MD1032
Headphoneus Supremus
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Well you're all going to think me a spoiled greedy moron after I tell you about this and you deserve to think so, but basically my Christmas was disappointing. I got a bunch of little stuff, cool stuff, but I didn't get the Nintendo DS which was the only thing I asked for for Christmas. I basically got some awesome stuff for my Clarinet I'll show you from my grampa, and some cool games and movies and stuff, and a whole lot of clothes, but no DS, which has me really bummed out. Anyway, I happened to get a mini-tripod also from my grampa for my crappy digital camera so I can finally take some real pics for you guys (and you know I'm nuts about pics, even though my hand shakes just terribly)! Here goes:
Here's my new mini-tripod. As you'll see, it makes my pictures turn out a lot better, even with this old crappy Fujifilm Finepix 1300 I'm using! It's all aluminum, very solid compared to some of the cheesy ones I've seen in Best Buy.
It can extend twice and lock.
I also got a cool camera bag for it and my camera. Those flaps are removable by velcro, so I can pass cords under it - I could carry and source and amp in there if I wanted to.
Clarinet stuff! Bottom is my new mouthpiece bag, to keep my rubber mouthpiece safe and away from my Clarinet. The rubber can cause the nickel to oxidize faster I've heard. Left is a mysterious black case I'll describe later (maybe you can pick out the Vandoren symbol on it) Top right is my new M13 mouthpiece in box.
No flash. And it's not blurry!
The new mouthpiece. I have yet to try it over my current B45 I described here. edit: OK, just compared. The M13 is awesome! The Profile 88 thing is a bit weird and would definitely take some getting used to, but the tone is amazing. It's much darker than the B45 and kind of contricts things (in terms of volume), but has a much more refined sound.
Gee, what was that black case in the above trio of Clarinet gifts? This is it. It's a real nice reed resurfacing kit. Now I don't have to keep buying reed rush! The glass where it looks frosted isn't actually frosted, it's some kind of weird abrasive they've made the glass into. The large thing is for laying the reed on and rubbing with the grain to smooth the bottom and any warping that has occured. The stick is for working the top.
LAZOOOOR! My sister got me this. I've been having some fun with the cat chasing it.
Gotta be careful though, it's a Class IIIa.
Games MYST: URU: Complete Chronicles and Half-Life, both of which come highly recommended.
New case for palm pilot. I think you should be able to pick out which one the new one is. In the old one the tabs broke on the inside, so my Visor Edge would clip in, but could slide out sideways - not a good thing!
In case the other pic didn't show the wear and shininess on the old one enough.
Well, that's it. A lot of great presents. Also not shown is ROTK: EE, which my Aunt sent me. I have yet to watch it, but man does it look awesome! 50 minutes of extra footage baby!!
Anyway, I'm still bummed about the Nintendo DS thing. Sure, my parents went out and bought me a $2000 early Christmas present but I still wanted the DS. My mom said she wanted to get one for me but my dad wouldn't let her because he said I wouldn't use it (ummm...why else would I want it other than to use it?) I mean, my sister got a brand new Dell Dimension 3000 (nice...has a 3.0 ghz. P4 w/HT) and a bunch of other fun stuff and the only thing I really asked for was the DS and instead I got a whole bunch of clothes, and no, I'm not going to take pictures of them. Most all of the stuff above is from relatives. What I got from my parents was just clothes. Meanwhile my sister unveils a brand new computer and a bunch of other fun stuff. And if it isn't disappointing enough already, one of the last presents I opened was ... Microsoft Office. And my dad already told me he had ordered it for me and got it for real cheap through his company. I already have Office 2000 and barely ever use it, and now I have 2003 student and teacher edition which basically adds a bunch of features I don't need. Ugh, when I opened that it just plain insulted me.
Sure, tell me I'm spoiled and greedy and starving children in 3rd world countries don't have food to go to bed with (bad wording, but you get the point)... I'm still disappointed. It would be one thing if my Clarinet was perfect and where I want it to be but for some reason all of the pads are shot and they fizzle terribly. And my dad was completely unwilling to take it back to get it repaired before the holiday.
