Da Vinci and Wierd Al

My brother in law is kind of like a bike riding genius.

He can do Jackie Chan shit on a bike, like hop onto a rock and stop with his front tire in the air, then hop around in a circle, hit the front tire, then ride out. It’s crazy to watch him.

I actually saw him jump straight up in the air standing still and whip the bike around in a full 360 in the air. I don’t mean a tailwhip, I mean he turned himself and the bike all the way around.

When I see someone do that I think to myself, jeez I should have learned to do something cool like that when I was younger. I should have gotten myself a hobby instead of playing the damn guitar all the time, like kung fu maybe. I sure do dig kung fu movies.

But then, learning to play guitar takes as much time and practice, if not as much physical effort, so I guess I kinda do have a thing like that.

I can also dance, write, and make up dirty lyrics to any song on the spot. I’m sort of a perverted Da Vinci meets Wierd Al Yankovic.

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Comments

  1. Pam says:

    But jim, you're funny, and play an instrument…. you wrote an effing book. You turn minds around 360… every day. You rock, my man, you effing rock.

  2. Mptkicks says:

    Oh, for crying out loud – Stop bellyaching about what you don't know and just learn how to do it if you're really interested. And don't play down what an accomplishment it is to play guitar. I'm taking lessons now and it's impossibly hard and I'd like to smack all those silly little 13 year olds who will likely be fantastic in a year from now while I'll still be struggling, making all types of horrible sounds. btw, EVERYONE loves dirty lyrics.

  3. Rix says:

    …And don't forget all that puppet work you did with the Muppets.

  4. Nikita says:

    What do you mean, playing the guitar isn't physically demanding? If I tried it my hands would cramp up and fall off within five minutes. My short, not-designed-for-music fingers could barely handle the violin. I have tried to wrap them around guitar necks, and I usually can't reach all the strings. If it's going to be that much work, music should be considered a sport. That would liven up the Olympics, at least. Do I hear the AqualungAthalon starting?