the subject says it all. i'm done. it's not as cool as i once thought. so, with that, i bid thee farewell.

so this morning i was SUPPOSED to catch the greyhound *shudders* to the st. louis airport to catch a flight home to go to my uncle's wedding on saturday, but it all went to shit in a matter of seconds ( Read more... )

so last night i decided i was going to copy the entire CD set for "great pianists of the 20th century." as of today, it is the largest CD project ever to be undertaken. it is a 200 CD set and as of now, i currently have 14 (i think). in this set, there is a 2-CD set for every "album" by a pianist (there are sometimes multiple albums by pianists). ( Read more... )

so today i finally got my stuff from the woodwind and brasswind catalog (which should have been here about a week to two weeks ago), which included a tenor sax mouthpiece, reeds, and a ligature/cap. i was kinda bummed about the ligature and cap b/c it might actually be too big, which means that i'll have to get another one. i've already spent about ( Read more... )

so i think i'm finally getting used to the mattress i have to sleep on here at SIU. i just woke up from the best night's sleep i've gotten since before i arrived in carbondale. yay for 10 hours of sleep! i don't know if i can beat my record though... 15 hours.

i feel like going on a picnic.

so i found out this morning that the ligature i ordered from WWBW is now on order, and it wont get here til mid september. when i ordered it, i ordered it b/c it said it was IN STOCK!!! but noooooo, they had to shaft me out of this one. and i need a ligature to play on monday in jazz band! damn them.

for the past week, i don't think i've had more than one meal per day. i just keep forgetting to eat. hmm. that's quite odd... ME forgetting TO EAT!!! i don't get it. oh well. i guess FORGETTING to eat is better than eating way too much. either way, it's probably not too good for me. whatever.

so last night i went with my friend to see bruce springsteen. i had never really heard much of his stuff before last night, but afterwards i was very impressed. the cool thing about the concert was that i got to go for FREE and the tickets were 85 bucks a pop, and they were just ok seats. i kept wondering to myself how much the people on the floor ( Read more... )

today has been pretty freakin' awesome so far. i started things off by sleeping in, which is always good. i had a jazz band gig at the edmonds market, and i must say, it went fantastically. we played several excellent charts including groovin' hard, which is like the coolest and most fun big band chart EVER (especially for the saxes). we also ( Read more... )

so i started listening to my klezmer cds again. i had forgotten how insanely cool they were/are. i only wish i could play like those clarinet players. :(