Show us the last thing you bought.
the flip mino - just arrived yesterday....fun!
What question do you wish you'd never asked.
Submitted by cha0tic.
"is there anything i can do before i leave?"
Funny...I was going to post about this anyway. Timely Vox Hunt.
Esp
Just got a new ESP Viper 400. EMG 85 at the neck, 81 at the bridge. It's about half the weight of my old guitar (a Gretsch Electromatic Jet Pro) and the neck is a lot more comfortable. Slightly wider string spacing for my big ol' fingers but not as bulky front-to-back. The EMG 81 doesn't sound all that different than the Duncan humbucker in the Gretsch, but the 85 is just beautiful - warm and round, without much of a humbucker twang. Grover tuners, too, which are a big step up.
I'm also replacing my ancient (in music technology years) Pod Pro with Native Instruments' Guitar Rig. Amp modeling technology has come a long way in the last six years. Hooray for good guitar tone!
Gimme a V! Gimme an O! Gimme an X! What's that spell? VOX!
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I know this sounds hallmark cheez-o-la, but goddamn if it isn't true. It's so easy to take so much for granted when you don't have to think about things that are really truly going on with yourself. Five years ago, I found out (in a rather crap-tacular way) that I was the lucky recipient of a chronic, as of yet not curable, and in some cases progressive, disorder (I hate the word disease - it makes me sound doomed, which I am not - what I have is not fatal, and for all intents and purposes, there are much worse things to have, so I guess I can kind of consider myself lucky). Anyway, since my first episode, which gave way to my diagnosis, I have been really lucky for 5 years - no major relapses at all, and my life has been pretty much as it was pre-diagnosis, except for the shot that I have to give myself everyday. However, back mid june, I had a relapse, which is to be expected, I guess, in my disorder. Definitely not as extreme as my initial episode, which left me bedridden, with double vision, and had me walking with a cane for a few weeks while my body completely gave me the big fuck you and sorted some personal shit out between my brain and my motor functions. As my doctor told me would happen, all of my functions returned to normal, much to my surprise, and I have been peachy since.
In enters this episode. As I stated, it is not as extreme as the last - my vision is fine, I am able to work and walk, and get out of bed, but my feet and right leg have been floating in and out of slight to insane numbness and tingling and sensory weirdness since the middle of last month. I am telling myself that it just takes time, and all of this will clear up, but I can't help but think about what if all of it doesn't? With what I have, there is always the chance of partial recovery of the episode, with lingering symptoms, which really sucks, because you won't know if they are going to linger until they go away, which can take weeks to months. But, what happens if my feet and leg feel like this forever? There are some things that are definitely a drag with these symptoms, one of them being that it gets worse when I am dancing. This does not seem like a big deal, maybe, but I love to dance with my man. It's one of the big things that we bond on - our love of the boogie down! weirdly, for the 5 years of having this disorder, i never thought about the possibility of that happening. maybe i am being extreme, but it is now hitting me that i have something that has the potential to really fuck things up.
this leads to other thoughts of what if things are progressing in the disorder? what if this is the beginning of things getting to be "un-fun" in the diagnosis. there is a big chance this is not happening, but what if it is?? the course of this disorder is unpredictable and different in every person, so it is really hard to tell what will happen as time goes on.
i am not trying to throw my own pity party, i am just putting out thoughts in my head. when i went to bed on june 14th, i had no idea that i would wake up with symptoms that would still be dragging on today. they have gotten slightly better, but even after a crazy steroid treatment of 35 pills a day for 3 days, some of these bastard symptoms are still there - what the hell!!
i am trying to not think about my crazy feet and leg, and have immersed myself in my graphic design homework and my job, but at night i think about what the future may hold, and what i should be doing now while i can, because what if things change again tomorrow morning. i have never been adventurous or into extreme sports of any kind, but i feel like there are things that i can be doing that i take for granted that may be hard for me to do sooner than i think.
chances are, i am stressing myself way too much over this episode, but you never know what life is going to throw out there at you. i am not a fan of unpredictable, and of not being able to control my life, but i have learned quickly how to adjust and deal (somewhat) with the fact that sometimes you just don't have the control you think you do. and that sucks. so i guess i just take each day as it comes and hope for the best. maybe tomorrow i will wake up and my crazy foot will be back to normal. maybe my leg will be my old leg again. then again, maybe i will just have to learn to deal with my new wacked out feeling lower extremities, and while that will really suck, i guess it's just one of those reasons that cliches are cliches, and you really shouldn't take the things you can do today for granted.
Although we typically post on Team Vox to let you know about things that are going on with Vox (to, uh, state the obvious), once in a while, we like to let you know about other cool things that are happening around the blogosphere. And we think the idea of four hilarious mommy bloggers traveling across the U.S. on their way to the BlogHer '08 conference - all the while blogging and video blogging the journey - is one trip you will not want to miss.
Four adventurous bloggers from the Silicon Valley Moms Group were selected to participate in the Summer Road Trip '08 and blog about their travels, hotel stays, media appearances, time away from their families, and life on the road. Six Apart helped them partner up with General Motors, who provided the blogging mommies with a Chevy Tahoe Hybrid SUV to help make their journey comfy, safe, and a little more green.
In case you're not familiar with them, SV Moms is a group of over 200 bloggers who showcase the ups, downs, outrages, struggles, victories, and everyday humor of motherhood. There are currently nine regional and demographically tailored sites that give mothers from D.C., New Jersey, the Deep South, Rocky Mountains, L.A., and Silicon Valley a powerful voice and sense of camaraderie across the country. Whether you're a mother, a child, or just a person who enjoys a good blog, you'll really love reading the words of these amazing women.
The moms buckled into their Chevy Tahoe Hybrid SUV on July 11th and even got an encouraging message from Katie Couric to kick things off! They are currently somewhere in the middle of America making their way to San Francisco where they'll attend an SV Moms Group Party, as well as BlogHer '08.
You do not want to miss these entertaining and irreverent bloggers -- or their spontaneous contest giveaways! -- as they blog from the road. Experience the journey at MomRoadTrip.com.
And let us know about your summer road trip - or plane/boat/bus trip - in the comments! (I like to live vicariously.)
Finally, the proof we've all been waiting for.
