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Does anyone on here listen to Boris?

Does anyone on here play Grim Dawn?

Does anyone on here play the guitar?

I just deleted a stupid blog post about these things because I realize it is stupid. This post is stupid too but less stupid than if I would have posted the other post.

I will say that gaming and playing the guitar all day is not good on the hands. I mean it is good on practicing hand coordination but probably not good in terms of hand health.

1 issue with Boris is that their 2 best albums (Flood, Dronevil) are not on Spotify.

I don't know how enjoyable Grim Dawn will be anymore anyways. I beat it for the first time and then went to the hardest dungeon in the game. My lvl 20 somethings aren't nearly as stimulating.

I don't know. It's probably Flood then Feedbacker. Dronevil is definitely up there though.

I just finished Jean Baudrillard by Douglas Kellner. It was pretty good but now I have to figure out what I'm going to read next. Whether that is philosophy or maybe I just want to read some really good English literature. I'm not sure what to read after Baudrillard. Zizek seems like a potential play but I don't know. I could also re-read Byung-Chul Han in its entirety. I'll figure something out.

Without Baudrillard or Grim Dawn I don't know what I am going to do with my life apart from the guitar. My death knight was just starting to get really good and fun so I guess I can find post-endgame stuff to do. I could start on Path of Exile 2 but I heard that game can completely take over your life.

@Loco

Remember when I said I was not sure about Death? That was foolish. I was not ready. I came across this today and I'm glad I did:

I asked a Baudrillard scholar what should I read after reading Baudrillard and she said, "Read more Baudrillard!"

So, I am listening. I'm reading Cool Memories. There is definitely some gold in there but I don't know if it's all that great so far. It's more journal entry / aphorism type of stuff. It's kind of a relaxing read so I don't mind it too much.

I didn't realize there was a lot of extra DLC (downloadable content) for Grim Dawn. I'm playing through it and my death knight is peaking. It is enjoyable to feel like a God in some aspect of life. It's motivating to level up in real life. Bodybuilding and guitar are the two main areas. I'm glad I am taking some time to improve on the guitar on my own. I am practicing on Paranoid by Black Sabbath. I didn't know how to do a vibrato, hammer on, pull off, slide up, slide down and that seems a bit ridiculous to me that my teacher never went over any of those things in the time that I was his student.

I warmed up my breathing by singing Frank Ocean on the way to the gym today. Breathing is very important in lifting weights. I think I got in a couple of extra reps today due to proper breathing. That and I was full of caffeine and an attitude of attacking the weights. I really pushed myself today. It feels really good. There was this little Asian woman in there today that was going H*A*M. I had my Gojira t-shirt on. I had a fantasy that she was Japanese (or French or a metalhead) and would comment on the t-shirt and then we would seduce each other and go on a date. She is Japanese in the fantasy because I have been consuming a whole lot of Japanese art lately without really meaning to. Boris and Solo Leveling being the most prevalent although I think Solo Leveling was a Korean web comic that was adapted to Japanese anime.

Vibrato with the voice just comes naturally as most things come with the voice. It is mostly genetics and learning how to breathe. Vibrato on the guitar is more fun to get a vibrato to my liking. It takes some practice but when I get it right it really sings.

I don't know why I am posting every personal thought like a madman but it's been kind of a rough day and I am perhaps a madman.

On June 08 2025 01:07 RiKD wrote: @Loco

What are your plans for this weekend, RiKD?

This is more important:

I like to do things in 3s. If you have been living under a rock... Here is a new band called Radiohead:

I had oral surgery this morning. Thankfully, everything went really well. I think in the waivers it literally said there was a 1% chance of death or something like that which doesn't seem high but I played enough hands of poker to know that you don't want to bet your life on it.

The Demoral and Fentanyl was a nothing burger. There was no high I was just in some sort of twilight where I don't remember anything. The last thing I remember we were talking about one of my tattoos and then it's nothing until I woke up from a long nap at home. Pretty bizzare.

I prayed to the Amplifier Gods. They seem to treat me well. Even though I have been practicing mostly out of an un-amped electric for it seems like a long time now (I mostly play at night when my parents are sleeping). I have this feeling of surviving. I should live life and play my guitar loud even if it's just through a clean amp. But, like women's vaginas guitar amps like to be wet. Hmmmm, who knows what the amp wants? Guitar pedals like to make amps wet. I just play through a Boss OS-2 if I wanted it a litle heavy. It has overdrive and distortion. I don't think it was rated very well. I bought it when I had more money and little sense. I think if I had money today I would get some Earthquaker Devices. A fuzz and a delay and a pedal box setup for ease of use.

I can't take my Amoxicillin until a couple of hours. Kind of annoying. I would prefer to be sleeping.

Any thoughts on the Israel-Iran conflict?

On June 13 2025 22:26 PuertoRican wrote: Any thoughts on the Israel-Iran conflict?

No. Not really.

On June 08 2025 01:07 RiKD wrote: @Loco Remember when I said I was not sure about Death? That was foolish. I was not ready. I came across this today and I'm glad I did:

You might be ready for the best death metal / hardcore album of all time.



I made a cover of one of its songs 17 years ago

Thanks for sharing. I just sat and listened to it the whole way through. It will not be my last listen. I have a feeling leg day tomorrow is going to go well with it blasting through my headphones.

Young Loco killing it on the guitar. You made it look easy.