Carla (Rover Runs With Beer)

About Me

Finally figured out why I quit guitar lessons soon after starting them at age 5. I thought it was because I'm such an independent and stubborn child that I didn't want anyone to show me how to play. I'd teach myself.Here all this time I thought guitar lessons were my mother's idea. She's always encouraged me in anything I've shown a genuine interest in.A couple years ago I thanked her for doing that for me even at such a young age. Imagine my surprise when she said that I'd been insisting on guitar lessons increasingly since age 3-4. She thought I might be too young and wanted to wait. I guess it took me about a year to break her down.She took me to a music store in Fond du Lac to sign up for lessons and pick out my first "real guitar". I'd been strumming a cheap plastic toy for awhile and it certainly wasn't made for serious playing. My mom plays piano and confesses that she knows NOTHING about guitars. (Even though her mother plays guitar and mandolin.)She let me pick out an acoustic bass. Yeah, that's right...only four strings. (not a uke, either...it was an adult size acoustic bass prolly popular with all the folk music groupies in 1969.) ok...remember, I strummed my toy guitar. I wanted to learn to play chords (ie rhythm guitar). Try strumming a bass. I had one lesson with that bass and tried telling my teacher that I wanted to play like Elvis, The Beatles and that new guy John Denver who sings "Leaving On A Jet Plane". He said it would just take time.Yeah, time and a 6 string guitar. Not a bass.No one seemed to understand that something was wrong with this guitar. I was wayyy too shy to protest that this guitar didn't "sound" right. I figured I must be doing something wrong. I took it home and kept trying to strum it right. It only sounded okay when I played one note at a time. I refused more lessons with that teacher since he wouldn't show me how to strum my guitar, only individual notes.I never explained the problem to Mom, maybe I was just confused myself or maybe even pissed at that guy for making me learn notes first. I WANT TO STRUM!!! dammit.I still refused to give up on that guitar though. I played it to the point where I'd put band-aids on my fingers after the blisters broke and keep playing. Mom still teases me about that.(I think this explains my latent musicianship. Maybe I should just ask my therapist ;P )

My Interests

acoustic guitar/bass guitar, local and regional live music (I follow a few friends bands around a lot), photography (mostly landscape), art (painting, sketching, mixed media), reading everything (fiction, suspense and mysteries, for recreation), camping, hiking, visiting nat'l, state, and county parks, driving anywhere on the interstates as fast as I can get away with. I also LOVE dancing to disco music.CURRENT MOON moon phase

I'd like to meet:

I've met soooo many cool and wonderful people in my life that I really can't say there is anyone in particular that I'd like to meet. Ordinary, everyday, common people like myself are often crazy and interesting enough to fill my head with wonder. What the f*** was that he/she did? said? sang? played? etc etc etc

Music:

classic rock, folk-rock, pop, RnB, disco, dance, house, downbeat, punk, electronica, trance, some country, bluegrass, cajun, jazz, blues, reggae, classical, new age instrumental, Celtic. I like to listen to everything."This Joy" by Stephanie Dosen"Same Mistake" by James Blunt

Movies:

Nicole Waters "It's Our Time Now"

Television:

Packer games :)Go Pack Go!

Books:

"Roots" by Alex Haley"The Celestine Prophecy" by James Redfield"The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne"I Am Of Irelaunde: A Novel of Patrick and Osian" by Juilene Osborne-McKnight"God Is Red: A Native View of Religion" and "Custer Died for Your Sins" by Vine Deloria, Jr."Running With Scissors" by Augusten Burroughs"Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams"Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn RandAll of J.K. Rowling's books..."Harry Potter" series."Green Eggs & Ham" by Dr. SuessThere are many more...way too many to list.

Heroes:

Iroquois ConfederacyHiawathaMohawk-People of the FlintOneida-People of the Standing StoneOnondaga-People of the HillsCayuga-People of the Great SwampSeneca-People of the Great HillTuscaroraCherokee...Chippewa...etc.etc.etc.My grandparents, aunts, and uncles, my parents, my brothers and their wives, my nieces & nephews and their spouses and children...my family. (Ancestors and descendents)...my true friends, one of whom is Keedy. If you don't know her, don't ask. If you do know her, you don't have to ask.My younger brother, Greg. Same story as above. :)My thoughts on heroes are that we can all play that role at any given time to anyone anywhere. Very few souls are pure enough to make it a way of life.

My Blog

Art Revival

For anyone interested in my current pre-occupation I have uploaded some of my artwork. There's more stored in the garage somewhere which I'll eventually find and post in my photos. I'll be purchasing ...
Posted by Carla (Rover Runs With Beer) on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 12:36:00 PST

Daily Humor

Instead of spamming everyone on my e-mail list I thought I'd simply blog this one. It made me laugh and I thought I'd share it. SUMMARY OF MY LAST YEAR ON THE COMPUTER I must send my thanks to w...
Posted by Carla (Rover Runs With Beer) on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 04:56:00 PST

Rovers World in the Celtic New Year

Here's an update of where my head is at. I've been working on some songs for the past month or so. Paul Hanna gave me a good tip on a bass line for one of them. I've been working on learning more chor...
Posted by Carla (Rover Runs With Beer) on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 05:29:00 PST

Calvin Wilson & Levi Warner

I just got off the phone with my mama. She visited with her sister, June & my grandmother this past Sunday in Oshkosh, WI. Grandma enjoyed our visit last month and this just in! Her grandpa, Levi ...
Posted by Carla (Rover Runs With Beer) on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 05:32:00 PST

ohhh this is a good one!

www.pne.ca/videoclip.htm thanks, Lisa C. for the e-mal of the day
Posted by Carla (Rover Runs With Beer) on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 04:23:00 PST

During Prohibition My Great Grand-Daddy...

By popular request (Paul Hanna) here's a repost of an earlier blog September 30, 2007 - Sunday ..> Calvin Wilson Current mood: amused Category: Jobs, Work, Careers Last Monday I visited with m...
Posted by Carla (Rover Runs With Beer) on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:15:00 PST

My Three Moms & Dad

1. My "birth" mom---Helen K. Number one for being the most positive influential female role model in the history of Carla. 2. Mom I "adopted"---Jeanna K. My bestest friend's birth mom. 3. "Adopted b...
Posted by Carla (Rover Runs With Beer) on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 07:04:00 PST

Does California Have Happier Cows?

lmao ...let me know if you've ever had a meaningful conversation with a cow. Moo. Wisconsin is and always has been America's Dairyland. Because we say so. Mon Oct 8, 12:23 AM ET A war of words is b...
Posted by Carla (Rover Runs With Beer) on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 07:26:00 PST

The Onion/3rd Amendment

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/third_amendment_rights_ group?utm_source=onion_rss_daily...
Posted by Carla (Rover Runs With Beer) on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 04:41:00 PST

GB

ReBlogged Per Request Current mood: awake Category: peaceful & benevolent Life September 12, 2007 - Wednesday ..> ..> Gary Lee Bloch Category: Life Everything I've done, everything I do,...
Posted by Carla (Rover Runs With Beer) on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 01:57:00 PST