"Some day love will find you, break those chains that bind you. One night will remind you, how we touched and went our separate ways. If he ever hurts you, true love won't desert you. You know I still love you, though we touched and went our separate ways."
Rather than give Matthew a sense of victory by apologizing about my previous post, I think I shall just post something new. So there, Goliath ;P
I watched a great movie last night, Some Like it Hot. It's from the 1960s or so and has Marilyn Monroe in it. I don't know if anyone has seen the movie, but I would recommend it, it is a good comedy that is actually funny. So many comedies are not even funny anymore... sad. But I digress. I am posting because this movie ends with the best quote ever. Unfortunately, in order to not give away the plot of the movie, I can't explain the quote as thoroughly as I would like. But it should still stand on its own. Very last line in the movie... "I am a man." "That's okay, nobody's perfect." Ah... it was lovely, I laughed for a while over that line.
In other news, today I found out that 300 Dollars will get you 32,000 Yen. I hope they don't have one Yen notes, otherwise I honestly don't know what I will do with it all. Official count down: T-minus 9 days until Japan.
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
Saturday, September 24, 2005
Sex Pocket
That is my "official" band nickname. It is one of those nicknames that is good because you know it is going to stick, but the name in and of itself is rather interesting. So on to the explanation! (Nicknames always have explanations, didn't you know?) A lot of the piccolo dances... err... choreography for the songs involve using a bit of sass and wacking your butt at times throughout the song. Like, big bass downbeat, that would be a good butt-wacking place. Anyway, at our pre-season picc meeting, we were discussing choreography and how when we do this butt-wacking should we be looking straight ahead or should we turn and look over our shoulder. Needless to say, we decided on the over the shoulder look because it was more sassy, i.e. sexy. So over the last couple of weeks it has sort of become a thing to say "SEX" whenever you slap your butt during the song. Don't freak out now, this is all in fun, I promise =)
On to the nickname part, I was walking to rally last week with some people and I had my cellphone in my back pocket. Unfortunately I said, "I need to move my cell phone because it is in my sex pocket." And unfortunately Lynn was there and picked up on me saying something stupid. And unfortunately everybody that was with me at that point in time has now decided to tell anyone they meet that my name is now "Sex Pocket." It is absolutely horrible, in a fun sort of way! The worst part though, and the reason that I know the name is going to stick, is that I have started answering to it. The first time it was totally on accident, but now that I have started answering to my nickname, I don't think that there is anyway I am ever going to escape it. Example, I am walking to practice and somebody says, "Hi Sex Pocket."Unfortunately I decide to say "Hi what ever their name is" and now I am stuck with the name. All the piccs know, all the clarinets know and a good deal of other random people. It is spreading, and it has only been a week. *Sigh* This is going to be a long season =)
In other news, we lost today to Notre Dame: Notre Dame 36, Washington 17. But we put up a very good fight. Notre Dame really had to work for those points, as did we. I am proud of most of our Huskies... but some of them, as my friend Becca likes to say, are still not on my Christmas card list. Something odd, and something I am sure the sports writers are going to pick up on soon, in every game that we have lost this season, we scored 17 points. That is three games now. And last week when we won, we scored 17 points in the 2nd quarter and 17 points in the 3rd quarter. What is up with 17? I think it is cursed or something...
On to the nickname part, I was walking to rally last week with some people and I had my cellphone in my back pocket. Unfortunately I said, "I need to move my cell phone because it is in my sex pocket." And unfortunately Lynn was there and picked up on me saying something stupid. And unfortunately everybody that was with me at that point in time has now decided to tell anyone they meet that my name is now "Sex Pocket." It is absolutely horrible, in a fun sort of way! The worst part though, and the reason that I know the name is going to stick, is that I have started answering to it. The first time it was totally on accident, but now that I have started answering to my nickname, I don't think that there is anyway I am ever going to escape it. Example, I am walking to practice and somebody says, "Hi Sex Pocket."Unfortunately I decide to say "Hi what ever their name is" and now I am stuck with the name. All the piccs know, all the clarinets know and a good deal of other random people. It is spreading, and it has only been a week. *Sigh* This is going to be a long season =)
In other news, we lost today to Notre Dame: Notre Dame 36, Washington 17. But we put up a very good fight. Notre Dame really had to work for those points, as did we. I am proud of most of our Huskies... but some of them, as my friend Becca likes to say, are still not on my Christmas card list. Something odd, and something I am sure the sports writers are going to pick up on soon, in every game that we have lost this season, we scored 17 points. That is three games now. And last week when we won, we scored 17 points in the 2nd quarter and 17 points in the 3rd quarter. What is up with 17? I think it is cursed or something...
