Holy cow, I am so bad at class. It's been way too long since I've been a student.
I wish I could just be in college without actually having to be a student. That would be awesome.
Listening to - Better Together by Jack Johnson
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Sunday, June 11, 2006
Before I begin the bulk content of this post, let me make something perfectly clear: I love marching band. More than that, I am in love with marching band. BUGWB (the Baylor University Golden Wave Marching Band) has provided me with some of the most fulfilling experiences of my life, and the people I have met through the organization will be the friends I have for the rest of my life. There's nothing quite like the atmosphere before a football game surrounded by people such as yourself who have invested themselves so thoroughly into the event that they're willing to wear a wool uniform in 90+ degree heat. The yelling, the cheering, Les Mis intro at the opposing team's huddle, Bruin Pride block, the Tennessee Waltz... it's amazing. I love marching band.
That being said, so follows the rest of the post.
This season, in all likelihood, is going to kill me. The Baylor football schedule is as follows:
9/2 - TCU
9/9 - Northwestern State
*9/16 @ Washington State
9/23 - Army
9/30 - Kansas State
*10/7 @ Colorado
10/14 @Texas
10/21 - Kansas
10/28 - Texas A&M
11/4 @ Texas Tech (probably a pep band)
11/11 @ OSU (probably a pep band)
11/18 - OU
An asterisk indicates that the band will not be at that game. I'm speculating about the pep bands (smaller groups of musicians, usually core players and particularly spirited individuals, and the occasional sucker freshman who got talked into going), but if past trends and current talk is to be believed, this is the schedule for marching band this year. Add on to that a trip to Round Rock for an exhibitional show at a marching contest and you've got a whopping ELEVEN performances for BUGWB this year, with only two free weekends from the beginning of September until the end of November.
I have just done some math regarding my history of marching band. This year, my fifth year in college marching band (and quite certainly my last), added on to the six years in high school marching band (we start marching in seventh grade to make up for the small size of our high school and the lack of interest in the band program in general) makes eleven years in marching band. We averaged about ten games a year in high school, which equals 60 games in high school marching band. Add on to that the eight games from freshman year (68), eight from sophomore year (76), nine from junior year (85), and six more from my first senior year (91). Having said all of that, with the ten games we will be doing this year I will finish out my career on my 101st game as a band member. Forgive me for saying so, but holy balls. That's a lot of band. When I bow out of Tennessee Waltz for the last time, I get this feeling that I'll be pretty ready for it.
Now I lay me down to sleep.
Listening to - You & Me & The Bottle Makes Three Tonight (baby) by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
That being said, so follows the rest of the post.
This season, in all likelihood, is going to kill me. The Baylor football schedule is as follows:
9/2 - TCU
9/9 - Northwestern State
*9/16 @ Washington State
9/23 - Army
9/30 - Kansas State
*10/7 @ Colorado
10/14 @Texas
10/21 - Kansas
10/28 - Texas A&M
11/4 @ Texas Tech (probably a pep band)
11/11 @ OSU (probably a pep band)
11/18 - OU
An asterisk indicates that the band will not be at that game. I'm speculating about the pep bands (smaller groups of musicians, usually core players and particularly spirited individuals, and the occasional sucker freshman who got talked into going), but if past trends and current talk is to be believed, this is the schedule for marching band this year. Add on to that a trip to Round Rock for an exhibitional show at a marching contest and you've got a whopping ELEVEN performances for BUGWB this year, with only two free weekends from the beginning of September until the end of November.
I have just done some math regarding my history of marching band. This year, my fifth year in college marching band (and quite certainly my last), added on to the six years in high school marching band (we start marching in seventh grade to make up for the small size of our high school and the lack of interest in the band program in general) makes eleven years in marching band. We averaged about ten games a year in high school, which equals 60 games in high school marching band. Add on to that the eight games from freshman year (68), eight from sophomore year (76), nine from junior year (85), and six more from my first senior year (91). Having said all of that, with the ten games we will be doing this year I will finish out my career on my 101st game as a band member. Forgive me for saying so, but holy balls. That's a lot of band. When I bow out of Tennessee Waltz for the last time, I get this feeling that I'll be pretty ready for it.
Now I lay me down to sleep.
Listening to - You & Me & The Bottle Makes Three Tonight (baby) by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Friday, June 9, 2006
Germany is playing Costa Rica in the world cup, and Germany is winning 3-1 at the moment. I'm sitting at Chili's hoping for something amazing to happen, but I fear the end of Costa Rica's world cup bid is imminent. And still, I cheer.
VAYA, COSTA RICA! PURA VIDA! VIVA LA COSTA RICA!
I want to be in El Coco watching the game with Vito and Ana. I suppose Chili's will have to be the next best thing.
Okay, I've got to go print my homework out now. Go Ticos!
Listening to - Straw Hat and Old Dirty Hank by barenaked ladies
VAYA, COSTA RICA! PURA VIDA! VIVA LA COSTA RICA!
I want to be in El Coco watching the game with Vito and Ana. I suppose Chili's will have to be the next best thing.
Okay, I've got to go print my homework out now. Go Ticos!
Listening to - Straw Hat and Old Dirty Hank by barenaked ladies
Wednesday, June 7, 2006
Summer classes keep one incredibly busy, but the subject matter can't seem to keep my mind occupied. Brit Lit is pretty fun, since all I have to do is read at night and discuss during the day, so I'm having no problems there. But music history is eating my lunch... way too much information to absorb. Every time I go into that class I feel like I should be wearing a dunce cap. I miss Costa Rica, where I felt like the smartest person alive; languages are easy for me. Rote memorization of composers, dates, terms, and other such things, not so easy. Everybody else in the class seems to be doing just fine, though, so I know it's not just the pace of the class. It is me. Crap.
So I think I may have burned a bridge in the past week. Not on purpose, mind you, but it seems to have happened nevertheless. It's quite a sad deal, but as dad keeps reminding me any time I come to him with a problem of this nature, "this too shall pass."
Today is the seventh.
So I think I may have burned a bridge in the past week. Not on purpose, mind you, but it seems to have happened nevertheless. It's quite a sad deal, but as dad keeps reminding me any time I come to him with a problem of this nature, "this too shall pass."
Today is the seventh.
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