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Mentally Guitarded

Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry... maybe creativity will become fa

About Me

Think Shrek with brains... and a tan... and better teeth... and different ears... I'm a dyed-in-the-wool jeans & t-shirt (OR Kilt & t-shirt) kind of guy with a deep love for good shoes (Cole haan rhocks!) I'm funny, bitchy, kind, viscious, caring, aloof, smart, absentminded, talented, self-conscious, friendly, hard-to-know... pretty much like YOU, huh!? We all change with the emotional weather around us, so I don't pretend to be some rock in a stormy sea. I just do what I can with what I've got, and don't worry much about the rest. You should take a cue... I'm happily married to a beautiful, wonderful, amazing woman, and have been for something like a hundred and nine years now. I have the two best dogs on the planet. Weekdays I work with adults who have autism, and I spend my weekends at a homeless shelter where I've been a volunteer for over a year.I dig travelling, especially to Scotland, Iceland, and Washington State. I LOVE music! Parker Guitars RHOCK! I'm on my eleventh now; my current favorite is a deliciously snarly Custom Fly Artist Cherry Burst (see pix!), though I'm saving pennies for a Custom Shop Trans Mahi Burst quilted maple on Swamp Ash Fly Deluxe, coming sometime around Christmas. OH- and I've recently developed a special place in my heart for Ashdown's Fallen Angel amps. GOOD STUFF for not a lotta bux. I guess that about covers my uncompensated endorsements for now. So... welcome to my page. Leave a comment, have a peep at my pix, enjoy the videos (some hilarious adverts and killer music) and drop by frequently! Slainte Mhath!
Advanced Global Personality Test Results
Extraversion |||||||||||||||| 66%
Stability |||||||||||||||||||| 86%
Orderliness |||||| 23%
Accommodation |||||| 30%
Interdependence |||||||||||||| 56%
Intellectual |||||||||||||||||||| 90%
Mystical |||||||||||||||||| 76%
Artistic |||||||||||||||||||| 90%
Religious |||||||||||||| 56%
Hedonism |||||||||||| 50%
Materialism |||||||||||||||||||| 83%
Narcissism |||||||||||||||||||| 83%
Adventurousness |||||||||||||||||||| 90%
Work ethic |||| 16%
Self absorbed |||||||||||||||| 63%
Conflict seeking |||||| 23%
Need to dominate |||||||||||||||||||| 90%
Romantic |||||||||||||||||| 76%
Avoidant || 10%
Anti-authority |||||||||||||||||||| 90%
Wealth |||||| 23%
Dependency |||||| 30%
Change averse || 10%
Cautiousness |||||||||||| 43%
Individuality |||||||||||||| 56%
Sexuality |||||||||||||||||||| 90%
Peter pan complex |||||||||||||||||||| 90%
Physical security |||||||||||||| 56%
Physical Fitness |||||| 30%
Histrionic |||||||||||||||||| 76%
Paranoia |||||||||| 36%
Vanity |||||||||||||||| 70%
Hypersensitivity |||||||||||| 43%
Female cliche |||||||||||| 50% Take Free Advanced Global Personality Test
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TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Mark
Birthday: 11/19/65
Birthplace: Roanoke, VA
Current Location: close to there
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: transparent
Height: 6'3"
Right Handed or Left Handed: LEFT!
Your Heritage: Scots (NOT "Scotch!")
The Shoes You Wore Today: Cole Haan loafers
Your Weakness: guitar gear
Your Fears: that I'll run out of money before I have all the guitar gear I want
Your Perfect Pizza: Garlic & herb crust, Fra Diavolo sauce, shrimp, andouille sausage, artichoke hearts, feta cheese, & mozzarella
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: Become a better musician
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: I don't IM.
Thoughts First Waking Up: Dammit! Morning again!?
Your Best Physical Feature: my hands or my eyes
Your Bedtime: 12 minutes after I can't sit up any longer
Your Most Missed Memory: working on cars with my Dad
Pepsi or Coke: 50/50: Iced tea & lemonade
MacDonalds or Burger King: Hardee's
Single or Group Dates: SINGLE!!!!!!
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Ty-Phoo!
Chocolate or Vanilla: DARK Chocolate
Cappuccino or Coffee: Seattle's Best
Do you Smoke: only during sex. hopefully the new lube will fix that!
Do you Swear: hell no
Do you Sing: not if I like you
Do you Shower Daily: yup
Have you Been in Love: uh-huh
Do you want to go to College: again!?!? yeah, I wanna do some more school.
Do you want to get Married: not again! (already am)
Do you belive in yourself: depends on what I'm telling myself
Do you get Motion Sickness: nope
Do you think you are Attractive: physically, no. But I have phenomenal qualities that compensate.
Are you a Health Freak: uh.... yeah.
Do you get along with your Parents: I only have one, and she's only part-time. No, we don't get along all that well.
Do you like Thunderstorms: yup
Do you play an Instrument: a few
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: only for medicinal purposes
In the past month have you Smoked: um.... not since the new lube!
In the past month have you been on Drugs: yeah.
In the past month have you gone on a Date: yup
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: yah
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: in my LIFETIME I haven't eaten a box of Oreos!
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: OH YEAH!
In the past month have you been on Stage: 3-5 times every week.
In the past month have you been Dumped: sorta, yeah.
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: does the shower count?
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: only kisses
Ever been Drunk: define "drunk?"
Ever been called a Tease: yeah
Ever been Beaten up: not hardly
Ever Shoplifted: yeah
How do you want to Die: I want to be chased off a cliff by ten naked women.
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: N/A: I refuse to grow up.
What country would you most like to Visit: Iceland
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: Blue or green
Favourite Hair Color: red
Short or Long Hair: long
Height: doesn't matter- as long as she's comfortable with her height.
Weight: doesn't matter- as long as she's comfortable with her weight.
Best Clothing Style: CASUAL, comfortable, sensible, & clean.
Number of Drugs I have taken: all of them
Number of CDs I own: probably 600 or so.
Number of Piercings: one- but I let it close years ago.
Number of Tattoos: four
Number of things in my Past I Regret: one: I regret having regrets.
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Your Linguistic Profile:
40% General American English
25% Dixie
25% Yankee
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern What Kind of American English Do You Speak?
You Are 84% Abnormal
You are at high risk for being a psychopath. It is very likely that you have no soul.
You are at high risk for having a borderline personality. It is very likely that you are a chaotic mess.
You are at high risk for having a narcissistic personality. It is very likely that you are in love with your own reflection.
You are at high risk for having a social phobia. It is very likely that you feel most comfortable in your mom's basement.
You are at medium risk for obsessive compulsive disorder. It is somewhat likely that you are addicted to hand sanitizer. How Abnormal Are You?

