How to summarise your weekend.

First and foremost, happy Zombie Jesus day, everyone. I hope everyone enjoyed their Easter of stapling rabbits to crosses and throwing eggs at it (That is what people do, isn't it?)

Well, it has been a spectacular weekend. I've been driving around in a 2009 Toyota Corolla (OH GOD THE ACCELERATION AHHHH I'M GONNA DIE) because as you all know, my car is in the shop. Hurray for rental cars, I guess? I'm actually surprised they rented it to me, I thought you had to be at least 25 to do that. Maybe I'm just special.

But yeah, so I came home this weekend for ZJ Day, and I brought some other musicians from Southern Miss with me to play at my church. Their names are Nathan and Stephanie and they are pretty okay people! Stephanie plays the Horn and Nathan is a Tenor Trombone kinda guy. They stayed at my house and had to put up with my crazy family for a weekend, I am SO SORRY for them.
I do love my family, though. It's pretty obvious where I acquired my sense of humour from. I mean, we talked about how my aunt almost got into a fight with a hooker in New York. Everyone in my family has my sense of humour and it is wonderful.
There is never a dull moment at the dinner table.

So, the reason I came back was to play at my church for Zombie Jesus day (Or I guess "Easter" for all of you more conservative people). We played at the 8:00 service AND the 10:30 service today, with me and Nathan on trombone, Stephanie on horn, and some kid from Daphne on trumpet. He was actually pretty good! I was relatively impressed.
And we each got a nice $200 check after the service was over, which is a very pleasant paycheck. And Emily even came to listen to the 8:00 service. :3


Speaking of Emily, we got to spend a little bit of time together this weekend. Not as much as I'd like, but still enough to make me happy (Although, ANY amount of time with her does that).
After I finished dinner on Saturday night, she and I went up to the Premier Theatre in Malbis to go see "How to Train Your Dragon" with Nathan and Stephanie. Emily had already seen it, but she was more than happy to go and see it again, and I can see why.

It was an adorable movie! Easily one of the best movies that Dreamworks has done. I laughed, I cried (Don't judge me), and I got to see it with the most wonderful girl I know. It was a great night. :3
I'll be seeing her again tonight, right before I leave. Not for long (She has a paper to write), but I don't need long to say goodbye. Like I said, any amount of time is better than no time.

Well, I'm sitting at the Coffee Loft right now, drinkin' a Pooh Bear and blaggin' on my computer. Macey was here when I started, but she left and now I'm here with Kathy. I guess I just have interchangeable friends. :P

But that's all I really have to say! I hope your weekend was as good as mine has been. :)



-David

The Back Row is Cursed.

So. Today is the day before I leave for Spring Break. But before I get into that, a quick recap of the week:

I had to perform in two concerts this week, on Tuesday and Wednesday night. On Tuesday, we had the Concert Band concert, and Wednesday night was the Trombone Choir.
My dad got videos, perhaps I will post those later. I'll at least link to them, if they make it online. Both concerts went pretty well! And my family was in town to watch them and to buy me delicious food, so it's been a good week.

And speaking of good weeks, this week has gone by ridiculously fast. As the week before Spring Break, you'd expect it to just draaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaag, you know? But nope nope nope, it's been flying by. That's a good thing because I want it to be two weeks from now, but it's also a bad thing because I have SO MUCH TO DO.

So I get to do everything today. I have my Anthropology midterm today, I need to do laundry and pack for my trip, I mailed off some stuff, I have to finish my Theory homework (eh), I have to go to the library and check out a copy of my Jury piece, copy it, practice it, I have to go to a concert tonight, and I'm positive I'm forgetting something else, but oh well. This paragraph is still filled with enough commas to get my point across! My point being that today is busier than it has any right to be. >:(


So, my trip. For Spring Break, the Trombone Choir is going to be going up to the Eastern Trombone Workshop to perform and watch other people perform and such. On the way up and the way home, we're going to be playing at various schools and churches.
An itinerary:

