Wednesday, February 16, 2005

Some more aspirations.
Just like the thing with the MMOGs, this is me talking about what I'd do if I had any skills.

I'd really like to be in a band, first of all. But the problem with that is that even if I did learn an instrument, 1) I probably wouldn't be able to find any other band members that would share my musical vision, and 2) I wouldn't really be able to know what my musical vision is.

There's just so much damn music that I adore, I couldn't fixate myself even generally on one mood. Maybe, with enough tweaking, I could settle on one style, but whenever I hear a good Five Iron Frenzy song I want to do lighthearted, happy music. But then I'll hear something like the Chili Peppers, and want to do something smooth with lots of passion and catch. And then I'll hear Blindside and want to do some serious, hardcore rock. I don't suppose this is unusual, but I don't think I could really settle on playing one thing for any period of time.

And of course, I probably wouldn't be able to find anyone who would feel the same way about the music as I would. Probably not even if I only needed one other person. (A band of just a DJ and a guitarist has been an idea I've thought about many a time.)

I don't want to go solo, either, unless I just DJ. That'd be a good choice, but as I said before, I couldn't play just electronic music. Blah.

The other thing I wanted to talk about is a bit simpler, though. I wanna make a flamethrower that shoots chocolate hundred dollar bills.

Yeah, you just read that. It's a Homestar Runner reference. But it'd be sooo cool to have! Working it out, it would have to look something like this:





That thing there in the barrel is a kind of plunger that would shoot out the chocolate. The chocolate, being soaked in kerousine from the clip, would shoot out and catch fire from the flame.

I'm going with kerousine because I think it doesn't explode, it just burns. Or am I wrong? Does it explode? That might be important to know.

I suppose the flame would come from a rope or line going into the clip, basically the same as a kerousine lamp. It might make changing clips rather difficult, unless you got the rope to stay stiff via a metal tube surrounding it or something.

Then there's the fact that I'd have to weld everything myself, since most gun parts aren't made for shooting chocolate hundred dollar bills. For shame.

But if I could, well, just think of the possibilities...
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