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Today, I got a letter from my friend Jason, a drummer in the studio who transferred to new york last semester, and of whose students I took over as a result:

Evan ( Read more... )

There is a big band show tonight that normally I would not be a part of, except the big band show in question was originally on tuesday, but has been rescheduled due to the tornado scare we had that night. The normal drummer for the big band in question is in NYC, auditioning for stomp. This leaves me as the only one who can play the music, so the ( Read more... )

I'm twenty-three tomorrow, which means that in one year's time, I am required to a) join Miles Davis' quintet as a 23 year old prodigy, b) finish the Harvard Classics, c) transcribe every note on Now He Sings, Now He Sobs, yes, even the free solo in the middle of 'Steps', c) be able to play this solo, d) be a competent enough cook to run a kitchen ( Read more... )

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My niece Eden and I recently became business partners. How, you ask? She decided she wanted to sell a majority of her Halloween candy, because she has taken a liking to the acquisition of money(I don't know where she got that from, because there ain't no genes like that in OUR family) in all probability has beaten us ALL to the retirement punch in ( Read more... )

Last night I made 89 dollars playing at a hotel party. I did the same last week. I've been working my ass off, which is amazing, because it seems that whenever I have 12-15 credit hour semesters and lots of time, I never gig at all. Now that I have 20 credit hours, I am magically gigging every weekend. It's nice to have money, but a drag to not ( Read more... )

Today, walking around the student activities center (the place where they have the cafeteria, of where I had the splendid misfortune of eating lunch) I came to the realization that most of the inane banter about collegiate sports that goes on is fully justified by the University for the reason that bantering on about sports is a skill that most of ( Read more... )

-Will be back in the northeast no later than friday night. Plan accordingly.

I have a family reunion to attend on sunday, but other than that, the week is pretty clear. I also plan to spend a bunch of time with the neice and nephew, cause I havent seen them since spring break in bahston.

in other news, I met the love of my life on tuesday. We ( Read more... )

Thinking: If that girl at the bank keeps giving me the eye like she does, it's going to pop out of her skull.

Also Thinking: Stopping at the bank in a ratty t-shirt and jeans with holes and paint-spots on them to deposit a check for twenty-five dollars so that i have gas money is no reason for her to judge me.