Friday, March 12- Head to Louisville, KY
Saturday, March 13- Head to Bowling Green, OH*
Sunday, March 14- Head to Greensburg, PA*
Monday, March 15- Head to Pittsburgh, PA*
Tuesday, March 16- Head to Penn State University*
Wednesday, March 17- Head to Altoona, PA*
Thursday, March 18- Head to Washington DC*
Friday, March 19- Chill at the ETW
Saturday, March 20- Our performance at the ETW*
Sunday, March 21- Head to Lexington, KY*
Monday, March 22- Head back to Hattiesburg, MS
Tuesday, March 23- School, blah

*- denotes a performance that day


So, that's the schedule for my trip. I won't be blagging at all that week because I won't be bringing my laptop. (No internet for 10 days? Noooooooooooooooo)
Gonna be playing a lot of DS, listening to a lot of music. Road Trips, woo.

But yeah, that's all for now. I'll tell you how things went when I get back on Monday. ;D
(Maybe Tuesday if I'm tired)


(Our performance will be at 3:30 EST on Saturday, March 20th, and will be broadcast live. For a complete schedule of the Eastern Trombone Workshop and a link to the live performance, go here. If you look, you should be able to find it pretty easily. Hope you watch!) ;D


Text me while I'm gone, since I won't have internet!


-David

Classy.

I have a new favourite thing to do to relax. Make myself feel classy.

First, I go here and start listening. Then, I open up this playlist and just sit back and enjoy.

Makes me wish I had a pipe and a nice glass of scotch and was sitting in a lounge chair in front of a fireplace.

Oh well. Tea will do.

New nightly ritual? Damn straight.
I hope you can enjoy it, too.


-David

Lucidity

I dunno why, but I was sitting in class today and this came into my head. As soon as I was able, I went back to my dorm and recorded it. I'm sure I could easily expand upon it later, but I just wanted to get something down, you know?

And, after many edits, you can download the MIDI file here.

Alas, I haven't been able to record it yet, but it will sound a lot better when I do. I'll keep you guys updated. ;)

-David

My love is like a red red rose...

I love this song, but this is by far the best version of it I've heard.



Such a gorgeous song. <3


-David

15 albums that you should have on your iPod.

Hello there.

I know, I know, I haven't blagged in a while. I apologise for that, but I feel like you guys wouldn't really care about my mundane life (I know I don't), so I tend to only post EXCITING THINGS or other things of general interest.

So, as all of you know, I'm pretty big into music. I mean, I'm a Music Ed major, I rarely go everywhere without my iPod, and I know all the words to "Wannabe" by the Spice Girls. It's fair to say that I know my stuff, I guess.
And while I only have ~8500 songs on my computer, I'd like to make this list for you.

In no particular order, these are 15 albums that everyone should get.


1) The Hazards of Love - The Decemberists



2) Far - Regina Spektor



3) Armistice - MuteMath



4) Bastards of the Beat - The Damnwells



5) The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place - Explosions in the Sky



6) Let Live And Let Ghost - Jukebox the Ghost



7) Lungs - Florence & The Machines



8) Maroon - The Barenaked Ladies



9) Get Away From Me - Nellie McKay



10) Razorlight - Razorlight



11) Soul Vaccination: Tower of Power Live - Tower of Power



12) Texas - Playradioplay



13) We Gave It All Away... Now We Are Taking It Back - Mungolian Jetset



14) You And Me Against The World - Apoptygma Berzerk



15) Junior - Röyksopp




And there you go. All of these get my stamp of approval and you should definitely get them if you aren't already listening to them.


-David

Show your Valentine that you really care. Use a condom.

MAN this weekend was exhausting. I really don't know where to begin. We had Trombone Day on Saturday, so that was a pretty big deal.

Friday, I got to sleep in because there was no Theory. Sleeping in is always a plus. So, waking up at 10:45, I strolled over to Anthropology sat through another boring lecture. And then, at noon, I was free! I went and grabbed some lunch before heading over to the Performing Arts Center (PAC) to get out my horn and practice before a lesson with Tom Riccobono, a renowned trombone player visiting for the weekend.


