Guitar Practice- Lesson 1

Last Friday, I started taking guitar lessons again. This time I have a new instructor named Bob. My last instructor stopped teaching because he became ill. I received an electric guitar for Christmas a couple of years ago. I just got a music stand, tuner, guitar book, and a foot stand. The book I am learning from is called " Guitar Method 1". Bob said that this book would help me play all different styles and that I would learn faster if I studied chords first. Some advice that Bob gave me was to tune my guitar every day since I had not had it tuned in a long time and it kept wanting to go out of tune. He said I wouldn't need new strings. He told me to play whenever I wanted and that he wanted it to be fun. I meet up with Bob once every week. It would be so much fun to learn how to play "Meant To Live" By Switchfoot. I would want to play that song all day.

Drawing

I am learning how to draw Japanese animation characters. My mom bought me a drawing set. It contains a special ruler, 2 pens, pencil, eraser, and a pencil sharpener. This picture is my first drawing of a full body. This is just the beginning of my drawing. I hope my drawing skills improve.

Viva La Vida By Coldplay

This is a song that my dad liked frist, and I like it. It's Viva La Vivda by Coldplay also known as Death and All His Friends.




I used to rule the world
Seas would rise when I gave the word
Now in the morning I sleep alone
Sweep the streets I used to own

I used to roll the dice
Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes
Listen as the crowd would sing:
"Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!"

One minute I held the key
Next the walls were closed on me
And I discovered that my castles stand
Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand

I hear Jerusalem bells a ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can't explain
Once you go there was never, never an honest word
That was when I ruled the world
(Ohhh)

It was the wicked and wild wind
Blew down the doors to let me in.
Shattered windows and the sound of drums
People couldn't believe what I'd become

Revolutionaries wait
For my head on a silver plate
Just a puppet on a lonely string
Oh who would ever want to be king?

I hear Jerusalem bells a ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can't explain
I know Saint Peter won't call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world
(Ohhhhh Ohhh Ohhh)

I hear Jerusalem bells a ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can't explain
I know Saint Peter will call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world
Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh

Gymnastics Practice

I finally learned how to do a back full!

Family Day

On Sunday, I went to see "Phantom Of The Opera"and tried Vegan Ethiopian food with my family. I was with Dad, Mom, and Mehgan. It was also the day of the super bowl. My dad realized it after he bought the tickets.

When we arrived at the restuarant we were seated at a small basket like table with a platter in the middle. The waitress poured warm water to wash our hands over a bowl.The food was weird to me, because a huge buckwheat pancake covered the entire platter. The bread was used as a plate and to eat off. We broke off pieces of the pancake with our hands and used it to scoop up the veggies and lentils rather than using any utensils. I drank fresh orange juice, while Mehgan had mango juice. It was almost like a smoothie. We ordered a zucchini and chickpea dish. We had baklava for dessert.

Next we were off to the Pantages Theater to see a play called "Phantom Of The Opera". This has been my favorite play so far. The movie and the play were really different. . Mehgan didn't like "Phantom Of The Opera" because she thoguht it was scary. It was shorter than I thought it would be, but I had fun.

Snowboarding

Today I went snowboarding. There was one thing that went wrong I hurt my wrist on a slope. I got hurt by going off a little jump and fell on my hand. My mom has wrist guards, and I will try it next time. Otherwise, I had fun through rest of the day. Mehgan almost flew down the mountain and the only thing that saved her was a rope. We said "Today a is bad day for snowboarding." We have 4 more times to go snowboarding. My dad was great today. He was better today than last time.