Play "Happy Birthday to you" on Guitar

Here's a little something you can do to make someone feel really special on their birthday.
wanted to do this for someone I really prized, but it didn't happen, thanks to my shit life..

anyway, I'm gonna write a simple guide so you can call up someone on their birthday and play this for them even if you aren't a guitar virtuoso..

besides, its a really simple tune.



what you'll need:

* a guitar ( a REAL one, not the one that came free with your cereal box)

* a little credit on your mobile phone

* you should be able sing it without making them hang up (you can croak and they wont even notice cause they'll be listening to the guitar anyway ;)



Ok here's what it looks like:

      G           D         
Happy birthday to you
      D           G
Happy birthday to you
      G           C
Happy birthday to dear name
      C           G
Happy birthday to you

I've made a Guitar Pro tab of the song, and also a MIDI file so you can hear what it sounds like.
Download them here: Happy Birthday Guitar Chords (mediafire link)

check this link for help with the chords: The open guitar chords

hope this helps :)

Hopeless Self-justification...

Where did I take that confounded wrong turn...

this is one of the top questions to hit my head during my personal hours of reflection. (read *lecture hours*)
Sometimes I think I've gone astray and wound up at a place where I'm not supposed to be..
Life is cruel, it gives you no lifelines.
You gotta think on your own (which is time-consuming., not to mention the hard work involved), or ask others who are as lost as you are..

The reflection process continues...


this place.. what's it even called?!
Oh wait, I must be the first to tread these grounds..
correction: the first of my kind...
for I can spot many, out of the corner of my eye..
shapeless shadows running and taking refuge in the inviting dark..
I try to count.. weigh my chances..
but heck, there's just too many
God, I just wish they dont bite...
...but I can already feel the blood leave my system


I get one of my Adrenaline rushes!

and I know what will follow:
"Hey guys look what I can do....
.
.
...oh fuck that hurt!@"

Yeah right, what happens around me these days seem to be way outta my league.. I feel like I'm some insignificant creature. *gah

back at the ethereal wasteland where my life has lurched to a screeching halt.

claws tightening round my feet...
that blind alley suddenly looks like a safe haven.
I dont know what it holds for me
but I'm not afraid.. I dont care..
yeah, that's what she told me..
"You don't fuckin care!"
I'm glad I didn't bring her along.. I need to suffer this alone
I don't need a friend
not that I deserve any..
or do I?
I wonder, as I ease my mind and take a drag..
smoke rings fill the air
yeah..
this is my best friend..
the cancer that slowly eats its way through my bones..
my friend who's gonna put the final nail in my coffin..
my friend who can slow the sunlight down..
always by my side, like a burning torch
until the day that I finally cross over
...and become one with the earth
my sweet earth..


my own personal purgatory..





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this was actually meant to be a serious post, after havin broken up with a really really good friend.. but crap, it seems I underestimated the power of the herb.
That explains the sophisticated words in the post that even I cant make out, and yeah, the unexplained laughter (as my roomies put it)
.
if you are reading this, know that I have nothing against you.. you are one of the nicest persons I've ever known.. but really, i think you are much much better off without a shithead like me as your friend lol

*hammered

Wake Up Dead!!

It's essential that I write here occassionally about Megadeth, for many good reasons:

1. They're the best goddamn metal band in the planet
(and a few other planets as well)

2. Dave Mustaine is God. He's just hated profusely cause he's bluntly honest.

3. Megadeth made me the Metalhead that I am today

4. Megadeth are the best metal band out there
(deserves a second mention!)

When I picked up a copy of 'Rust in Peace' at a friend's place many years ago, little did I know that I was holding one of the greatest metal records of all time in my hands.
The song "Tornado of Souls" off that CD was kind of an eye-opener for me. Really, I didnt appreciate the heavier music much until then, but this one kind of grew on me. I still hld this song responsible for giving me the special powers to fly with my head, and to air guitar like a psycho ;)

Well, now to the actual point of this post..

The new Megadeth album is due this September!