Tom Riccobono


He's an extremely nice guy, and in the short amount of time I spent in the lesson (Only thirty minutes), he taught me quite a bit about how to better my breathing and tonguing technique.
After my lesson, I went down to the lobby and began constructing my BRAND NEW BASS TROMBONE.

I met with the guy from Sheridan Brass, and we began picking out slides, leadpipes, bells, valves, mouthpieces, tuning slides... Basically, building a trombone from the ground up. My parents arrived shortly afterwards, and we spent a good two hours mixing and matching until we got one that everybody thought sounded great.

Eventually, we decided on a horn with a gold alloy coating, a B1 1Y bell, a 2G mouthpiece, and a Tru-Bore valve system.


Not mine, but a Tru-Bore valve with a B1 1Y bell.


Overall, it was a very sexy (and expensive) horn. I got to really play on it that evening at the dress rehearsal and the difference was astounding. It sounded great and it played very well.

After the dress rehearsal, I went to have an amazing dinner with family and some family friends in town. It was a great dinner, and I ended up going to bed early.
I woke up the next morning at 8:00, and I headed over to the PAC to get ready for Trombone Day.

There were some warm-ups, some master classes, blah blah, nothing that exciting. Got some Mexican food with my family for lunch, and then back to the PAC. The afternoon is when things started to get exciting. Mark Mullins, the principle trombonist for the band Bonerama, gave a masterclass and showed off some of his electronic gear.



Mark Mullins.


Yes, electronic gear. You see that mic connected to his bell? It goes to a gateway connected to a floorboard with a Wah-Wah pedal and a Harmonizer, leading out to an amp. Essentially, an electric trombone. It was awesome.


Here's an example.

And then, a little after two, there were some concerts. First, Tom Riccobono performed for us, mostly classical etudes and such. It was great. And then, Mark Mullins played with the Hub Bones, playing some jazz, funk, and rock. It was amazing.
After the concerts, we rehearsed again for the final concert, and then dismissed for dinner.

My parents and I went to Raising Cane's for some chicken fingers before going back to campus. There, we got ready for the final performance, featuring both guest artists, the USM trombone choir, the USM Hub Bones, and the festival choir of all the trombone players that came up for the day. It sounded great, and everyone liked it.



The Trombone Choir playing with the festival choir for the last piece. Try to find me!


Afterwards, we cleaned up and went back to our rooms. I got to talk a bit to both the guest artists some more, which was neat, but I ended up going to bed fairly early again.

The next morning, Sunday, I woke up at ten to go get some breakfast with the parents before they headed home. We went to IHOP and had a pretty great meal. But they left and I went on my way. I did some homework, but then I went over to Gamestop and picked up Left 4 Dead 2. I've been playing that since. It's a great game.


EDIT: Oh, and the title. I'm sure you're wondering about that. In the Hub, they had a table giving out condoms to promote safe sex for Valentine's day. Not very funny in itself, but the sign they had said what's quoted in the title. It made me and my friends laugh.

Third post's a charm...

Three posts in one day? What is this madness?

Well... I need money. :|

Things coming up that I'll need to spend money on:
-February 12-15: Going home for Mardi Gras. ~$25 for gas, and then maybe another $15 for spending while in town. Total = $40
-BEFORE February 15: Tickets for DragonCon this fall, $70. The price goes up to $80 after the 15th, so I'll need to get them soon. More info on DragonCon later. Total = $110
-March 4: Jonathan Coulton and They Might Be Giants IN CONCERT in Birmingham. I'll only be going to this if friends go, and that whole situation is complicated* so I don't know. Tickets are $21 (!!!!!) and then there's gas and food money, which would probably be about less than or equal to $30 (Assuming people can all chip in for gas, the more friends that go, the less I spend). Total = ~$150

Blargh.


*It's at 7:00pm on a Thursday night, and I have class until 2:00- I'd have to leave pretty much right after class because it's ~4 hours to get to Birmingham from Hattiesburg. Not too bad, right? Well, like I said, the only way I'll be able to go is if friends can go, too. I've asked a few friends and none of them are interested. Well, none of my COLLEGE friends, at least. Cleveland and Wally might be able to go, but that presents even MORE complications because they are STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL. So this one might be a no-go. Sigh.



