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SpecterTheGreat · January 9, 2023 20:13:30

Those guitar chords in which you have to use your whole index finger to press on all the strings and do the actual chord with the rest of your fingers are evil.
I mean Gm sounds cool but it's not cool when you have to switch quickly to it.

In summary I think I need to practice more lol

Echowo · January 10, 2023 06:54:11

SpecterTheGreat wrote:
Those guitar chords in which you have to use your whole index finger to press on all the strings and do the actual chord with the rest of your fingers are evil.
I mean Gm sounds cool but it's not cool when you have to switch quickly to it.

In summary I think I need to practice more lol

Bar chords are literally evil (': you also have reminded me that I need to practice so my guitar teacher doesn't kill me XD I have a new song that involves an atrocity of a bar chord XD

SpecterTheGreat · January 10, 2023 07:29:00

YES bar chords, I didn't know that was their actual name lol.
o.o what is that terrible bar chord please do tell

Echowo · January 10, 2023 15:54:37

I can't find my papers but it had something to do with B iirc, although it's honestly not that bad, especially compared to a chord like E diminished (which I had to do around the time when I was a beginner TwT that was actually awful)

Edit: fixed a chord name

Last edited by Echo (January 10, 2023 15:55:24)

SpecterTheGreat · January 11, 2023 10:52:58

I looked up that chord and man it does look really hard @_@
Ehhh I mostly like to stick to C progressions and D lol they're easier to do
Atm I'm learning a song with Bm and F#m which tbh aren't that hard bc they're close to each other and it's easy to switch, but I lack strength in my index finger and so the chords sound muted :/

Echowo · January 11, 2023 15:26:49

RIP but also mood XD

SpecterTheGreat · January 15, 2023 19:33:42

Dude I just had an amazing weekend!! Did way too many things to tell everything but xD anyways the best thing was visiting a museum/collection sort of place. Had lots of fun with my dad just talking about what-ifs and theorizing about what the stuff on display was used for, and imagining ourselves back in time and place as if we were using the stuff. That was so much fun, I don't think I ever had that much fun at a museum before haha.

Anyways! I'm ready to kick back and relax now, just enjoying the rest of my vacations. It's nice to be back in my usual schedule strcuture at last xD

SpecterTheGreat · January 15, 2023 19:37:35

Haha actually something I forgot to mention about that experience is that we stayed behind so much talking that we were the last ones to leave! But one of the security guards led us to the best photo taking places and told us a couple stories about the place before we had to leave. So yeah, extra fun!

Echowo · January 15, 2023 21:18:35

OWO MUSEUMS

Basket Cat · January 15, 2023 21:20:04

WE LOVE MUSEUMS

Time · January 16, 2023 16:55:41

being at museums are fun. I enjoy visiting them.

SpecterTheGreat · January 17, 2023 17:47:26

Yeah! I don't often go to museums and it really depends on what's on display for me to get really interested/invested in the visit but when I do it's so much funnnnn

I dunno there's just some charm in looking at stuff haha

SpecterTheGreat · January 17, 2023 17:50:00

Changing topic I found an image of two characters and the format was kinda like "follow along female infant" vs "c'mon babygirl" and I?M SOBBING DHFJDSHJS
bUt there was also this one that's a common image of a chat exchange and it's like something something "baby gorilla" "*babygirl" "oops autocorrect" and it just randomly came back to mind and I'm laughing so hard I'm

SpecterTheGreat · January 18, 2023 07:22:37

Alhaitham might be one of the few characters for whom I straight out am a shameless simp

SpecterTheGreat · January 18, 2023 07:27:01

I mean don't get me wrong there are a lot of characters I like and some I like even more but the my simp status is reserved for a few
That said, it doesn't necessarily mean those are my favorite characters.

SpecterTheGreat · January 18, 2023 07:28:23

Anyways I'm done agonizing over my choce of pulls in the new Genshin banner. I'm pullilng for Xiao as soon as zI reach 100 wishes, which should be soon, and hopefully I'm lucky enough to get him easrly so I can have some left for Alhaitham (I'd love to get him but I like Xiao more).

SpecterTheGreat · January 18, 2023 07:30:01

Speaking of gacha I had this weird dream about F/GO that it was all normal but I was a new player, and there was a person next to me giving me a walkthrough, and at some point she was like "Here pick the character you want, you're only allowed one berserker so choose carefully" and I was like so confused? Apparently the class was overpowered so they only allowed one per account xD

SpecterTheGreat · January 18, 2023 08:02:17

K545 shouldn't be called the "sonata facile", it's not EASY
Long scales across the piano aren't easy bc my fingers get twisted with each other xD with enough practice I've been getting the sound right but anyways don't let the name fool you, it's a beautiful piece and I'm determined to finish learning it, but yeah.

