonic.
Ah, piano theory lessons. haha.
That's not just piano. That's straight up music theory. It's the same no matter what instrument you're playing.
No child is unique. The become unique, but that only comes with adulthood. Kids are herd animals, primarily. Getting them to the point where they can leave the herd, and be unique is the challenge. Far too many don't.
The dress the same, the talk the same, they do the same things, they are all certain that they are unique and special snowflakes.
There is a reason why we can study childhood development. It's because the similarities in children are huge, and well documented.
Moooo.
There was some dang good drugs, too!
Yes. The cappo will change your effective key. Put the cappo on the 2nd fret, and you're now in D using the exact same chord shapes.
Find a key that suits your voice, and have at 'er.
It was. We went from hippy groovers smoking weed and expanding their minds on LSD in the 60s, to cocaine fueled disco in the 70s.
What happened between the 60's and the 70s?
One word. Cocaine.
Rating by chords is an inefective measure. Minor 11 chords may look scary on paper, but are easy all the way down the neck. You can play Emin11 with one finger. Same with Cmaj7. Two fingers. Lots of those jazz chords are easier to play than a straight G at the nut.
I'd like to see a rating system that takes into consideration the level of the rater (I'm a newb, and I think this song is hard. I'm an experienced player, and I think this song is easy, etc...) rather than trying to make an objective rating on something that simply has no objective measure.
Mars Volta is a great studio band, but they aren't that good live.
And Grog was wholly original! Why no love for Grog?
"Grog the Caveman" is a great name for a band.
Most VA hospitals are good hospitals staffed by competent medical professionals . Don't let the horror stories scare you away. Walter Reed was an anomaly, and you can bet every VA administrator in the country is taking a close look at their own facilities.
What is the big hurry in that you can't just learn to play the guitar? Then you can play any song you like.
Did you bet some friend that playing the guitar is easy?
True facts.
Music theory will help you learn any instrument faster than just noodling without it.
What about Grog the Caveman! GROG BANG ROCK! GROG MAKE MUSIC!
There hasn't been an "original" band since Grog the Caveman first banged two rocks together. Everyone is influenced by someone, but getting a fresh sound is sometimes hard.
Ween. Butthole Surfers. Jane's Addiction.
arkady wrote:It's strange when you have Grandchildren you view children growing up with perhaps a more sympathetic eye.
I have three children, the oldest of which is in college, the youngest of which is in kindergarten. The worst thing you can do for a child convinced they are unique and misunderstood is to buy into it and give it a sympathetic eye.
There is no mystery surrounding children. There is a reason we treat them like children. Ensuring that they grow out of their myopic narcissism is job one for any parent.
The VA may not be able to do acupuncture, but they should be able to treat CTS. Go see the doc.
SouthPaw41L wrote:Something happened that changed my life right then and there. I did some volunteer work with multi-handicapped children. To see the struggles these 'heros' went through day to day, hour by hour, made my issues seem so small. The exposure to these wonderful little human beings and their tenacity and positive outlook on life changed my life immediately. I'm not saying one should minimize one's own issues that cause pain but just think for a moment how bad things actually are and how much worse things could be.
Having an autistic son has given me insight into how small my problems really are.
Here's the facts of life for you youngsters out there.
The following are axiomatic.
1. Young and stupid are synonymous.
2. 13 is to young to have a boy/girl friend.
3. Boys are stupid and easy to replace.
4. Life begins at 30.
Life is long, and sometimes hard, but it's mostly pretty cool. It isn't until you reach adulthood that you realize how true that is.
SouthPaw41L wrote:That's funny stuff Jerome!! The mullet and the dew rag, that guy's a true fashion icon!! Hey, did you hear the one about the stoner and the.......my watch is cool......
The best part of that pic is his creative spelling of the word "moron."
Irony! Woot!
Zurf wrote:jerome.oneil wrote:Kids that laugh at you for not doing drugs are eminently mockable. You should practice pointing an laughing and make fun of them for being ridiculously stupid.
The best part about mocking stoners is that they can't remember who did it.
Hahaha!!! Wait.... wut?
While I don't think anyone should be mocked,
I believe that everyone, at some point in their life, needs a good mocking.
Take this guy for instance. Tell me he doesn't need laughed at. He's a Cardinals fan, for crying out loud! Hahah!!!
Kids that laugh at you for not doing drugs are eminently mockable. You should practice pointing an laughing and make fun of them for being ridiculously stupid.
I've always found drop D tuning with lots of gain and volume to be somewhat self indulgent.
Does that count?
Who are you? What do you play? What is your experience level? What kind of music are you interested in? Where abouts in the city are you? etc.. etc.. etc...
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