--Guitars! Perfect. Perfect; you are picturing precisely what I'm going for; I'm so glad we're on the same page...

[ there is good humor, a little thrill of delight at his fool's game reaching a captive audience. things have been more than vaguely dour and depressing, lately; it's nice to let one's hair down every once in a while, you know? ]

So. Now that we're here, sitting on the beach side-by-side and I've got a fruity cocktail with a pastel umbrella lightly twirling in the saltwater breeze, I am very ready and receptive to whatever you regale me with. Consider me all ears! --But please not literally, that sounds, ah. Distressing.