Topic: SoT is tickled pinkish....
I went down to the local music store to look into buying a new guitar. I picked up some odd looking ESP, the LTD F-400 model (see link below for pic of guitar), plugged it in, and started chugging away on it, not really all that seriously, just kinda running through scales, chords, and solo progressions, playing a couple songs on it. When I went up to the counter to put a hold on the guitar, the owner of the store told me that I was one of the ballsiest players he's heard in a long time, if I kept playing the way I was I'd definitely make a name for myself. I'm just tickled, as this guy has played guitar for over 40 years, and his playing makes you wanna go home and cut your hands off out of shame. All I can say is a compliment like that makes all the hard work, frustration, pain (fingertips mainly), and spent money all worth it.