Wednesday, April 22, 2009

elegy for my spoiled maharani

i never thought this day would come
i didn't want it to come to full circle
i never wanted it to end

we were awesome, we were cool
we were inseparable, like magnets nobody could pull

sometimes i think we're really fools
and even love could be so cruel
there's no more dreams
there's just memories

i can never hold your hand again

i wish it wasn't that painful to let go
i wish you were just a passerby
i wish love would stay and not flee
i wish it was just between you and me

i'm numb outside
i'm cold inside
but these tears
why do they keep streaming down my face

i can never hug you again

why did you have to come into my life?
why did you have to give me so much joy?
why did you have to give me so much love?
if that was only to be taken away from me again

thank you for everything
you've taught me about life
you've taught me about love
you are truly one of a kind
i will truly miss you

i can never kiss you again

if only that matter would disappear
so all we had would still be real
if only time could stand still
we could be together forever
we didn't have to go our separate ways
and it didn't have to last for only five hundred and fifty days

i'm so sorry
i hope you understand
we'll be together again if it's meant to be
i love you, my spoiled maharani

Wednesday, April 01, 2009

toys updates

Did an audit on my toys just now.

Here's what I have at the moment.

Guitar related stuff:
- three electric guitars; the Ibanez RGR620TKS, the red GrassRoots Forest GT with Fernandes Sustainer and the Epiphone 335. Two more coming hopefully soon; the unfinished custom electric(Ibanez RG replica) by Matheas Guitars and the Warmoth stratocaster which is being put together as I type this
- one accoustic guitar; the Cole Clark FL2
- three electric guitar amps; a Line 6 Spider Micro, a Mesa Boogie Mark IV 112 combo and a Mesa Boogie Stiletto Ace with a 2x12 Stiletto cabinet
- one pedal; the DOD Yngwie Malmsteen signature overdrive pedal
- one multieffect; the Digitech GNX3000
- one Shure SM57 and stand
- one Shure PGX guitar wireless system

Photography gear:
- Nikon D300 body
- Nikon lenses; 18-55mm VR, 105mm Micro f/2.8, 70-300mm f/4-5.6, 35mm f/1.8
- Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 lens
- Peleng 8mm fisheye lens
- Gitzo Mountaineer 0541 with Markins Q3 ballhead
- a few Hoya filters (UVs, circular polarizer and ND4)
- Flashes (or Speedlights as Nikon calls them), both Nikon SB600 and SB800
- Cactus wireless flash trigger with two receivers
- two LumiPro umbrella swivel
- two Wescott 43" umbrellas, white
- two Interfit 7.5ft light stand
- Kirk L-Bracket
- Kata 3N1-100 bag
- Tamrac N-25 strap
- LowePro Nova 5AW (I want to sell this)
- Manfrotto 190XPROB with 804RC2 three-way head (hopefully sold tomorrow)

That's them.