Days 29-31

Day:29

I'm not going to lie, there was no picture taken today, but it wasn't my fault!

I was busy after school helping people and printing stuff from the library that when I came out here to take the picture, no one was there and I was not going to result in those dumb "self shots" so I gave up waiting for a random person to come along, so I left.

Day 30:

Lets skip the big chunk of my day and go straight to the end, English. In English I had my last year English teacher sub for a period and I relived some fond memories. What was odd though was that my usual teacher of that period, Mr. van Eyken was gone. I walked around all day with an SG guitar because I had to give a lesson, but never got the chance to.


Day 31:

Today was Elizabeth's and I's 6 month anniversary. We went out and got ice cream, played board games and had dinner. There were some minor hitches in there, but for the most part it was alright.

Saturday was a bore only because I was looking forward to one thing and that was Sunday.

Sunday was the big day, the day I had a concert with a group of Australians from Rockhampton, Queensland.  They were simply amazing They went on first and I just thought, "There's no way we can follow this up, they're too good." They had a big chunk of the concert while we only played a few songs, but the entire concert was great. Before it we had a dinner with them and we learned a lot about them and they learned a lot about us. I'm quite sure I've made a few lifelong friends from "The Land Down Under".

Day 28: Concert

Today is my first concert. I'm going to be busy tonight.

I'm playing in all three groups tonight. First on up will be Wind Ensemble, I have to play Bassoon for that and we received a the "Star Spangled Banner" as a piece we're going to play tonight, today. Second will be Choir and I has to sing for that(obviously). Lastly, Jazz Band will be up, and if you didn't know by now, I'm play Bass Trombone for the evening.

Here's to a busy evening.

Day 26+27

Day 26

I spent the entire weekend with Elizabeth. Why is it that when ever it gets close to a concert, things begin to fall apart musically.

Day 27

Seriously, why must this happen? Every concert, every time, it always happens. Why?

I know what I want to do in the future, I'm going for my doctorate in Musicology. It'll take some time, but I must do it. It's part of  my destiny.

Day 25: Just Not A Good Day

I woke up today with the intention of this being a good day, I have been mistaken, horribly mistaken.

I could write about it, or I could write total lies. Lying is a bad thing.

It began well, like all of my days do, but I got to school and that's how it went all bad. I had no problem till I was moving my phone to another pocket because it was uncomfortable to have it in one because of my arm and I checked the time and I remember someone cracking a joke and everyone continued to laugh and I looked up and Mr.A was looking at me and I don't know why and he said "What wasn't funny was that your phone was out, don't let me see it again or it's gone." Then I felt bad for the rest of the period because he can really make people feel that way, don't get me wrong, but he does it to teach a lesson.

I didn't have get my Econ text book after Jazz so I went to class without it, that didn't bother me, but we had a Councillor come in to talk to us about colleges and I received my transcript and I had no problem with that or the fact that I now had a different Councillor, for the 4th time. I've had a different councillors every year of high school. What did get to me was the whole signing up for colleges, which has been a worry for a while, but it came up again and now I know all of the deadlines and I have to sign up to take the SAT and ACT and it just makes everything more harder and I need to audition for colleges and I need ot get music ready for that it's overwhelming.

Wind Ensemble, the music class that is my focus, the class that I work hard for, but you'd think that it would lift my spirits, but no. We had a song taken from us because percussion can't count and that they won't practice, but to add insult to injury, he took away drumline too. My day was even more ruined. Then we played Shenandoah the best we've played it and it felt good to play it so well. The rest of the class just went by averagely. Now there's talk of quitting from a percussionist.

French class, the highlight of my educational experience of the day. We danced to disco that my teacher put on and we had to mimic her. That and I ate a lot of Cranberries.

Lunch was food. I had a test to do for Peer Mediators.

I fell asleep in English, I think. It was more like I sat there and I felt miles away from my body in a sea of black. When I came back everyone was getting up and staring at me. We were switching seats.I felt increibly embarrassed. Class then ended.

I arrived home and on the way I ran into my apprentice who lives around the corner from me. How odd. I then arrived home, to find no one was there. I thought I had I french homework, but I don't have that sadly enough. It's been boring, incredibly boring. Then my Mom arrived home and I had to put a sink full of tomatoes into bags for freezing and when I went to go answer the phone I stepped on a screw and I think my limp is back and my mom was just frustrated with it all. It's nice when your family cares about your well being. Now I have a cut on my finger. Great.

There, I'm done complaining, time to be happy.

Day 24: Cobbler

Today was good. I like block Wednesdays because I get out at 12:40. It really is awesome, except it isn't when you have no homework and nothing to do for a long time and cleaning sounds like a fun and good idea. Isn't that sad?

In Theory today we continued watching the Leonard Bernstein Harvard lecture series and at the end of the current lecture we're on we watched him conduct Mozart's 40th Symphony. Which is a thrill to watch because he's such an amazing conductor.

I had my Venture Crew meeting last night and we made cobbler out in a dutch oven and talked about planning events. I now have to plan an event for camping at Point Reyes. Louise wanted to draw on my face with her mascara and I said no and then Elizabeth tried helping her and in the end, I wasn't drawn on, which is good, but there was a lot of rough housing. Then we ate the cobbler, which was made of peaches. Which was good, until I spilled some on my arm and pocket. It only burned a little bit.

