An Overdue Life Update Continued

Maybe a little TMI, but I'm not feeling 100% as I write this because of an "upset stomach." (I guess, technically, it's an upset stomach...) I took some expired Pepto Bismol tablets that I still had in my bathroom, and hoping that they will work... We'll see how that goes. If that doesn't work, I still have some TUMS, and some Japanese medicine I had stashed away forever. At any rate, I think this is the universe's way of telling me that I need to slow down and take some time out for myself.

Last night, I returned to my local park to get some guitar practise in. The daylight doesn't last, and it is dark here by or before 19:30 at night. The night was uneventful, apart from some kids who were shooting some hoops in the darkness. In addition to If Life is So Short, I am also working on Misery, I'll Be There For You, and Miss You Like Crazy. I figured out a version of I'll Be There For You by ear pretty early on in my guitar journey this year. Around the same time, I started working on Miss You Like Crazy. I can play it along with this tutorial fine, but I should have fully mastered it by now. But, I think Misery is such a fun song. Even though it is significantly more difficult, and even with the lack of step by step tutorials for the song on YouTube, I think it rocks. Those chords are challenging, but I am picking them up very quickly as I set aside more time to master them!

( Fangirling about The Moffatts )

In a way, these performances are bittersweet to look back on because they were such an amazing time, but they also serve as a reminder that we are not teenagers anymore. It has been 25 years since that performance at PsykoBlast. Back in the day, I was lucky enough to see the band during their 1999 tour for the promotion of the US version of Chapter 1: A New Beginning, as well as during the 2000 YTV PsykoBlast Tour. I think I mentioned this in one of my previous entries already, but it makes me sad that those days are over, but the danger of focusing too much on the past is that we miss out on the present, and the future. If I were to go back in time and stay there, I would not have the experiences that I have now, and I certainly would not have met the people that I have, nor would I have the opportunities that I have now.

( Fangirling about Super Mario RPG, and the resurgence of the 90s in the modern era )

I mention all these things because the 90s seem to be coming back this year in a way, and I think it's great even if I don't plan to buy most of the products that I talked about here. The Switch is a huge maybe due to the price point, and I still may decide to have a 90s pizza party, and live vicariously through a let's player instead.

I've also been working on another guitar cover. But, I have largely kept it under wraps because this song has been covered so rarely, and a clean version has been impossible to find online. I think that if I can fully master it on guitar, it's really going to be a real treat to the unnamed fandom.

There are still some other things that I want to touch on, but I'll get to those topics in another update. At least in terms of some housekeeping stuff to energise The Moffatts fanbase in Japan, I will have to chase up some contacts I made many months ago to let them know about the group that I created. I will once again make the call here that if you're a fan of The Moffatts, and live in Japan, or intend to travel here for a show in the future, please look for the group that I made on Facebook called Music Travel Fans 🇯🇵 so that we can get a tangible head count. Thank you. 🙏 🙏 🙏

Update: It seems that the Pepto Bismol did the trick, and I can make today a productive one.