OMG GIRL GUITARS XD XD XD *choke*

I bought a guitar last weekend, because I haven't played guitar since I was in junior high and I very suddenly started to miss it. Also because the drum thing just didn't work out. For one thing, drums are fucking expensive. For another, drums take up much space and I have a tiny apartment. And for another... well, I just could not make all my appendages work together. Both hands, fine. Both feet, fine. One hand and one foot? Fine. Two hands and one foot or vice versa? Fuck no.

Anyway.

I ended up with a navy blue Squier Bullet, Squier being Fender's El Cheapo line. It's very nice.

But while I was shopping, I encountered something... frightening.

Daisy Rock guitars.

They are sized for female hands. That's wonderful! No, I'm not being sarcastic, that's excellent! And they actually don't sound too shabby.

They are also offensively girly, mostly pink, sometimes with STICKERS (to put on the ACOUSTICS you do not EVER do that WTF), and just plain embarrassing.

This is the kind of shit I'm talking about. I'm not amused by the "Order today so she can keep up with the boys" tagline either, but that's probably more the fault of Musician's Friend and less the fault of Daisy Rock themselves.

They took the "girl guitar" thing so ludicrously far that if I didn't have a sense of humor and the ability to point and laugh at them, I would be flat-out offended by some of the practical jokes they're trying to pass off as serious musical instruments. Hearts? Flowers? Butterflies? Buh!?

Someone really needs to tell Daisy Rock that:

1. Just because a guitarist has ovaries, that doesn't mean she's going to want to prance around with a heart, flower, or butterfly-shaped guitar.

2. Some women do, believe it or not, like colors that can't be classified as "pink" or "pastel." (yes, I see that there are a few exceptions to this, and I like that violet burst they use on one of the not-quite-so-offensively-girly models, but those are painfully rare)

3. Their very name makes it hard as hell for me to take them seriously. I thought these were toys until I actually saw one in person, and even then I wasn't convinced until I played it a little. And saw the price tag. I am totally not paying $300+ for a fucking pink flower-shaped guitar. No. Just NO.

I must admit that they sound great and are easy for my tiny girl hands to deal with, but I wouldn't be caught dead in public with one of these.

Seriously, would it kill Daisy Rock to make a line of guitars that look like something a serious musician would use and not like, y'know, Barbie's Dream Guitar?

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Fuck.

Dear 77% of Texas voters:

You had a chance to knock a few holes in the stereotype of Texans as mouth-breathing, knuckle-dragging, three-toothed, beer-bellied, racist, sexist, homophobic fundamentalist hayseeds and you fucking blew it. I'm glad you'll sleep better tonight knowing that thanks to you, them durn queers can't do horrible things like get married in your great old state, or go to a state with some fucking intelligence to do so and have it recognized here.

Fuck every last one of you.

Die,
Me

I'm not so much pissed that it passed--let's face it, there was always a very strong chance it would, this being Texas and all--as I am that it passed by such a huge fucking margin. 77% in favor. Fucking disgusting.

Hopefully, enough people voted "yes" on lifting Pasadena's "mostly dry" status that I will be able to walk down to the quickiemart on the corner and buy a lot of beer tomorrow to help me deal with this.