an_amazing_person_i_know Dafremen Please see quake2 for the story of this guy. He's pretty amazing. 011010 ... unhinged everyday comes up with the perfect analog. makes me feel guilty when i can't give him 100%. has had an amazing career and is finishing out his days giving me the makings of an amazing career. knows so much reality i can't even fathom it. might be a little crack-brained at the best of times, but then again i've always let my imagination get carried away. teaches us all to go after it and 'make it happen.' there really aren't many other teachers i know as amazing as bill slocum. sure his pattern is a little obscure and he doesn't always keep the best of time, but that's not all music is about. he's got the right idea cause it all comes from his heart. 011010 ... Dafremen I see that we've come full circle do0d. THAT is what I meant when we were talking about what makes a great teacher. Heart. Talent's just the icing on the tutorial cake. : ) 011010 ... unhinged we are not having this argument again...in an applied music situation, the teacher has to have talent to teach. end of discussion. 011010 ... !!!!!! gnik 011010 ... Norm Sois! Best drinker I ever met. Fucking hilarious. Wise, very wise. Recently got diabetes, I thought it was a tragedy, I was wrong. He's got a whole new out look on life. Now he's got an insulin pump so now he can drink. I'm not sure if the insulin pump thing is true but I'll believe what I want to believe. 011010 ... sheryl me me me me me I am pretty amazing or at least my cat thinks so 011011 ... hee hee hee someone else thinks so... 011011 ... Dafremen Of course he has to have talent to teach, do0d. However the talents required are the talents required by all teachers: An eye for good technique and bad. An eye for talent or lack thereof and the experience to either nuture the latent abilities of their students, or to help the less tealented ones make the most of their abilities. Raw talent in their chosen field of instruction is NOT required. Some of the best football COACHES in the world were mediocre football PLAYERS. End of discussion. 011011 ... nocturnal those who can, do. those who can't, teach. does that settle it? I hope so. cuz it sounds like that's pretty much what's being said, here. 011011 ... unhinged daf as much as i love you i give you the most respectable FUCK YOU. end of discussion. 011011 ... Dafremen Indeed! Well I NEVER! I accept yer Fuck ME and raise you a kiss my ass...(with all due respect of course do0d. : ) ) End of discussion. P.S. Sounds like you hit the nail on the head noc. Meanwhile...I'm still hammered from last night. 011012 ... yummyC travis. id like to talk to him right now, would make me happy. 011012 ... soul my BF. amazing person. Absolutely goes psycho over thinking i didn't love him. Even though i threw the words at his face over and over, the dick refused to see clearly. Then he tells me he's on drugs, and accuses me off hacking onto his computer. I slightly remember saying i was going to kill him, at least in my mind. Its amazing he still makes me love him. AbSoLuTeLy AmAzInG 011012 ... Tank e 011012 ... sabbie my life is filled with amazing people like stars strewn against a predawn sky. and i wonder if some of them know that they are so special to me 020104 ... Becky She speaks her mind and is truthful and open. She's been there through almost everything.. well at least the most important years of my life. She taught me to grow up and take life as it comes to me. She showed what a friend was really supposed to be like. She showed me that sometimes life really did have meaning and it wasn't worth throwing it down the drain before I got the chance to experience it. She shoved the phone down my throat when I couldn't bring myself to tell this boy I liked him.. (yes, I know I'm childish) and I don't think I could ever thank her enough for that. She practically handed me the love of my life.. Even when I leave for college.. there's no way I'll ever forget this girl. She changed my life too much to ever just "move on". I already know, that when/if I ever have kids.. I'd want her to be the god mother.. and most likely, the maid of honor and my wedding (If I indeed get married). Out of all the people I ever been friends with.. she means the most. 020104 ... Rayne I'll have you know I almost cried when I read that! and I would be honored to be in your life as we grow older.. It would be a blessing to be able to witness you being married and to be able to see you're children grow. You are the most amazing person I know. I owe you my life. Without you and everything you've done for me I would not have been able to handle life. You are the strongest person I have ever met. You showed me what it's like to be different. You showed me what friendship really is and I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Don't worry... when you go off to college, I won't let you forget me! ;-) 020105 ... Casey I guess I'd have to put bobby here. I know I can annoy him sometimes. I feel kinda guilty about that, but he's still fun to be around. 020105 ... ilovepatsajak i know so many. they're all beautifully complicated. i gotta new one though. he reads me bedtime stories. 020124 ... ilovepatsajak you, renren! happy 18th birthday tomorrow! 020926 ... peyton sometimes I think I have but then I'm not so sure everyone is amazing and then again everyone is plain maybe my eyes are broken (awesome story though, Daf) 050811 what's it to you? who go blather from