Anyway, I still got a bunch of great stuff, and on the bright side, I got $75 unexpectedly from my Uncle I plan to use towards some Shure E2c's or MD33's, which I have wanted for a very long time (you guys have talked me out of it before, but I need the isolation).
edits: The pics were too big, so I uploaded them to photobucket, which automatically resizes them.
Here's my new mini-tripod. As you'll see, it makes my pictures turn out a lot better, even with this old crappy Fujifilm Finepix 1300 I'm using! It's all aluminum, very solid compared to some of the cheesy ones I've seen in Best Buy.
It can extend twice and lock.
I also got a cool camera bag for it and my camera. Those flaps are removable by velcro, so I can pass cords under it - I could carry and source and amp in there if I wanted to.
Clarinet stuff! Bottom is my new mouthpiece bag, to keep my rubber mouthpiece safe and away from my Clarinet. The rubber can cause the nickel to oxidize faster I've heard. Left is a mysterious black case I'll describe later (maybe you can pick out the Vandoren symbol on it) Top right is my new M13 mouthpiece in box.
No flash. And it's not blurry!
The new mouthpiece. I have yet to try it over my current B45 I described here. edit: OK, just compared. The M13 is awesome! The Profile 88 thing is a bit weird and would definitely take some getting used to, but the tone is amazing. It's much darker than the B45 and kind of contricts things (in terms of volume), but has a much more refined sound.
Gee, what was that black case in the above trio of Clarinet gifts? This is it. It's a real nice reed resurfacing kit. Now I don't have to keep buying reed rush! The glass where it looks frosted isn't actually frosted, it's some kind of weird abrasive they've made the glass into. The large thing is for laying the reed on and rubbing with the grain to smooth the bottom and any warping that has occured. The stick is for working the top.
LAZOOOOR! My sister got me this. I've been having some fun with the cat chasing it.
Games MYST: URU: Complete Chronicles and Half-Life, both of which come highly recommended.
New case for palm pilot. I think you should be able to pick out which one the new one is. In the old one the tabs broke on the inside, so my Visor Edge would clip in, but could slide out sideways - not a good thing!
In case the other pic didn't show the wear and shininess on the old one enough.
Well, that's it. A lot of great presents. Also not shown is ROTK: EE, which my Aunt sent me. I have yet to watch it, but man does it look awesome! 50 minutes of extra footage baby!!
Anyway, I'm still bummed about the Nintendo DS thing. Sure, my parents went out and bought me a $2000 early Christmas present but I still wanted the DS. My mom said she wanted to get one for me but my dad wouldn't let her because he said I wouldn't use it (ummm...why else would I want it other than to use it?) I mean, my sister got a brand new Dell Dimension 3000 (nice...has a 3.0 ghz. P4 w/HT) and a bunch of other fun stuff and the only thing I really asked for was the DS and instead I got a whole bunch of clothes, and no, I'm not going to take pictures of them. Most all of the stuff above is from relatives. What I got from my parents was just clothes. Meanwhile my sister unveils a brand new computer and a bunch of other fun stuff. And if it isn't disappointing enough already, one of the last presents I opened was ... Microsoft Office. And my dad already told me he had ordered it for me and got it for real cheap through his company. I already have Office 2000 and barely ever use it, and now I have 2003 student and teacher edition which basically adds a bunch of features I don't need. Ugh, when I opened that it just plain insulted me.
Sure, tell me I'm spoiled and greedy and starving children in 3rd world countries don't have food to go to bed with (bad wording, but you get the point)... I'm still disappointed. It would be one thing if my Clarinet was perfect and where I want it to be but for some reason all of the pads are shot and they fizzle terribly. And my dad was completely unwilling to take it back to get it repaired before the holiday.
Anyway, I still got a bunch of great stuff, and on the bright side, I got $75 unexpectedly from my Uncle I plan to use towards some Shure E2c's or MD33's, which I have wanted for a very long time (you guys have talked me out of it before, but I need the isolation).
edits: The pics were too big, so I uploaded them to photobucket, which automatically resizes them.
