Aug 2, 2024

I was just mostly alone today and I spent the entire day waiting for my sister's guitar to arrive. When it finally came and she saw it, she couldn't believe it at all. She was so happy getting it and I'm glad to have given her the exact birthday gift that she wanted. The high E string broke after she tuned it and strummed the guitar, and she went on trying to play it with a broken string. Since I had nothing to do for the evening and I wanted to go outside as well, I used the string breaking as an excuse to go out. So I decided to go to Market! Market! so I can buy her that string. I asked my sister to play "Speak Now" because it was stuck in my head and she played a bit of it on the guitar before I left. I booked a motorcycle ride there and I was on the way. The lightning was really bad and eventually a huge downpour came. It rained on me while I was on the road and the driver pulled over to grab a coat. I, being the absolute badass that I am, just decided to wing it because I thought it would be fine to get wet in the rain. Besides, I didn't want a smelly raincoat on me anyway (not again). It was a big mistake because the rain was really pouring and it didn't take a minute for my clothes to be fully soaked especially my shoes. I didn't mind the 3 gadgets (power bank, pocket Wi-Fi, phone) I was carrying in my pockets getting wet because I somehow didn't care. The remaining trip to Market! Market! wasn't long but it rained really hard and I just asked to be dropped off at some nearby entrance. When I got off, I was drenched in rainwater. I was just surprised, but I really didn't give a shit that I looked like I was rained on badly. I was wearing my black standard outfit and it really handled the rain well because I didn't look like I was rained on much. So I went inside the mall and I wasn't looked at or anything, despite still being soaked from the rain. I went to the guitar and music shop and only then it had become apparent that I had been rained on because another guy in the shop noted how soaked I looked. But I was able to buy the strings with no problem. I went to Timezone for a bit to play games and wait out the rain. I had beaten a few guests while playing Wangan Midnight and I showed a friend that I was near a bowling alley. They told me their dream earlier in the day where we went to a bowling alley and I remarked how funny it was to end up in a bowling alley later in the day. But then I finished playing and tried to book a ride home. Getting a ride took a while so I just waited at Seattle's Best Coffee and ordered a burnt cheesecake and some coffee to pass the time. Eventually, I arrived home and gave my sister the strings. I gave her a helping hand in setting the string and all was good. She went on to play the guitar for a bit more and enjoyed it.