D33: Rock star eats crap and lives!

So I have a very minor accomplishment to convey. I didn't eat any fast food in January. None. And that was a significant thing for me because I can be impulsive about a number of things and the ridiculous ease of drive thru windows did me no good. I thought about seeing if I could go a whole year without fast food. And that would be a noble goal. But I decided that it would be just fine to have it once a month. So I had some for lunch today. And it was crap. I would have been fine without it. But I think I'll probably say yes to fast food once a month just to remind myself that it's not that great. I ate it today, on 2/2/08 for the first time all year. I think next month I'll eat it on 3/3, then on 4/4, 5/5, 6/6, 7/7, 8/8, 9/9 (my birthday), 10/10, 11/11 and finally on 12/12. Next year? Who knows...



About today's title? Who's the rock star? Why me, of course. At least when I plugged a microphone into my PS3 to play Rock Band with a friend. I don't actually own the game, I just rented it. The full game comes with a guitar, a drum set and a microphone. It allows you to go beyond karaoke, letting you and your friends pretend to be a band without the necessity of talent. It's been hugely popular - although not as popular as the Guitar Hero games because the cost of entry is higher ($160 for the full kit) and the fact that singing and playing drums are actually much harder than pressing buttons on the fake guitar. Singing and drums actually require some musical skill. So my friend was over and, not having any instruments except a USB microphone, we could only try the singing part in the game. I did Creep by Radiohead, a song by The Ramones and something else I didn’t know well. You have to get further in the game to unlock the better songs and we didn’t have time. It turned out to be quite fun and I was actually able to sing around him without massive embarrassment.




The truth is I've always wanted to be a rock star. Or really just a singer and pianist with something above average talent. I've had silly daydreams about becoming an expert on the anatomy and physiology of human vocal chords to the point that I create a procedure or technology that allows anyone to sing and sound good doing it. What would the world be like if everyone could sing, and sing well? It’s hard to say. But I imagine we’d all be having a lot more sex.