it was bought because i couldn't stop thinking about the way a guitar functioned. sounds cool? you can bet your life savings it does. (please don't! a king famously lost his wife over this, among other "stuff" — like his brothers, his kingdom, his mental peace, and prolly his dignity too.)

unbeknownst to everyone until now, it was an impulse buy. an impulse buy is the sound money makes when your brain refuses “no” as an answer. but i am happy with the impulse buy it turned out to be.

i've a friend who plays guitar, and i wanted to prove myself as much a musician as him and guitars are less portable, so ukulele it was. how has that turned out? um, some questions are better left unanswered. little flukes like these are essential to keep me busy nerding out and not want to die every time i see the world get out of control.

before this, there was a flute (well, 4), a harmonica, and a piano keyboard. the government might have built bridges that collapsed the moment someone willed their feet into existence and roads that have spread nothing but trauma and head injuries; meanwhile i've only been '"someday, i too shall learn" and "wait, don't i already have 13 different types of coloured paper in my drawer that let me talk to beings who don't talk back to me?" before i inevitably click "add to cart" on ebay,' personified.