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  1. TheGreatCthulhu

    Things That Are on Your Mind

    My prescription needs to be upped from 5mg to 10mg. Talked about it with my doctor.
  2. TheGreatCthulhu

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    It just hit me how old I actually am.
  3. TheGreatCthulhu

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    So, in addition to everything else going on, I have a near-sighted right eye, and astigmatism in my left eye. Now a whole 2 weeks until I can see the world clearly with glasses.
  4. TheGreatCthulhu

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    I've seen so many intermediate guitarists ask this same question: "Is there a program that can read an audio file as an input and generate a tab output?" In other words, they're wondering if there's a program that can read what they're playing and produce a tab of what they played. No, there...
  5. TheGreatCthulhu

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    Can confirm showing up for auditions and practices is a recipe for success.
  6. TheGreatCthulhu

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    Welp, we have our new singer. If I can give advice to any aspiring singers when auditioning, it helps to actually show up for the audition. That goes a long way.
  7. TheGreatCthulhu

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    I'm coming up on 8 years on this forum.
  8. TheGreatCthulhu

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    Strokes are scary, no matter what.
  9. TheGreatCthulhu

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    Even with a solder helper, soldering guitar connections sucks, especially with the teeny-weeny potentiometers that the guitar I'm working on uses.
  10. TheGreatCthulhu

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    My singer ended up quitting today. On the hunt for a new vocalist.
  11. TheGreatCthulhu

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    Liszt is my favorite Romantic Era composer. La Campenella, is a favorite.
  12. TheGreatCthulhu

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    I don't trust online sources that state a given song's key. They often get things wrong, and in my mind, horrendously wrong. I have synesthesia, specifically chromesthesia, so when I listen to music, I get a strong involuntary association with specific colors and textures, and with...
  13. TheGreatCthulhu

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    Lol, my poor drummer made the mistake of asking about dinosaurs. I gave him the entire 100 million year evolutionary history of tyrannosaurs from memory, with sources. He doesn't ask about it anymore. It was basically an info-dump.
  14. TheGreatCthulhu

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    When people say ADHD or autism is like a superpower, I just imagine I'm with the Justice League. "There's Superman! He can fly, has laser vision, smart, and super strong!" "There's Batman! He trained to become a fighter and gadgeteer extraordinaire!" And I'm like, "I'm socially awkward...
  15. TheGreatCthulhu

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    Lizards have a pineal third eye on the top of their head that allows them to detect predators from above, as well as to aid in thermoregulation. Pretty cool ability, frankly.
  16. TheGreatCthulhu

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    I think your dad will be alright, but it is scary all the same. That limbo where you're not sure of what's going on is the biggest anxiety causer.
  17. TheGreatCthulhu

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    So in filling out the long questionnaires that my psychologist wanted me to fill out, don't feel shocked if my ADHD links up with autism. Both the AQ Tests and the ADHD/Executive Function questionnaires resonated, super hard.
  18. TheGreatCthulhu

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    So, uhhh, my psychologist is making me fill out a questionnaire, and it includes autism. Which, I'm getting evaluated for my specific brand of ADHD, which he already suspected I had, but I guess the mask slipped off and now I'm getting screened for autism too. This isn't the first time...
  19. TheGreatCthulhu

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    I guess so. Every month is a month of no shaving for me.
  20. TheGreatCthulhu

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    Rogue: "Hey, how are you doing that?" Wizard: "Well you see I have to draw this particular symbol, while I'm wearing this specific ring while I concentrate.... Rogue: *eyes glaze over*
  21. TheGreatCthulhu

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    Let's just go with the historical definitions of the terms, then. Basically, a mage is any magic user, male or female. A witch is any practitioner of witchcraft, which is the use of magic to harm others or bring them misfortune. A wizard is any practitioner of magic. A sorcerer is any...
  22. TheGreatCthulhu

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    I guess we can expand this a little. Bard = Power comes from poetry and music. Paladin = God wills it. Cleric = Power comes from senpai God. Warlock = Power comes from demons and rituals. Wizard = Knowledge is power. Sorcerer = I dunno, I was just born with it. Druid = Nature is power...
  23. TheGreatCthulhu

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    According to DND mechanics, here's how it breaks down. Sorcerers = Magic comes naturally, they were born with it. Warlocks = Their magic comes from dealing with demons and performing rituals. Wizards = They gained their magic through years of study and knowledge gleaned from books. A mage is...
  24. TheGreatCthulhu

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    Well, according to the etymology, it's Greek and Latin in origin, and it originally meant the angular lip of a beaker, the tip where you pour from. It became relevant to wine through their historical use as containers with an edge that can pour. This was apparently before we got all fancy and...
  25. TheGreatCthulhu

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    Uncorking a bottle of wine and letting it sit for 20-30 minutes to allow it to oxidize or "aerate," actually does nothing. A more efficient process to aerate or oxidize a wine is to decant it, which is just a fancy way of saying of pouring the wine from one vessel to another. .... Or you could...
  26. TheGreatCthulhu

