But he never expected the ninja to vanish... With his heart.

Today has been an alright day so far.

I actually woke up and STAYED AWAKE, meaning that I could get breakfast BEFORE noon today! It was wonderful. Theory was boring, Anthropology was boring, then in the hour between that and piano, I had to sort out some problems that the School of Music was having with me.

If you failed to turn in all of your marching band uniform before a specified deadline, they'd put your account on Hold and charge you a late fee. I think it's pretty reasonable. But when I turn in everything A MONTH BEFORE THE DEADLINE and they STILL put my account on hold and charge me, I get kind of pissed off. >:|
I talked to them about it, and they said "They'd check."
Man, screw them.

Piano was piano. I should probably start practicing more, but eh. I really don't feel like it. Oh well.

After piano, I went to Subway and got the most delicious sub: A footlong on Italian Herbs and Cheese bread with Roast Beef, Pepperonis, Bacon, Monteray Jack cheese, Mustard, Mayo, Jalapeños, cucumbers, pickles, spinach, and tomatoes. Om nom nom. I also got some Barbecue chips (Lays, of course) for later and some Vault. Awesome meal.

And now, I'm debating starting on my Theory project, registering all the crap I need to register for Anthropology, or working out OTHER things. Hurray for too much to do!
And on a side note, still no word (yet) on the Jonathan Coulton concert. Hmmm. It's starting to look iffy.

Upcoming events:
-This weekend is Trombone Day. I'll be getting a private lesson with one of the guest artists on Friday (Hopefully with my new horn) and my family will be coming up for the weekend. Then busy all Saturday and I don't know what'll be going on Sunday. Some friends want to visit, but that's kind of a weird day. We'll have to see.

-Also, more on Operation: Zombie Apocalypse at Wal-Mart. Wally and Chis aren't in, but I still have Mosher and Macey saying they're willing to do it. It'll have to take place in the evening, because I'll spend the morning at the KOMM Mardi Gras Parade down in Point Clear. I think this Mardi Gras break will be spectacular.

-And then, we have Valentines Day after that. I won't be able so spend time with Rin, so I'll be participating in Operation: We've Got Love. I haven't made any plans yet, but eh. I'll think of something.
(Video for details can be found here)

-No word yet on the Brawl tourney.


So... yeah. I think that's all for now. Time to stop slacking and get busy doing SCHOOLWORK. Pfffft, as if.



-David

Dohohoho!

So, I think that Concert band is going to alright. Today was our first rehearsal, and I don't even care that it sounded terrible. I got to make two "Statler and Waldorf"-esque jokes, just like back at Fairhope.

The first one was after reading through a song called With Quiet Courage. When the song ended, I turned to Nathan next to me and said "The audience is going to need some courage to sit through THAT! Dohohoho!"

And then, later in the rehearsal, we played Rolling Thunder, which got a "Rolling Thunder? That was more of a Rolling BLUNDER if you ask me! Dohohoho!"




It was a good rehearsal.



-David

After all, there's only one more sleep 'till Christmas...

Oh, right. I have a blag. I'm sorry.

Well, I will do a quick recap of the past week:

Friday: Spent the day with Rin, went to a party, met people, had fun. I ended up shirtless at the party, like I always do. It was fun.

Weekend: Went to New Orleans with the band. What happens in New Orleans STAYS in New Orleans.

Week: I wrapped presents and hung out with people. Saw Avatar, too.

Actually, I'll take this time to put my thoughts about Avatar on paper. Er... in text.

It was a beautiful movie. The CGI was stunning, and the effects were amazing. It also had one of the best action scenes I've EVER seen in a movie.
But...
It was slow. Very slow. It didn't feel like a movie, it felt like a documentary. I know that was the direction they were going for, but all it did was make the movie drag more than it needed to. Also, the plot was pretty weak and extremely predictable. Predictable to the point where EVERY SINGLE THING THAT HAPPENED AT THE END, I called a hour earlier. That bad.
Avatar also villainised the wrong person. Instead of making the head-of-operations there the bad guy, the made the leader of the military the bad guy. Sure, he loved killing and mercilessly attacking the natives, but what do you expect? HE'S A MILITARY LEADER! And I must note here that he was also only acting on the orders OF THE GUY IN CHARGE. Blech. Little things like that bug me.

Overall rating: 8/10
I'd certainly watch it again when it comes out on DVD, but there's no way in hell I'm going back into the theatre to see it.



And then two nights ago was OPERATION: DRAGON ROLL. Macey, Hannah, Chis, Erin, and I all stayed the night at Macey's house and played Dragon Age: Orgins the whole time. I was the last person to fall asleep, at around 6:00 AM. It was a good night.


And now, today is Christmas Eve. Woo. Tonight, I'm going to the Davis household for food, and then to my grandparent's house for holiday stuff, and then to church to play music. And then, it will be Christmas and I will post again tomorrow.

So... Yeah. I'm sorry for letting you all down by not delving into the mundane details of my life more often over the past few days. This problem will be alleviated in the coming weeks. Thank you for your patience.


