learning to drive (and other things)

120 hours as set by Vic roads plus holding your Learners for at least one full year.
I've had my learners for about 2 and a half months?
and have completed 7 hours and 45 minutes worth of driving.

Not too bad I must say. Once I've done my 120 hours, I have a car to think about owning...that'll be a couple grand that COULD go towards a jazzmaster!

So while I sit in this comfy computer chair of mine, I grow tired and will decide to go off and write about whatever comes to mind, right about now.

So let's see, University isn't as bad as I thought it would be, the friends I've made a rather cool and easy to get along with which at first I thought otherwise.
I FINALLY got an Ipod...well its not really 'mine' but my younger brothers, mum bought it for him even though he doesn't really listen to music so I figured I'd put my music onto there and the trips back and fourth from Uni have been much more pleasant.

Last Band Standing is next Sunday and The Bells as we've become to be known as rehearsed just yesterday and damn that was a hell of a lot of fun.
I really can't wait to play a song called Smile which goes into this classically inspired/drum solo/delay pedal madness/feedback frenzy part of the song which ends it.

8 months I've been with her :D

COOKIE MONSTER



take care and wish me luck at the last band standing shindig.

J.Duong

there's a first for everything

today being
my first day of university.

Well, my first day was meant to be yesterday but due to the hella crazy storms Melbourne had, the recording studio my first class was meant to be at suffered some flood damage.

f u c k

So I'm here with my bag all set with pens, books, moleskine etc all packed for the first day.
Its odd since pretty much all my friends bar one started a few weeks ago.

Can't help but think of the morning where I received my enter score and thought
"oh dear, how the hell am I going to get into uni?"

Now I'm here a few months later geared for my first day.
Here comes the first dose of routine since November.

take care

J.Duong

The Pile

My song writing books, never leave anywhere without them.
9 books that I've filled out over 3 years.

Going through and reading them is like going back in time - don't mind the lameness of simile - reading the countless words that have been poured into these books just makes me feel all riled up and down. I really did write about anything I put my mind too.

I admit some of it does come off pretty lame, very actually. But I'm learning and finding my way of writing. One writer that I highly admire is Alex Turner of the Arctic Monkeys.

His way with words is like that of Barry White and women.

Sometimes my writing can sound too formal or too casual and it peeves me.
It's to much a fine line that's drawn.

Practice makes perfect I'm sure, being a guitarist I would know.

Well I'm back to writing right now, a song that for now can be called

"I Still"



take care.

J.Duong