Friday, September 23, 2005
I don't know -- no I don't but I care!
Yay for the lyrics to Johnny Q.!!! Johnny Q. has got to be about my absolute favorite stands tune for marching band, and now Shauna has made me a CD with the real song on it and I actually get to learn the lyrics. Good times. I am feeling in a very Johnny Q. sort of mood tonight: Fun and silly and I feel like making a fool of myself and busting out some "choreography." (No, I didn't just say that I wanted to dance...) I wish there was a way to upload it to my blog so everybody could hear it. If that is possible... can some one tell me how to do it?
Anyway, in other news, for the first time in the history of my playing the flute/piccolo, I have wrecked my chops. Totally and completely, no practicing for me tonight. This week we are doing a Sousa show. Anybody familiar with Sousa and piccolo parts should know exactley what I am talking about. So after an all day practice of playing Sousa over and over and over, my mouth is a little sore. And to top it all off, we are ending the show with Stars and Strips Forever. I love the song, don't get me wrong, but after playing 4 other Sousa songs in front of it, the Picc soli just dosen't come out the way that it should. But I persevered and I have the soli under my fingers for the most part. We are playing Notre Dame tomorrow. Big stuff, they never come to Seattle. And to make things more interesting, Coach Willingham (our new coach) is the ex-coach for Notre Dame. Interesting. I will let you know what happens tomorrow. I am excited, it should be a fun day all the way around.
Now, on to the promised discussion about Thr3e. I am not sure how to do this because I don't want to wreck the book for anybody else. I guess I will put a disclaimer if I am going to give something away. I really, really liked the book. I thought it was very well done and the twist toward the end really is interesting. Maybe I thought it was interesting because I am going into Psychology. I didn't really find the book scary at all. *DISCLAIMER* Yes, the idea that someone can have three distinct personalities who are trying to hurt one other is a bit unnerving, but it was an interesting discussion of good vs. evil. *YOU CAN READ AGAIN* It reminded me of a certain movie that a certain person made me watch, which, due to circumstances beyond my control, scared me senseless. (Its okay, no hard feelings =) I am not sure what to think of Ted Dekker's writings over all, though. As a Christian reading them, I can always tell what his Christian theme is, but I wonder if a non-Christian would pick up on anything or if they would just read over it as another part of the story. Okay, so I know that this is a very poor start to a discussion, but I am tried. Let me know what you guys thought of the book.
"Oh, You gotta take me home tonight. Oh, Down beside that red firelight. Oh, You gotta let it all hang out. Fat bottomed girls you make the rockin' world go 'round!" The cd switched to the next song and I couldn't help but sing =) But I will spare you any more agony of my singing in the middle of my posts, I am going to sleep now. I do have a question though, I have recently received an interesting band nickname and I can't decide whether to write about it or not. It is a TERRIBLY good nickname as far as nicknames go, but it is also just an awful name. Let me know if you guys would be interested. GOODNIGHT!
Anyway, in other news, for the first time in the history of my playing the flute/piccolo, I have wrecked my chops. Totally and completely, no practicing for me tonight. This week we are doing a Sousa show. Anybody familiar with Sousa and piccolo parts should know exactley what I am talking about. So after an all day practice of playing Sousa over and over and over, my mouth is a little sore. And to top it all off, we are ending the show with Stars and Strips Forever. I love the song, don't get me wrong, but after playing 4 other Sousa songs in front of it, the Picc soli just dosen't come out the way that it should. But I persevered and I have the soli under my fingers for the most part. We are playing Notre Dame tomorrow. Big stuff, they never come to Seattle. And to make things more interesting, Coach Willingham (our new coach) is the ex-coach for Notre Dame. Interesting. I will let you know what happens tomorrow. I am excited, it should be a fun day all the way around.