Oh well. Enough complaining for now.


-David

Team Edward and Team Jacob are *so* last year...

There is a new team to root for...

Team David Hale.

Need I say more? If you have a Facebook, you should become a fan.

Also, it appears that the Night of the Great Shuffle is over, because my iTunes has gone back to its typical "Meh" attitude when it comes to selecting songs. It was short lived, but an amazing experience. I hope it happens again soon.

That's about all I have today. Later.


-David

The Night of Great Shuffle

Tonight is the night.

The night that the Shuffle Function on iTunes selects nothing but the best music.

To demonstrate my point, I will show you all the songs mine has played:

I selected "Jennifer B" - Andrew Pants
It then went to:

"Existentialism on Prom Night" - Straylight Run
"Madi Don't Leave" - Playradioplay
"Here (In Your Arms)" - Hellogoodbye
"In The Morning And Amazing..." - Circa Survive
"This Love" - Maroon 5
"Working Class Hero" - John Lennon
"What You Get" - The Damnwells
"Hold It In" - Jukebox the Ghost
"Far Away" - Ingrid Michaelson
"Six Feet From The Edge" - Creed
"The Curse of Curves" - Cute Is What We Aim For

And then I turned it off, because I need to go to sleep. But I figured I'd need to spread the word of this awesome event.
Also, it was happening to Emily, too, so it's not just a freak accident. You should try it out, too. I don't know how long this will last.

Goodnight, world, and may your shuffle function treat you right.


-David

A few things.

Just a few things, really. Should be a fairly short post.

So, last night I realised how much I hate fire alarms. It was about 10:00, and I was planning on going to bed early. I'd had a rough afternoon and was tired. So I shower, get in bed... and the alarm goes off.
I have to get dressed again and go outside (and I forgot to bring my phone. D: ) and wait around for a bit. I don't even think there was an actual fire, but it wasn't a drill, because they had people go in and we weren't allowed to enter again for about forty minutes. Blech.


Also, today, I realised something about coffee shops that aren't named "Coffee Loft."
I learned that their baristas are idiots.

One of my favourite drinks for a hot day is an iced coffee (with milk) with a shot of Hazelnut in it. It's not a hard concept: You get a cup, put a shot of Hazelnut flavouring in the cup, then add some ice, pour some iced coffee in there, then add a little bit of milk. It's extremely simple. Yet, EVERY TIME I try to order it (except for at Coffee Loft) they manage to screw it up. Whether they forget the milk (which isn't too bad) to confusing it with an Iced Caramel Macciato (I don't even know how they came to that) to forgetting the flavour shot, NO PLACE I'VE BEEN TOO CAN DO SOMETHING AS EASY AS MIXING THREE LIQUIDS IN A CUP. I honestly don't get it.
Pisses me off.

Also, look what I taught myself how to play this afternoon:



Wooooooo.


So yeah, that's about it.



-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

Finish me these finals three...

Blech. Busy day, busy day.

I had three finals today, Aural Skills at 8:00, my Jury performance at 10:12, and my Theory final at 13:30. Woooo.

Anyway, so I woke up bright and early to go over to the Fine Arts building for my Aural Skills exam. I trudged through the rain, my umbrella shielding me from the torrent. I was wearing a suit (I looked pretty nice, too.), so I didn't want to get wet. The suit was for Jury, I wanted to look nice. :)
So I arrived at the classroom at five until, and was feeling anxious. The test would be simple, there were only two parts:
1) Sing a song that you have prepared out of our Sightsinging book. We'd been doing various sightsinging exercises throughout the half-semester I've had the class, and he could ask you to do any one of those to sing for him. I didn't have a copy of the book, so I couldn't prepare for this part. Blech.
2) Sightsing a song he gives us when we go in to take the test.

So... as you can tell, I was extremely unprepared. The teacher was running late, so in the time we spent waiting, the class decided to go over some of the songs. We only had time to do one before he arrived. Needless to say, this did little to quell my growing fear of failure. After taking care of some business, we were all shuffled out of the classroom to wait in the hall- we'd be taking the exam one at a time. I waited outside, talking to people and such. Since I didn't have a book, I made a deal with a friend to borrow his once he was finished with the exam. After a while of waiting, I decided I wanted to go pretty soon, to prepare for my Jury.