Echowo · January 18, 2023 15:28:55

SpecterTheGreat wrote:
Speaking of gacha I had this weird dream about F/GO that it was all normal but I was a new player, and there was a person next to me giving me a walkthrough, and at some point she was like "Here pick the character you want, you're only allowed one berserker so choose carefully" and I was like so confused? Apparently the class was overpowered so they only allowed one per account xD

Who did you chose tho

SpecterTheGreat · January 18, 2023 17:41:33

Echo wrote:
SpecterTheGreat wrote:
Speaking of gacha I had this weird dream about F/GO that it was all normal but I was a new player, and there was a person next to me giving me a walkthrough, and at some point she was like "Here pick the character you want, you're only allowed one berserker so choose carefully" and I was like so confused? Apparently the class was overpowered so they only allowed one per account xD

Who did you chose tho

All I remember is she was a character who isn't actually in the game, a very pretty lady she was but I don't know anything else lol

SpecterTheGreat · January 18, 2023 17:42:15

SpecterTheGreat wrote:
Anyways I'm done agonizing over my choce of pulls in the new Genshin banner. I'm pullilng for Xiao as soon as zI reach 100 wishes, which should be soon, and hopefully I'm lucky enough to get him easrly so I can have some left for Alhaitham (I'd love to get him but I like Xiao more).

I can't do this now I'm going to pull for Alhaitham kajkasjkfd I can't decide

SpecterTheGreat · January 20, 2023 15:04:42

Lately it just feels like I've been having a hard time focusing on stuff, y'know? Like few things can hold my attention and I can't remember things. It's already annoying online because I can't reply to my posts without a million things flashing through my mind and then I feel overwhelmed and leave the reply blank. And irl I'm very restless, I can't keep a mental list of activities/chores anymore so I've resorted to writing down what I have to do (and promptly forgetting I have a written list) or asking my family to remind me of this and that.
I know I'm a naturally forgetfull and oblivious person, but I don't know if stress or anxiety are acting up lately, I don't know why I'm like "this" and I don't like it. I'm glad I'm on vacations because heaven knows how I'd be if this happened during studies. Anyways I hope this can calm down soon, I'm just venting.

SpecterTheGreat · January 21, 2023 07:20:27

I've had this clear image of something I want to draw with oil paints on one of my canvas but I'm afraid if I start painting it it'll turn out weird :') I have to gather the courage though, I can't keep daydreaming about art and not actually draw anything. That makes me feel so weird lol.
I just love oil paints so much, they blend nicely and it helps that they don't dry easily

SpecterTheGreat · January 21, 2023 07:25:34

I say it's nice that they don't dry easily but my cat ruined a painting of a lighthouse by stepping on it and smearing all the paint together haha
That was a disaster really. I never remade that painting but it's okay because it really showed how much of an amateur I was. I still am but not that much.

SpecterTheGreat · January 21, 2023 20:51:07

Know I'm hungry when I misread "catlike" as "cakelike"
Cakelike eyes hmmmm

SpecterTheGreat · January 21, 2023 21:39:43

I'm looking forward to getting Kiichi Hogen in the F/GO event. I really like their(?) design and stuff and I've yet to see more of their personality but so far I like the character ol

SpecterTheGreat · January 21, 2023 21:42:19

*lol

Anyways that. I'm also looking forward for to the Genshin's Lantern Rite time-locked challenges to open so I can unlock the free character. I want Xingqiu because I've heard he's really good in a bunch of teams and he's evaded my rolls so far.
I got Alhaitham two days ago and I am very happy, he's still lvl 80 (I'll farm for materials to raise him to 90 one of these days I feel like it) and he's not fully built yet, but his moveset is really good with Nahida and stuff. I've yet to work out the other half of the team though I have Barbara for Bloom reactions and uhhh Razor's kinda chilling over there too lol

Ishmael · January 21, 2023 23:45:55

Couple of my friends are very into Genshin. I played it for a bit when it first came out but it was all very overwhelming for me lol. I’ve been thinking about easing back into it and playing casually

SpecterTheGreat · January 22, 2023 07:32:25

Haha well there are a LOT of options in the game so I'd totally get why you'd feel that way. I think casual play would be the best way to enjoy playing it tbh, I myself have been a casual player up till version 3.0 where I became WAY TOO interested in the lore and it made me enjoy it more, but I'm certainly much more invested in it now than when I first started xD
That said, one of my favorite things about Genshin is that you can play at your own pace! Some people focus on exploration, world quests, character building, main story, etc. I tend to focus a lot on main story and exploration, and lately I've been focused on interior design for my teapot (basically a house option, you can make furnishings and decorate to your liking, grow flower materials, invite your characters and unlock dialogues, etc.)so I still have a whole lot of things to do in the game. It's better to take it slow and play in the way you want. The sceneries are great haha

Ishmael · January 22, 2023 22:41:13

I always get in my head about if I'm playing it the "right" way but I wandered around a little bit last night and cooked several hundred things which was actually fun suprisingly