the next "john osio..."
geez, my week has been so hectic that i couldn't really write about it... i knew i wanted to remember much about wednesday, but honestly, wednesday seems so far ago... so i guess i'll just have to pull the pieces together of what i can remember...?
other than the fact that wednesday was horribly busy, i think it was okay... dr davis is gonna kill us with reading material, prof raboy is really entertaining and interesting, ed psych is a snoozefest, and music for children had us jumping and skipping to children's tunes... throw on a handbell meeting, where all 20 of us tried to figure out when the best time would be, and that capped off the day... although, i do remember getting pretty down about tim telling me and the others that the prep kids thought i was "happy," which sucks, b/c how else can you change the way you're perceived to other people... i guess guys that are really excited about music, and show it in their conducting, just tend to come across that way... i remember thinking mr leukert was the same, and now being in the position sucks, but whatever... it's a little hump i'll have to jump over...
I REMEMBERED! even though i had the long wednesday, i didn't wanna take a nap, so i actually decided to go running around the track (geez, treadmills are a joke!)... on the way back, kari and kara surprise me, and we end up talking for about a half hour about kari's potential quarter paper: a 3000 word, 12 personal source paper, researching some sort of story... kari wanted to do her paper on the narducci mystery, which i told her would yield an interesting paper... we then decided to form a secret sax quartet, me on soprano, her on alto, jon garza on tenor, and her friend on bari... really looking forward to it! it could possibly add another fun group to my possible recital this year!
first colloquy of the quarter... it did feel really lonely, without marisa and shelley there, although i got to meet a new music major, david, and catch up with ryan meller and jessica... the three faculty that spoke did well, though i liked the first one's a lot (and i can't remember her name)... she shared how her professor's comments on her quarter paper struck her, showing how much he actually cared for her... dr hemmerlin shared that college is much more than about academics, through his long-winded story, then ending his segment with "now about academics..." and walking off the stage... good stuff...
auditioned for raboy and keller, just for formality's sake... i said that i'd consider being in both i cantori and wind ensemble, but that it was probably unlikely... though raboy was joking that my orchestration grade was dependant on whether i joined wind ensemble or not ("it's up to you, john... A or F... it's not that hard), i can't help but feel he wouldn't see me the same if i didn't join wind ensemble...
well, thursday night, we had practice for the special music and praise band this sabbath... man, am i excited... playing with nathan, brian, and the rest of them's always exciting, although the rehearsals last forever... with them, i feel like i can complain when something's not going right, and we'll make everything sound great... throw in nayshi, devann, and friend singing tight female harmonies, levi on the mandolin, jonny on the gymbo, and jaylene on the violin, and we've got it made!
friday... set up band, went to music history, then chose to go to i cantori instead of band... man, i was excited about it, too... for one, we sounded good for a first rehearsal, and i'm reminded to how singing in choir's a pleasant experience... plus, throw in the fact that almost the entire tenor section knows what they're doing this year, and you'd see why i was so happy!
well, until i was packing up the band room, and dr wheeler waltzes in, asking me how band went... i told him that i didn't go, and that i was in choir, and immediately, he chastises me, telling me that i was needed more in band, and that rasmussen could do without me... funny, b/c the sunday previous, he told me that since i was a voice major, i should probably join the choirs this year... for once, i actually questioned him, saying that without me, his first tenor section would suffer... i packed up the rest of the room, looked for my lost backpack that i left in the choir room, which worked out for me, b/c it was in rasmussen's office, and i knew i had to talk to someone... i told him about what dr wheeler said to me, and he said he would handle the situation, since this year, i want to do what i WANT to do, rather than what i feel like i NEED to do...
went shopping with ivie for interactions stuff, had an interesting conversation with janer and matthew (poor guy's really hurt to be on rasmussen's bad side... though, he wants to be the next "john osio," and take over my job as band schelepper, and just being the music department's icon, or pimp, as john milholland's called me... saw him this week too, which was nice), got set up with andy, neal, neira, janer, and others... served nachos, pastries, vegetable sticks, hot cocoa, sherbet punch, and cake... vespers was okay, although i felt like i've heard better from pastor ice... but then again, i didn't stay for the whole thing... interactions was a hit, and everything went smoothly... got to have a nice heart-to-heart with kari about life, and the future... after dropping her off, andy and i got to talk a bit, of course about our doubts for this year, and how we'll try to get over them and make this year just as great...
