Fearful Of Failure
January 7th, 2006Must be your skin that I’m sinkin in.
Must be for real cause now I can feel.
And I didn’t mind,
It’s not my kind.
Not my time to wonder why.
Everything’s gone white,
And everything’s grey,
Now you’re here now you’re away.
I don’t want this,
remember that
I’ll never forget where you’re at.
So I have had a great time with friends, and friends’ family tonight. I saw a movie, had dinner with friends’ parents, had a few drinks, drove when I shouldn’t have, drank some more, played drinking games, drove again when I shouldn’t have, saw old friends, and again some new friends. I spent most of the day occupied so all in all it was a great day.
I am excited about GeekFab launching, and having an opportunity to contribute to something that people will read and hopefully not think “God, how pathetic!” I made a new years resolution that I initially shared only with a few people but I only tonight realized why I kept it a secret… I was afraid of failing. So here goes……
I’m buying a guitar in the next month or so and I am going to try my damndest to learn how to play it. If I fail and someone thinks less of me because of it then screw them. I will give it my all and hopefully at least sound like I’m not a complet idiot after a few months.
My goal is to know how to play “The Man Who Sold The World” by Nirvana by my birthday. If I can manage to play “Be My Girl” by Jet, by that time too, then I will be completely ecstatic!
So that’s my last new years resolution. Any questions?
January 7th, 2006 at 8:57 am
I think learning to play the guitar is a great idea, but don’t give up on it if you can’t play that song by your birthday. You CAN learn to play, but it may take a bit longer than you want it to. Think about changing your goal to “I will work at this until I can play this song”.
January 7th, 2006 at 1:30 pm
Donna owned you… so totally owned you!
January 9th, 2006 at 8:46 am
Scott,
I heard this on a commercial last night and thought of you..and many others I know.
“Life is not about how many times you get knocked down, it’s about how many times you get up.”
I hope ‘06 is a better year for you !!
January 9th, 2006 at 7:14 pm
Scottie you can totally learn how to play the guitar if you are willing to work through the pain. And yes I mean pain, when you first start playing your fingers will get so soar until you work up some calluses. Good luck!!! If you need reassurance you can call me I know it can be tough but if I can do it you can do it hands down.
January 18th, 2006 at 10:37 am
By the way Scott, Nirvana didn’t write The Man Who Sold The World it was David Bowie in 1972… just as a correction…
January 18th, 2006 at 6:16 pm
Yes, you are correct that Bowie was the first to sing the song. But if you listen to the two songs, the guitar is absolutely hideous in Bowie’s version. Nirvana made the song much better musically.