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Today was eventful, to say the least.
It was a short day, so classes were only 36 minutes apiece, good deal. The reason is because today was the CHS Stars Talent Show. Liz wrote a song and played acoustic to it, and that was really cool. Jamie Hodges played piano, and I held up her music after it fell. There was a beat poet who did very well, and Brandon Smith and another guy that I know from study hall rapped as a tribute to Nathan Fromburg (I think I got the name right) who died during school this year. There was a girl who twirled batons... and she was freakin' good at it, too. I mean.. insanely good at it. We all had to fix our jaws after she was done. Then I got the big suprise of seeing my very first ballet performance. Sarah Leuben did ballet... who knew? She did really well, too. There was a band that Dick was the drummer for, and they did a cover of Brain Stew.
I sort of volunteered to be the bass player for Aqard Position, since I heard Cory talking about it in the hallway that he wanted to play guitar for the song they were doing because the solo was rippin. I piped in that I would do it, and they just kind of looked at me and nodded. Sweet. We had one practice at Stevo's house on wednesday, then the talent show today. Good times. We were the very last to go on stage. We got out there, and Andy and Cory took their guitars and screeched them together making a very cool sound, where I then continue to play a funky bass groove for a few seconds while Cory improvs a solo. Then we bust out American Idiot by Green Day. Cory told us to rock out and have fun, and he told stevo to do monkey arms. Andy and I get in power stance and start groovin and rockin out while Cory sings and plays his stuff. Cory got to his solo and got down on the ground to do it, and the crowd went nuts. He was going to spin around and stuff, but he broke a string right in the middle of his solo... bummer. So he gets back up and it's time for another drum fill. I look back at Stevo, then Cory, and I go up to the front of the stage to do a jump. I didn't think I went that high, but the audience went ballistic. After the show, I got one "I didn't know you could... move like that." and quite a few "You jump high enough to be on the cheerleading squad." I guess that's a good thing?
I think Ryan would've been proud. Except that it was pop punk... oh well.
Oh, and they made me wear jeans... and a black tshirt.
After school we had Band contests over in... somewhere. I talked with Steven on the way there and I just kind of stared off into space on the way back. We got second, not suprising to me at all. Unfortunately, there were people who took it really hard. I felt bad for them, but I didn't know what to say.
I think I'm gonna unload tomorrow. Not sure it'll help my case at all, but I guess it can't hurt.
It was a short day, so classes were only 36 minutes apiece, good deal. The reason is because today was the CHS Stars Talent Show. Liz wrote a song and played acoustic to it, and that was really cool. Jamie Hodges played piano, and I held up her music after it fell. There was a beat poet who did very well, and Brandon Smith and another guy that I know from study hall rapped as a tribute to Nathan Fromburg (I think I got the name right) who died during school this year. There was a girl who twirled batons... and she was freakin' good at it, too. I mean.. insanely good at it. We all had to fix our jaws after she was done. Then I got the big suprise of seeing my very first ballet performance. Sarah Leuben did ballet... who knew? She did really well, too. There was a band that Dick was the drummer for, and they did a cover of Brain Stew.
I sort of volunteered to be the bass player for Aqard Position, since I heard Cory talking about it in the hallway that he wanted to play guitar for the song they were doing because the solo was rippin. I piped in that I would do it, and they just kind of looked at me and nodded. Sweet. We had one practice at Stevo's house on wednesday, then the talent show today. Good times. We were the very last to go on stage. We got out there, and Andy and Cory took their guitars and screeched them together making a very cool sound, where I then continue to play a funky bass groove for a few seconds while Cory improvs a solo. Then we bust out American Idiot by Green Day. Cory told us to rock out and have fun, and he told stevo to do monkey arms. Andy and I get in power stance and start groovin and rockin out while Cory sings and plays his stuff. Cory got to his solo and got down on the ground to do it, and the crowd went nuts. He was going to spin around and stuff, but he broke a string right in the middle of his solo... bummer. So he gets back up and it's time for another drum fill. I look back at Stevo, then Cory, and I go up to the front of the stage to do a jump. I didn't think I went that high, but the audience went ballistic. After the show, I got one "I didn't know you could... move like that." and quite a few "You jump high enough to be on the cheerleading squad." I guess that's a good thing?
I think Ryan would've been proud. Except that it was pop punk... oh well.
Oh, and they made me wear jeans... and a black tshirt.
After school we had Band contests over in... somewhere. I talked with Steven on the way there and I just kind of stared off into space on the way back. We got second, not suprising to me at all. Unfortunately, there were people who took it really hard. I felt bad for them, but I didn't know what to say.
I think I'm gonna unload tomorrow. Not sure it'll help my case at all, but I guess it can't hurt.