little martin

tomorrow is luke's 26th birthday, which means, for about six months, he will be four whole years older than me - which is only important to mention because he seems to think this age difference is akin to those of hugh hefner and his eighteen-year-old child brides.  

and, the only purpose of this post is to allow me to brag about my fabulous gift to him.  i feel the need to boast because the times i've tried to do something thoughtful and get him a present he's really wanted (like, say, a particular book), i've always succeeded in getting something wrong (for instance, the wrong edition of the abovementioned book).  too many of my gifts to him have ended up as donations to the library where he works, simply because it's nearly impossible to buy a present for the kind of person who gets everything he wants for himself (and luke is exactly that kind of person).  therefore, imagine my glee when i presented him with little martin, a travel guitar luke discovered at the new "acoustics" room at the local best buy about five millennia ago and has wanted ever since.  it's a gift he actually likes!  i'm going to revel in this one because it's not likely to ever happen again.