Now, on to the promised discussion about Thr3e. I am not sure how to do this because I don't want to wreck the book for anybody else. I guess I will put a disclaimer if I am going to give something away. I really, really liked the book. I thought it was very well done and the twist toward the end really is interesting. Maybe I thought it was interesting because I am going into Psychology. I didn't really find the book scary at all. *DISCLAIMER* Yes, the idea that someone can have three distinct personalities who are trying to hurt one other is a bit unnerving, but it was an interesting discussion of good vs. evil. *YOU CAN READ AGAIN* It reminded me of a certain movie that a certain person made me watch, which, due to circumstances beyond my control, scared me senseless. (Its okay, no hard feelings =) I am not sure what to think of Ted Dekker's writings over all, though. As a Christian reading them, I can always tell what his Christian theme is, but I wonder if a non-Christian would pick up on anything or if they would just read over it as another part of the story. Okay, so I know that this is a very poor start to a discussion, but I am tried. Let me know what you guys thought of the book.
"Oh, You gotta take me home tonight. Oh, Down beside that red firelight. Oh, You gotta let it all hang out. Fat bottomed girls you make the rockin' world go 'round!" The cd switched to the next song and I couldn't help but sing =) But I will spare you any more agony of my singing in the middle of my posts, I am going to sleep now. I do have a question though, I have recently received an interesting band nickname and I can't decide whether to write about it or not. It is a TERRIBLY good nickname as far as nicknames go, but it is also just an awful name. Let me know if you guys would be interested. GOODNIGHT!
Thursday, September 22, 2005
$2.87=Cheap Gas?
I just have to say that it is rather pathetic when I consider gas that is $2.87 a gallon to be cheap. Very frustrating that I want to go cruising in my car and listen to my new stereo but I can't because I am not rich enough to pay for the gas! This is ridiculous... I definitely bought a car at the wrong point in history. Oh well....
A lot of things have actually happened that I want to post about, but I don't have time tonight. I watched The O.C. and Reunion both for the first time tonight while I knitted (knat?... was knitting?), I don't know. And now I am afraid that it is time for me to take my runny nose and congested self and go to bed. I hate being sick. I promise to post more later. I just finished reading Thr3e by Ted Dekker and I really hope that someone out there has read it because I want to talk about it a little. I know that Matthew has. But I will leave that post for a later date. I really am going to bed now.... I promise. I am rambling, yes, that means I'm tired. Goodnight!
P.S. The Huskies won on Saturday! Washington 34, Idaho 6... just wanted to share the joy =)
A lot of things have actually happened that I want to post about, but I don't have time tonight. I watched The O.C. and Reunion both for the first time tonight while I knitted (knat?... was knitting?), I don't know. And now I am afraid that it is time for me to take my runny nose and congested self and go to bed. I hate being sick. I promise to post more later. I just finished reading Thr3e by Ted Dekker and I really hope that someone out there has read it because I want to talk about it a little. I know that Matthew has. But I will leave that post for a later date. I really am going to bed now.... I promise. I am rambling, yes, that means I'm tired. Goodnight!
P.S. The Huskies won on Saturday! Washington 34, Idaho 6... just wanted to share the joy =)
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
End of Day 2...
and I am sore. S...O...R...E... SORE. And I have a blister on my foot. How I am going to march for 12 hours tomorrow is beyond me. But I will deal with it because I LOVE MARCHING BAND!
It is so great to not be a rookie this year. I actually know what I am doing now (sort of) and I don't have to wear the same stinky white shirt all week.
In other exciting news, if I have to play Louie Louie tomorrow, I may kill myself. We have been practicing our choreography for our stands tunes (ie dances) and there is this part in Louie Louie where you just get lower and lower and lower in a squatting position. Yah, my thighs will not stand for that abuse another day. And the jumping in Johnny Q isn't far behind... I'm sure feeling my age =)
More to come later. I promise I won't only write about marching band, but it is sort of consuming my life at the moment.
It is so great to not be a rookie this year. I actually know what I am doing now (sort of) and I don't have to wear the same stinky white shirt all week.
In other exciting news, if I have to play Louie Louie tomorrow, I may kill myself. We have been practicing our choreography for our stands tunes (ie dances) and there is this part in Louie Louie where you just get lower and lower and lower in a squatting position. Yah, my thighs will not stand for that abuse another day. And the jumping in Johnny Q isn't far behind... I'm sure feeling my age =)
More to come later. I promise I won't only write about marching band, but it is sort of consuming my life at the moment.
Saturday, September 10, 2005
Return of the Dawgs?
Yes, I have decided to create a blog, but I don't feel like boring you with all the mundane details of my life. So, without further ado, on to the more exciting things....
