miss ohio

i just spent a good couple of weeks visiting my sister in ohio... [good times] ... springtime should be warmer, though.  ;)  now i'm off to haiti for another couple of months.  just runnin' around w/ my rag top down.  ;)     

i love you and buddha too :)

if i were ever to write a song about religion, it would probably go something like this. :)


you like my farmer hat? ;)
peace. love. rainbows.

new uke tunes

i've been slacking on the uke for a while, so i printed some tabs for a few new songs. and, just in case somebody out there gets some amusement from of these posts, i recorded me playing them. and as much as i like to say, "don't hate; it's all about the process," the truth is that i'll probably never get any better at these songs before i lose interest & learn some new ones. haha. nevertheless, i'm happy to make music of some kind, at least. oh mang, since when did i become so shameless? (be sure to turn the volume down on each of them ;)

#1. extraordinary machine (fiona apple).
this song is a bit unique for the uke but i dig it and it's a fun one to learn.
(and yessi, it reminds me of you :) ... sorry for butchering but i couldn't help it)

#2. ain't no reason (by brett dennen)
love this song and, if you don't know it already, please go get it. luv his stuff.

#3. beach in hawaii (ziggy marley)
just cuz i'm missing hawaii like the dickens.

long time, no uke

just me & my usual rambling/singing before bed. (turn down the volume)

elephant gun

i'm snowed in! ...well, not really, but it did snow most of yesterday. so i learned another song on the uke this morning. beirut is one of my favorite bands these days, and they rock the ukulele.

*turn down the volume first

thanks to my friend, allen's suggestion, i think i'll go get some new strings (good ones) for the uke this week... today, though, i'm just not up for facing the mobs on the subway, not to mention the cold. but here's hoping that rosie sounds better w/ new strings. :)

xmastime

for christmas eve, i went out on the town w/ my girl, smilja. first we went to a little christmas recital shindig, which was also a fundraiser/toy drive for an orphanage. we sipped our drinks (i tried the mulled wine) and listened to an array of holiday readings, ranging from "how the grinch stole christmas", to a story about a turkey-cooking folly, from bible passages, to a piece about a screaming potato pancake (latke). after that, we wanted to dance, so we set off for our 2 favorite hongdae spots. the fun lasted until about 7am when we hopped the subway en route to my place to crash.

yesterday was christmas and some friends came over to my place for brunch. it was a nice, warm time... comfort food, good people, xmas tunes, card games, korean cocktails, and then a nice nap. i finished the night w/ some wine and a movie. lazy goodness.

so, it is now the day after christmas, and i'm ever so peaceful. i'm actually glad that i decided not fly off to somewhere warm for my vacation. sleeping in, making food, reading, playing the uke, watching movies, doing yoga.... this is nice. however, i'm sure that after another day or two of this laziness, i'll get restless and go out exploring the city once again. today, however, i never changed out of my pajamas. i decided to look up the chords to a few new songs for the uke and this is one that i started with today. the sound of silence. i love me some simon and garfunkel. hope you can find it bearable. (turn down the volume, and please forgive the zipple ;)

all i want

one of my favorite joni mitchell tunes... i'm just learning it, so it's really rough. but it's all about the process, right? (for your own good, turn the volume down)

never ever saw the northern lights

learning a coupla new songs.. ;P (warning: turn the volume down)

...every man returns to dust.

orion class learns a new song

i take rosie, the ukulele, to school all the time & my kids love to learn new & not-so-traditional songs (like "hotel california" & george michael's "faith"). i try to teach them the more appropriate ones and so far they know "somewhere over the rainbow", coldplay's "yellow" and now we're learning "stand by me". the video quality is pretty bad, but here's a short clip. the best thing about it is that we catch david picking his nose. hehe.

easy like sunday mornin'

just hangin' out at home this morning. beware, i bust out the uke. i think i like to make a fool of myself. ;P

Uke post #2....ha, i'm trying

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ukulele master

a little documentation of myself, learning to play an actual song on the uke. (sorry, iz--rip--for the chop job) i'll get there one day. =)