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imagine my surprise!

imagine my surprise:
i went back and checked my eBay-related emails and lo and behold, i did have a tracking number for that purchase i made over a week ago!

imagine my surprise:
turns out they were to deliver it today!

imagine my surprise:
when i got back from dinner in Covington, OH, it was here!

imagine my surprise:
the item looked to be in perfect condition! a Boss auto-wah pedal! (a sound effect for the guitar- makes that wocka-wocka noise from porn movies, without having to develop the ankular version of carpal tunnel (“metacarpal tunnel?”)).

imagine my surprise:
the only thing that i could find wrong with it was that it was not a Midiman Audio Buddy dual-mic preamp/DI box, which was what i actually ordered. arrangements are being made. i hope this works out, or it’s $75.damn down the tube.

AND

imagine my surprise:
i also got my flush-mount output jack from Stew-Mac! i only ordered the thing a couple days ago (and selected the cheapest shipping option, no less)!

imagine my surprise:
no instructions. which connectors are for the sleeve, ring, and tip (corresp. to the plug)???    C|=|===[     ]

imagine my surprise:
the hole in the guitar is a little too big for the jack (go figure, the jack is a standard size; the guitar: NOT). i “fixed” it by wrapping it in electrical tape, coating it with silicone, and pounding the fucker in. hey, i’m buying a NEW body soon; i don’t give a rat’s ass what this one looks like in the meantime. i just hope it holds. it’s a really tight jack, so i have to be careful unplugging myself, that i don’t rip all the wires out like that nurse who dropped a vial of plasma on the tubes going into my arms at the plasma center that one time. yeah, like that.

just imagine all them surprises, all rolled up inta one.

By jae

jae lethe (he/she/they) is a blogger, musician, artist, poet, web developer/designer, armchair philosophizer, teller of tales, and gadabout. Also, something he calls a "behavioral artist." (Not sure.) She has plans. BIG plans.

Among the things that he has done for a laugh are minor fractures, cuts, scrapes, and various scabs. Though she's quick to point out that they're no imbecile, we're fairly certain that he thinks the word means some kind of medieval pharmacist.

This is her latest home on teh internets - where jae stores their swear words, when they're not hurling them at the sun in vain.