Past Present and Future
Yeah I'm updating.. what a surprise right?
Soo lets start with this morning... Woke up at 3:00 ish got dressed in multiple layers to keep warm and m brother drove me to school in the snow. It was really cool driving that early.. there are like no cars anywhere and the snow looked cool comming straight at you as you're driving. So then I got there and grabbed a bagel and such. Then we went went to load the buses which is where the drama started because guard was told to all sit on one bus... after they loaded there weren't that many seats left and I afraid that I wouldn't even get to sit with Tffany. I mean come on.. possibly seperating couples on a 3 hour-ish long band bus ride? That's just bound to piss people off.. which is exactly what happenned. I did get a seat next to Tiffany though. The first two hours of "mandatory sleep time" were mostly filled with yelling, crying, and complaining which in my opinion were justified. After a while It did settle down a little though. So at the rest stop we all get up to stretch and walk around and I just buy a cherry coke. Somewhere around there Tiffany made me an origami flower and turtle and taught me how to make the little stars. After that was the singing run-through thing to prepare us for the show. That was soo hard because it was mostly guard members! It was so easy to get lost and somewhere in the middle of it Jay fell backwards and almost knocked Jack over and almost went into the windshield of the bus... meanwhile he never stopped conducting.
Soo then we finally get to Lackawana county stadium and go outside for the tour and such. Then was warmups and other stuff and etc. and then our performance. Personally I didn't perform well... how could I screw up something that we worked on for soo soo long like 2 days before? I didn't get "the feeling" or any adrenaline or anything like the way it was at chapters. Also, i didn't really feel any energy / intensity comming from anyone and the audience was also crappy the whole day and lacked enthusiasm.
To be honest, I enjoyed last year's show so much more and I definately prefer gorup 3 over group 4. But, when It really comes down to it, the actually competetion is hardly part of the marching band experience. Your show and scores are just a minimal part. What really matters is all the things that you've learned about yourself, others, and life in genereal. All the friends you've made and relationships that you've created to last the rest of your life, even if just a memory, is what I feel marching band is really about.
Everyone is saying how our season is over and such but that's not entirely true.. we have plenty of parades / events for the rest of the year. The competitive half is over, but it's not like we won't see each other every again.
However this does lead to a lot of free time that no one is probably used to. I plan to get a job if anyone will hire me (why won't Kohl's call me?!?) and save up money for a car. I would really like the freedom to not have to depend on my parents for transportation.. and if need be.. just get it away from it all sometimes. The future also leads to the end of high school.. and college. I really have no icentive to write my essays or fill out my applications. I just don't know what I can see myself doing for the rest of my life.. is that un-reasonable? My mom is constantly pressuring to write essays and fill out applications but I have no idea what I truly want. Although, I do look forward to the end of highschool as a different experience and a chance to start a "new life".
I'm sure I could continue on.. but this entry seems long enough to me...
On a side note... as much as i would like to deny it.. I'm still way too shy =/. [Edit]: I wish I could tell you everything that I want to.. and I know that you would understand perfectly.. soo why can't I do it?
Kudos to anyone who actually read all of this!
oh, and.. I <3 Tiffany! but I think everyone knew that already :-p
ANYONE WANT TO HANG OUT TOMMORROW?
Soo lets start with this morning... Woke up at 3:00 ish got dressed in multiple layers to keep warm and m brother drove me to school in the snow. It was really cool driving that early.. there are like no cars anywhere and the snow looked cool comming straight at you as you're driving. So then I got there and grabbed a bagel and such. Then we went went to load the buses which is where the drama started because guard was told to all sit on one bus... after they loaded there weren't that many seats left and I afraid that I wouldn't even get to sit with Tffany. I mean come on.. possibly seperating couples on a 3 hour-ish long band bus ride? That's just bound to piss people off.. which is exactly what happenned. I did get a seat next to Tiffany though. The first two hours of "mandatory sleep time" were mostly filled with yelling, crying, and complaining which in my opinion were justified. After a while It did settle down a little though. So at the rest stop we all get up to stretch and walk around and I just buy a cherry coke. Somewhere around there Tiffany made me an origami flower and turtle and taught me how to make the little stars. After that was the singing run-through thing to prepare us for the show. That was soo hard because it was mostly guard members! It was so easy to get lost and somewhere in the middle of it Jay fell backwards and almost knocked Jack over and almost went into the windshield of the bus... meanwhile he never stopped conducting.
Soo then we finally get to Lackawana county stadium and go outside for the tour and such. Then was warmups and other stuff and etc. and then our performance. Personally I didn't perform well... how could I screw up something that we worked on for soo soo long like 2 days before? I didn't get "the feeling" or any adrenaline or anything like the way it was at chapters. Also, i didn't really feel any energy / intensity comming from anyone and the audience was also crappy the whole day and lacked enthusiasm.
To be honest, I enjoyed last year's show so much more and I definately prefer gorup 3 over group 4. But, when It really comes down to it, the actually competetion is hardly part of the marching band experience. Your show and scores are just a minimal part. What really matters is all the things that you've learned about yourself, others, and life in genereal. All the friends you've made and relationships that you've created to last the rest of your life, even if just a memory, is what I feel marching band is really about.
Everyone is saying how our season is over and such but that's not entirely true.. we have plenty of parades / events for the rest of the year. The competitive half is over, but it's not like we won't see each other every again.
However this does lead to a lot of free time that no one is probably used to. I plan to get a job if anyone will hire me (why won't Kohl's call me?!?) and save up money for a car. I would really like the freedom to not have to depend on my parents for transportation.. and if need be.. just get it away from it all sometimes. The future also leads to the end of high school.. and college. I really have no icentive to write my essays or fill out my applications. I just don't know what I can see myself doing for the rest of my life.. is that un-reasonable? My mom is constantly pressuring to write essays and fill out applications but I have no idea what I truly want. Although, I do look forward to the end of highschool as a different experience and a chance to start a "new life".
I'm sure I could continue on.. but this entry seems long enough to me...
On a side note... as much as i would like to deny it.. I'm still way too shy =/. [Edit]: I wish I could tell you everything that I want to.. and I know that you would understand perfectly.. soo why can't I do it?
Kudos to anyone who actually read all of this!
oh, and.. I <3 Tiffany! but I think everyone knew that already :-p
ANYONE WANT TO HANG OUT TOMMORROW?