I'm back, bitches

Gonna try to do this blogging thing one more time because even though I have/had multiple outlets to write about specific topics I feel like I always have something else that I wanna say and nowhere to put it. Because for as much as I post on Facebook I don't really enjoy airing out my feelings on my day to day bullshit on there because, well most of the people who add bullshit to my life are on my Facebook unless I have just removed them, which I do A LOT these days and for as much as people love to add drama to my life I hate it. And I don't need it.

And also I like and hate a lot of stuff and I gotta put that shit somewhere right?

Meh whatever. So if you happen to follow this blog - I'm back, bitches.


- T.R.

Mr Greengenes LIVE @ Infieldfest 2012

Mr Greengenes LIVE @ Infieldfest 2012, a set on Flickr.

Rock Band Hidden Gems - The Touch by Stan Bush

While hanging out one day browsing my RB friends online I saw my buddy Alfie online singing a song called "The Touch" - now as soon I read it I thought there's no way that its "You got the touch, you got the powwwwwwwwwer" but that was the first thing that jumped in my mind so I went off to the RB store and low and behold it was.

Best 160 pts I have ever spent on a song.

I mean seriously THE song from the 1986 Transformers movie!!!!!!

Or if you prefer the song that Dirk Diggler sang to try and be a rock star at the end of Boogie Nights!

Either way this is a must own track for any person who survived the 80's!

Direct link to purchase from the RBN:

Stan Bush - The Touch - 160 pts - Rock Band Network Store

til next time!

t.r.

Obsession: Rock Band

It all started last summer.

My buddy David had just returned from a year in Spain last July and was heading up to Montreal for a  music fest so he decided to stop in Philly to visit for a night on his way there. What made this visit different was David had brought his Playstation 3 and his Rock Band kit. I had heard of Rock Band and see photos of friend playing but had never played myself. I tried Guitar Hero once with my son and hit 24% of my notes on the one song I did. This was different though! You could sing? Oh this was something I was gonna love. Karaoke in my living room!!! David and I stayed up til the sun was coming up drinking and playing his library of tunes. When he was returning home from his trip he stopped over with the Rock Band again and this time I got to experience Beatles Rock Band for the first time. Hooked. 100%.

This was something I had to have.

Fast forward a few months to Xmas and my awesome boyfriend got me the Beatles Rock Band kit - which was awesome - black n white marble swirled drum kit, Paul McCartney's Hofner Bass guitar controller, a mic AND a mic stand, oh yeah I was getting my Rock Star on. In the beginning we didn't play it very much. I got to thinking it would really only be something that was done if we were drinkin' and such. Then we discovered online play and played with our friends Corey and Sam in Denver. That was fun. Playing as a full band with friends all the way across the country? I stuck to vocals mostly. And played on Hard. Expert scared me. Then I wanted to start playing around on the other instrument conrollers. I tried bass on Easy. That was ok. I wasn't very good but I always liked the bass. Then I tried guitar and decided chords were never gonna happen. The drums were fun but with my bad foot and able made the kick pedal impossible. Easy was as far as I was ever gonna get with that. So I kept at the bass using the John Lennon Rickenbacker as in about 2/3 months I was playing on expert. EXPERT! I was proud of myself. I moved up to expert on vocals which really isn't hard if you know the song and can stay in pitch. BOOM! I started playing guitar on Hard and sometimes even Expert? Crazyness.

BOOM! Game conquered.

Fast forward to now. I have been at it for about 7 mos. I have taken my peasley little  83 song library and turned it into a 579 song library of awesomeness. I play with people online that I have met through the Rock Band 30+ group on RockBand.com and Facebook all the time. I love knowing there are other thirty and forty-somethings as into this game as me. They are so much better than I am but they make it so fun. It sure makes playing this game more enjoyable when ya have others to play with. Crystal, Freddy, Rhonda, Chuck, Alex and all the rest - you rock!

So yeah expect to see occasional posts related to the game on my blog.

I am Tracy and I am Rock Band addicted.

So yes - this is my obsession.

Cheers,

T.R.

Oh, here it goes again.

I am so bad at following through on this damn blog. You have no idea how many things I start to write that I never finish and just end up deleting. Well I am gonna try and change that....again. Here goes it again!

Project No Smoking By 35 - ONE MONTH!!!!

Today is my one month smoke free anniversary!

I for one didn't think I could do it and now that I have I wanna celebrate! One month without a cigartette! This is HUGE!!

Yep I am officially very proud of myself!

Cheers,
T.R.

Project No Smoking By 35 - Still Smoke Free!

Can you believe it? It has been almost a month since I decided to quit and I am still not smoking! I am so damn proud of myself. The e-cigarettte has really helped and I find myself using it less and less everyday. Today I have ordered my first super low 6mg nicotine "smoke juice". 3 more weeks and I will move on to 0mg nic smoke juice and will be smoke AND nicotine free. I feel like a friggin' rock star you have no idea.

Besides the fact that I am sick now that is but even sick feels better as a non-smoker.

Here I am with my e-cig (and one of my most fave people in the world) ain't I cool?










Ok well I am sick so back to bed for me I just wanted to write a quick update while I had some energy.

Dude smoke free, GO ME!!

Cheers,
T.R.