Is the entire internet playing a practical joke on me? Because I'm looking up mandolin chords online, and not only do they seem impossible to play physically, once I somehow contort my fingers to hold the strings in the right places, what I get does not sound right.

FNEARGH.

edit: Except for Gm. That chord is AWESOME.

I played my first song on the mandolin today. It was Jimmie Rogers' "Brakeman's Blues ( Read more... )

The party was awesome. It didn't rain until we were driving away from the park (what timing!), everyone had a lovely time, and the best thing ever happened, which I will gladly describe to you now ( Read more... )

Today I bought underpants with mandolins on them.

That is all.

I walked more today than I usually do in a week. Maybe two ( Read more... )