“What the Hell, Dude?
Get your own girl!” – Jessie

I saw that quote on Twitter a long time ago
and it made me chuckle.

And it reminded me
that I did a guitar cover of Jessie’s Girl back in…
My Goodness! Twelve years ago! In 2001.

I used to love this song when I was young
because of Rick Springfield.
I remember how good looking and cool he was.
Playing guitar, singing songs, getting the girls.
He’ll surely get his wish and get Jessie’s girlfriend.

So that’s when I started to think at a very young age
that if I learn how to play guitar and sing songs,
I too can be cool and probably get a girl like Jessie’s.

I learned guitar and sang songs
But sadly, I needed to be good looking too,
which apparently was a very important ingredient
to be a cool Rock Star like Rick.
I wasn’t.

Also, to know Self Defense for when that time
Jessie beat the crap out of me
and walked away with his girl,
holding her in his arms, late, late at night.
(Sigh) I wonder what she didn’t see in me.

But that’s not important right now.
that was a long time ago,
and I spent a lot of money in rehab and therapy.

So, anyway.
Here’s an old jam I wanted to re-share.

Music by – Rick Springfield
All instruments and percussion arrangement by – Yours truly.

I’m really, really, really missing my guitar right now! Fingers are restless. pic.twitter.com/yi0B6XfIyE

— Ty Martell (@denofmusic) March 6, 2013

It’s what I crave when emotions are high
and thoughts are plenty.

I will never forget this day.
Prayers weren’t answered today.
Just when I needed it most.

Come to think of it,
no prayers have been answered in years.
I mostly answered them myself.
Hmm.. Interesting.

Anyway.
Let’s end this crappy one
So we can start tomorrow’s crappy one.
What do you say?

Remember this post? –> Donation Time.

Now I feel better knowing that
a good friend of mine feels the same.

Check out her post here – Lent Vent.

Although please remember,
we are not bashing the Faith.
Just the ones who run it.

The Church is both Human and Divine.
Guess which part has flaws?
I belong there too.

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Now with one simple plug in update,
none of the players on individual pages work.

This site is driving me nuts!

Oh well,
at least the Chorus page still works.
Except for mobile devices, I guess.

That’s if you want to listen to the songs in here.

Alright,
let’s go back to the drawing board.

Board? Check!
Plugins? Check!
Keyboard? Check!
Vodka? Double Check.

Go!

-Update
Wait! It works.
Must be my browser then.
This vodka is messing with me.

I must admit,
I haven’t gone to Church in a long time.
I tend to avoid places where I have expressed anger or grief.
But that’s not what this post is about.

This post is about something that made me embarrassed
about the Church we went to today.

It may be hard to believe,
but I do pay attention on the part where we listen to the Gospel
and I try my best to really understand the Sermon afterwards.
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