So, I think the guitar thing is settled...

So, I head to the local Guitar Center, and picked out my soon-to-be new guitar... the same one I was drooling over 2 years ago, when I chose the one I have over it. I don't regret the earlier decision; if I had bought the other one first, I would have been forced to pay $200 more for the one I have now. But, yeah, here it is, and don't hesitate to donate a dollar or three to the cause.

In other news, I picked up a new pickup for the current one, which means I get to solder today! It brings up and interesting sort of thing with me.

I grew up in a household where nobody knew how to fix anything. My parents either had a repairman fix things, or they just bought a new one. My dad can barely drive nails, and my mom is clueless. Neither can work a computer, or put things together. Somehow, though, over the years I've picked up lots of neat little talents. I can build a computer from components, I can fix nearly anything on an older-model car, I can weld, solder, paint, program a VCR, and lots of other things that would stump my parents.

ALl that, and I can cook circles around anyone I know...

The Difficulties of Extemporaneous Postings

How does one just "blog"?

Without any sort of interaction with other people, I find it difficult to think of much to say. My strength lies more in playing off of other people, than in just making long-winded off-the-cuff postings about my inner workings or day-to-day goings on. Satan only knows how little I want to waste this space talking about politics or religion, at least if I can help it. So, what to post, what to post?!?

I guess I'll whine/beg/rant a little, just because:

I want a new guitar. Not just any new guitar, though. I want something flashy, something eye-catching, something that just screams "look at how much money this thing cost me!" Unfortunately, I don't really have the money to buy one, the credit to borrow money for the purpose, or the discipline to save the kind of cash required. I know I could settle for something in the $650-800 range, but what I really want is some $1,500-2,000 gold-plated and abalone-inlayed deal with all the bells and whistles.

Why? I dunno. I know I need a new one, without the whole whammy bar, just so I can change tunings on the fly. Why I need a hot, flashy guitar, to complement my very non-flashy playing style? Because it looks cool? Because it can impress in ways that my playing can't?

Or, maybe, just to say "look, I take this seriously, and my equipment shows my level of commitment"?

OK, end of whine, time for begging: if everyone sends me a dollar, and everyone=1500 people, I can get that dream guitar. If not? More whining, and that's a threat and a promise!

July 27, 2005

Welcome to my first blog entry. Don't expect much, and you won't be disappointed. A wise man say that... me, just then.