yep. been longer than i thought it would be since my last post. that's okay though, because i really have been keeping myself busy.
Madison trip with fellow boners (hehe):
on saturday, randall, colin, baby matt, and i drove to madison for some trombone education provided by the "nay palm" trombone quartet. despite the longer than expected travel time, it was really friggen sweet. the bass trombonist, once he got going, had the most intriguing things to say regarding auditions. i have it all written down, and will soon type it up, but i won't bore you with it all here. but i will say that i can't wait till my next big audition to put some of his ideas to use.
Things I'm looking forward to:
colin, randall, adam and i are starting a trombone quartet soon. they're all fine musicians and i can't wait to play with them. jeff dahlseng (former UWEC bass boner) sent me some really nice jazz arrangements for quartet that i am looking forward to as well. i'm also in the process of creating a practice binder with various goodies inside. yesterday, i printed out all my excerpts that i will include, along with a list of my goals and the ways in which i plan to meet them. it might sound lame, but it's time for me to get even more serious about my practicing.
Things I'm not looking forward to:
my computer has really been sucking lately and it's time to reformat. i've never had to reformat before so i have nothing backed up. and there's a lot of stuff in random places that needs to be backed up. if my computer could go one day without randomly hating me, i wouldn't go through the pain of reformatting it. but, since it continues to suck on a daily basis, i guess i'm gonna have to.
i guess that's about it. i'm not feeling to creative right now, so if you came here looking for random entertainment, sorry to let you down. i will refer you to www.homestarrunner.com for that. seriously, that site never fails to cheer me up if i'm feelin' down. time to practice.
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
Monday, September 05, 2005
livin' on a prayer
well, here goes the third (yes...third) attempt to create a post today. the first two attempts were foiled by a stupid attempt to make one of my word's bold. apparently the "b" button in the upper left corner doesn't stand for "bold." yep, i'm pretty sure it stands for "button that is going to @!)(*@! piss me off." stupid technology. you see, if i was just writing in a journal all i would have to do is push a little harder with my pen to make something bold. i could even trace over my letters a few times to make it darker. but, you see, here in 2005, you have to hit the so called "bold" button so that your entire freaking post is erased. then there's the "recover post" button. oh yes, let me tell you about that button. i'd love to tell you what it does, but i don't know yet myself. i thought it might "recover" my "post" that the bold button so conveinently erased, but it didn't. i think it actually tried to insult me. screw you blogger.com. i swear, if this post gets messed up, well, actually, i'm probably going to do nothing, but i'll certainly want to do something rash.
ok, i don't care that (i want to italize the word "that" but i'm afraid of what might happen, so just pretend like it's italized.) much. i just thought it might be fun to overreact (not sure if that's one word) and rant for a little while. on to something else.
today was good. i cleaned things and unpacked stuff. had dinner with friends, and drank a few good beers.
looking forward to tomorrow. the music building is going to be open, and i'm going to practice. yay! it's time for james start kicking ass at the bass trombone so he can go to eastman.
with that, i think i'm off to bed.
love,
james
ok, i don't care that (i want to italize the word "that" but i'm afraid of what might happen, so just pretend like it's italized.) much. i just thought it might be fun to overreact (not sure if that's one word) and rant for a little while. on to something else.
today was good. i cleaned things and unpacked stuff. had dinner with friends, and drank a few good beers.
looking forward to tomorrow. the music building is going to be open, and i'm going to practice. yay! it's time for james start kicking ass at the bass trombone so he can go to eastman.
with that, i think i'm off to bed.
love,
james
Sunday, September 04, 2005
where do i begin?
welp, i guess this is the place where i write stuff. i was thinking about starting a journal, but then i remembered the beaver i saw swimming in the stream behind the bookstore today, and i thought...hmm...i wonder what that beaver would want me to do. then i decided that since it is 2005, i could maybe spare some trees and write stuff electronically. the only thing that kinda sucks is that i have to be at a computer to do this thing...so, i might keep a journal anyways. screw you beaver. there's something to be said for doing things the old fashioned way every once in a while too.