-David

Busy day, busy day.

As you can undoubtedly tell by the title of today's post, today was busy busy. But in a good way.

Well, I woke up exceptionally early today (Around 10) and got up, got dressed. That stuff. I was planning on meeting my grandmother at around noon to bake some delicious cookies with her. :3
So, I went to the Coffee Loft to get some breakfast and kill time. I just got a cup of coffee (a medium roast, pretty good) and a hummus bagel with sliced tomatoes. Yum.
I sat down with my breakfast and read the latest issues of This That and the Other and Lagniappe. It was a pretty relaxing morning.

I called her when I was finished, but she wasn't ready for me to come over yet, so I decided to go home and REVIEW SOME MUSIC.
I recently downloaded some Lady Gaga stuff (I'd never even heard "Poker Face" until about a week ago), but I hadn't listened to it yet. I wanted to see what all the fuss was about, so I sat down and listened to all 20 tracks I've downloaded. I was originally going to do a song-by-song review and post it here, so I wrote detailed reactions to the first 9 or so songs, but around track 10 or 11, I just stopped caring.

Overall, it was a lot better than I expected it to be. She has her share of mindless pop tracks (I counted about 4 of the 20 I sampled) and then she has her masterpieces (5/20). Everything else was somewhere in between. But seriously, I can see what all the hype is about. Now, I don't think she deserves all of the hype, but I can at least see where it's coming from (Something I'm STILL trying to find with all the "musicians" Disney is spouting out).

DAVID'S OFFICIAL RATING:
ORIGINALITY: 6.5/10
LYRICS: 4/10
MUSIC: 8/10
EFFECTS: 9/10
OVERALL: 7.5/10
RATING: "Pretty Okay."


So, after my MUSIC REVIEW SESSION and EXCESSIVE USE OF CAPS LOCK, I headed over to my Grandmother's house to begin our awesome cookie cooking... thing.
Anyway.
I get there, we made some delicious cookies. While the cookies are cooking, we play cards. She hands my ass to me, seriously. >:|
But the cookies turned out well, and I had a lot of fun. And we (she) melted a spatula!




After that exciting installment, our hero finds himself in the dreaded Middle School Car Line, waiting to pick up his sister from school. He succeeds.

After briefly stopping at the house (I had to finish the touches on my Christmas Present to Macey), Sarah and I decided to do some Christmas Shopping up in Malbis. On the way, though, we stopped at Macey's house so she and I could exchange gifts.

I GAVE:
-A bag of cookies that I baked today
-A Christmas Mix CD that is simultaneously AWWWWWWWW and KICKASS
-An insense burner in the shape of the Triforce. (That I made in Art)

I RECEIEVED:


This. Sorry for no direct picture, Blogger is being retarded. Just click this and behold the adorable-ness.

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D



Not only is Spheal my favourite Pokemon, he's the MOST ADORABLE Pokemon, too! Macey made this for me, and I think that she is the most amazing person ever for doing so. And, for those of you who know nothing of Pokemon, here's a picture of Spheal's art:






...Pretty spot-on. You're the best, Macey!



Then Sarah and I went on our CHRISTMAS SHOPPING ADVENTURE and we ended up just buying 2 DVDs, some candy, and some other assorted things. Yay Christmas!


And that brings us to the highlight of every Wednesday ever: Youth Group.
Wally, Mosher, and Kathy (Plus other little kids) were there, and it was alright. But then, Cleveland and I decided to play Ping Pong. But oh no, this wouldn't be REGULAR Ping Pong. We ended up inventing the game SUPER RIDICULOUS BOOGIE BALL, and damn, this needs to be like an Olympic Sport or something.

It's basically Ping Pong mixed with Calvinball. In other words, the best thing on earth. Ever.

After a match lasting close to an hour, the final score was
David with: 3 Ghosts (Not counted)
29 Dinosaurs
619 Points

And Cleveland with: 0 Ghosts
201 Dinosaurs
310 Points
1 Boogey Man

So, of course, Cleveland won. The game ended with us going into Boogey Man (Which is the most exciting round of any game you will ever play ever), and since he initiated it, I challenged him. I barely failed the challenge, so Cleveland was considered the Boogie Master and the game was over. It was a great match.

After Youth, I went over to Cleveland's house for a bit. We played the Left 4 Dead 2 Demo (Yes, I know it's already out, but he doesn't have it yet. Stfu) and then ate some delicious Ramen-hotdog-cheese mix while we watched a new X-Men motion comic (Based off of Amazing X-Men and WRITTEN BY JOSS WHEDEN). It was a pretty good night.

And now I'm here, in front of my dad's computer (Mine isn't connecting to the internet), typing all of this up. Hurrah.

Quick notes about THE FUTURE:
Friday will be amazing. Going to spend all afternoon with Rin, and then go to a Dirty Santa party hosted by her friend. I'm excited.

Saturday will be like negative amazing. Fuck you, Saturday. Leaving the house a little after 6 to drive to Hattiesburg so the band can go play in some stupid football game in New Orleans. Blech.