My Interests

I saw you the very first time built so pretty you looked just right it was love at first sight I looked real close I touched your arm my heart went off like a fire alarm I was amplifiedSomething happens when I hold you in my hands I'm a different man something happens and I lose all sense of time I can almost flyEvery time I go to pick you up I feel a little spark in my fingertips I'm electrified the magic touch you feel so good the way you respond to everything I do I'm magnetizedSomething happens when I hold you in my hands I'm a different man something happens and I lose all sense of time I can almost flyI love your back, I love your head but I love it best when I run my fingers down your neck-Adrian Belew

I'd like to meet:

Adrian Belew, John Petrucci, Fairuza Balk, Peter Gabriel, Sasquatch, half the people in my friends list...ONLY half. ..

Music:

Adrian Belew. I really wish I'd discovered King Crimson instead of Pink Floyd; Gilmour's influence is unmistakeable in my playing, but the darkness of Pink Floyd's music has been unmistakeable in my life schema for thirty years; I'd love to see where I'd be if I'd devoted my attention to music that was less angst-laden. Generally, for a song to make my iPod, it needs to Rheally Rhock and be a little guitar-heavy, but I love Celtic Rock as well. Bagpipes really turn my crank, especially when they're played in unison with a heavily distorted guitar.

Movies:

The Big White. Eight Heads in a Duffel Bag. Sean of the Dead. This Is Spinal Tap. Anything Monty Python.

Television:

I really enjoy Northern Exposure, but that went off a while back, didn't it? I'm also pretty easy to find when there's a Seahawks game on.

Books:

Irv Yalom is far and away the best writer I've ever read. I love his novels, "When Nietzsche Wept," "The Schopenhauer Cure" and "Lying on the Couch." His textbooks are similarly fascinating and profoundly well-written.

Heroes:

Rachel Brown, Harold Cadd, and Adrian Belew.

My Blog

Ordering new Custom Deluxe

So I just talked with Jamie at the Parker Custom Shop, and it's all settled. I'm ordering a new Fly SA Custom. That's not a bad thing. Actually, it should be drop dead gorgeous and sound like twe...
Posted by Mentally Guitarded on Sat, 05 May 2007 11:57:00 PST

Naming guitars?

     So it comes as no great surprise to those who know me that I name my guitars. My relationship with my guitars is far too intimate for me to just pick up "the black one" or "th...
Posted by Mentally Guitarded on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:53:00 PST

Ashdown Fallen Angel update

        So I got this new amp, right? I thought,"how could I possibly go wrong with an all-tube amp for under $300?" Ashdown quit making the Fallen Angel series, and...
Posted by Mentally Guitarded on Sat, 05 May 2007 09:36:00 PST