Originally posted by Incidents Happen
...you must realize that when i wrote those comments, i was angry at my bosses...None of my friends work, and i envy them...Five days of school, 7 hours a day, then working eight hours a day on saturday and sunday drives you nuts...

I don't know about where you from,economic background and stuff,but there's something here that I quite don't get.You sound(to me,at least) as though you wouldn't work if you didn't have to(like your friends,whom you envy).On the one hand.On the other hand,you're definately happy(proud,even)of the things working has enabled you to do,your age and all considered.Now,my mind can't quite resolve those two things.I think some spark plug somewhere is loose.I'll have a mental mechanic check it out.

...i don't want to argue points about this or that, its all about how you feel on the issue. to me, guitar isn't work, its play. and when i get paid for it (as i was two weeks ago, did a little party, got $50 bucks, which i bought pizza for everyone, since im a nice guy.

Mountain climbing is fun,to those who are enthusiasts.Fun in the real sense of the word.Now,do you want to argue about the ability to exhaust of climbing the Everest?Forget the Everest,Mt. Whitney?(There is a mountain called that in America,right?)Forget Whitney,that hill you see when you look out the window?
When I was starting out playing guitar,my(and everyone's) fingers hurt as hell.That was not fun.You'd be lying to me if you said you enjoyed it.Unless you're S&M and stuff like that.Learning to move from A to Bm was not easy at first.And it wasn't fun,either.But I learnt,and now I don't even think about it.And now,you're right,it is fun.
My point here(you must be wondering by now,huh?) is that the process of learning guitar to the point where you enjoy it is definately work.Effort.Fun stuff doesn't require effort!!And once you're an(relatively) accomplished guitarist,that's when it stops requiring effort.And starts being fun.
As for making money,$50 is all good.But you gonna do this for the rest of your guitar-playing life?Doing $50 gigs?Liike you said,it's all about personal preferences.$50 thro' and thro' definately isn't mine.

...im not your twenty year old cousin, if you know what i mean.

I don't.
That spark plug.