Don’t sweat it

Something weird about me is that I donโ€™t sweat very much. Hardly at all. If I’m sweating even a little, I’m on the verge of death. Itโ€™s a bit dangerous sometimes as I can and do overheat, but also useful as well. My clothes donโ€™t get very dirty or stained.

My hands, feet and most other places donโ€™t sweat at all. My head gets a little sheen of perspiration if I get very hot.

One time when I was in the army, I did a 20KM road march with 65 pounds of gear in NC summer weather without taking a single drink of water. I didnโ€™t sweat a bit. I came in second place, against Rangers and other hardcore types.

Got accused of getting a ride, but a Ranger behind me said, โ€œNope, I saw him the whole way up ahead and I couldnโ€™t catch him.โ€

I wasnโ€™t even thirsty at the end, though people treated me like a minor god after it was revealed at the finish line that part of the 65 pounds making up my rucksack’s weight was a twelve-pack of Mt. Dew.

YT flails

Any time I read YouTube comments, itโ€™s so depressing.

First, watch Orianthi Panagaris tear up Voodoo Chile. Then take a look at the comments. Note first that Orianthi was Michael Jacksonโ€™s band guitarist. She has more talent in her little finger than most of the commenters do in their entire familial lineage stretching back two million years.

Then some idiot claims, โ€œWow, she made a horrible version. Out of tune and doesn’t have any groove! Totally sucks and ugly tone. Wah+Hi-gain on a Hendrix tune? What the hell was she thinking?โ€

I like the wah-wah pedal and all the hi-gain on this one. Sheโ€™s playing it in a more heavy metal style, and Iโ€™ve never seen it played that way before. Sheโ€™s making it her own.

And out of tune?ย  Nothing is out of tune. Sheโ€™s playing it in a different key than the original. This is more common than not in music. At 3:22 through 3:24 where she steps out of key itโ€™s completely fucking obvious sheโ€™s doing it on purpose. And it works. Because she is a guitar goddess and can do things that normal mortals cannot.

And someone who can play the guitar like that while joggingโ€ฆI have no words.