Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Another great way to get into the holiday spirit is through the timeless magic of Christmas carols. I bought a music book the other day entitled "Twenty Five Top Christmas Songs" from the wonderful Guitar publisher Hal Leonard (their Guitar Method books with CD are a great way to learn), I picked it up at the Cosmo music store where I bought my guitar. Although searching online seems to reveal a decent mark-up on prices on music books in Canada compared to the USA. Especially if you consider the marginal difference in currency valuation between USD and CAD these days.One of the few songs that I am able to approach is this song: "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer". I have used it as a good example to further my knowledge of my Noteworthy Composer music software as well.
Here is the result:
- "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" sheet music in PDF format
- "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" music exported to MIDI
- "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" Noteworthy Composer source file
- UPDATE: New 4 track version exported to MIDI
I'm planning on transcribing this music into TAB format (tablature) because that's what Indesin has been practicing with so far. I haven't used it as much so I can't easily take advantage of some of the great free guitar tablature sites that are out there.
On another unrelated topic, I was on a bit of an eBay inspired videogame buying binge. I ended up buying about 10 games over the course of 2 weeks. Most were easily 50% off retail, including shipping and sometimes retarded handling fees sellers charge. I only got dinged by customs on one of the packages. The seller had marked it as videogame - value $10. Customs opened it and decided the game was worth at least $30 CDN.Thanks customs, you are experts on the used videogame market, and when I plan on selling something, I'll make sure to go to you first and maybe you can convince the buyer that what I'm selling is really worth more than what the free market decided through the ultimate supply-and-demand experiment known as "auctioning".
Anyway I haven't even had time to play most of them, other than turning them on to make sure I didn't get stiffed with a dud. However I think I know what I will be doing this weekend.
Especially since my car is now basically dead and I won't be going anywhere anytime soon. My car (used 1990 Toyota Cressida - 190 horse power Toyota Supra engine) has had regular maintenance type problems over the last couple years and I hadn't experienced ANY problems for the last 6 months or so. Unfortunately just last weekend it overheated - coolant leaked out - and I took it in. I pick up the car and nothing was done to it, but I paid to get a one or two liner stating the car engine needs a major overhaul and new head gasket.Now I'm in a quandary. Do I pay big to fix it, not knowing what could go wrong next (it is a 15 year old car with lots of km)? Do I buy another used car and take the risk that it may well have who knows what kind of problems? Do I buy a new car and throw money away that could be well used paying down my mortgage? Do I try to make do with taking the bus (new high-speed bus service to my work), and walking to nearby stores (I live really close to a mall etc)?
I'm leaning towards toughing it out, saving money on insurance (assuming I can somehow sell or dispose of my car), renting out my 2 underground heated parking spaces, and making a decision later.
Ah, good ol' procastination. The neat thing about it is that when it comes to making decisions that involve spending money, sometimes it pays to be indecisive. Unless inflation is running rampant. Then you better spend it as soon as you get it. On GOLD!
posted by Blight @ 1:30 PM
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There's always the H2 with 20" sprims. We could be cruisin' in da hood like:
This is what you call ryder music
All the gangstas are ridin' to it
Cmon' let's roll,
I can show ya how we do it
When we ride to that ryder music - Let's go
Seriously I don't know, it's a tough choice. I don't recommend the repairs. I think any car will cost you over time, new or used. With used, you may have it for 5-10 years and then no one wants it anymore, doesn't work, or costs too much to repair. With new, you will lose a decent portion of the purchase price if you resell it.
Do you plan to keep your next vehicle short or long term?
I think it really depends on what you value. Do you just want a pair of jogging pants with a hole in the crotch (might cost you $200 at Riveted), a pair of jeans, or something louder? Are you only looking for transportation, or something more?
How long have you had that Toyota, and what has been the total cost so far? (repairs & purchase price) What would be the total cost of a new vehicle over the same period if you sold it at the end of that period?
Ahh, Canada customs. What a pain in the ass they are. Anyway that the Canadian government can dick you for money they'll go ahead and do it.
Over here they'll dick you too, but only if what you are buying is over 50 GBP in value. So I've been doing alot of ebay shopping as well.
I'm also glad I don't have to worry about the car situation over here. I'm sure I'd get bent over no matter what I bought. I'd have to agree with your bro though, the repairs just don't sound worth it. Which is too bad, cause Toyotas are nice reliable cars.
10 games in 2 weeks? Blight, that's a lot of games, even for you. Are we going to get one review every day for the next 10 days?
Anyway, I'd check out one of those government auctions, now that you're in Toronto. Pick up an almost new car for $2000... but it was used to carry a dead body to Lake Superior.
Yeah I'll have to figure out what to do with the car, for now its parked underground so at least it won't get snowed in.
About the games, I still have to work so I don't think I'll have time to play and review them all anytime soon. I'm playing through "Baten Kaitos" right now, an RPG for my Gamecube. It's ok, but I'm kinda waiting for it just to be over so I don't have to play it again. It looks beautiful and the play mechanics are fun but the writing and voice acting is absolutely terrible. And a good console RPG is half storytelling in my opinion.
Man, that's one reason I never got into Final Fantasy games... I know a lot of people love them fanatically, but I personally couldn't sit through those horribly cheesy cinematic sequences. They'd take 10 minutes each, you'd try and kill a monster, die, and have to go through it all over again...
Yeah man, you said you hardly played most of the games you bought when I was visiting you.
I'd really like a car right now. Sara lets me use hers lots, but I kind of feel bad bumming her car all the time.
you want a car? yeah, you definitely need one in edmonton, since the bus system sucks and there's no real metro.
And it's not like U of A days, when we'd walk from that downtown bar all the way home in the winter, because we were too cheap to take a cab.
I don't want a car, but a motorcycle could be convenient.
Esp. for DJing having a car would be nice. I take ETS on occassion, but carrying my record box on the bus is a hassle, so I end up taking a cab lots as well. The thing is, insurance would kill me.
As long as I don't have my records, I still don't mind a long walk.
Ooooh, a motorcycle! Dangerous! Is there a H.A. presence in Australia?
Not to roll around and be dangerous. It's just smaller, and easier to park.
Do motorcycles pollute more?
anyway, the weather in sydney is perfect for a motorcycle. Warm all year. yep.
I know what you mean about carrying records. When I was playing in the bar at McGill, I took just enough records for a couple of hours, and carrying them wrecked me.
that's the shitty thing about records vs. Cds and Mp3s
All I know about motorcycles (besides the fact that I think they look cool and I want one) is that my Aunt's friends who reclaim organs from cadavers call motorcyclists "organ donors on wheels"
Epescilly the young ones on the crotch rockets. You get some good organs out of them.
That said, they still look cool, and I still want one. And I'm pretty sure they pollute a lot less than cars do.
I even have my organ donor card filled out. Note to potential recipiants: the kidneys are kick-ass.
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