ukulele

September 23, 2010
playing melodies

After mentioning my belated birthday ukulele in my lunch date post, a few people asked to see some photos of it. I might take more detailed photos later on, but for now I just have this photo to share. When I began my freshmen year at Stanford, I had a hard time adjusting and some how began to think that playing the guitar would make things better. I'm terrible at guitar. The frets hurt my fingers and I can never stick with it (I've tried, many times). My neighbor at the time, Adam, also had a ukulele, which I began to play with and soon fell in love with. I taught myself my own version of "Moon River" (a la Holly Golightly) and it was a constant source of joy.

Since then I've always wanted one, but could never commit to buying one. So, David finally made the decision for me when he planned to get one for me for my birthday. And now, I have this little concert sized, stringed mahogany, glossy piece of joy. Maybe in the future I'll post one of the songs I've been learning... but probably in the distant future.

PS - This photo is a corner of my bedroom. If you'd like to see other photos of my apartment, check out the Stanford Daily here. My friend, Sam, just wrote an article on our building for the school paper and used my photos :)

16 comments:

  1. The pictures of your apartment are lovely. It looks so spacious. Did you happen to get my email? I replied to the message you left me on my blog.

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  2. yay!look at you strumming away! do i spy a great awesome camera collection behind you??!?!?!?! do you still use any of them? we love using our vintage film camera..a bit pricey to produce the negatives but it is soo worth it!

    thanks for sharing, sweetie!

    xo,
    cb

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  3. Awesome! I love the ukulele. You should post a video of you playing "Moon River" on it!:D

    :o)Sarah
    http://restlessromantic.blogspot.com/

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  4. oh i love Holly Golightly! Maybe one day you can post yourself playing the song?

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  5. Cristie- I know that some of them are still functional, just the film is so expensive I haven't had time (or money) to invest in it yet. Hopefully sometime in the future I will though! It's so cool that you get to use your vintage cameras :)

    And Sarah and Amber... I'll have to practice A LOT more before I feel like my playing is internet-ready hahaha

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  6. Yaaaay! So cute! And OMG you have sooo many cameras. Are they all working?!

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  7. So cute! We've got a ukulele here; it's my housemates and is bright canary yellow. I'm fascinated by it, but have not yet had the patience to even attempt to learn anything... x

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  8. wow an ukelele sounds fun!! really looking forward hearing how you play it!! won't you share a video??
    also i'm jealous of your cameras :)

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  9. You look so pretty! i love this photo.

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  10. I love all the vintage cameras you have in your room!

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  11. I want one so bad, too!!! Maybe someone will soon get me one. :)

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  12. I love ukelele's, I really want to learn to play one! Your cameras look delightful :)

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  13. I have a ukulele too! It's hiding somewhere in my closet... I should take it out and give it another try. Cute blog! :)

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  14. that's so cool! i'm learning the ukulele too. my hands are too small for the guitar :)

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