I know exactly what you mean by the voice being an instrument. I do that when I listen to songs in languages that I don't understand. However, if you want to feel the power of lyrics, try listening to rap. I also read poetry, but some things, you can't get in poetry and it's only available in song format.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-F7AscduoM

But not more tempting than crack.

ah the good old days of test drive 1 :D

But slowly, after 10,000 rounds of solitaire, some will start paying $2 for that movie. Perhaps a whole new way of publishing and distributing will emerge that prevents copying for free (Steam, Eve Online [technically you can play for free], Origin, etc). After 20 more crappy movies, some more will want to pay $4 to see a better movie. We're not zombies.

The iPhone is scarce when launch, not because it got pirated out of existence, but because of people willing to pay $1000 for one here.

And yet we interfere with countless different species on a daily basis here on Earth. Trust me, we like touching thing and when the day comes, we WILL touch them.

So out inside is filled with water for this little guy to swim? Anyone see how it can get stuck? Sounds pretty scary to me.

God is a man, you insensitive clod!

that's wa fight club is one of my top ten :D

In order to find out what a person really needs, think of the things that you've never seen a commercial of.

Get an unbeatable entry level, Nikon D3100, kit lens 18-55mm, by "telephoto" in your post I bet you meant telescopic, aka zoom lens. Get one more 35 1.8 dx af-s prime lens for the "standard" (50mm in full frame terms cuz your cam is an APS-C).

Shoot that until it hurts, until you learn the light. Or you can study it on wiki whatnot. But shoot that until you can shoot with your eyes. And then we'll welcome you to the bankruptcy of buying more gears.

My advice, Be a Man. Haul a dinky light plastic DSLR and 2 lenses for now and don't settle for the mini's. You'll thank me when it's too dark for that that shot with a smaller sensor. The NEX with the same size sensor though, is fine. But if you learn to shoot with the optical VF first, you'll be much better. You'll notice the shutter speed and aperture better.

Come back when you're broke.