guard guard guard
we had 4 hours of practice after school on friday, with david! i actually gotta just lead the weapons while david taught stuff to the flags, so its like the most power ive had in a long while. twas good, our saber work is shaping up. oh, and raced to subway for dinner. on the way out of the shopping center, at the left turn, i was looking right and left and forgot to notice the guy in front had stopped for some weird reason. ellen screamed as i accelerated, and i stopped a foot or less from his bumper. the only time a scream has kept me from an accident...there and back in under 10 minutes =)
then yesterday was a competition at my good old base school of edison. got to school at 12:30 and proceeded to do more saber. the band came eventually and we did a few runthroughs. ulrey wasnt particularly happy, but i think thats just cuz the band really hadnt warmed up. went to mcdonalds with some of my favorite senior girls. changed, and then put massive amounts of spray and gel into my hair. got it nice and sticking straight up. got laughed at by the senior girls, but the guard girls were a bit more sympathetic, since their hair was also messed up. at least my hair kinda almost looked like i could belong on my head in some weird alternate universe...short short bus ride to edison. singing, and then getting ben to quiet the bus so we could focus and think about our show. got there and made a trip to the bathroom. except that the guard girls ran into the guys room, and made me wait outside, for my own bathroom! what is the world coming to? Then we warmed up just outside the area where i wait to get picked up from edison to tj in the mornings. had lotsa lotsa time to warm up, but the lighting was bad and it was impossible to see the saber in the air. eventually lined up with the band and marched to the football field. marched in from the back, which was very bad for the guard. was slightly stressed over that. but we set up the show, and i had the best one ive had to date. ive never caught all of my rifle tosses so solidly in one show. i think i need to stop worrying about rifle so much and become consistent on saber, though. went to the stands and listened for awards (they decided they only wanted drum majors receiving awards) It was ok, because we didnt really win anything (if we had won best guard, i would have been pissed) but we got a uber uber high score, which is remarkable since it was our first competition. went back to tj, and watched the tape. twas a very good day.
then yesterday was a competition at my good old base school of edison. got to school at 12:30 and proceeded to do more saber. the band came eventually and we did a few runthroughs. ulrey wasnt particularly happy, but i think thats just cuz the band really hadnt warmed up. went to mcdonalds with some of my favorite senior girls. changed, and then put massive amounts of spray and gel into my hair. got it nice and sticking straight up. got laughed at by the senior girls, but the guard girls were a bit more sympathetic, since their hair was also messed up. at least my hair kinda almost looked like i could belong on my head in some weird alternate universe...short short bus ride to edison. singing, and then getting ben to quiet the bus so we could focus and think about our show. got there and made a trip to the bathroom. except that the guard girls ran into the guys room, and made me wait outside, for my own bathroom! what is the world coming to? Then we warmed up just outside the area where i wait to get picked up from edison to tj in the mornings. had lotsa lotsa time to warm up, but the lighting was bad and it was impossible to see the saber in the air. eventually lined up with the band and marched to the football field. marched in from the back, which was very bad for the guard. was slightly stressed over that. but we set up the show, and i had the best one ive had to date. ive never caught all of my rifle tosses so solidly in one show. i think i need to stop worrying about rifle so much and become consistent on saber, though. went to the stands and listened for awards (they decided they only wanted drum majors receiving awards) It was ok, because we didnt really win anything (if we had won best guard, i would have been pissed) but we got a uber uber high score, which is remarkable since it was our first competition. went back to tj, and watched the tape. twas a very good day.