Day 23: Catechism and MORE COWBELL!

Like everyday I start out in Jazz Band and well I have a concert next Tuesday, then the following Sunday I have to play with a Jazz group from Australia. I'm excited for it, but kind of worried of how they'll see us.

They fixed my harness in Drumline and on Thursday we're going to attach a Cowbell to my Quads! This adds will make playing them even more fun, but they took away my Spawk  Drum or my Quint Drum away and they're going to see if they can attach it to a snare drum.

I had to go to my first day of Catechism today. I was put in a predicament though and it's that I "have to put God first", but that involves me not going to any of my concerts, which occur only on Tuesdays and failing music, which is what I do. They said I could take the classes as an adult because I'm 6 months shy of my 18th birthday, but I think I'll have to do that. No way am I going to give up my future for something that I can just do later on.

Day 22: Apprentice

I finally have begun to teach someone Bassoon. She's a Bass Clarinet player and I can already make her make noise out of it. I feel so excited about it. Now I know that it won't be another 8 years till another Bassoonist shows up!

Day 18-21: My internet hates me

So I have not updated in a week because the internet at my Dad's hates me so until I can find some better internet, I'll be updating from my mom's.

Day 18

Today was Fancy Tuesday. I wore a blue dress shirt and a tie, I tied that tie. I was very proud. Also I had a 3 day weekend.

Day 19

That was me taking a fast picture then running to the bus. That guy right there in the picture is named Parker. Watch out ladies, he's a comin' for you.  I wore shorts that day to school for the first time in year and I have

 never raged so hard at school in my life.

Day 20

If I clearly remember, today was just meh. End of story,

Day 21

I'm wearing my Venturing Uniform. That day I had to go to Camp Lassen for a scouting event with a lot of other Venture Crews. I went camping for the first time. I was very happy...and very cold.

Day 17: Picture Day and Drum Cadences

Today was picture day. I did not realize this till I left my house and was already walking to school. Luckily for me, I was already wearing a dress shirt so nor worries. I almost parted my hair down the middle with a bandanna tied around it. When I do, I look like a stereotypical Native American according to our local Native Shaman, Simon Diaz. 

I had pictures right in the morning during first and we almost forgot about it till my comrade Seth reminded my teacher by asking him what people go take pictures. I took one picture, said thanks, then walked away.

Nothing in the rest of the day was particularly spectacular, except learning how to say prostitute in french, and learning about Gilligan's Island in Econ. Also having a wonderful rehearsal in Wind.

English though, now that's where it all gets interesting...

How far would you go to save your pet? How much would you pay to save it? Would you just put it down, or would you pay a lot of money to give it months to live a bit more? It depressed me to be in that class today because I could only think of the ultimate fate that will befall my dog someday. I don't want to think about it now, but I almost teared up thinking about it and all the stories that the other kids in my class shared of their own favorite pet's untimely fate. My teacher even shared us a story of his most recent pet that went off to a bush in his backyard to die. I'm going to stop now.

Here's a long Weekend.

Day 14-16: A Collected Progression 1

I have not been able to get to a computer since my older brother left for Chicago and I'll try my best to remember it all.


Day 14:Leaving

My older brother Carlos left back for Chicago that morning. We had to take him to the airport early for his flight. It's his last semester. We can only wish him the best of luck. He needs to start his life soon.

The rest of the day was filled with me existing between the world of the awake and the dreaming. It was really hard for me to stay awake in my 7th period especially. I'm not sure why but there is a startling trend of me doing that in that class. I don't understand why anymore.



Day 15: A Not So Rehersal

Musically, today was not a good day for any of the bands, and that excludes Choir.

That morning in Jazz, it just wasn't so hot. We played, but it lacked that energy that we all have from playing early in the morning. Plus depending on how Jazz goes, it greatly affects the fellow members and how the rest of their school day goes.

In Wind that day, it just wasn't our day. It's not like how it was dry and boring in Jazz, this rehearsal borderlined sucked. It was bad. Lets not talk about it.

Day 16: Jazz Singing and Crew Meetings

Today was musically a much superior day the last. I only wish days like this could happen everyday.

We gained a new member to our Jazz band, but lost a member too. We gained a girl named Taylor. She our singer, and boy, can she sing. She has added a new depth to our ensemble. She isn't always going to be singing in every song, but this is one thing that we've hopefully got over the Australians. Back to our lost member, our 2nd Trombone player decided to quit without informing the rest of the section. I have no real problem with it, it's just that now we have someone on Trombone 1(Zoe) and Trombone 3/4(me).

I had a Venture Crew Meeting that night and I came to a realization: I have no time for myself this Weekend. Friday:I have to play at a Football game with the Drumline.
Saturday: I have to go to Sac Anime.
Sunday: I have my cousin Erick's Wedding.
Monday: I have a hiking trip to University Falls, but I don't think I'll want to get wet.

We  were shown an awkward video about "Suicide Prevention", with the cheesiest acting I've seen in my life and there was something suspicious about it. I think my Crew Adviser thinks one of us is,but she claims not. I found it a little unsettling.

Sorry that it took me a while to update.