Sunday will be a continuation of Saturday.

And we have two events in the making:
"Operation: Dragon Roll" and "Operation: Lovecraft Bludgeon."
I feel like both are aptly named and both will be glorious.
No details on either one, yet.


And that is it. I will be going to bed early tonight (Well... Before 300) because I am relatively tired. Until next time.



-David

Weekend Update.

Ah, so I haven't updated this weekend. Oh well, I decided to just compile all the events of this weekend into one nifty post.

On Friday afternoon, we all went out and got our Christmas tree!



This makes me happy. I can't wait for it to be Christmas, to be honest. And getting the tree has always been one of my favourite holiday thingies that we do.
The downside: it was cold as balls out there. Like, seriously.


Anyway, after cutting down the tree, I drove to Mobile to spend time with Rin. We grabbed some fast food to eat and then went to Hollywood Theatres to see a movie. But oh yeah, Hollywood Theatres sucks and there weren't any good movies and all the mediocre ones were sold out. So we went back to her place and watched Across the Universe. It had been a while since I'd seen it, so that was nice.


Cue Saturday.
I slept in that day (When don't I sleep in these days? I really need to work on my sleep schedule) and then went over to Macey's house to play some Dragon Age: Orgins.
For those of you that care, I'm playing as a Human Female Noble, named "Devia." Yes, she is based off of my character Devia. >_>
I even went so far as to make her look the same and I'm planning on only picking dialogue options that are "in character." So, in short, I'm an even BIGGER nerd than you thought.
Macey and I also discussed the details of Operation: Dragon Roll while I was there, and we decided on one thing: We have no clue when this will be. Woo, secrets, I guess.

I then went home, had some Chinese takeout, and enjoyed watching "A Nightmare Before Christmas" with the family. When that was over, I started a new game in Fable, played for a bit, and then called it a night.


Sunday morning, church, blah blah blah. Bought and wrapped Rin's present, toyed with other people about whether or not I was getting them a present (Spoiler warning: I'm not), and then played Fable all afternoon. Oh, the excitement! And that, ladies and gentlemen, was my Sunday.

Also, I am a tad bit upset because of a conversation I had with a friend earlier tonight, but I'm not going to get into that here. Not now, at least. I'm onto you, though.


And lastly, here's my plans for this next week:
Monday: Maybe spend some time with my dear mother. Or get farther in Fable. Who knows?
Tuesday - Thursday: No plans.
Friday: Abigail's Party
Saturday: Leave for Hattiesburg. Blech. I really do not want to go to the Bowl Game in New Orleans this weekend. I have *plenty* of other things that I could be doing! (See: "Operation: Dragon Roll")
Oh well. At least Kate and I are going to go to Cafe Du Monde. That'll be fun, I guess.


People I still need to get presents for: Sarah, Mum, Dad, Macey. Everyone else is either accounted for or insignificant.
And now, I think it's my bedtime. Hello, sun. :)



-David

I hate football.

Seriously. I hate football.

Well, most of the time it isn't that bad. But tonight was especially horrible.
It had been raining on and off all day, and when the band met up at 16:00, it was lightly sprinkling. It was around fifty degrees outside, and coupled with the rain, it was pretty miserable. Luckily, we had ponchos so it wasn't too bad, but it was still pretty icky.

Anyway, we march Eagle Walk in the rain, and then an hour later we line up to march through the District and into the stadium. By now, the sun was down and it was pouring.
Soaked and shivering, we marched into the stadium.

Luckily, just as we were taking the field for pre-game, it stopped raining. We performed without a hitch, and the first half of the game went by just like any other game. It rained lightly off and on, but it wasn't anything too bad. Then we did our halftime show and went back into the stands.

And then 3rd Quarter.
It went by terribly slow. I'll admit, I know absolutely nothing about football, but in 3rd Quarter, the clock stopped every few seconds. I honestly took like an hour to get through the "15 minute" 3rd Quarter.
At this point, everyone was thoroughly miserable. But hey, one more quarter until the game's over and we can go home!

Oh, wait, what? The weather's getting worse? You're going to delay the game until it clears up? Oh, that's not too bad...
Oh wait, WE HAD TO SIT THERE AND WAIT UNTIL THEY STARTED PLAYING AGAIN.

That's right. The band sat there under the stands for an hour and twenty minutes, doing nothing. We weren't allowed to go home, because the game wasn't over. I was cold, wet, tired, hungry, and livid. It was ridiculous to the point where I don't even know how to describe how bad it was.

After that, the levels of apathy in the band were so high, half of the band didn't even bother getting up or playing for 4th quarter. Which also just seemed to go on, and on, and on, and on, and on.

It was the worst football game I've ever been to. But, on the plus side, there were fireworks at the end.


Anyway, in lighter news, I am starting a new book: A Wizard of Earthsea. It looks kind of dumb, and the title is stupid and I got it for free, so I don't really have the highest of hopes for it. But apparently, it's won quite a few awards so I don't know, maybe it'll be a good read.


-David