been awhile since that pouty update about emily. like ryan, I'm helping out in an underachieving high school with some non-english speaking kids. but it's in a slightly different context, student-teaching in a statistics class and a basic math class, just sort of left on my own to carve out a niche in the classroom. I really like the kids in the ( Read more... )

emily made me cry todady for a totally stupid and random reason. sometimes i can't stand how much i care about her. that sounds really cheesy. i guess it is. i got the complete mercury recordings of roland kirk at the library and burned them onto my computer. i really like it. feeling really random right now; awkwardly in-between feeling ( Read more... )

scratch the live show appearance this weekend -- we had to move back a few weeks because of some scheduling complications. Tune in anyway though and hear my friends in the Blue Nomads play. 8-10 pm EST sundays. right after my show at 6.

hey everyone ( Read more... )

So the UMass Jazz program had too many trombones audition this semester ... which means I got the boot. I'm disappointed but confident that I'll find another way to challenge my jazz chops this semester.
Grawr.

I'm in Maine now, with Emily. After a week of no internet in Florida it's kind of nice to be able to veg in cyberspace again. florida was amazingly relaxing, though. and i got to know some of thoe orchestra folks a lot better; they are cool kids. eh, don't really feel like updating anymore. emily and i are going to eat lunch with her mom soon ( Read more... )

is pretty much over. I have to say, it got better as it went on. there was a little dip in december, but other than that man it's gotten to be a pretty a-ok year ( Read more... )

ok after sarah's reply i have to make another quick post ( Read more... )

three days home, and I already can only handle my family in small doses. Actually, Luke and Evan have been great to see, but my dad and especially my MOM ARRRGH are making me crazy. I guess my mom is under the most stress since her parents just flew up to spend the holiday with us, and it's her parents and all that ... but man i really can only ( Read more... )

I just read AJ's entry and feel the same way ... here is work, home is family, and I want to go home again. I don't think I've changed a whole lot here, either, but I've learned some important things. My main lesson this semester: I'm not special. Seriously, I thought I was Superman after breezing through high school and most of my freshman ( Read more... )