top 5 tuesday

Today I'd like to start a new tradition, hopefully it will keep me a bit more regular with my postings.

I'm calling it Top 5 Tuesday, and I'm going to compile a few lists of regular things to share that you will all come to love and adore.

List 1: Mike's Top 5 Favorite Bands of the Week According to His iPod:
--> Determined by bands with the greatest number of songs in the top 25 most played of the week.
1. & 2. Tie between Muse & U2
3. Dream Theater
4. Fee
5. A four way tie between 30 Seconds to Mars, Kristian Stanfill, Alter Bridge, and Aerosmith.

List 2: Mike's Top 5 Favorite Songs of the Week According to His iPod:
--> Determined by top 5 most played songs of the week.
1. & 2. Tie between "Plug In Baby" and "Starlight" by Muse
3. "Magnificent" by U2
4. "These Walls" by Dream Theater
5. Tie between "Burn for You" by Fee and "Moment of Surrender" by U2

List 3: Mike's Top 5 Reasons Money is Horrible:
--> (see Top 5 Reasons Why Mike Needs To Be Less Materialistic, soon to come)
1. There's never enough of it.
2. It never comes in fast enough.
3. It's not edible.
4. It doesn't grow on trees. (Related to #2, I guess.)
5. Money . . . so they say, is the root of all evil today.

after the hiatus / and i'm broke

I hate apologizing for not blogging, but I do feel an explanation is required as to why there has been a substantial lack of posting my yours truly.

Finals. And a new job.

Hopefully, that's about all the explanation you need (mostly because that's all you're gonna get).

Anyway, continuing on.

One of the things that frustrates me the most is that when I have a lot of spare cash lying around, I have no idea what to do with it. However, when I'm short on cash, or when I'm trying to save money (as is the case currently), I can easily find all manner of things upon which to blow inordinate amounts of dough. I'll refer to both situations as 'broke' simply because I have no money to spend on smaller things.

I'm currently in the market for a Boss DD-20 Giga Delay twin pedal. It's essentially the last part to complete the sound package I would 'need' to be exactly where I want to be in terms of effects.

Normally the DD-20 retails for around $220, but I'd like to find one on Ebay for around $100. So far, I've found quite a few of them, but they've all been going for around $120. I really don't want to spend more than that.

It takes some patience. The good thing is that the DD-20 is not necessary to the way I play; the digital delay features on the Boss GT-3 I currently use fulfills that role within my sound adequately. The DD-20 would simply take me to the next level; modularizing the delay and packaging it in a more controllable unit.

I can wait; time is on my side.