Death Magnetic is the new joke! haha..!

This is gonna be Megadeth's 12th studio album and is titled 'Endgame' and is due on september 15th.



You can get a taste of how the new material is gonna sound by listening to this song that has been out for a while now - HeadCrusher

Listen to it once and you'll know the new record is gonna kick some serious ass. The lyrics speak much for themselves, it's about a torture machine used in the medieval ages.
The first half of the song sounds like good old school thrash metal, and the latter half just screams 'Megadeth'! Everytime I listen to this song, I have this violent urge to headbang like crazy! Dammit Mustaine, you just crushed my head!

Personally, I think this is gonna be Megadeth's best work since 1990's Rust in Peace.


* Metal Hammer's track-by-track review of EndGame

* Dave talks Influences, new Album (Interview) - check out the part about Marty and about the Megadeth Meatloaf ;)




September........ Fucking Come Already!!!

Political Rant

It's not often that I talk about politics., even in real life.

In fact my mentality on politics is what Soulfly had when they wrote this song:

"Back to the Primitive,
Fuck all your Politics!
We've got our lives to live,
the way we want to live!"

uhm.. okay, we needn't go that far and eat raw meat and stuff,.. but I really think some of these politicians have to be dealt with in a very primitive way!

For instance, consider the goings-on in my own state, Kerala, which was so gorgeous that it's been called "God's own Country" for as long as I can remember.

Now, there was this huge scam that surfaced several years ago and involved 375 Crores of big fat money vanishing into thin air.
I dont know much about this scam or the men involved, I wasn't old enough to digest politics when it happened, and now at 21, I'm still not able to digest Kerala politics.
Thing is, one of the accused happens to be the state secretary of the ruling party. Now the case has somehow resurfaced and the Governor naturally ordered a prosecution, to get to the truth of the matter. and trust me, you can't even imagine the turmoil it's caused!

There's been widespread protests, claims about a 'Cooked-up case', and a Government carrying out a war against the Governor.
Even a harthal was observed for a day, to fuck up the common man's life even more.
so tell me, *Does this happen anywhere else in the world?!*

What I'm trying to say is, This Sucks!
The minister in question, I think he should have the balls to let them inquire, and he must prove his innocence in the right manner. if at all he is innocent...

Instead, what's going on now is shameless mud-slinging. It permeates our screens, makes our newspapers boring, and makes YOU look like dorks on the TV screen, though you hardly realize it .

And that's what I hate about the politics here. It's sick, and badly needs a reform. If I were to form a political party, I'd call it The Non-Conformist. I'd get rid of all these stupid traditions, get someone who can actually rule, and make the Finger our symbol, you know which! yeah.. up yours!

You see, this political stuff is actually real boring.. bleak... i think Pulp fiction was even funnier :(

I swear to God I'll never write another political post in here.. never..!

From the WTF file...

This one should go right into the WTF file, cuz my first reaction on seeing it was :
"WTF Were They Thinking?!"

Maybe it reads "Plot for Sale"

...or even "Flat for Sale"..

but WTF is a 'Floot'?!

I googled it and found this:
Full-Lifecycle Object-Oriented Testing (FLOOT)
now, this is gettin' exciting!

and the image search brought me to this:



and eventually to a site flootwine.com which advised me to "Enjoy the site, enjoy Floot and enjoy life!". no thanks, I think I'll stick with my Marijuana, it looks healthier..
The site even lets you order 'Floot' online. So we've got an international tie-up going here it seems..

Another distant possibility that we came up with was "Flute for Sale"
But the meaning of it in our jargon is too profane to be put down here. And as y'all know, profanity is something that's NOT tolerated here... that's Fuckin' certain!

Btw, this pic was shot in our own very cultured and educated city of cochin.. Now, I'm not blaming the ones who wrote this ad, or making fun of them. I just thank them for making my day.. this is Murder!

In the meantime, if you are able to comprehend the meaning of this strange signboard, please let me know.. I'm dying to know..!