Getting drunk with my roommates is fun. Mostly because they're good company, people I feel safe enough to be around to be silly while drunk, and cause we're all the silly sort. Highlights of the night are:
- me and my cool roommate showing off our cringe anime voices
- Being the dealer for a gambling game that required counting, wherein every time cards were flipped I made my engineering roommate (who was at least tipsy) do the math. They've think they might be better at math while inebriated.
- very genuinely moaning in anguish just for everyone at the board game table to look at me and go "you just moaned. bro what"
- hugging my bottle of soju like a wise old man
I'm a very economical drunk- that is to say, a lightweight- much to my roommates chagrin. I went through one bottle of soju and promptly passed out on the couch sometime around 11pm (we had started drinking around 8pm). I had one of those naps that made me believe 20 minutes had passed. My roommates were still awake after all and playing jackbox, it couldn't be that late. It was 3am.
I think this was the kinda reset I needed. The having a good time with my roommates without thinking about work or responsibilities, not necessarily the alcohol.
I've finally started working on that project I've got due on Tuesday. It's less intimidating now that I've started, but keeping myself motivated to keep going after I've done maybe 10% is still hard. Hence me writing this instead. ffs I'm making blobs. I wish I was joking but genuinely this is what I've been up to for the last hour and a half.
Blobs! Just blobs! This is my degree! Shapes and colors! I feel like I get stressed about the work I have to do then in the middle I come to the realization that I'm stressed about shapes and colors! It's silly!
My extended break (generous procrastination) has also featured me watching a bunch of covers from this random youtube channel. I was looking for guitar covers of Dead on Arrival by Fall Out Boy because I decided that was a fun and easy enough song to learn on guitar and found a video of these dudes covering it.
They look to be around my age, probably younger, maybe older?- I've never been good at guessing ages. Everything about it is kind of charming. The sound of someones younger sibling babbling before they start playing. The awkwardness of introducing everyone in the band. The way they're clearly having a good time playing.
I've always had a soft spot for finding random peoples small channels, the kind where it looks like they're really only posting for fun. It's weird to look at this dudes channel, the songs he's covered and think that I'd probably get along with this guy. Might at least be able to discuss favourite bands and opinions in small talk. Pretty sure my guitar is the same one he's using in some of the other covers, in the same color too, that'd be something to talk about. I feel like I've built a connection to this kid. Or at least the version of this dude that existed around 2013. Seeing that kinda threw me for a loop. That's one of the things I love about finding these kind of channels, the fact that they're like time capsules for some person that's out there somewhere who's continued on.
And bros life sure did. Some light googling found me this guys current day band and active instagram. I won't link that one, but it's not hard to find. The kid on vocals and bass in the video is also in said band which is just nice to see. I might listen to their ep, why not.
Finding small bands always fills me with a kind of joy. It's the thought that there's just so many people brought together by music, playing and having a good time. I've been thinking a lot about performing and playing music. My household has a bit going about putting together a band to play at the fuckass bar we've frequented most often just because it'd be fun to do so. We have a guitarist, a bassist, a vocalist, and (if we can get her a kit) a drummer. The plan is to do pop covers, because this fuckass bar is the straightest bar imaginable, and because the aim of it is just to have a good time. We've finally got the bit going far enough that we've got a tentative set list of songs to learn.
Do we have any clue how to actually get booked at this bar? Stars no, but I think that we're all doing this to have something fun to do. It's fun for me because it gives me a reason to learn and practice bunch of familiar songs with the hope of getting to be on a stage at some point. Songs that are more difficult than I expected because pop sure does love some funky bass. I will be drilling the hell out of Runaway baby for the next week. It's fun for everyone else because everyone just wants to perform, they've all performed on stages and in bands before. The funniest one to me in this bunch is my guitarist roommate who's main thing is death metal. Cryptopsy is his favorite band. Right now hes practicing a song from the Doom soundtrack in the living room. And he's down as hell to play pop. The band was really his idea in the first place, he just really likes performing and is willing to just have a good time about it. The juxtaposition is just kinda entertaining. But it also feels pretty lucky. I've met just enough guitarists to know the kind of haughty ones who are weird about playing certain genres.
I'm really excited to see how performing together will go when we get there. My choir roommate is really a phenomenal vocalist, and I don't get to hear her just hard committing to singing pop songs often, and I for sure haven't seen her Perform. I'm excited to see my cool roommate (as I've referred to her above) pick back up the drums, but that could also be the baby bassist in me incredibly excited at the idea of playing with a drummer.
It's all the kind of plan where nothing is set in stone, but I think its better off this way. We'll have fun and see where it goes. Who knows, maybe in a couple months I'll be posting a jam session. We'll see.
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