So, over this past weekend I finalized the trade-in of my first motorcycle. Thinking about it now, it seems an odd thing to feel excited about. While I do miss my motorcycle, what I actually miss, more than anything, is having a motorcycle, on hand, if I want to go riding. Now, this will all be a moot point once April rolls around and I get the new bike, but that means that I will need to do something to keep myself occupied, and not sink into some form of doldrums about it.
Really, this post has less to do with motorcycles, and more to do with my winter plans for keeping myself sane. Honestly, even if I had a motorcycle, I wouldn't be able to ride it in winter, so really, I'm not missing much.
There was a game released not too long ago called Rocksmith. Unlike Rock Band or Guitar Hero, which utilize a guitar-shaped controller, Rocksmith uses an actual guitar (something which I already own, so I don't need to buy a god-awful expensive peripheral. Certainly a funny way to think of an electric guitar) that you plug in using a special adapter cable with a USB connector on one end, and a 6.35mm plug on the other. The game itself has several modes, including a "story mode" in which, like RB or GH, you have a series of songs to play in various challenges. The other modes are teaching modes, to get you used to specific aspects of guitar playing.
Why am I bringing this up? One of my plans for the winter is to actually get back to playing guitar. I picked it up for a bit, got a decent way into it, but promptly dropped it when my schedule became a little too hectic. My guitar, an Epiphone Les Paul Special II, is still in my room, staring at me on a daily basis. I feel bad about spending so much time on it, only to drop it because other things got in the way. Well, along comes Rocksmith, which the Editor-in-Chief of Guitar World magazine, Dave Navarro of Jane's Addiction, and several others have endorsed it, as well as receiving an average rating of 9/10 in the gaming press, and I figure it's high time I picked the damn thing back up and gave it another go.
Other changes that I'm planning for winter include an actual attempt to square away my eating habits. They've fluctuated for a long time and I need to get it back under control. So, along with watching my budget, I'm going to try my hardest to watch my food purchases and make sure that I'm taking care of myself. I don't expect it to be easy, but I've learned that I can, in fact, make the hard choices and follow through with them. All it takes is the willpower to say "no" to those things I don't need. Time will tell if I manage to do so.
Speaking of guitars, time for a top five list.
Top 5 Guitars I would love to own:
5. 1961 Gibson "Les Paul" labeled SG
4. My own Gibson Les Paul Custom
3. 1954 Fender Telecaster w/ a rosewood fret board and sunburst body
2. 1964 Gibson SG with EMG 85 humbuckers
1. 1955 Gretsch Duo Jet with EMG 85 humbuckers and Bigsby Vibrato.
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