Music

I've played the guitar in various forms for about 7 (!!) years, although I'm not as good as I should be because of laziness. However, I'm getting there.

My favourite chord is currently D+4

Although most of what I write is quite prosaic, I am keen to explore advanced harmony and improvisation, just as soon as my fingers catch up with my rather grand ideas...

Here are two of my more recent musical endeavours:

Here are the lyrics to Requiem:

Verse 1:

Needs of the many versus needs of the few, well
You cover it up and you start anew
There's nothing more now that I can do
But stand and watch your dreams come true

Chorus:

It's such a shame he had to die for me to live; I'm sorry
But we always knew that he had nothing left to give; I worry
Everything I used to be is gone and now my soul is empty
And I don't think that there's anyone broken enough to help me

Verse 2:

My prayers have been answered and the answer was no
I hate to say I told you so
His days were numbered and the number is up
And I have nothing to lose now but the blood in my cup

Verse 3:

I look for the sunrise but I see night fall*
I listen to your voice but I hear nothing at all**
Why don't you label me and tell me who I am?
I can't believe you don't know I understand

* I don't have very good temporal awareness

** I'm not just tone deaf

Drawing

A picture of myself drawn by myself

I am not good at drawing - I'd like to be - but I'd like to be good at a great many things. Sometimes the occassion calls for some sort of image to describe it and I, for some reason, attempt to submit some of my own work - however, the results are often disgusting. I am, as you may have predicted, on deviantART, but again for my own vanity. For a brief while, I created a semi-regular comic on the computer, featuring people I knew. It was a fair exercise in social engineering (in every sense of the term) and proved that I am, as expected, not a "people person". However, no matter how wistful I seem, I have few regrets - I'd rather have tried and failed than have not tried at all.

Photography

No, I'm not a photographer. I take photos to remember stuff.

© 2006-2008 Farhan Mannan