school is going great...i love being on my own and having nothing to worry about but doing well in class. all this sitting around in class and stuff is way easier than all the running around i did all summer with the carolina crown ( Read more... )

the steelers won the super bowl, which kicks ass. finally, my favorite team in any sport wins the world championship...this has never happened to me ( Read more... )

in 2005 i ( Read more... )

second crown camp is in the books - i'm still where i need to be to get a spot. i just found out this weekend that one of our brass staff members was the "loss" soloist in the original cast of Blast! i thought he looked familiar. i'm thinking of asking him to play it for me, for five dollars ( Read more... )

update ( Read more... )

so i've applied to carolina crown and to NC state...waiting to hear back from both. i haven't been able to practice lately cause my throat's been killing me. i'm not complaining though ( Read more... )

not too much new to report. i've been hardcore practicing my trumpet, getting ready for my final drum corps audition this november. i already feel like i'm a much better player...my tone quality and lip slurs have improved one hundred fold. now i'm working on getting my fingers to operate faster. this is not coming easy for me, but it'll get there ( Read more... )

i'm watching the VMA's preshow, and 50 cent just said "melody" when he meant "medley". further proof that he is not a musician.

mmm this thing is smunchy

i'm having an extraordinarily emo day. i don't know what i want to do about it, cause i'm pretty sure anything i try to do to make it right would only make it feel more wrong. it's so hard to just forget. i kinda wish i had work today so i could keep my mind occupied for more than half an hour at a time. i don't even know why i think that writing ( Read more... )