From: porcelinaofvast	Date: February 6th, 2011 03:20 pm (UTC)		(Link)

It had taken Tatum most of the day to decide how she was going to spend it. She had woken up pretty late, and just laid in bed for quite some time, staring at the ceiling and debating whether it was even worth it to get up at all. She felt pretty exhausted, staying up late to play Starcraft with Shelby the night before, but she supposed that lazing around in bed wasn't going to solve the problem.

Once she dragged herself from the mattress, making her way over to her desk where there was half of an unfinished can of Monster sitting by the laptop. It was really warm, at least ten hours old now and sitting out the whole night long, but it did the trick. She chugged most of it in a single go, and then headed off to the showers, returning not long after. Taking extended showers had never been her idea of a good time. She hated community bathrooms, and it was only this year that she had begun being able to go in there when other girls were there. She had spent previous years waiting patiently until it was totally empty before she could even sneak off to pee.

Getting herself ready for the day, she had her guitar hanging from her shoulder by it's strap as she left the Sonnier dormitories. She was puffing away almost as soon as she got outside, and by the time she spotted Rowan, she was nearly done. She felt a little blazed, and she was glad to see her friend. It would be much less lonely spending time with her, and-- well, she'd be damned, it looked like Rowan had her guitar out. Tatum remembered hearing about it over break, but this was the first time she had actually seen the other girl play. And, squinting briefly at it, was that a Pumpkins songbook?

Rowan was most definitely on the right path to success, Tatum couldn't help but grin.

Taking two quick last puffs from what was left held between her fingers, Tatum pitched the roach aside onto the ground, and began to pick up her pace toward Rowan. "Hey, can you play Porcelina of the Vast Oceans yet?" she called, still grinning.

	From: cabotine	Date: February 6th, 2011 05:40 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Rowan smiled immediately upon realizing that it was Tatum. The liked her fellow Sonnier quite a bit, and had never had any problems with her. In fact, she thought of her as a friend, and a pretty good one at that.

"Not yet, but I'll get on it! I've got 'Tonight, Tonight' pretty down, and I've been working on 'Bullet with Butterfly Wings' and 'Zero', so that one was coming up on my list." She set her guitar in her lap for the moment. "I realized I haven't been practicing as much as I should. Oh! This is the guitar I was telling you about!"

	From: porcelinaofvast	Date: February 6th, 2011 11:31 pm (UTC)		(Link)

"I figured it might be," Tatum replied, grinning as she came closer, flopping down beside Rowan. "You give it a name yet?" she asked, settling her own guitar into her lap, and lazily strumming out a few chords. "I call mine Bolan. You know, after Marc Bolan? Stupid, I know, but my brother came up with it and it.. kinda stuck."

	From: cabotine	Date: February 7th, 2011 01:08 pm (UTC)		(Link)

"N-name? I... no, actually. Am I supposed to?" The notion of naming her guitar hadn't occurred to Rowan, and she hadn't heard Keegan mention anything about it before. She would have to ask him about that later on. "I'll have to think of something for it, I guess."

She smiled at Tatum "And I think Bolan is a good name for a guitar. I certainly don't see anything wrong with it." She started to move her fingers idly over the strings, going through chord progressions without strumming out the notes.

	From: porcelinaofvast	Date: February 10th, 2011 04:49 am (UTC)		(Link)

"You don't have to," Tatum assured her quickly, laughing a little. "I probably wouldn't have thought of one on my own, if that's an consolation. Having someone else come up with it was much easier," the redhead explained, leaning over to get a better look at Rowan's book. It was pretty ace, and she was kind of jealous. She never did have enough Pumpkins swag.

"Do you wanna hear what I'm working on lately?" she offered, shifting her guitar a little to get more comfortable.

	From: cabotine	Date: February 12th, 2011 05:25 am (UTC)		(Link)

"Oh, ok then. Well, I think that's actually something I'd like to do. I'll have to see what fits both the guitar and my... personality, I guess? We'll see, and if I come up with something, I will definitely let you know about it."

When Tatum spoke about something she was working on, Rowan laid the guitar down in her lap. "Absolutely! Let's hear it. Is this something of yours that you wrote, or something you've taught yourself how to play?" Rowan had a decent grasp on what music was out there, but she didn't know everything, and didn't want to assume the wrong thing.

	From: porcelinaofvast	Date: February 13th, 2011 08:41 pm (UTC)		(Link)

"Just something I taught myself to play," Tatum replied, shrugging her shoulders. "I'm trying to learn the whole album actually, but I'm only part of the way there."

She began to play, not bothering to sing along, just humming slightly. Singing in front of other people was still a sore spot for her, and other than Frankie coaxing it out of her, it didn't happen often. "I've only really written one or two things of my own, I'm not much of a lyricist," the red-head admitted, still strumming.

	From: cabotine	Date: February 16th, 2011 04:04 am (UTC)		(Link)

"Sure thing." Rowan listened to the red-head play with admiration. She was still having trouble going from chord to chord, but the confidence with which Tatum played was remarkable to her. I really need to practice more. I want to look that good playing one day... She listened to her play and speak with rapt attention, listening to the music and watching her hands as she played the guitar in her lap.

When she was done, Rowan let out an appreciative but lower-volumed "Woo hoo!" and clapped. "That was... wow, that was really great! I'm not the biggest fan of Hole, but that was really good, man. And I'll bet you're better than you think. You're rather creative."

	From: porcelinaofvast	Date: February 23rd, 2011 03:25 am (UTC)		(Link)

"I love Hole, but fuck Courtney Love," Tatum lamented, grinning as she moved the guitar out of her lap to lay it in the grass beside them. After that, she unceremoniously flopped backwards herself, staring up at the sky as she spoke. "I'm not that creative, I can really only cover stuff. I'm trying to learn Californication right now, but it's pretty boring without any drums.. I was thinking of asking Shelby or Sam to lay it down with me, but then I'd.."

She paused, biting her lip. "I'd have to sing, I guess, if I'm going to go and try to.. get some band together or some shit. I'm not sure I can do that."

	From: cabotine	Date: February 26th, 2011 07:15 am (UTC)		(Link)

"Courtney Love is an... interesting person." Rowan gave her friend a side-look and a quirk of a smile that suggested that she didn't really enjoy the lead singer from Hole. "And I'm sure that one of them would love to do that for you."

At the singing comment, Rowan looked down a little bit, casting her eyes on the guitar in her lap. "Well... if you want some company, or to practice or something, I'd sing with you if you want. I'm sure you could do it though. I've never heard you sing, but I'm sure you're singing voice is fantastic."

	From: porcelinaofvast	Date: February 28th, 2011 02:36 am (UTC)		(Link)

"Courtney Love is a murdering hobag, but I can't discount a good tune when I hear it. I've been listening to Hole since I was a kid," Tatum mused, returning the little quirk of a smile. "Bitches be bitches, but she knows how to draw me into a song. I'm actually kinda pumped to see how this new album goes. Better than her solo work, I hope."

Tatum balked a little when Rowan suggested singing, an embarrassed expression crossing her face. "Really? I mean, I'm.. it's not that good. You've probably heard Sera, like.. in choir or whatever. I can't sing like that."

She glanced down at the guitar again. "I think I could be in a screamo band, I could scream, I have like.. tons of stuff I wanna scream. But singing is different. It's all.. soulful and deep. Scary stuff."