nobody's posting, so i will

[fflo]

hello.

it's friday!

what are you up to this weekend?

me, i'm maybe gonna do just a little in the yard, back gods willing

happy hour outside tonight, and Hollywoodland

been carrying around a title in my head, and might actually put a poem to it

Comments

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

I expect to be playing around with my Ukulele tonight, and I'm off to a rocket contest at the Michigan Farmer's Hall of Fame tomorrow and Sunday.

[fflo.livejournal.com]

cool.

is your uke like steve martin's banjo? can't be sad when you're playing it?

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

That's the theory, though you can play sad songs, but then you're only sad because of the song. But you can't be sad playing "Freddy the Freshman" on the Ukulele.

And it's bright yellow!

[vjsmom.livejournal.com]

You're always doing such fun-sounding stuff!

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

I'm glad that I at least sound like I'm having more fun!

I should mention, since you don't ready my LJ, that I bought the Ukulele yesterday, and have been spending the last 24 hours trying to learn to play it. They say it plays just like a guitar missing two strings, but I can't play a guitar, and it plays nothing like a dulcimer.

[paperkingdoms]

... and as a guitar player, I can't imagine that being *easy*. I mean... what do you do without those two? ;^)

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

I just want to know where guitar players get the extra fingers to fret those two extra strings.

[paperkingdoms]

Well, sometimes you wrap your thumb around the top. And sometimes, you're just creative. ;^) But lots of time you want one of those strings open, right?

[fflo.livejournal.com]

ah, i've sussed it out: using the nose on the fret! now i have deeper understanding of that emoticon technique of yours i like. :+]