This is odd
I am 34 today.
Normally, I wouldn't even mention such things, as I no longer have any of those adolescent "milestone" birthdays. I've long regarded the passing of such events as being irrelevant, but on my blog rounds today, I noticed this.
Now, Billy has become one of my favorites stops over the last couple of years, largely because I almost always agree with him regarding such things as philosophy and politics. It's now apparent that I also share a birthday with him, albeit sixteen years apart.
Weird.
Normally, I wouldn't even mention such things, as I no longer have any of those adolescent "milestone" birthdays. I've long regarded the passing of such events as being irrelevant, but on my blog rounds today, I noticed this.
Now, Billy has become one of my favorites stops over the last couple of years, largely because I almost always agree with him regarding such things as philosophy and politics. It's now apparent that I also share a birthday with him, albeit sixteen years apart.
Weird.
4 Comments:
Well, damned happy birthday, then.
Didja know it's Jimi Hendrix's birthday, as well?
Billy,
I did happen to learn that fact several years ago, and was equally surprised.
I'm thinking that maybe I should take up an instrument, as I seem to be the odd one out on the whole music thing. I don't think I could ever be an axe man, however, my hands are far too small, unless you could recommend a guitar with a really slender neck?
One of the best guitarists I ever knew stood about 5'4" and had hands about two-thirds the size of mine. He was playing rings way all around me in high-school.
I've seen enough to be convinced that it's not about that, at all. It's about a bit of basic talent and the work that one puts into it.
Did you ever drop into a music store just to see what a guitar neck feels like for you?
The short answer is yes, and I've actually owned a guitar before (a beater acoustic that I scored for free from someone), that had a busted top nut and no strings.
I fixed its ailments and even managed to tune the damn thing, get some chord stuff and tried some of it for a while. This was about 7 years ago.
Being a young architect at the time, it just drifted to the back of a pile of stuff that seemed rather unimportant to me at the time and honestly, now that I'm married, I still don't have time for a lot of that kind of thing.
I can read music, though it's been a while, and I really like music and come from a family filled with musicians. I was instructed on the piano for a while by my mother, but I never really stuck to it, prefering sports as a kid.
I am not averse to spending money on good equipment, but if I do try picking up the guitar again, I'd like to not get soaked, though I know good guitars usually hold their value well.
Thanks for stopping by. Any direction you could give on decent buys is greatly appreciated.
-B
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