I almost drowned today. Really. You don't believe me? I am serious. For my readers who don't know (wait, what readers, I haven't told anybody about this yet! anyway...) I am a member of the Husky Marching Band. Go Dawgs! And today was our first official home game that we marched at. So I got up at the crack of dawn, which on a Saturday equals 7am, and was at school by 8:30. We then did our last run throughs of our field show and pregame and all of that good stuff. But picture this, dark, dense, low clouds hang over all of Seattle when I wake up. Then when I get to school and am out on the football field with NO place to go, the skies open up and we have a torrential downpour. I mean TORRENTIAL! There could have been a monsoon and I'm not sure that it would have been raining any harder. But we are in the middle of practicing our field show, and of course we are hard core band geeks so we don't fear a bit of rain. But it juts keeps coming and coming and coming. Until everything is soaked. The rain has soaked through my wool band uniform, through my long sleeve thermal shirt, through my purple shirt. I heard one guy say that there was water running down his leg on the inside of his pants because so much water had soaked through. I do not think I have ever been that drenched in my whole life, other than when I was swimming or taking a shower. So do you see how I almost drowned now? And then to make matters worse during the football game ALL of the clouds go away and there is beautiful blue sky and sun. So now we are all damp, but we are sweating because the sun is so hot. I mean, come on, after all it is only September 10, it can still be warm this time of year in Seattle.
What's that you say? What about the football game? Yah... that was a bit of a disappointment to say the least. For those of you who don't know, last year was the worst year for Husky football in about 30 years, 1 win, 9 losses. Yah, I told you it was bad. So we fired that coach and got a new coach who seems to be doing better. He at least still has energy. But about this game, it was against Cal for those of you who wanted to know. We started out great. We scored a touch down within the first 20 seconds. 20 SECONDS PEOPLE! The guy rushed 56 yards. It was incredible, I think almost every one in Husky Stadium nearly fainted. But then things sort of went down hill from there. I won't elaborate because it is too depressing. We lost, 56-17.
But the band won. The band ALWAYS wins =) We got to have a jam session on the field after the game with the Cal band and the Blue Thunder drum line. Ahhh... I love band! Preschool drills next week, which means band from 8:30am to 8:30pm. YES!!!
I almost drowned today. Really. You don't believe me? I am serious. For my readers who don't know (wait, what readers, I haven't told anybody about this yet! anyway...) I am a member of the Husky Marching Band. Go Dawgs! And today was our first official home game that we marched at. So I got up at the crack of dawn, which on a Saturday equals 7am, and was at school by 8:30. We then did our last run throughs of our field show and pregame and all of that good stuff. But picture this, dark, dense, low clouds hang over all of Seattle when I wake up. Then when I get to school and am out on the football field with NO place to go, the skies open up and we have a torrential downpour. I mean TORRENTIAL! There could have been a monsoon and I'm not sure that it would have been raining any harder. But we are in the middle of practicing our field show, and of course we are hard core band geeks so we don't fear a bit of rain. But it juts keeps coming and coming and coming. Until everything is soaked. The rain has soaked through my wool band uniform, through my long sleeve thermal shirt, through my purple shirt. I heard one guy say that there was water running down his leg on the inside of his pants because so much water had soaked through. I do not think I have ever been that drenched in my whole life, other than when I was swimming or taking a shower. So do you see how I almost drowned now? And then to make matters worse during the football game ALL of the clouds go away and there is beautiful blue sky and sun. So now we are all damp, but we are sweating because the sun is so hot. I mean, come on, after all it is only September 10, it can still be warm this time of year in Seattle.
What's that you say? What about the football game? Yah... that was a bit of a disappointment to say the least. For those of you who don't know, last year was the worst year for Husky football in about 30 years, 1 win, 9 losses. Yah, I told you it was bad. So we fired that coach and got a new coach who seems to be doing better. He at least still has energy. But about this game, it was against Cal for those of you who wanted to know. We started out great. We scored a touch down within the first 20 seconds. 20 SECONDS PEOPLE! The guy rushed 56 yards. It was incredible, I think almost every one in Husky Stadium nearly fainted. But then things sort of went down hill from there. I won't elaborate because it is too depressing. We lost, 56-17.
But the band won. The band ALWAYS wins =) We got to have a jam session on the field after the game with the Cal band and the Blue Thunder drum line. Ahhh... I love band! Preschool drills next week, which means band from 8:30am to 8:30pm. YES!!!
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