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Treasure the Rainbow!

OGC! PIGLET! 8-(

Hey there! I hope everyone had a good holiday weekend! Mine was fun. We sat out on Saturday night and set off fireworks. That was fun...but it was freaking cold and I just about froze :P
Sunday we tried a new church. AMAZING church. I liked the message a lot, and there are actually people there my age.Interesting, seeing as how our last two churches either consisted of people 60 and above or 25, married, and already having at least twelve 1-6 year old kids :P Not saying that there's anything wrong with that, but I haven't been in a Sunday school class with people my age since I was 8. So it looks kind of cool, and like I said, the message was great. I hope we can give this place a go.
That evening I wanted to get some driving practice. so Dad and I drove an hour, one way to the town where the AO concert will be in less than two weeks :) Here is a picture of me, waiting in line.... ;)There was construcion most of the way and there was a detour because of road work, but I can't wait until we go back for the actual concert! :-DI love that pic. Breezy took it. She's got an awesome job...working taking pictures and stuff for musicians. She was just in Europe. Not sure why, but she got some awesome pictures there too. Oh, and one more thing:
A lady in Australia took this picure. Apparently, the Swine Flu has made it's way over there:Random, I know. I didn't have anything important to say.

Behold! The Mighty Epiphone!!

Heylow peoples of earth. Wanna see sumpthing shiny??!! :-DI thought an introduction would be nice...because I'm going to marry him :P
It's a Les Paul Epiphone from Gibson. I've kind of been poking around on ebay and different guitar sites of late and have come to the conclusion that if I ever get another guitar...this is the one I want.
Why?

First off, the kid who comes in after me at lessons used to have one (Dunno if he still does or not; he's been bringing in this hideous gray metal-looking thing of late o.O) and I heard it once. It's got good sound. I then later found out that the guitar I THOUGHT was an epiphone is some off-brand of an epiphone. I'm kind of hoping for the real deal though...Second, I'm not sure if you know this or not, but I own an alvarez acoustic. It has great sound and I really like it. I use it at least a half hour a day; usually more. I was told when I started taking lessons "You're gonna learn on an acoustic." Seeing as how my parents were the ones paying for the guitar in the first place (LOL!) I agreed. You know something? I'm kind of glad I learned on an acoustic. It's harder than an electric and therefore I learned "The hard way" to play. Now, when I pick up an electric, I think "Man! This is so easy!" So yeah, an electric is different from an acoustic.

Third, it's a nice-sized guitar. It's nice and small and the frets are easy to reach. You may notice that there is a nice little cut away in the side. That allows your hands to reach the higher frets.
Fourth, out of all the electric guitars I've seen in my searches...this one is the most "me" I think. I mean, just look at it! Would you like some Viva La Juicy perfume and Converse tennis shoes with that? ;)

Epiphones come in all different colors, but I think I want either a white one or a "Bull's eye" one:
However, I am opting towards the white one because it's cheaper, and it doesn't make you seasick to look at it ;)
The blue or black ones are only between 6 and 8 hundred (Only. Pfft. It's still a crappin' lot of money! o.O) but for some reason I don't like the idea of a black or blue guitar. Well, blue wouldn't be to back as long as it was a shiny blue, but these ones aren't shiny ;) Black shows smudges way to easy I think. Plus, I'm usually wearing black...and thus I need something that will stand out against my clothes (Yes, I've put some thought into this ;))

Also, the marketing tequniches Gibson uses are quite convincing "...it's as goregeous as it is deadly."
WOW! It's is a nice guitar but, wait. I don't want to play anything deadly o.O What if I die???!! Oh, well ;)

And thus I have started saving for one.

And how much, you may ask, will something like this cost?

$1,332 brand-new from Gibson

*Heart attack*

about $600 used
I'd like the chance to play it first though; so I'll probably get it from a dealer...and thus it's hard to say how much I'll be paying o.O

I have $10.46 so far.
Oh yeah! I'll be jamming in no time :P

(Nobody leave me a comment saying "Oh, yeah. I've owned an epiphone for years! I actually have several...one in each color. How have you survived all this time without one? You call yourself a guitargirl! You're so lame!" or any other belittling thing. If you do, I swear I will delete your comment >:))

Oh, and P.S.- Happy Canada day if you're Canadian :) Have fun being Canadian as I have fun celebrating having only 17 more days until my next Article One concert starring some of the most awesome Canadian folks I know...Actually, the only Canadian folks I know :P

AudioA: Part of a Complete Breakfast

Hi-ya! I found some funny pictures of Audio Adrenaline a few days ago and figured I would post them...because AudioA rocks :)Observe; Tyler with an epiphone. Wow. More on epiphones coming soon ;)
Ben, being himself:Well, ummm...wow. Uh...Audio Adrenaline: part of a complete breakfast! :-D
I wish they were still around...
Anyways, I now leave you with a quote from my sister:

(I'm busily stirring a bowl of chocolate ice cream)

Muffinhead: What are you doing?

Me: Stirring.

(I tilt bowl sideways to show her)

Me: See? It looks like a frosty from Wendy's!

Muffinhead: No it doesn't. It looks like a cow turd...from Wendy's.

Me and Muffinhead: Huh-huh-huh-huh...

Don't you just love children? :P Okay, that's probably enough grossness for today. Go on about your business now :)