WCG/Back to the 70s

Yesterday was a pretty interesting day. it started out with meeting baby at city hall for WCG.

someone got my hopes up in that there would be a halo 3 open category but there wasn't. but it was still awesome anyway. we met darren there and kenneth came later. finally got to see rainbow road in RL. me and marion thought he'd look like my brother, what with being the same age and everything but no, he doesn't look half as gay. hahaha.

i think we all had quite abit of fun, haha. its not so much the event but who you spend it with, really.

so WCG was interesting, spent most of the time sampling games, watching games, and laughing at fail cosplayers. was fun. haha

after that i went home and left for event no.2, Dominic's Birthday Party, themed as 'Disco Divas', everyone there was dressed as some cliche from the 70s.

Pictures probably on my mom's blog haha. so everyone had fun, but my cousins and i had to leave early: they had church tomorrow and we carpooled. but my mom stayed behind.

bumpity bump

this is a shameless bump. much like one in a forum, when you want to keep your thread at the top of the page. this is where i put a post to let you guys know that i still want to continue the blog and need my readers to stay. so i basically just bullshit my way through.

so stuff went through the head. namely, the word 'must'. what is it? its not exactly a verb is it? i mean. a verb would be like: "I ran quickly to the other side"

but then you don't put two verbs together. you don't say: "I ran jumped quickly to the other side"

see it doesn't work. so i'm sure you all know 'be' is a verb. so, consider the following:

"I MUST be hungry"

in bold is the word in question. in italics, the verb. so there. you CAN'T put two verbs next to each other. doesn't work. so i have proven that MUST isn't a verb.


'MUST' IS NOT AN ADVERB

An adverb is a word that describes a verb. For example: "He ran quickly past the armed guards"

"Must" does not describe a verb. while it provides condition, you cannot do something 'mustily'.


'MUST' IS NOT A NOUN

though it may seem like, with colloquial sentences such as: "This is a MUST"

must is not a noun. a noun describes a being. tangible or intangible. you cannot grasp a MUST. even so, the context of must used in the above scenario does not match our own.


one of my msn windows just told me that it may be a subjunctive.

subjunctive is a new word for me.

a google, a wikipedia, a wikitionary and an altavista later, i gathered that a subjunctive is a type of verb. therefore, it does not work. [i feel like saying Q.E.D, but it would not mean anythiing here]

look it up yourself. my fingers ache.

and then there's how 'must' isn't an adjective. and i'm too tired to carry on. i just finished artemis fowl and the lost colony. i just got it earlier in the night. [20:00? 23:00?]and its 4:47 am here.

phooey. lol my bump is something else now. [he muses at the thought]

Where do we go now?

Here, check this out: patient, it takes a while to load.,



There you have it. Classic awesomeness personified.

SWEET CHILD OF MINE
Guns N' Roses

WHAT IS IT:

Sweet Child is a song. It is a great song. To be precise, "Sweet Child o' Mine" is a song by the rock band Guns N' Roses. It was released on their debut album, "Appetite for Destruction" on 21st Jul, 1987. "Sweet Child o' Mine" was Guns N' Roses' first number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100, spending two weeks at the top spot in September 1988.

WHY ITS GREAT:

Well, first off, its great because it was an accident. The band's guitarist, slash, was just messing around, doing 'string skipping exercises'. when the rythm guitarist, Izzy, improvised some chords, and their Vox, Axl, sang out a poem he had written. I quote from one of their interviews (speaking is Duff McKagan, their Bassist):

The thing about 'Sweet Child,' it was written in five minutes. It was one of those songs, only three chords. You know that guitar lick Slash does at the beginning? It was kinda like a joke because we thought, 'What is this song? It's gonna be nothin', it'll be filler on the record.' And except that vocal-wise, it's very sweet and sincere, Slash was fuckin' around when he first wrote that lick.

So there you have it. they accidentally made a hit. the intro lick is THE most memorable lick of anyone who lived in the era. as soon as you hear that lick, you feel this warm fuzziness inside and you think: "alright! Sweet child, i know this song! This band rocks!" the guitars are awesome, and the vocal skills are amazing. the lyrics to the song are great. I'm not sure what it means, but Wikipedia tells me its about his girlfriend, and eventual wife. there are so much more, but for those non-oldie fanatics, im sure you're bored, so i leave this section with a final note. this song got #37 for the top 100 Greatest Guitar Solos.


WHY IT SUCKS:

i hate this section when i review stuff i like. pah. anyway, i guess the vocal skills are hard for some to appreciate. to most, it may sound whiney. but that was the style of the era, and this is one of the best. also, the song doesn't make much sense in the end. the "where do we go now" part seems out of place, and is only good because time has made it so. also, the most commonly heard version of the song is shortened. As Axl Rose said in an interview:

I hate the edit of 'Sweet Child o' Mine.' Radio stations said, "Well, your vocals aren't cut." "My favorite part of the song is Slash's slow solo; it's the heaviest part for me. There's no reason for it to be missing except to create more space for commercials, so the radio-station owners can get more advertising dollars. When you get the chopped version of 'Paradise City' or half of 'Sweet Child' and 'Patience' cut, you're getting screwed

so yeah. most people dont know the full song, and that really sucks. cuz, you're getting screwed. on a light hearted note. i hate the solo. ITS FREAKING DIFFICULT TO SELF TEACH. but pah. all good solos are like that.


MY RATING:

I'd give it 4.5 stars out of five, but i don't have that .gif, so there you have it. 4 out of 5.


SHOULD I, AND WHERE CAN I GET IT:

I merged these two sections because i have the same answer for them. I have no idea. you definitely SHOULD get it, but i don't know where you can. its really rare. i ripped mine from my dad's CD collection, back in the states. i don't know where you can get it here in singapore. try e-bay? lol.