a good year

i've been listening to shearwater live, and opeth's watershed. i admire those bluesy solos. i wish i could translate the tunes in my head directly onto the fretboard sometimes.

yesterday i walked around the boat park with victoria, a plain white beijing 08 shirt, a permanent marker, a cardboard backing, and a smile, and some nice words like 'hello, good morning!', 'we're from singapore!', and 'we hope you have a great olympics!', and accomplished this:

ben ainslie, malcolm page, nathan wilmot, among others. great guys!

today i was promoted to lance corporal!

things are looking pretty rosy eh.

'pardon my lips, they find joy in the most unusual places.'