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byShadow Wrought ( 586631 ) * writes:
I hope you continue coming out of the depression. I've been there and it's hard. It's really good though that you've identified what the problem is and you're working through it.
byKshGoddess ( 454304 ) writes:
we've been broke and we've been homeless (short sale, not a forclosure, if that matters) and jobless. I've had a crap job since january, and a decent job since july. I know the cause, and I know some of how to fix myself. I've just not had the luxury of not being so worried about having a roof over my head and food in my belly to actually engage my coping mechanisms. Now I have some stability, and things are getting better.
as a side effect, my brain's less foggy, which is a good thing, and fascinating.
bytomhudson ( 43916 ) writes:
I think the biggest fear, once you've had to couch-surf because of a lack of a job, etc., is that you can easily end up there again. The people who blew up the economy aren't the ones paying the price ... and this Not-So-Great Depression is going to mark a whole generation, the same as the Great Depression did to a previous generation.
as a side effect, my brain's less foggy,
We have a cure for that - booze!
Seriously, congrats on the job and the guitar. Nylon or steel (I'm assuming acoustic, so you can do
byKshGoddess ( 454304 ) writes:
Yeah, that's the biggest fear, but my job is more or less something that will be there until either the company goes under or I get tired of dealing with it.
The guitar's actually a 6 string acoustic-electric. It's a Yamaha APX-500 [yamaha.com] Steel strings, kind of a narrower body. In the 'red' flame maple finish they show in the photo. It's a veneered guitar, which tend to survive better at this altitude and humidity. I'm taking lessons at the music store down the road from work, and enjoying it. I played with my tea
bytomhudson ( 43916 ) writes:
Nice! So you should be playing House of the Rising Sun by Christmas, and Alices Restaurant, Stairway to Heaven, and Hotel California by this time next year! (seriously - it's not that hard if you practice and can get the hang of doing a bar). Rock on!
byKshGoddess ( 454304 ) writes:
Considering right now I'm looking forward to getting to the "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" lesson... yeah, it seems a bit daunting, but we got a new mac mini, and I found out a couple days before that that garageband had guitar lessons. I figured anything that helps me keep thinking about the guitar can't be bad.
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bytomhudson ( 43916 ) writes:
Once you get the basic chording done, you'll be fine.
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