My uncle died last night. Not a big shock to me, I mean, he wasn't in the best of health. He had muscular dystrophy. He had to walk with a walker, and he could barely get around then. He was only 40.
I'm not upset about it, really. I just feel sorry for his wife and my cousin, Stacy. I was never very close with him. It's just kind of strange. I bet it's really weird for mom. She moved out of her mother's house when my uncle was 5, so she was kind of a second mother to him when he was younger, and when his health deteriorated, I think that kind of became their relationship again. She doesn't seem too phased. I'm glad, I can't stand it when mom's upset.
Christmas will be weird, though, without him. I don't know. It was so strange and unexpected, even though it doesn't surprise me. He just went in his sleep in his own bed in his house. At least that's pleasant.
So, yeah, I've just sat around today. I was going to hang out with Aimee, but, because of that, it was just better not to. Just so mom would have a minimal amount of stuff to deal with; not having two teenagers roaming around her house, causing her to constantly have to make sure they're not doing anything sinful. Not that Aimee and I ever do anything sinful. Our relationship is harmless.
So, I don't know, this post isn't one where I'll try to be funny. Not that I'm too sad, or not in the mood to try and be funny and entertaining, but just because it would be strange to so drastically change gears.
I wish Aimee could have come over today, though. I just want to see her.
On other subjects, mom and I watched Elf today. It was cute, and funny, but very much a capitalist Christmas film. There were numerous product endorsements in the movie. From when he chugs the Coca-Cola, to talking about Toll House Cookies. It entertains me to notice those kinds of things. Marketing's so fun.
I worked on a new song. It, like many of my songs, is about Ohio, and the white-trash that lives here. Most of my songs are about that, or my own feelings about myself, or they just don't make sense. Those are the only things I know enough about to write songs about: white-trash, myself, and not making a bit of sense. I hope I finish it. It has a decent start. It's kind of funny, though, because I have my guitar tuned down a step, so it's tuned DGCFAD, and I have my bass tuned normal (BEADG) and it limits me concerning some stuff. Like, if I want to play a bunch of open string notes on the guitar for, say, a metal riff, I can't do it as easily on the bass, because I can't play the open strings. Now, I could just tune the bass down too, but I refuse to. Because I only keep the bass tuned standard. I don't like tuning it down. Then, of course, I should tune the guitar normal, but I don't like to, because I like lower, warmer open-string chords. Also, I'm more likely to use different keys. I can play anywhere on the bass kneck and feel comfortable, but, for some reason, I only like playing in (what are in standard tuning) C Major/Minor, G Major/Minor, E Major/Minor and A Major/Minor on the guitar. I just like where the notes are on the neck. If I tune it down, though, I can be in the same places, but I'll be playing in Bb, F, D, or G. With the bass I don't care, I'll play in friggin' F# if I want to, and I do often. I like F# minor. Almost as much as I like B minor, A major, but that's beside the point. And, anyway, it's probably stupid to have favorite keys for your music to be in.
Wow, I bet if you're not a musician that was really boring. Hell, even if you were, that was probably really boring. Sorry about that. I think musical theory's interesting, just like linguistics and psychology, and all three are things I'll go on about, causing other people to not care and get bored.
Talking to Anders = Conversation Apathy
I think tomorrow I'll go with Aimee, her sister and her mom to get their Christmas tree, since she came with us to get ours. I'll get to see her then. That'll be nice. I hope we get to go.
I like how my blog posts follow no form. They're just random thoughts and comments. I wonder if anyone reads them.