#wynjara

My C chord always sounds a bit funny, you kinda just get used to it. Have you tried F yet? That on is a doozy

niennanir

I second F. I also second getting a guitar with a narrower neck

sailorsol

F is the worst! And G can be a bit tricky too.

This is all fascinating, because I’m having no trouble with G at all (I actually really like G, but I am weirdly partial to G in general, I love it on the uke too and tend to write songs in G). I’m having a slight struggle with F in terms of my hand cramping when I play it (partially due to some bandaged fingers from a cut while cooking), but I’m not having trouble making it sound like F. 

Whereas with C it both hurts to do the chording AND ALSO sounds very wrong. And I can’t diagnose WHY it’s wrong, like I think I’m probably not fretting properly and also I know I’m tending to brush the high E when fretting the B string above it, but even when I lay the guitar down and very carefully only fret the C chord, it sounds terrible. I’ve checked my tuning, I even got one of the ukes off the rack and played a C to compare, and it sounds...it sounds like it’s maybe sharp somehow? 

There’s also an issue with the pitch of the guitar regardless, it’s lower than I like to sing, so I’m going to get a capo and see if that helps. For now I’m actually chording the A and B strings and strumming lightly, a trick I learned to play a non-barre E on the uke (there’s a certain way to play E on uke where you fret two strings and just strum super light). 

baelthazar

Should we tell you about bar chords?

wynjara

I want to have Words with whoever invented bar chords.

LOL I am well familiar with bar chords from the ukulele, where they’re bad enough -- I had hoped they might be easier or at least less common on the guitar, but I see that is not the case...

iswearidontevenknow

Are you having problems with C specifically or is it changing from C into G and vice versa? If you do the pinky version of G (pinky on the high E, ring on the low E, middle on the A) it can the transition a lot easier

Well, I’m struggling with transitions in general right now but that’s just lack of experience/muscle memory -- my folks got me the guitar for Christmas and I wasn’t able to actually get it until this month, so last night was my second or third time ever even trying to play. Right now I’m pulling up tabs (mainly songs I learned to play Uke with) on one half of the screen and common chords on the other and trying to get through them, but so many of my tabs are in C that the Struggle Is Real.

If you try it out, tell us about it? I kinda want a summer shirt, but am leery of buying that much yarn without handling it first.

Do they specifically have to be your goals? Or could you treat it like a writing experiment?

I cannot "like" this post enough.

wynjara hat auf deinen Eintrag geantwortet “What I have taken away from MCU is that they made it very easy to...”

I confess I just ignore everything after 'Avengers'. Ok, I'll acknowledge most of Cap 2, I guess. But the constantly blaming Tony, or putting him down, etc... is why I can't watch pretty much any of it. This is why fanfic > canon.   

MWAHAHAHAHA.

Post office bounty! I’m finally cognitively together enough to actually manage this :D 

Top image, clockwise from upper left:

A pyramid of owls from @bookfanatic which DID arrive by Christmas but which I did not photograph in time for it :D Thank you! 

An awesome vintage car from @kimmiesue13 -- love the stamps you sent too! I saved them inside the card :D

The “Catmas tree” is from @howshouldibegin; the kittens and I both thank you!

The green tree card and the lovely tiny cross-stitch are from @wynjara -- what a wonderful ornament to add to my tree, thank you! 

The pretty red berries card is from Daniel, I’m so glad you enjoy the fic and thanks for being such a long-term loyal reader! (And yes, I am enjoying the deck -- especially showing it off to my envious goth friends :D) 

The Magritte-esque cardinal adn bowler hat is from @3pennyjane, thank you! The Hogfather was kind to me this year :) (LOL SEASON’S MAGRITTE-INGS)

The Llama card and awesome Dummy sticker are from @nonsenseandstuff -- Dummy is going straight onto my laptop!

The Flying Spaghetti Monster is from L and kitty Ripley -- I love the format of card you chose, so imaginative! 

And finally, the stirring mouse is from @mooseman13579 -- thanks Ishmael! I love it. Might hang it in my kitchen. 

Second image (inadvertently themed on “Blues”), clockwise from upper left: 

The tower of green cats is from Lisa -- what a great picture, thank you!

The galactic kitty sticker and glittery snow flakes are from @delphie200, and that’s another sticker going directly onto the laptop! 

Feline Navidad cracked my shit up, thank you Kris & Josh! 

The snowy owl with the narrow look is from Wendy -- it’s a wonderful Chanukkah card :D 

The “Merry Christmas and Happy New Year” card is partially obscured just to make sure nobody’s face got shown who shouldn’t, but thank you Hutts for a lovely photo card! (You have SO MANY FISH.)

And finally, the pipe-smoker in the winter wonderland is from @crimson-creature, who also wrote an amazing poem on the inside of the card. I don’t know if you have it posted anywhere but if you don’t you should share it! 

The third image is a package from @winds-wanderer; I LOVE the Lunch Money pouch and the postcards, and I’m pretty sure you sent the origami (but if not do let me know -- it got separated from its family in my bag :D). I’m planning to hang up the postcards at work! 

And lastly, thank you for your patience, the wonderful tartan bird card and “Fuctifano” coaster (OH MY GOD) are from Rua M; I plan to feature the coasters at my next get-together. Meanwhile, the awesome chocolates and postcard and neat brochure from Hawaii, the blessed candy and the new Ofuda, are from @janedrewfinally. I have to say I’m especially grateful for the Ofuda, since the cats managed to PULL DOWN AND EAT my previous one. I’m hanging this one higher on the wall. :D 

Cons of making angel food cake from scratch: It needs HOW MANY EGG WHITES?!

Homespun is fun to start heated discussions over, because either you think it feels awful and is impossible to work with (me) or love the colors it comes in and think it drapes well (wrong people)

It’s funny you say this because I love the colors it comes in and think it drapes well, it’s just tedious to work with and the feel of it in my hands sets my teeth on edge, kind of like nails on a chalkboard or the metal end of a pencil scraping across paper because the eraser’s gone down too far.