My Friends...

... real and purchased.

First the real ones:

I received some wonderful birthday presents this year... (my parents gave me money, so I got exactly what I wanted from them... I bought it all myself!!!)  the two that pop out the most in my mind are the ones that I see the most often: my new suspenders, and my new guitar stand.

Natalia gave me some freakin' sweet suspenders, which were worn at church today, and I must say make me look totally awesome! as evidenced by this picture:

Then, to make things even crazier her and Heather got me a new guitar stand (capable of holding 2 guitars at a time!!!) which is now in my room displaying both of my electric beauties. This present has helped me to get back into playing my bass, now that it is readily accessible, I am more willing to pull it out and lay down some hot grooves (the 2 that I know (yes, Lowrider is one of them!)... I am still working on learning more, but it is hard to play the bass without backing something else up, and I don't have a band to play in right now, so I run a little short on bass playing inspiration).

as far as purchased friends go, that would be my guitars... and I am now trying to increase my collection with a few new guitars: imagine Jack Black (in School of Rock) playing on his sweet guitar (a Gibson SG Special in a deep cherry red if I am not mistaken)... then think of a cheap imitation of that guitar... yeah, that is what I want.  Then imagine Kyle Gas (the other dude from Tenacious D) and the acoustic guitar that he plays on the music video of "Tribute" (by said Tenacious D) now change that guitar to an acoustic electric and then change the color from brown to a black and that is most likely the other guitar that I am interested in right now... (and yes, that would put my total up to 6 including the Ukulele and the Bass... I am obsessed and will admit it, on the grounds of brooklyn).  They are still in the works, as school has drained me of financial resources... but soon the government will give me back some of my tax money...(because I overpaid them like I always do...) and then... they will be MINE!!!! (insert mad scientist laughing here________.) (ok, that's more than enough.)

So, not to leave anyone else out, thanks to everyone who helped make my birthday cool! 

I love you all! Thank You and Goodnight!