And at last, my time came. I walked in the door with my borrowed book, ready to bomb this. The teacher (I still don't know his name, haha.) sat down at the piano and told me that I was going to sing Exercise 2.29 from the book. Luckily, not only was that the easiest one of the "prepared" pieces, it was the one we had gone over while waiting for him! Relief flooded through me as he played me my starting pitch. I belted out the first "Do" and proceeded to sing the whole thing perfectly, to the very last "Fa Mi Re Do." He told me he was glad I prepared for this (Ha!) and handed me the page I'd be sightsinging. I had a minute to look over it.

It was in the key of G, and was mostly scale patterns. "Do Re Mi Fa Sol" and such, fairly basic. I was a bit shaky on the pitch (I know for a fact that I sung a "Le" instead of a "La" at one point- 6ths are bitches. So it was in E Minor for a measure, wooo.) but overall, I didn't stop and made no major mistakes. He gave me a thumbs up and told me to send in the next person.

Aural Skills Final: COMPLETE

So, my next mission would be to secure a practice room for the next 30 minutes and prepare for my Jury. If you know me at all, you know that I've been freaking out over this performance for just over a month now. It's a big deal (20% of my grade for lessons), and I was scared I wouldn't be ready for it. Especially after my sub-par recital, I felt I needed as much practice as I good. So for thirty or so minutes, I ran through the piece and went over all the tricky spots. At 10:00, I figured I needed to go ahead and head down there. I was nervous.
I waited outside the door with my accompanist. He's actually a pretty cool dude. We talked about some stuff regarding the piece (How fast to play the Allegro Maestoso, dynamics, when to come in at this one part...) and in what felt like no time at all, the doors opened and I was beckoned in.

I entered the Choral Hall with my trombone and music. Sitting at the table was the entire brass faculty- Dr. Lucas, Horn; Dr. Kelly, Trumpet; Dr. Perry, Tuba/Euphonium; and Dr. Tychinski, Trombone. I put my music on the stand and got ready. The judges nodded to me, indicating they were ready to start. I gave a quick glance to my accompanist to let him know I was ready, and we began.

Eight minutes later, as I held out my final F, I was ecstatic. That was my best performance yet! Sure, I made a few small mistakes, but those were overshadowed by my awesome 16th note runs and keen dynamics. It was brilliant. They smiled and I left. I thanked my accompanist and went on my way.

Jury: COMPLETE

And then, I ate food, slept until 13:15, went and took my Theory exam. I didn't prepare for it, but I knew the stuff so I wasn't worried. It was as easy as I thought it would be, and I turned in my paper within 15 minutes. There really isn't that much to say about it.

Theory Exam: COMPLETE

And so, that's about it. I'm SO glad to be finished with all of that. One more final to go, and I'll be home for the holidays!


-David

iBone

I guess it seems inevitable that there would be an iPhone app for everything, but a trombone?

I was skeptical at first, but after seeing this video, not only am I extremely impressed, I would also be willing to get an iPhone just for this. Not really. But still.




Like I said, I want.


-David

Continuity error.

Haha, hey.

Yeah, I haven't posted in a while. I've been afflicted with Jury rehearsals, finals, studying, and general laziness. But, luckily for you, I have returned!

There's been so much going on, I'm not even going to bother trying to cover it all. Blech. I've been a busy boy, and if there's one thing I hate, it's being busy. Like seriously. Busy sucks.

So some quick highlights of the last week before I go into my usual ramblings:
-Thanksgiving break was amazing, as noted in my previous few entries.
-OH SHIT FINALS WEEK
-Performed my first recital, playing the solo piece "Concertino in F Major for Bass Trombone and Piano" by Ernst Sachse*, and I think I did a fairly decent job with it.
-It snowed here on Friday night, and it was pretty much AMAZING. I mean, look at this shit:




WOOO SNOW
-Math Final was on Saturday morning, and it SUCKED but now I am finished with math forever and ever
-And now it's today, so I'm done with this list.

