i remember a calvin and hobbes strip where calvin asks his dad what's the difference between being a kid and an adult. dad responds nothing much, except you become more attached to your toys. he's polishing and fixing up a bike as he's saying this.

some not-so-expensive-as-the-electric-guitar-i've-been-coveting but-would-be-cool-to-get toys i've been thinking of:

1. reaction ball. basically a ball that bounces in unpredictable directions. it's very useful for honing many different applications in ball sports. most descriptions suggest you can use it for fielding practice and baseball, but i would imagine it works great on practicing rebounding in basketball if you have a wall and just toss it at it at an upwards angle.

2. behringer ma400 headphone amp gonna have to wait a bit before i order; most sites have it backordered. and will probably need to get a 1/4" to female xlr and 1/4" to male xlr adapters. but basically, will enable you to use it as a private monitor if you have headphones, but still send the signal out. and it's a lot easier than lugging an amp around. yet it's only 20 dollars; most others i've seen are around 50+. probably not the highest quality tool for the job, but it's dirt cheap compared to everything else(i got tired of not being to hear myself when i did lead guitar for worship during high school, but didn't know how to solve it without turning up my volume or bringing an amp; now i know)

gonna have to wait til full metal panic arrives at the library; watching futurama volume 4/4 as this is going down. finished the fullmetal alchemist series though.

songs i remembered this week that are cool:
sammy hagar - mas tequila
ozzy osbourne - mama i'm coming home
(anybody who's listened to classic rock knows that ozzy osbourne actually sounds pretty darn coherent when he's doing a rock song)