man, this is making for one interesting year...
other than the fact that wednesday was horribly busy, i think it was okay... dr davis is gonna kill us with reading material, prof raboy is really entertaining and interesting, ed psych is a snoozefest, and music for children had us jumping and skipping to children's tunes... throw on a handbell meeting, where all 20 of us tried to figure out when the best time would be, and that capped off the day... although, i do remember getting pretty down about tim telling me and the others that the prep kids thought i was "happy," which sucks, b/c how else can you change the way you're perceived to other people... i guess guys that are really excited about music, and show it in their conducting, just tend to come across that way... i remember thinking mr leukert was the same, and now being in the position sucks, but whatever... it's a little hump i'll have to jump over...
I REMEMBERED! even though i had the long wednesday, i didn't wanna take a nap, so i actually decided to go running around the track (geez, treadmills are a joke!)... on the way back, kari and kara surprise me, and we end up talking for about a half hour about kari's potential quarter paper: a 3000 word, 12 personal source paper, researching some sort of story... kari wanted to do her paper on the narducci mystery, which i told her would yield an interesting paper... we then decided to form a secret sax quartet, me on soprano, her on alto, jon garza on tenor, and her friend on bari... really looking forward to it! it could possibly add another fun group to my possible recital this year!
first colloquy of the quarter... it did feel really lonely, without marisa and shelley there, although i got to meet a new music major, david, and catch up with ryan meller and jessica... the three faculty that spoke did well, though i liked the first one's a lot (and i can't remember her name)... she shared how her professor's comments on her quarter paper struck her, showing how much he actually cared for her... dr hemmerlin shared that college is much more than about academics, through his long-winded story, then ending his segment with "now about academics..." and walking off the stage... good stuff...
auditioned for raboy and keller, just for formality's sake... i said that i'd consider being in both i cantori and wind ensemble, but that it was probably unlikely... though raboy was joking that my orchestration grade was dependant on whether i joined wind ensemble or not ("it's up to you, john... A or F... it's not that hard), i can't help but feel he wouldn't see me the same if i didn't join wind ensemble...
well, thursday night, we had practice for the special music and praise band this sabbath... man, am i excited... playing with nathan, brian, and the rest of them's always exciting, although the rehearsals last forever... with them, i feel like i can complain when something's not going right, and we'll make everything sound great... throw in nayshi, devann, and friend singing tight female harmonies, levi on the mandolin, jonny on the gymbo, and jaylene on the violin, and we've got it made!
friday... set up band, went to music history, then chose to go to i cantori instead of band... man, i was excited about it, too... for one, we sounded good for a first rehearsal, and i'm reminded to how singing in choir's a pleasant experience... plus, throw in the fact that almost the entire tenor section knows what they're doing this year, and you'd see why i was so happy!
well, until i was packing up the band room, and dr wheeler waltzes in, asking me how band went... i told him that i didn't go, and that i was in choir, and immediately, he chastises me, telling me that i was needed more in band, and that rasmussen could do without me... funny, b/c the sunday previous, he told me that since i was a voice major, i should probably join the choirs this year... for once, i actually questioned him, saying that without me, his first tenor section would suffer... i packed up the rest of the room, looked for my lost backpack that i left in the choir room, which worked out for me, b/c it was in rasmussen's office, and i knew i had to talk to someone... i told him about what dr wheeler said to me, and he said he would handle the situation, since this year, i want to do what i WANT to do, rather than what i feel like i NEED to do...
went shopping with ivie for interactions stuff, had an interesting conversation with janer and matthew (poor guy's really hurt to be on rasmussen's bad side... though, he wants to be the next "john osio," and take over my job as band schelepper, and just being the music department's icon, or pimp, as john milholland's called me... saw him this week too, which was nice), got set up with andy, neal, neira, janer, and others... served nachos, pastries, vegetable sticks, hot cocoa, sherbet punch, and cake... vespers was okay, although i felt like i've heard better from pastor ice... but then again, i didn't stay for the whole thing... interactions was a hit, and everything went smoothly... got to have a nice heart-to-heart with kari about life, and the future... after dropping her off, andy and i got to talk a bit, of course about our doubts for this year, and how we'll try to get over them and make this year just as great...
man, this is making for one interesting year...