Okay, so following the previous blog about what was happening, I went in today on my way home from work to see what was going on with my guitar. The owner of the shop was going to have a look at it, and he's very thorough, so I know he wouldn't bullshit me or anything.

Here's what he said to me: my guitar is completely fake. Not just the branding, but literally everything.

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I may be an Englishman, meaning that drinking tea is a law over here, but I've been feeling so dead in the past few weeks that I'm considering switching to coffee!

Annnnd now that I've said that, I expect that it won't be long until Queen Elizabeth sends along a jail chariot to either sentence me to death at the Tower of London or maybe she'll have me exiled. Maybe I'll end up in France, and the next time you hear from me, my name will sound like this -

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If you ever -

Met your OC, what would you say to them?

If you ever met one of the Mane Six / Seven, how would you spend the day with them?

If you ever ended up in Equestria, would you live in Ponyville, or would you venture across the world and settle someplace else?

Met Dr Hooves, where would you like him to time travel with you to, and why?

Had a choice between being an Earth pony, pegasus or unicorn, which one would you be, and why?

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Well, all in all, I now feel like a complete idiot.

It's nothing bad, mind you, but I went out in the past half hour or so to the new guitar shop around the corner, a place I've been a couple of times just out of my love and respect of music and the industry, and I wanted to try out some new amps because I'm considering buying one. I tried out a Fender, as per my love for them, and I jammed on both a sunburst Telecaster and a Duo-Sonic for the first time.

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It's Better to Burn Out than to Fade Away
By FireRain

Applause sounds more like a disease the more I hear it,
Claps of thunder and appraisal scream as they cheer and chant my name.
That is the price of fame: recognition.
It comes in the form of a storm and it shakes the world around you like the wind blows a leaf.
Shock caused me to stand stock-still when it first happened, sometimes even now.

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I'm not sure about this too much, but I've taken notice to obvious changes in my own voice as I got older, the most noticeable since recently. I spoke about this a year or two ago, I think, but your voice constantly matures, deepens and gets more distinct as you get older, so it shouldn't come as a surprise that a few changes will take place.

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Okay, I'm going to ask a very straight-forward and blunt question: Did anybody really like or care for the name brand of FireRain?

Personally, I ended up hating the OC and the name along with all I created with it for some reasons I have only told maybe two people. But I never asked my followers or others who have known me for a while if they even liked me as FireRain?

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I is curious if it was only me that does this - whenever you go to whichever supermarket you prefer and you head to the bakery, you look for your favourite bread. For me, it's a three-cheese and jalapeño bloomer or a three-cheese bloomer, one of the two, and for said bloomer, I'd go down to the sauce section and I'd pick out a type of my favourite BBQ sauce and some other sauce to try with it, usually sweet chilli.

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I wrote this about a time when I was happier with someone by my side. Apparently, it was the wrong person, and as such, I fell into deep, deep depression that would have actually killed me, and it nearly did. This is a look into my inner-most being and something that I wouldn't otherwise put out there for the viewing. - FireRain (Dan)

Found You Here (Working Title)

There are many words to say,
Vows, promises and secrets to keep,

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Alright, I don't want to make this another typical rant-type blog, so I'll try to keep it brief.

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Come at me any day, spears, pitchforks and torches in hand, I will always tell you that Fluttershy is best pony! Shy characters will always be the most adorable fan favourite!

So, your turn: who's your favourite character, and what draws you to them more than anyone else?

1. Want a cuddle.
2. Would like to sing with you
3. Would gladly hold your hand if you'll hold mine
4. Want to nuzzle you
5. Would love to write a love song with you
6. Want to know if you'll be my friend
7. Would like to be your partner in crime
8. Want to know if we'll be together forever
9. Don't want to die alone
10. Dislike macho men
11. Love Earl Grey
12. Adore Amethyst Dawn
13. Cuddle Skyward Sword
14. Brofist Final Fantasy Forever and Gyro Pony

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Join me at 6PM, on this night of Halloween fun and scary stories, to listen to a dark tale written by Grimm! It's the longest single-chapter story I've ever done, and a fair amount of work went into it to make sure it all went right, so I'd appreciate it very much if you'd head on over when the time is right to give it a listen! That is, of course, if you're sat on your own in a dark room and trying to suffer through a night at home alone with the lights off and you're not out trick or

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Stayed up all night and didn't get to sleep until very early this morning due to wanting to get a few readings done. I suck at doing impressions of female characters, especially Rarity and Sweetie Belle, but here's my very first story featuring everyone's favourite talkative (and adorable) Kirin, Autumn Blaze!

I figured that I'd do this new thing where I would sit down with my laptop and record some of my thoughts and general stuff about life and publish it for your own entertainment.

I've simply decided to title it as FireRain Talks.

I've literally just published the first video onto my YouTube account for the viewing, so if your interested, go ahead and give it a listen!

Today's episode is all about Remembrance and Poetry.

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(Yeah, this isn't meant to be taken seriously, so I just want to clarify that. This is actually something I figured I'd try on the spot as a piece of dark poetry, seeing as I actually like this type of writing.)

It's been a hard life,
Many happy memories and laughs all around,
Merry, merry times a bundle.
So, why, here in this deep pit of black, do I sit?
Did I ask too many questions?
Did I say something unwanted or unintentional?

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Not done any readings for a while, and I'm always open to requests, so don't be shy to ask me about them!

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The first: I'm hyper-emotional. I'm very sensitive in that department. I have such a strong sense of sympathy and empathy towards others, events involving cruelty, abandonment, expressions of love and affection, generally anything heartwarming or sad, dramatic, etc. I'm an absolute softie in those respects. I admittedly have frequent teary episodes, but that's maybe only the mental trauma talking.

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I'm a pretty girly guy. I take no shame in it. That's just me and how I developed as I got older. I've been called gay more times than countable by others throughout my life, when that's far from the truth.

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