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)

somewhere, byron and chris are dancing a jig for 2 belated xmas presents. bob too i guess for 1. well, ok; maria too.

marion for shaq? i really have nothing against shaq; gotten to the point where i don't like or hate him; used to be all hate. but this one makes no sense; i'll have to wait and see. the suns wanted to get good post-defensively, so they bring in shaq?

don't also forget that you gave up shawn marion, who was primarily responsible for guarding tony parker while raja was trying to swarm over manu during the postseason, so even if that takes care of tim duncan, that still leaves one of the other spurs' penetrators free to do damage; i'd imagine barbosa stepping up as a decent replacement, but still. shawn marion is like tayshaun prince, but on the suns; his value is everywhere, and you really don't know how badly he helps your team until he's gone.

and somewhere i'm imagining jerm has now made the suns his team to hate. he already somewhat disliked raja bell for clotheslining kobe(who knows why).

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guess that means golden state is now the only fun-loving team in the nba. (but please cut more)

wow, what a good super bowl game. i can't remember the last time i actually watched a really good super bowl game AND KNEW WHAT I WAS SEEING. (of course, seeing the giants win by eli manning's clutch plays and their defensive linemen sweetened the pot)

of course: this will make it into highlight reels for years to come . i mustve gone nuts after that play went down.