Me and Big Black

Alright, so I've blown my cover. The big revelation. Now all you crazed fans can hunt me down because you've seen my face. BFD. It's not like I'm a secret agent. Wait, what's that sound? Ah, yes, that's the sound of none of you caring. Thank you. Thank you kindly. NOTE: I removed my picture from this post on the off chance that a co-worker would come across this blog and get me fired.

Anyway, I wanted to put this picture up because I absolutely love my guitar. Love it, love it, love it. My wonderful wife bought if for my birthday last year (it was a replacement/upgrade for my first guitar, which was a Classical piece of crap that my Pops gave me) and my love for it has been increasing ever since. I even like to smell it. Wait, did I just write that. Oh well, too late. Come close, though, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Something that may make you think "poser" or "kook" or something along those lines.....I am absolutely TERRIBLE, I mean clear the room horrible, at playing guitar. You know the scene in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" when Ferris plays his flute like he's never touched an instrument before, and it sounds unbelievably atrocious? What does he say? He looks into the camera, with the confidence of a Caesar and says "Never had one lesson." Effing hilarious! That's me, though. I play guitar with the blissful ignorance of a 2-year-old hitting a drum kit like they're freaking Jon Bonham. The sound is something even my mother wouldn't compliment, and I know it, but I still have the time of my life playing it. When I break it out, my dog, bless her, looks up at me like "Ah, c'mon Pops. Give it up already", and then she sighs and walks to the farthest room possible. The beauty of guitar, though, at least for me, is that I suck at it, but playing makes me feel good like not much else can. The only other activity I can think of that's like that is Surfing, which thankfully, I'm much better at, although still fairly bad.

That's it. Short, completely random post, I know, but I'm done. Just had to share that with you, like it or not. To steal another quote from Ferris "You're still here? Why? Go home...."


TWF