I'm back. And you didn't know I was gone!

Posted by Astryl on Feb. 3, 2012, 8:28 a.m.

Heh. I went on a little road-trip yesterday, spent the night at my old habitation from 2010 (With my aunt and uncle) and returned today. I finally found some Lions, but they weren't walking the streets.

Actually, I found a black panther and a white tiger too (Seriously). There's this little rest-stop halfway between my town and Cape Town called Yzerfontein Padstal (Pronounced Eh-zer-fon-teyn. No, it's not Lazerfontein, I'm pretty sure of it).

A padstal is a 'farm stall' which is underselling the place. They do mention that they're an Oasis on the West Coast. They are. Massive area in the back with giant aviaries full of Macaws and other birds.

And if you have the cash, you can go and see the Lions/Tigers/Panther. I didn't have money for the tour, because They charge 2.5x more for adults. >:{

And my money needed to be applied to the purchase of two new First Strings for my guitar.

Anyway, on radiator leak later and a long hot journey after we'd fixed it, the journey continued, and soon we were stuck in the city traffic. Hooray for cities.

About 40 minutes after that, I was sitting at the very same computer desk that I once sat at, the same geographical location that I was inhabiting when I created this account. Nostalgia…

So anyway, I've been spreading the 64digits propaganda love around the uncivilized world, just returned now, feel stupid for falling for the usertag again and needing to do something.

Oh yeah, USA Guitar Strings. Can't get any better. 'cept maybe Spanish strings. But I'm not going to pay 10 US cents more for Spanish strings when I can save a measly amount of money that I can't spend anyway. =P

Real reason is that the rest of my strings are US, and there is a clear difference in the quality of sound between an American and Spanish string. Let's not even begin to go into the sound quality of a Chinese string though…

Now let me get back to my computer, where I can actually do something of value.

Comments

JID 12 years, 7 months ago

I was too lazy to fully read your pronunciation for 'Yzerfontein Padstal', so I read it as YZYUGFWEEMJFEW.

Also, I knew you were gone the entire time, because I watch you while you sleep.

Toast 12 years, 7 months ago

You live in South Africa? Do you have an awesome accent? Of COURSE you have an awesome accent. Awesome.

If I had $20 for every bass string I've broken, that would almost compensate how much I've spent on broken fucking bass strings

Taizen Chisou 12 years, 7 months ago

Aw, JID took my idea.

But mine was closer to

"Because I spy on everyone, I knew you were gone the whole time! It's just that no one asked."

I do have to seriously ask whether or not people would notice if I left for a week or two, though. Would you? ;-;

Astryl 12 years, 7 months ago

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You live in South Africa? Do you have an awesome accent? Of COURSE you have an awesome accent. Awesome.

I've got a confusing accent that locals think is British, but isn't.

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I do have to seriously ask whether or not people would notice if I left for a week or two, though. Would you? ;-;
Possibly. Maybe. Depends on your blog frequency.

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If I had $20 for every bass string I've broken, that would almost compensate how much I've spent on broken fucking bass strings
This is the truth.