Last night my career in marching band ended and save for two parades I am done. For the first time in eight years Columbus defeated Hardaway. The game was fantastic we ended up winning a thriller 35-32. It was a storybook ending to a wonderful career. As my 18th birthday draws ever closer (Nov. 25)and I send off scholarship applications and ( Read more... )

I'm on vacation till Thursday. Farewell all.

(Aimee and Mandy are not allowed any exposure to drama, any more could be harmful to there delicate physiques ;). )

Another year is done. It has been my most busiest and exhausting year with many ups and downs. Fortunately the good things outweigh the bad. It started at band camp by making a new and now close friend in Mandy Burton. She's a smart and pretty girl, but needs to realize that the trumpets were and always will be (as long as I am here) better than ( Read more... )

Does the end justify the means? A question of higher morality debated throughout the centuries. If one uses logic, then the answer would be a resounding

Have a really become someone who cannot express what he feels and others only see someone who spews facts and numbers? Have I? I

I am saddened by what I fear is or has or will take place. Though I have always believed that knowledge is always preferable to ignorance, may hap some things are better left unknown. But no, I realize that even knowledge that makes one sorrowful is wisdom. And wisdom is too precious to be left to the darkness of ignorance ( Read more... )

"The greatest thing you will ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.

First and foremost I would like to apologize to anybody who reads this tirade. But sometimes even venting can provoke thinking in oneself ( Read more... )

What is the meaning of life? This is the question that humanity has pondered for ages. It has had as many different answers as the many different people who have pondered it. The meaning of life is that which is sought to make one

As I read through some quotes by Socrates I find that there are a few which I am particularly fond of. Socrates says, "To think oneself wise is wrong." This goes hand in hand with another quote, which I also adhere to, "All that we can know is that we know nothing. And that is the extent of human wisdom." - Leo Tolstoy. What these quotes mean to ( Read more... )