anywho...the summer was awesome. despite some colombian stalking and the daily evan episode, i still managed to have an awesome time. i met people who inspired me to do cool stuff (like rock climbing and randomly wearing glitter). the fancy twins rocked my world with their constantly smiling faces. seriously, they're good people. gorham , the trumpet player i stood next to, made me look forward to going to work everyday, even if it was 105 degrees. i knew he'd make me laugh and i knew i wouldn't be allowed to take myself too seriously around him. jeff, john, and mike inspired me with their professionalism. important lessons were learned almost daily and that's more valuable to me than the money i managed to come home with.
fun was had. i made a small fortune playing poker in atlantic city with colin and evan. matt got me into rock climbing. (climbing = sweetness) i'm gonna try to get up to the climbing wall about once a week this year to improve on this awesome skill. i need to get some gear as well. i made it up to nyc to hear slide hampton play at the vanguard. he played the music of antonio carlos jobim and it was like candy to my ears. the dorney music was good and challenging and all, but hearing slide play was just what i needed at the end of the summer. i bought his cd there and everytime i listen it it reminds of that night, which is totally worth the $20 i spent. in addition to the traveling i managed to entertain myself in allentown, which is no small task and usually involves the bar. poker nights at jim's every monday was my favorite hang by far, however.
so now the fun of summer is over and it's time to revisit reality. i'm gonna do my best to make sure that this is a year well spent. living by myself should prove to be helpful. for those who haven't seen my place yet, it's the ultimate bachelor pad. i love it. the neighbors however, well, the verdict is still out. last night i spent a good half hour unintentionally (honestly) evesdropping while they sat outside, talking about how in their day they put a man on the moon and today's generation has done nothing. i seriously laughed aloud a couple times. the guy who would randomly interrupt himself to sing along to the radio they had playing was talking as if he was head of the space program or something and deserved all this credit for being alive when armstrong set foot on the moon. and right now, they're over there yelling "yaaaaaaaay". i'm not sure what it's all about, but i think they might be playing a video game or something. which is sorta weird because it's a little after 11pm and i'm fairly certain that none of them are under 40. oh well.
well, i guess i'll stop there. tomorrow i think i'm gonna try to write about my plans for the year. i've been thinking about them a lot and it's time to put something down in writing. g'nite.
anywho...the summer was awesome. despite some colombian stalking and the daily evan episode, i still managed to have an awesome time. i met people who inspired me to do cool stuff (like rock climbing and randomly wearing glitter). the fancy twins rocked my world with their constantly smiling faces. seriously, they're good people. gorham , the trumpet player i stood next to, made me look forward to going to work everyday, even if it was 105 degrees. i knew he'd make me laugh and i knew i wouldn't be allowed to take myself too seriously around him. jeff, john, and mike inspired me with their professionalism. important lessons were learned almost daily and that's more valuable to me than the money i managed to come home with.
fun was had. i made a small fortune playing poker in atlantic city with colin and evan. matt got me into rock climbing. (climbing = sweetness) i'm gonna try to get up to the climbing wall about once a week this year to improve on this awesome skill. i need to get some gear as well. i made it up to nyc to hear slide hampton play at the vanguard. he played the music of antonio carlos jobim and it was like candy to my ears. the dorney music was good and challenging and all, but hearing slide play was just what i needed at the end of the summer. i bought his cd there and everytime i listen it it reminds of that night, which is totally worth the $20 i spent. in addition to the traveling i managed to entertain myself in allentown, which is no small task and usually involves the bar. poker nights at jim's every monday was my favorite hang by far, however.
so now the fun of summer is over and it's time to revisit reality. i'm gonna do my best to make sure that this is a year well spent. living by myself should prove to be helpful. for those who haven't seen my place yet, it's the ultimate bachelor pad. i love it. the neighbors however, well, the verdict is still out. last night i spent a good half hour unintentionally (honestly) evesdropping while they sat outside, talking about how in their day they put a man on the moon and today's generation has done nothing. i seriously laughed aloud a couple times. the guy who would randomly interrupt himself to sing along to the radio they had playing was talking as if he was head of the space program or something and deserved all this credit for being alive when armstrong set foot on the moon. and right now, they're over there yelling "yaaaaaaaay". i'm not sure what it's all about, but i think they might be playing a video game or something. which is sorta weird because it's a little after 11pm and i'm fairly certain that none of them are under 40. oh well.
well, i guess i'll stop there. tomorrow i think i'm gonna try to write about my plans for the year. i've been thinking about them a lot and it's time to put something down in writing. g'nite.
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