IDontHavePantsOn
Bumperpucker
Appropriation
Gurner
Clap
Clippy
Pickles
Masher
Guana
Iguana
Kenji is the new Alton Brown. He’s brilliant and he’s changing the food game. A few weeks ago I thought, “do other people use this ingredient like this?” Top result is from Kenji. Then a few hours later I think, “Can I put this dish in the oven and roast it instead of watching the pot?” First result is Kenji.
Every time I make anything I try to push the envelope. I rarely look up any recipes. I just cook to better my dishes, but every time I think “did I just come up with something no one has ever thought to do?”, I find that no I haven’t, and Kenji already perfected its execution 4 years ago.
Let’s assume his daughters are of legal sexual consenting age. Taylor is still getting mayonnaise in her bun after a hot pastrami.
I have no idea about Australian labor laws but I do know adulthood is defined as 18. What I’m about to ask is honestly ignorance so don’t take it as sarcasm, so what in the fucking fuck is going on in Australia that at ages 18 to 20 is considered 40% wage in any industry? What industries will pay 100% versus 40%? Do you guys not have laws protecting ageism? Am I too tired to be on the internet? Just kidding. I know I am. See ya’ll in the morning.
If you found out she has gestational diabetes from anyone else but her, and that she’s having a hard time, let it be. If she told you herself in an honest moment of comfort, tell her “I’m so sorry. That sucks.” And let her vent. The last thing she wants is for anyone to make a big deal about it, solve her problems, or choose her diet.
Bring in donuts again. Seriously. She’s an adult and can choose to eat them.
Bring in a more health conscious option. Once again, she can choose to eat it or not.
You’re trying to find an option when most likely you shouldn’t know about her personal health issues in the first place. Unless you have a very close relationship that you aren’t letting us know about, you shouldn’t be trying to figure out something to give her to make her feel better. She could very easily feel ostracized for her pregnancy in the first place. Employers arent super cool with pregnancies, let alone pregnancies that are in any magnitude more difficult.
What makes will make her feel better is a coworker that respects her space and private health matters. Don’t treat her as special. Treat her as human.
I grew up in a rural town of mostly farmland. The biggest store was a gas station owned by my grandfather’s half brother.
For college and a few years afterwards I lived in a city. I really liked being able to go do something at any point, but I hated the roommates, neighbors, city noise, ordinances, light pollution, traffic, cost of living, high crime rates, and low job prospects.
I moved back to an adjacent town and while there isn’t much to do, I pay less for my mortgage now than I would have for a studio apartment back in the city. I can see the stars, my neighbors don’t give a shit about me, traffic only exists to slow me down a few minutes a day, I can leave my doors unlocked, and since the pandemic I could change careers at any point.
It’s all about what people want. The grass is always greener, and the green is always green.
I can’t tell you what’s right or wrong but in my opinion, learn songs you like for a while. The first rule is to have fun.
Pretty much every song’s chords are available online so you can start slowly by strumming along to any song. If that becomes boring or tedious for whatever reason try singing along while playing.
Try using your ear to play the melody on a single note. You shouldn’t be trying to sound amazing at first, because really, even after years of playing no one feels satisfied with how they sound. You should be building your dexterity, training your ear, pushing your talent, and as always, having fun.
There’s going to be a bunch of technique snobs everywhere in every community of anything. Guitar is one of those things.
After 2 years of playing I realized I was holding my pick “wrong”. I re-trained myself with a “correct” technique within a week. A couple years later I found a new technique of holding the pick. Again, within a week I was able to play everything I could previously while holding the pick in a dramatically different way.
Technique is something you can pick up along the way. Yes, if you practice “proper” technique from the start you will be better off, but that’s only if you continue playing. Playing in a regimented fashion where you must play “properly” often times turns people away from playing at all.
All of this depends on what you actually want to do with the guitar and what your goals are.
Is it to be able to play along with some of your favorite songs? Is there a certain skill level you want to attain? Do you want to focus on lead, or rhythm?
I, for example, wanted to play the entirity of Crazy Train. I thought that as long as I could play that, I would be happy. After I learned Crazy Train, I figured, if I could play whatever note I heard in my head I would be happy. Then it was whatever phrase or riff I was hearing in my head. Then it was jamming. My practice of learning songs, paired with some very basic dexterity exercises got me beyond what my initial goal was.
That said, a good guitar teacher being there one on one will absolutely accelerate your learning. They should be asking you a lot of these same questions and directing you accordingly. More importantly than anything though, they should be making sure you’re having fun. Fun gets done. Chores get ignored.