Last Friday and Saturday I went to the ATSSB All-Region Band Clinic and Concert. It was awesome! Our director was Robert W. Smith, a pretty famous composer. He was a great director and was pretty funny, though a bit long-winded. :P Our finale was a song he composed called Inchon, dedicated to his father and other veterans of Korea and Vietnam. It was based around a Korean folk song which Polly and Lucy Park know, which was pretty cool. There were some great sound effects, like using timpani heads to sound like helicopters, which actually worked really well. Inchon is definitely my favorite song that I've ever performed.
On Wednesday I donated blood for the first time. A big tye-dye bus came to Brentwood and most of the seniors gave blood, along with a few junior and teachers. It wasn't too bad, though it was kinda weird because I could feel the needle going into my vein. Plus I got a free tshirt and some food. That's right, I'm a hero. Saving lives one pint at a time!
So, the Superbowl is tomorrow, and as usual, I really don't care who wins. Football is overrated. Once they make professional ultimate teams, let me know.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Homecoming Week
Last week was Homecoming week. Yes, it is during basketball season due to the lack of a Brentwood football team. (Hence, when we were all making posters for the gym, I made one which said, "BRENTWOOD FOOTBALL STILL UNDEFEATED.") The week's costume theme was "Fun and games," and I worked hard on my costumes. I was a domino on Monday, pirate on Tuesday(Josh Porter's twin), and Pacman on Wednesday. Well, I once again didn't win any of the prizes at the end of the week, though I've tried hard almost every year. I'm not sure whether StuCo just doesn't like me or the universe just doesn't like me. :P
Friday night I went to Chris Williams' birthday party. Once everyone got there at about 8:30, we drove some cars out to an empty field behind the farm (his family runs a farm), and played the most epic game of ultimate ever. It was completely dark except for he 3 cars' headlights, about 40 degrees, and we were playing shirts vs. skins. It was awesome. It was so awesome, in fact, that my frisbee didn't survive the game. :P
Unfortunately, I needed to actually sleep at Chris' house since Saturday was the first of 2 Super Senior Celebrations. This is an event where the seniors each have 2 classmates and a parent talk about them, interspersed with delicious food. We also wrote notes to each other ahead of time and some of the parents put them together into scrapbook type things. As cheesy as this sounds, it was a really great experience. A few people have been going to Brentwood since Pre-K, and even those who came recently are really close to the rest of the class(with a few exceptions of course). Our entire class is only 38 people, so I've gotten to know most people really well, even those I'm not really friends with. There were lots of laughs and a few tears. I will definitely miss half of them half as much as I should like, and I like half of them half as much as they deserve.....
Wait, no, that's Lord of the Rings....
Friday night I went to Chris Williams' birthday party. Once everyone got there at about 8:30, we drove some cars out to an empty field behind the farm (his family runs a farm), and played the most epic game of ultimate ever. It was completely dark except for he 3 cars' headlights, about 40 degrees, and we were playing shirts vs. skins. It was awesome. It was so awesome, in fact, that my frisbee didn't survive the game. :P
Unfortunately, I needed to actually sleep at Chris' house since Saturday was the first of 2 Super Senior Celebrations. This is an event where the seniors each have 2 classmates and a parent talk about them, interspersed with delicious food. We also wrote notes to each other ahead of time and some of the parents put them together into scrapbook type things. As cheesy as this sounds, it was a really great experience. A few people have been going to Brentwood since Pre-K, and even those who came recently are really close to the rest of the class(with a few exceptions of course). Our entire class is only 38 people, so I've gotten to know most people really well, even those I'm not really friends with. There were lots of laughs and a few tears. I will definitely miss half of them half as much as I should like, and I like half of them half as much as they deserve.....
Wait, no, that's Lord of the Rings....
Sunday, January 11, 2009
The Epicness of TSO
Well, on December 30th I got my splint off. I've noticed that my middle finger is noticeable shorter than it used to be. It's kinda weird. I didn't do anything special for New Year's Eve, but on New Year's Day I went to an annual party held by one of my dad's friends. I helped set up the pinata and laughed at kids who got hit in the head by the pinata after they hit it. :P
My dad got 4 tickets to last Sunday's (January 4th) Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert, and since Victoria didn't want to go, I invited Adam Cammack. It was undoubtedly the most EPIC thing I've ever seen. We were seated somewhere in the lower stratosphere, but that was kind of a good thing because it gave us a great view of all the lasers. It was the last show of the tour, so it lasted about 3 hours. One part, the lead guitar player(I think) introduced the 2 pianists, talked about how awesome they were, and let them show off for a few minutes. The first song they played was Toccata and Fugue, followed by some crazy jazz. This video of that part has terrible visual quality but decent sound, though it's only part of that section:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ-b-IOWl_U
There were also some 20 ft. tall jets of flame that changed colors, Flight of the Bumblebee played on electric guitar, and some more general epicness. I can't think of any better way to spend $25-$30 and plan to go at least once a year until they stop doing tours(if that terrible day ever comes).
Yesterday (January 10th) I went to the ATSSB All-State Band audition. I made 5th chair out of 11, but only the top 2 made it to state. I did, however, beat both of the people who beat me at the All-Region audition, which was cool.
My dad got 4 tickets to last Sunday's (January 4th) Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert, and since Victoria didn't want to go, I invited Adam Cammack. It was undoubtedly the most EPIC thing I've ever seen. We were seated somewhere in the lower stratosphere, but that was kind of a good thing because it gave us a great view of all the lasers. It was the last show of the tour, so it lasted about 3 hours. One part, the lead guitar player(I think) introduced the 2 pianists, talked about how awesome they were, and let them show off for a few minutes. The first song they played was Toccata and Fugue, followed by some crazy jazz. This video of that part has terrible visual quality but decent sound, though it's only part of that section:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ-b-IOWl_U
There were also some 20 ft. tall jets of flame that changed colors, Flight of the Bumblebee played on electric guitar, and some more general epicness. I can't think of any better way to spend $25-$30 and plan to go at least once a year until they stop doing tours(if that terrible day ever comes).
Yesterday (January 10th) I went to the ATSSB All-State Band audition. I made 5th chair out of 11, but only the top 2 made it to state. I did, however, beat both of the people who beat me at the All-Region audition, which was cool.
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