my fall break

Okay, so I know that I've been depriving all of you of the stories of my life this past week. And we all know I have a pretty interesting life....
Yesterday, we went to Kristin's color guard competition at Bay High. The competition was the Florida Bandmaster's Association competition. Here's my comments on everything I saw...

Bozeman had by far the best Drum Major. He was very entertaining to watch. It helps that it was a good show as well. They performed songs by the Eagles and they did really well. Their color guard also had really cool flags on one song. They had the regular flags on top and then a little pennant flag on the bottom. It was really cool looking.

Liberty performed a gospel show. While they did do a good job, I couldn't get passed the fact that the Drum Major seemed just a little too fruity for a gospel show.

Freeport was the smallest band that I saw and it struck me as funny that they had 1 man with 4 bass drums. they also had the strangest hats EVER! The drum major had one kind, the tubas another, and the rest of the band yet another. It was quite crazy. Too add to it, the color guard was wearing Hawaiian shirts which made sense since the band was doing Jimmy Buffet songs, but seriously, couldn't they have gotten the school colors instead of blue and yellow? Make it at least match! I did like them singing "Cheeseburger In Paradise" and it was cool that the entire audience started singing at the same time. Really really cool.

Next up was Walton. We think they were performing Cirque de Soleil music. Or rather we hope that it was Cirque music. That's the only way it would make sense that they were dancing with giant exercise balls.

Marianna was pretty good. I'm still trying to figure out how Green Day's song "Holiday" fits in a show that's pretty much all Beethoven, but oddly, it worked. My friend Sean was sitting with us at this point, and as soon as he saw the majorettes step out on the field he started making comments about how he doesn't like the way that majorettes march. It was pretty funny.

Arnold: I was very happy to see the band member in the wheelchair. It was sorta refreshing. However, I didn't care for the rest of the show too much. I didn't mind the music but when they incorporated marching into it, they got a little dangerous. The color guard was trying to take out the band members it seemed like since they hit different members at 2 different times. And to top it all off, the band seemed a little claustrophobic at one point. It wasn't as great of a show as I was expecting

Rutherford was the next band at bat. Now I was interested in watching this one because my mom's best friend's daughter was in this color guard. They did very well. I just have to point out that it was very Broadway-y. That's not necessarily a bad thing, I just didn't expect to see jazz hands at a band competition.

Bay High made me very happy when they performed Bon Jovi's "Wanted" and did a good job of it. I do have to say that at one point there was a color guard member that did a pop that was WAY above everyone else's pops. That would have been fine if it hadn't messed her up by getting her counts off.

Mosley was the last band and as happy as Bay High's turn at performing Bon Jovi made me, imagine my joy at hearing 2 Bon Jovi songs in the same performance. This band was by fare the best overall and their scores reflected that with strait Superiors.

I just have a couple more comments to share...
What's with people wanting to perform West Side Story? I think the judges should have counted off for any songs from West side story. It's ridiculous.
And also why do people like to stand and sit in the pathways and not even move out of other people's ways? Not cool, random people that made me mad. Just not cool.
And I didn't get to comment on every one's performances since i forgot that i had a pen. he he.

Until next time...
Peace, Love, and Chicken Feathers!

tales from work

Well, most of you know that I work at the local middle school as a tutor. I never quite know what to expect when I show up at work. It could be anything from the normal of working endless algebra problems and running around the school to get textbooks and anything else that the teachers and students need, to the random of looking up native american large houses (not long houses). It never fails that something will happen to catch me by surprise.
Anyways, from my mundane life to others...
My bestie just got a new truck! Yay!!! Considering her old car didn't have air conditioning or brights and would randomly start smoking from the hood if you were in it too long or it just wanted to act crazy, this is a huge step up. And it's a new truck, to boot! I can't wait till I get to ride with her in it!
One of my closest guy friends right now (the marine for those of you who are trying to figure out who I'm talking about) is always keeping me guessing. I never know what will be said when I talk to him on the phone. I'm dying for him to come back down on leave. I think some of those things that we talk about would be alot better if we could talk about them in person. It's pretty hard to comfort someone when you can't see them or give them a hug. Over the past few months I have gotten a lot better at paying attention to how emotion is evident in people's voices. I can now tell automatically if this friend is upset, tired, happy, frustrated, or mad whenever he answers the phone. I wonder what mood he will be in when I talk to him next?
Okay that was a random topic...
Next!
Anyways... is it weird that I'm actually looking forward to math competition? I guess that's the true test of a math geek. If you can do 74 problems of derivatives and still want to go to the math competition, then you have officially lost it and have become a crazy math geek. Not weird at all...
Okay that's all the random rambling I can do today. I'm fixing to have to leave to go pick up my sis and eat so I'm out of time.
Until next time...
Peace, Love, And Chicken Feathers!