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    I got both. :oops: Just for practicing and learning music, it easily triggers it for me, and I need to reign it in, otherwise I'm there for like 9 hours, stomach growling, eyes red, fingers need a break, but I still insist on going. Everything else I get easily distracted.
  27. TheGreatCthulhu

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    Everyone's different. I find it helps me be productive without jumping into hyperfocus and letting time get away from me. For example, another band in my area needed a bass player, and I can play bass, so I volunteered. I can really easily let time get away from me learning a band's setlist...
  28. TheGreatCthulhu

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    It's a lifesaver if you have issue staying focused or being productive. Which, due to my ADHD, are things I always struggle with. I tried it on suggestion of my therapist, and it was a lifesaver. It obviously works the best with the tomato kitchen timers this was based on, but there are apps...
  29. TheGreatCthulhu

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    I swear by the Pomodoro technique. It's basically 25 minutes of being productive, then take a 5 minute break. There are apps that set alerts, as this was originally developed with tomato shaped cooking timers.
  30. TheGreatCthulhu

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    Halloween is the best! My buddy is throwing a costume party thing, and my wife and I are making our signature chili, and I'm making my signature caramel apples.
  31. TheGreatCthulhu

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    Spooky Season is indeed the best season!
  32. TheGreatCthulhu

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    There is a black market for illegal cheese according to the Department of Homeland Security. Which, I know my next D&D character. A dastardly, and devilishly handsome rogue, who's a connoisseur of fine and exotic cheeses, some of them deemed illegal and unsafe for consumption via the kingdom he...
  33. TheGreatCthulhu

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    My uncle got a liver transplant 7 years ago, then something got infected, which led to a whole sort of issues. He just passed away. So today kinda sucks.
  34. TheGreatCthulhu

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    1 glass is enough, as in, to get the minimum recommended intake of vitamin C. Honestly, I feel people can overthink this. Orange juice is great, drink it all you want. You'd have to drink a stupid and unreasonable amount of OJ to run into health issues, to the point that I wouldn't be...
  35. TheGreatCthulhu

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    I'm craving some KFC.
  36. TheGreatCthulhu

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    I love that there's a Waffle House Index that the US Government uses to determine the severity of a storm, and the likely scale of assistance required for recovering from a disaster. The reason being is that Waffle House is known for being open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. In other words...
  37. TheGreatCthulhu

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    Wait till you come across those that flatly deny that ADHD is a thing. The latest ADHD "fad" I've seen is people saying that those with ADHD lack object permanence, showing they never took Psychology 101. Object permanence isn't impaired in ADHD, which is easily shown that when we lose...
  38. TheGreatCthulhu

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    It becomes second nature. Eventually you'll be driving with one hand going 85 mph on the freeway vibing to music in no time. I remember in my driver's ed class, the instructor had a dodgeball, and if you fell asleep in his class, he'd throw it at you telling you to wake up.
  39. TheGreatCthulhu

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    Best of luck!
  40. TheGreatCthulhu

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    Scale names and chord names are just shorthand names for the intervals that make them. The only missing info is the root, which is usually provided anyways, and thus you can build the scale or chord. ^_^
  41. TheGreatCthulhu

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    Thinking about the new blog all about blues music and blues harmony.
  42. TheGreatCthulhu

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    Generally, when this started out, guitarists wanted a nice, clear tone. Then the 60's happened, and guitarists started asking for more. More volume, more power, more tone, more distortion. The 70's saw the birth of heavy metal with Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, and Led Zeppelin. And the 80's...
  43. TheGreatCthulhu

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    The history of high gain amplifiers for guitar. Basically goes like this: Fender makes the Fender Bassman in 1954. People go crazy over it for its power, loudness, and rich, full tone. Many people also started hot-rodding them, as people do, to make them sound better. Across the pond, Jim...
  44. TheGreatCthulhu

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    Wally can also be short for Walter. If you really want your mind blown, try going through genealogies of just your own family name. If they've been Anglicized, like say a surname is Anderson, and you come across Andersson, most people are quick to assume that those two people aren't related...
  45. TheGreatCthulhu

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    My therapist said something that still ruminates in my head. Anxiety comes from worrying about other people's business, instead of worrying about your own business. There's things we can directly control, and honestly what we should focus on. There's things we can influence but they aren't in...
  46. TheGreatCthulhu

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    I've got dinosaurs on the brain.
  47. TheGreatCthulhu

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    I save the bottles from Crystal Skull Vodka, and Ardbeg's bottles are awesome.
  48. TheGreatCthulhu

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    I love dinosaurs and paleontology. One of my obsessions along with music.
  49. TheGreatCthulhu

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    Proper hiking attire is a hoop dress, dontcha know?
  50. TheGreatCthulhu

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    ..... Imma go throw up now. :confused:
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