I just got the best gig ever! I get to play for Easter at First Pres. and I get payed $150 for three services and a rehearsal. I was always so envious of the other brass players, when there was never a tuba part. This is my first gig too, not counting brass quintet stuff. I know I can't play professionally in a Symphony or something, but hopefully ( Read more... )

Ok I just have to post that I'm really happy right now. Howard says that he has some surprise planned for Valentines day, aww. I've never really done anything cool before because I always had a competition or a drum corps camp or something. This past weekend I finally stopped being lazy and got him caught up with the steps for lindy hop and took ( Read more... )

This entry is long. You can read it if you feel like it, but really I only journal for myself ( Read more... )

This entry is going to be hella long, I haven't written in a while ( Read more... )

Done with finals! Done with the semester. I might get a B or a B+ in Ex. Phys, hope my Dad won't hate me. Not that it really matters. I'm at home in Portland making some herbal salve today, so thats cool. It's frickin freezing here though, even in the house. My parents are Eskimos, I swear. Feeling kind of blue and disconnected from everything ( Read more... )

So I don't really want to take my Ex Phys final tommorow, but once I do I am ALL DONE with the semester. Then I get to go home. Christmas break will be busy, I have a week in California with Alice, then a Colorado week with family, a week at home in Portland and then Brass/Choir tour for a week. Yay! I may not be bored. It's just as well that I ( Read more... )

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I Played my Convo today! Finally. It went well, for my first solo. Mostly im really glad its done, but it was actually fun too. My mom came, and a lot of my friends were in the audience. Cheryl and Howard even left classes, I feel so supported. Then I listened to recordings of the brass in the last chamber music concert...not even mediocre. ( Read more... )

Yuki da! I was all proud of myself because I actually understood some random TIUA student yesterday when he said it was snowing. Didn't snow much, but it was cool anyway. I watched Jesus Christ Superstar last night with Howard. Oh yeah, he likes me all right. What fun! Anyway, neuroscience is calling my name...

So today I went to sushi town with my friend Kara, and it was delicious. Howard wrote me a song on my wall for facebook. Aww. Not sure how to respond to that. Then I went swing dancing and this lead, Lee did tons of arials with me. He must have flipped me at least 10 times, which is amazing, because he is in his 60's. Such a cool guy. I was ( Read more... )