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Dear Reader, I don't know why I all of the sudden decided to write in this for the first time in months...I think I need to give myself and my friends/family something that's first-hand and written during the moments of what's happening in my life. It's been an interesting semester. I spent the whole summer working at the Reno Gazette-Journal, a job that I really didn't like, but I earned a lot of money. I also worked at the Sands Regency serving banquets...again, a job that paid well but it wasn't that fun. This summer reminded me that I should start enjoying college a bit more. After all, I'm already half way through and a taste of the real world was just what I needed to jump into the fall semester with enthusiasm.
Thanks to that, I immediately said yes to a marching band trip to Vegas a week before band camp started, so I could spend time with the group that I like so much. My perspective on things here changed during that trip, which consisted of a plane ride down there, a few hours at the mall (where I had lunch at Mimi's with Jessica), and our performance, culminated by our return flight in the space of 12 hours. I was ready for the semester to start and my first day at band camp was the best year yet. Sitting in the band room that evening, I felt the same excitement that I had as an incoming freshman, and the band was a lot tighter, more friendly, and more enthusiastic. Part of that is just my perspective, but the quality of newcomers coupled with the better music enhanced that experience. On the last day of rehearsal, after learning the Boston show, I dressed as Mr. Enthusiasm, and I fit the character well. To this day, I occasionally wear the shirt that I made out of permenant markers.
As an upper division student, I started the more focused classes; conducting, orchestration, percussion methods, and upper division lessons with Dr. Ehrke. Surprisingly, those are all going well. I still have my same spot in wind ensemble, and I'm feeling like a veteran. My only difficult class is core humanities, and it's ruined entire days for me because of the grading policy. Fortunately, I discovered her teaching style and am doing much better. I continued working at the paper during the weekends through about mid-October, and I stopped because it was mid-term season. I'm still going to work there, but it has felt good to have a few weeks of no work. We're getting some snow in the mountains, and skiing is right around the corner, and I have the same jobs at Mt. Rose and the sport shop. Things are slowly building and coming together for me in a good way. Last year, I had the jobs but didn't fit as well in the music department. This year, I have great jobs, great friends, and am on awesome terms with all the professors. Dr. Mack and Mr. Sullivan have said nice things about me, Dr. Ehrke sees a lot of potential, and I'm excited to be where I am right now. With this added encouragement, I think I'm going to add a business minor. I'll talk about that some other time.
I think I figured out why I'm writing this. I need to have something to look back at when I reminisce about this semester. It's so much better than my first semester and I'm not writing about it at all. I'm also neglecting to take marching band pictures. Fortunately, other members are great with pictures and we'll have a nice documentary. On the other hand, I am not as motivated to write, no matter how great a day went. That's probably because I've grown out of the whole blogging thing, but I need to keep it up because I realize that reading this in the future will make me glad that I did it in the first place.
The connection between this year and 2 years ago is today. We hosted the Sierra Band Crusade, and everything seemed to be exactly the same as 2 years ago. It was equally awesome and the kids loved our field show performance. I know that a lot of things have changed, and I need to make a habit of writing about them, even though they might not be as memorable as all my first year experiences. I guess that's all for now, I feel like I can ramble on and on but I need to go to bed. For any of you remaining friends from months (and years) ago who still use this, thanks for reading.
Thanks to that, I immediately said yes to a marching band trip to Vegas a week before band camp started, so I could spend time with the group that I like so much. My perspective on things here changed during that trip, which consisted of a plane ride down there, a few hours at the mall (where I had lunch at Mimi's with Jessica), and our performance, culminated by our return flight in the space of 12 hours. I was ready for the semester to start and my first day at band camp was the best year yet. Sitting in the band room that evening, I felt the same excitement that I had as an incoming freshman, and the band was a lot tighter, more friendly, and more enthusiastic. Part of that is just my perspective, but the quality of newcomers coupled with the better music enhanced that experience. On the last day of rehearsal, after learning the Boston show, I dressed as Mr. Enthusiasm, and I fit the character well. To this day, I occasionally wear the shirt that I made out of permenant markers.
As an upper division student, I started the more focused classes; conducting, orchestration, percussion methods, and upper division lessons with Dr. Ehrke. Surprisingly, those are all going well. I still have my same spot in wind ensemble, and I'm feeling like a veteran. My only difficult class is core humanities, and it's ruined entire days for me because of the grading policy. Fortunately, I discovered her teaching style and am doing much better. I continued working at the paper during the weekends through about mid-October, and I stopped because it was mid-term season. I'm still going to work there, but it has felt good to have a few weeks of no work. We're getting some snow in the mountains, and skiing is right around the corner, and I have the same jobs at Mt. Rose and the sport shop. Things are slowly building and coming together for me in a good way. Last year, I had the jobs but didn't fit as well in the music department. This year, I have great jobs, great friends, and am on awesome terms with all the professors. Dr. Mack and Mr. Sullivan have said nice things about me, Dr. Ehrke sees a lot of potential, and I'm excited to be where I am right now. With this added encouragement, I think I'm going to add a business minor. I'll talk about that some other time.
I think I figured out why I'm writing this. I need to have something to look back at when I reminisce about this semester. It's so much better than my first semester and I'm not writing about it at all. I'm also neglecting to take marching band pictures. Fortunately, other members are great with pictures and we'll have a nice documentary. On the other hand, I am not as motivated to write, no matter how great a day went. That's probably because I've grown out of the whole blogging thing, but I need to keep it up because I realize that reading this in the future will make me glad that I did it in the first place.
The connection between this year and 2 years ago is today. We hosted the Sierra Band Crusade, and everything seemed to be exactly the same as 2 years ago. It was equally awesome and the kids loved our field show performance. I know that a lot of things have changed, and I need to make a habit of writing about them, even though they might not be as memorable as all my first year experiences. I guess that's all for now, I feel like I can ramble on and on but I need to go to bed. For any of you remaining friends from months (and years) ago who still use this, thanks for reading.