GMEA

"If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat,
if your house is on fire - then you have a problem.
Everything else is inconvenience."
-Robert Fulghum


GMEA was fantastic... I learned tons, and it's always good for the soul to get out of Macon for a few days. I saw one of my favorite brass groups while I was there (Boston Brass,) and I even got to meet them when I found out that my college trombone professor taught those guys too while they were undergrad students in Boston. Small world! (I have signed CD's and posters now, and I'm thrilled! I even got to shake hands with the tuba player... I'll never wash my hand again! *lol*)

Glad to be home now.... but, I DO NOT want to get up for work in the morning.

Ode to Apartment Maintenance Men

"I went to the Home Depot, which was unnecessary. I need to go to the Apartment Depot, which is just a big warehouse with a whole lot of people standing around saying, 'We don't have to fix shit.' "
-Mitch Hedburg

Going to Mom's house today.... that should be an adventure!
GMEA is next week.... YAY

Yeah, that's it.....

violins and bad singing voices

This might be my favorite "quote of the day" yet.....

"Life is like playing a violin solo in public, and learning the instrument as one goes on."
-Samuel Butler-


Watching the new American Idol.... all I can say is, What the #$*&#% are some of these people thinking? I mean, at some point, all those friends and family members have got to step up and tell you that you don't need to make that noise in public! Friends don't let friends audition for American Idol!! So - people - I hereby appoint to you a noble duty.

If I ever (and I mean EVER in a million years) tell you that I want to sing in public (especially if there will be video evidence) stop me. Stop me by any means necessary.... Iron Skillit to the head, drug me up, whatever it takes. (I'll both forgive and thank you later.) Thank you, and goodnight.

Thoughts on Marriage

"My parents want me to get married. They don't care who anymore as long as he doesn't have a pierced ear, that's all they care about. I think men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage. They've experienced pain and bought jewelry."
-Rita Rudner-


Carly is getting married tomorrow... Yay for her! :o)

Tim is here... life is good....

pigs

"It's no good running a pig farm badly for thirty years while saying, 'Really I was meant to be a ballet dancer.' By that time, pigs will be your style."
-Quentin Crisp-


I bought a French Horn off of Ebay today.... good times! :o) Well, housework beckons, so the post is short... have a wonderful Monday evening!

Mitch

Mitch Hedburg has got to be the funniest man alive (except for the fact that he passed away in March...oops!).... His comedian's act is nothing but a constant string of one-liners that are freakin' hilarious! I have NEVER laughed as hard as I did the first time I heard him....

"Imagine if you were a drummer, and you accidentally picked up two magic wands instead of sticks. There you are, keeping the beat, the next thing you know, your bass player turns into a can of soup." - Mitch Hedburg


Check out some of his stuff.... http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mitch_Hedberg#Photos

rhythm

"Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul."
-Plato-


Uneventful day.... helped my little bro get ready to move into his new apartment in Milledgeville.

Did some shopping for birthday gifts....

I wish my trombone was here at the house - I really want to play, but I left it at school this weekend. I just have the urge to play... it's like I have a nervous energy that nothing else can quench. Hmmm - I'll try the keyboard and my abysmal piano skills. Maybe that'll help...

good 'ole Vince

"It's easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you're a winner, when you're number one. What you got to have is faith and discipline when you're not a winner."
-Vince Lombardi-


Hmmm..... don't really feel like talking, I mean... typing.... yeah...

soup

"One of the most lasting pleasures you can experience is the feeling that comes over you when you genuienly forgive an enemy - whether he knows it or not."
O.A. Battista


I made "clean out the cabinets soup" tonight. You take one of those huge cans of V-8 and then dump in every can of vegetables in the cabinet. Add a little pasta/rice or ground beef if you want, and you've got yourself quite a tasty dinner! :o) Yumm!

Today was a very trying day at the middle school... There are a few students who can just ruin the day for everyone ( the other students and teachers alike.) Maybe I should really take my quote of the day to heart, eh?
Well - I just can't let 'em get to me....

Illegitimi non carborundum!

Seeing the Stars

"Two men look out through the same bars; one sees mud and one the stars."
~Frederick Langbridge


I'm trying really hard to "see the stars" this year... so far - doing a great job! I've actually gotten up early every morning, and stayed after school long enough to actually get all of my work done instead of dragging to the car at 3:50... I'm kind of proud! And, so far, I've kept my resolution - which was to keep a journal. We've only been in 2006 for 4 days - and I've written in the journal on 3 of them. Yay for me!