Photoshop and a Guitar

For the first time in weeks, there are significant things that I'm so excited to work on. First, I badly need to learn the basics of Adobe Photoshop 7.0 and I want it now! I think this madness about learning Photoshop started ever since I saw an officemate create a collage of our boss' pictures. As I was watching my officemate do it, at the back of my mind I was thinking, 'I can do that too.'

The next day, I asked dear bro if he had any Photoshop software since he's the most technically-inclined in the family. He owns all these computer cd softwares about practically anything you can think of. I knew he had it and then and there I pleaded that he install it or I'll die of excitement.

For two days now, I've been spending most of my time reading online tutorials about the basics of Photoshop. I'm learning little by little. Ultimately, I want to be really good with it and create my own designs.

The second thing I wish to do and which I almost didn't see coming is to learn to play the guitar. Play the guitar? Yeah, I might have said in one of my earlier posts that I was greatly inspired by Mr. Big guitarist Paul Gilbert but it never really came to me that I'd have another shot at learning what I failed to learn as a kid.

This afternoon, I purchased an acoustic guitar which I never planned to buy in the first place. It was my brother who offered to lend his money so I can buy anything I wished to have. I was literally facing a music store as he gave me the opportunity to choose and I've been staring at the guitars on display for God knows how long a time. So I told him that I wanted a guitar. He liked the idea. Voila! In less than a few minutes, I found myself holding my very first guitar.

Will I learn to play it? That's a question that lingers in my head now. I've been surfing online for basic guitar lessons but I really think it would be better to learn from an expert, first hand. That would have to wait because first, I have to pay for my bro's money and second, I'll need a lot of money to pay for an expert's fee.

Right now, the best I can do are: muster the chord chart, learn how to strum, practice, practice, and practice...then I'll be fine. I'm not aiming at becoming a guitar god. I know my limits. It's just really a personal desire of mine to at least learn a song or two that I could play decently.

By the way, I have a name for my guitar. Have any guess what it is? Clue. It's my crushie's name. Wow. Am I really that obsessed? Haha. Maybe. Wait. Obsession is bad. No way!