So, I have absolutely nothing on my schedule until Tuesday, when I have my Aural Skills and my Theory finals, plus my Jury performance. And then, nothing on Wednesday, an 8:00 final in History on Thursday and then HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
I am even more excited about Christmas break than I was for Thanksgiving break, because I have even MORE time to spend with friends, I can resume playing Pokemon Rumble! (My latest video game addiction that I haven't played since Thanksgiving), live off Pizza Rolls and Coke at Macey's house (While playing through Dragon Age: Orgins, of course), spend time with Rin, and get my hands on this bad boy:


The new Zelda game for DS. It looks like it will be a very innovative addition to the Zelda series, and an overall great game. It comes out tomorrow, but because of monetary issues, I won't be getting it for a while. :(

As I (very) briefly mentioned earlier this post, another reason I'm looking forward to Christmas break is because I get to spend more time with Rin. I haven't spoken to her in a few days, actually. She went up to an acting competition in Troy for the weekend, and apparently forgot her phone charger. I have no clue when she's getting home (I assume sometime today, but it's getting late and she hasn't texted me), so. Blech. I want to talk to her. :(

Oh shit! Two paragraphs ending with a ":("?!
Gods have mercy. Blogs DO turn people into emos.
I'll leave you for now, before I start crying about how my parents don't love me and how much I "connect" with Linkin Park lyrics.


-David


*If you'd like to hear the song I'm doing, here are links to Ben Van Dijk playing the three movements:
Movement I
Movement II
Movement III

Gonna start your holiday right.

And there was much rejoicing

What has two thumbs and a new thingie of blank CDs?
This guy.

You can't really see it, but when I said that, I pointed both of my thumbs at myself, you know, because that's how the joke... nevermind.


Anyway, excitement is building because not only do I have the ability to make kick ass mix CDs AT MY LEISURE now, Thanksgiving holiday is coming up quick. And with that means the plethora of exciting things I have planned.
According to the Facebook event page for A Ben's Thanksgiving, there are 13 confirmed guests and 8 "Maybes," as well as Forrest and all of his percussion people. This is going to be a big thing, people. Probably the biggest event going on in Fairhope that day.
Of course, that really isn't saying all that much.

But if you'll excuse me, I'm going to burn me some CDs. Awwwww yeah.


-David

How can I help it if I think you're funny when you're mad?

I'm sure you all know the song "One Week" by the Barenaked Ladies. If you don't, you must be deaf or completely out of touch with society.
I've always liked the Barenaked Ladies, and this is one of their catchier songs. It's an upbeat song detailing an argument that Steven Page and (Who I assume is) his girlfriend got into.

Well, I was listening to the song again this morning, and I really paid attention to the lyrics, and I've decided that this is one of the stupidest couple fight I've ever heard of. Here, let me show you what I mean:

One Week Ago:
-You looked at me, cocked your head to the side and said "I'm angry"
-You looked at me, threw your arms in the air and said "You're crazy"
-You looked at me, dropped your arms to the side and said "I'm sorry"

Five Days Ago:
-You laughed at me, saying "Get that together, come back and see me"
-You tackled me. I still have the rugburns on both my knees.
-I laughed at you and said "You just did just what I thought you were gonna do."

Three Days Ago:
-I realised it was all my fault, but couldn't tell you.
-You realised it's not my fault (And not a moment too soon)
-We realised we're both to blame, but what could we do?

Yesterday:
-You'd forgiven me.
-You just smiled at me.

Now:
-I sit back and wait till you say you're sorry.

Two Days From Now:
-We both say we're sorry.


Okay, that is just ridiculous. Why did they only communicate every other day? Why did she apologise the very first day, but so adamantly believed that it was his fault until they *both* apologise two days from now.
(I'm still trying to figure out how he can predict the future)

Either way, I just figured this deserved some attention. If a girl ever tries to pull this shit with me, I'll probably just punch her in the mouth.
Haha, just kidding.

I'd tackle her. See how much she enjoys rugburns on both of her knees.



-David