Today started as most morning, hectic and painful, specially because for some reason my right hand was very sore and swollen, it was all well as I was scheduled to see my Doctor in the afternoon.
I arrived at his office, he was running a bit late, so I sat with the other four patients that were waiting, it wasn’t all bad he has a nice waiting room with WIFI and TV and current magazines and news papers. He got in a few minutes later, and the first thing he does, is notice my swollen hand, and starts questioning right then and there; Was I playing the guitar? Was I over using the computer? What happened?
I’ll tell you what happened I had to change a tire, that’s what happened. He immediately injected something or other to reduce the swelling, and told me we needed to wait a bit, to see if the swelling goes down, to do the treatment.
So here I am, in pain, real pain, when this guy near me try to start a conversation:
The humble guy: Are you a musician?
Me: Yes.
The humble guy: What do you play?
Me: Guitar and Piano.
The humble guy: Who do you play with?
Me: Myself… I don’t play with anyone, I can’t play due to my condition.
The humble guy: You know, I’m a very humble person, I’m so humble that I’m going to tell you something you might not know.
Me: Ok……..
The humble guy: I’m the best guitarist of this country.
Me: Trying not to laugh my ass off. Really? How nice, good for you.
The humble guy: If you need lessons or anything contact me, here is my card.
Me: Thank you, What type of music do you teach?
The humble guy: Bachata, what else? There is nothing better!
Now I know this was really happening because I was quite in a bit of pain. I’ve seen this type of thing a lot, not only with musicians also in the IT field, there are quite a few people that have incredible egos, my experience is that 99% of them are full of manure, but of course I have no prove this guy is in fact full of it, for all I know he can be the Carlos Santana of the Bachata.
It was quite funny though, specially his facial expressions, and when he started mimicking guitar lines with his voice that was precious, I’ve never been so desperate to get on with the treatment (which consist of cortisone injections, not nice I tell you), I also have never seen a room empty so fast in my life!
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First of all, Bachata is not really music. It’s an illusion. All of you who think it’s music are being deceived. Snap out of it!
Second of all, how can a guy that ONLY plays Bachata consider himself to be a “the best guitar player”. The f****ng music only requires the use of less than half of the strings of the guitar.
Third, anyone who thinks he/she is the “best”, has some serious issues. There will always be bigger fish in the sea. If you don’t even have appreciation for the people that are above you, let alone the true masters of the craft, who can you expect to compliment or even evolve your skills? Just ignore the fool!
Congratulations on your formal move. I know you have been cooking this up for quite some time now. The site looks very nice. I will update my blogroll :p.
Thanks for the compliment, I’m still working a few things out, and looking for some cool themes (those are hard to come by, if you want them for free :)). I have a lot more control this way.
I like the new site. Let me go ahead and delete the old entry.
@Tamgo: You’re referring to “Popular bachata”, which is the type that is currently being exploited, sounds the same, and has horrible lyrics. Bachata as a genre is very rich, ask Juan Luis Guerra, Victor Victor, and many others.
Back to the post, it’s funny, I had a somewhat similar experience the other day, my GF presented me someone from his office, who is regarded as an “expert” in business risks. I just thought “How can someone under 30 be considered an expert in anything?”
Dude, what’s with the anime avatars?
It’s part of the theme, I could disable it, but I don’t want too :). I will change the female avatar to something better when I have time.
At least you called them Anime and not cartoons :), that is progress.
Also don’t be surprised, if the themes change a bit, I’m still experimenting, and found a few cool themes.