So another birthday has come and gone, and I’ve been both carded several times since then as well as told that I look somewhere in the neighborhood of 37 years old.  I’m not quite sure what to make of that.  Either way, I’ve decided that it’s time to start crossing things off my Giant List of Things to Do in Life, so rather than continue to play the massive amounts of air guitar that I do, I figured it was time to actually learn how to play real guitar.  So I went out to Guitar Center and bought myself an acoustic guitar and a starter kit.  And now I can tune the thing, but that’s about all I can do… hey, I’ve had it for less than 24 hours.  I haven’t gotten to the part of the instructional DVD where I learn about chords yet, but I’m starting to get the feeling that the DVD is not going to help me much and that I’m going to have to find myself someone to teach me.  Anyone know anyone in Los Angeles who gives good guitar lessons?

The new TiVo is working now, thanks to yet another visit from the Time Warner Cable guy, and I’ve been using my vacation time to catch up on all those movies that I either wanted to see or have been told I should see but never got around to.  So far, I’ve already taken Fletch, O Brother Where Art Thou? and That Thing You Do! off the list.  I’m now looking for more movies that have some kind of punctuation in their titles.  But speaking of movies, tomorrow is Christmas, so I will be celebrating the traditional Jewish way:  Movies and Chinese food.  I’m making Amandarin an honorary Jew for the day. 

It’s in that spirit that I wish you all a Merry Christmas and stuff, and I present to you Blink 182’s “I Won’t Be Home for Christmas”, which is my favorite Christmas song.  And to all, a good night.