One of the dangers of having a wife who loves the nerd/geek inside you
is that they end up ordering stuff like the ECTO-1 to add to your collection.

Especially when they’re at home recovering from their surgery and Amazon is readily available.

Did I say “Danger?”

I meant “Benefit!”

“I try to use my music to move these people to act.” – Jimi Hendrix

Today, it has been 43 years since Jimi, passed away.
For guitar players, it is mandatory to listen and learn from his music style.
His style is one that is most copied and admired.

I didn’t really listen to Jimi until late into my Guitar learning.
I never had his albums
and the radio stations didn’t play much of his music when I was growing up.

But when I heard his music, I knew that it was going to be one of those styles
that I wouldn’t be able to play.
Up to this day, I can’t play any of his songs.
Of course, they are hard to learn in my opinion.

A lot of guitar guys I know learn Jimi’s songs and style
just so they can show off or to prove that they are passionate guitar players.

To be honest with you,
As much as I would love to learn Jimi’s songs,
I would much rather listen to him
and enjoy his musical genius pouring down my ears.

I just want to listen how Jimi changed the world of Guitar music.
I have no desire to play his songs.
I don’t need to show off.
I just want to experience it.

And I am okay with that.

Hey!
Remember this?

Back to Friday 5!

Man, I haven’t done this in a while.
Let’s revisit how fun the questions are
and I will try my best to answer them as straight and truthful as I can be.

1.) What story did you love reading, as a child?

-I actually loved a lot of comic books.
I followed the stories of Hägar the Horrible, because of its subtle sarcastic humour.
I loved everything on Pugad Baboy.
Everything in Funny Komiks.
I laughed out loud with every Asterix comics.
And also The Adventures of Tintin.

2.) What remains to be your all-time favorite book?

-I love books, but I must say that the only book(s) I read more than once are,
the Harry Potter Series by J. Rowling and Angels and Demons by Dan Brown.
I am planning on re-reading Lamb, by Christopher Moore too.

3.) What book do you usually recommend to people?

-I don’t usually recommend books to people, since books are very subjective.
I might like a particular story, but it might not appeal to another.
I just tell them what books I have read and liked.

4.) If you were a character in a book, who would you be?

-I would like to be Lestat. (Anne Rice Vampire chronicles)
I would like to see the world through his eyes.

5.) If you could write a book, what would it be about?

-I actually had this great idea for a book.
A vampire who falls in love with a human girl, but tries his best not to, since he knows he would destroy her. But the girl loves him too, so they try to make it work.
They do normal stuff, like play baseball with his vampire family in a lightning storm.
And then, ninjas would come along and try to take the girl, and the Vampire guy takes out his light saber and attacks the Ninjas, but they all rode in their broomsticks with freakin’ lasers coming out of its tail.

What?
Did I mess it up?

Oh man!
I was doing pretty good with my answers too!