Wednesday, March 08, 2006

posted by Nabonidus at 4:06 PM

8 Comments:

Blogger Mary Beth said...

Hey Lisa,

OMG, I LOVE the story you posted in my comments! My mouth was gaping at the thought. I just love how snooty service people think they can do stuff like that and get away with humiliating someone.

The story I always hear is of my in-laws and when they were engaged and looking for a place to have their wedding reception in Toronto. They went with my mother-in-law's father (father of the bride - paying for everything) to a super high class place to look around. The father was also a millionaire (this is back in the early 1970's), but always dressed like a bum - he couldn't have cared less about his money or been more humble. The manager of the reception hall came over to them and took one look at the father's working-man-type clothes and said snottily, right away "Well, I think this is a little bit out of YOUR price range." None of them could believe he said that!

Anyway, they were leaving and my father in law (groom-to-be) stopped and walked back to the manager and said, "Perhaps you don't know, but that man you just insulted is worth a million dollars - you just lost out, buddy." He said the look on the manager's face was priceless. Haha!!

I agree with your tipping the hairdresser - I always do too, though not always the shampoo girl. Last time I got my hair cut, I told her specifically just to wet my hair, no wash, since I had just washed it 2 hours before. She washed it anyway!! No tip for her!!

2:09 PM  
Blogger Anne-Marie said...

Hi Lisa,
I just wanted to say hi and thank you for putting up music instead of ghosts. :)

Loved your story on MB's blog.

Cheers,
AM

2:59 PM  
Blogger Nabonidus said...

Aw, thanks you guys! I love that story myself, It was funny because even though they are now divorced, it was my mother -in- law that told me that story and was bragging about him all these years later.
Heheh, Tom never told us this story, probably because it was so embarrassing for him! Even though he came out of it looking good. :)

And that story of yours, Mary Beth, that's one of those that you hear about except it's actually true! You know what I mean? You hear about things like that, millioniares dressing shabbily and looking like
bums, hobos or soemthing, and turning out to be wealthy. :)
And Anne Marie, thanks for the video appreciation - I hadn't been up to musical clips for awhile there. But I'm trying again. xoxoLisa

3:41 PM  
Blogger Anne-Marie said...

Hi Lisa,
Thanks for all the kind comments on my blog. Keep on doing the musical thing.

Cheers,
AM

7:58 PM  
Blogger Rose said...

Nabonidus,

Yay, I've managed to make it over here. I'm so busy lately, I'm trying to cover everyone's blogs in shifts. Yeesh, my bookmark blog folder just about has to wrap around and start a new column!

Hey, you had it in places there. It's really coming together. The middle section sounded like you weren't quite with your chords, but you settled right back into it again afterwards. Look at all that practice paying off!

I'd like to request (do you take requests?) something a little more percussive... with some groove to it. Kind of like Casbah Club's "Any Way She Moves". That'd be a cool exercise for you to try. I'd like to hear you do something with a strong feel to it.

I promise I'll get up and dance! :)

Hope you are doing well... I just can't keep up these days...

How's the ghost doing? What do you leave out for ghosts to make them happy. The Irish put small bits of bread and honey on the window sill (for faeries I think), the Japanese have things they leave at shrines... perhaps you can leave something out for your ghost. I mean, if you are going to have one, you might as well make friends with it!

Yeah, I'm still feeling a little goofy.

Jack

9:54 PM  
Blogger Nabonidus said...

Hi Jack!Good to see you! I know,what you mean about visiting, I need to get over there and see you, too - I've been worse than anyone as far as keeping up, I swear. :)
Thaks so much for the postive words, you felt/saw the music the way I did this time! Like the part where I was going along,things were great,lost it for a second there, pulled it back together again. lol Yep.
The practicing really HAS
been paying off, that's a lot of what I've been doing these days.I've taken your comments to heart and used them, and I'm glad it's finally becoming visible!
Jack,you made my day! We know you aren't a fake or excessive flatterer,you don't BS people when it comes to music ( even Rachel ;)lol so coming from you this is major to me. :D xoxo

10:31 PM  
Blogger ginab said...

Oh and here I agree with Jack, but Jack has music in her bones. In other words, she knows best how to articulate constructive help related to music than I do.

I don't know if you have ever heard Never the Bride. I did, on WIDR FM, quite a few summers ago. Seemed like it was the first summer I spent in the little house that I rent. They performed "Goin' to California", live at a festival, and knocked Plant out of the park (no kidding). The strongest female voice by all means, beautiful piano in that song. I don't mean to beat two sticks together, but they're good and if I were a singer I would press my ear to their hearts and lungs. Enjoy: Never the Bride.

The ghost did creep me out and I'd rather not feel that horrible sensation in my stomach again, just for selecting a link. A little warning next time (howz that for full-on honesty). "It creeped me out" has so much meaning!

8:26 AM  
Blogger Ticharu said...

Yes, that was very confident and practiced. A jazzy sort of piece. I like that fluidity of the melody and the accents in the rhythm.
Does your hair get tangled in the strings? I don't think it conducts electricity very well!

2:26 PM  

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