here it is, the day before valentine's day. it looms over us single people like an ominous black cloud. waiting to send some devious fork of lightning straight into our hearts, striking us dead from sheer patheticism.

or something like that.

i spent the day deciding not to buy the guitar i've been planning to get all weekend. i'm not worried about the price or anything, it's just that the place i'm getting it is in san diego and i get sketched out about stuff like that. nothing but a conversation on the phone and a mailed check? nah…i'll take something here in town.

so about town i was. i went back and looked at the exact same guitar, at the place where i originally saw the model. it's $200 more there, but i actually gave it some serious thought, knowing the deal would be kept in town. i then decided to hit up all of my other favorite guitar haunts, looking for something comparable. i've been thinking about the "staying in tune" factor of a tremolo bridge, so i've kinda been leaning toward a standard bridge. i ended up not finding anything i liked at any of the places i checked, but i think i've got some leads.

so on the "brian making big purchases" scoreboard, we still have brian standing at a big fat goose egg. thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen…it's been a hard battle. i couldn't have done it without your help.

as i mentioned before, tomorrow is valentine's day. so please excuse me…i have a date with some radiohead and a few too many cold ones.