thoughts of late
disney/pixar's Up was incredibly depressing. it was advertised as cute and funny. i feel cheated when as a grown man i am brought to tears by a children's movie.
the pizza hut p'zone was disappointing. i got one with peppers, onions and sausage (traditional or original or something like that). the veggies were uncooked and generally that is not the way i prefer them on a pizza (or in this case within a calzone of sorts)
garage saling has been unsuccessful as of late. i see tons of signs for them except when i want to go.
i feel like i've been doing a lot of reading lately, but since a lot of it is magazines and comic books i feel less like its real reading.
i finally fixed the broken fender sidekick reverb 30 12" amplifier that i have had for like 2 and a half years. a guy at the bank gave it to me when he heard i was a guitarist and interested in electronics. he was all 'if you can fix it its yours'. so i finally got it working. sort of at least. turns on, amplifies guitars. reverb doesn't seem to work, on light is dead, and the ground on the power plug was missing. also sounds generally dirty so i'll look for loose connections. main volume knob is scratchy so if i can figure out the correct values and types of potentiometers i might order a few and replace them. but i might leave it sounding a little dirty. maybe i can get a cool sound out of it. not super clean or anything.
i was attempting to use my coldheat soldering iton and found it difficult to use on circuitboards. not horrible for wire to wire connections but it wasn't working well for me when i tried to tin wire and solder/desolder on pcbs. maybe i need a tutorial on it or something. or i just need to use a regular soldering iron.
i have a few things i want to do this summer. go to nyc for a long weekend with andrea. maybe check out a broadway show and museums and generally walk around for fun. go to an amusement park because its fun and i haven't done that in liek forever. do some hiking/trail walking with andrea because its good to be active and i think it can be a few good day trips to drive to a park and hike it and picnic and such.
the pizza hut p'zone was disappointing. i got one with peppers, onions and sausage (traditional or original or something like that). the veggies were uncooked and generally that is not the way i prefer them on a pizza (or in this case within a calzone of sorts)
garage saling has been unsuccessful as of late. i see tons of signs for them except when i want to go.
i feel like i've been doing a lot of reading lately, but since a lot of it is magazines and comic books i feel less like its real reading.
i finally fixed the broken fender sidekick reverb 30 12" amplifier that i have had for like 2 and a half years. a guy at the bank gave it to me when he heard i was a guitarist and interested in electronics. he was all 'if you can fix it its yours'. so i finally got it working. sort of at least. turns on, amplifies guitars. reverb doesn't seem to work, on light is dead, and the ground on the power plug was missing. also sounds generally dirty so i'll look for loose connections. main volume knob is scratchy so if i can figure out the correct values and types of potentiometers i might order a few and replace them. but i might leave it sounding a little dirty. maybe i can get a cool sound out of it. not super clean or anything.
i was attempting to use my coldheat soldering iton and found it difficult to use on circuitboards. not horrible for wire to wire connections but it wasn't working well for me when i tried to tin wire and solder/desolder on pcbs. maybe i need a tutorial on it or something. or i just need to use a regular soldering iron.
i have a few things i want to do this summer. go to nyc for a long weekend with andrea. maybe check out a broadway show and museums and generally walk around for fun. go to an amusement park because its fun and i haven't done that in liek forever. do some hiking/trail walking with andrea because its good to be active and i think it can be a few good day trips to drive to a park and hike it and picnic and such.