I know what you are talking about. I am thinking of changing my tag line to World's Worst Amateur Astronomer.
Yep. I'm not really an astronomer wannabe. I'm an AMATEUR astronomer wannabe. Amateurs have been making some incredible contributions to the field lately.
I was all giddy because I got a picture of Jupiter and it's four largest moons, and you could actually tell what it was! Whoohoo! I found the Orion Nebula the other night and about fainted....
Now that's amateur. But a hell of a lot of fun.