11 - Wil Wheaton Is A Pimp
Well, even though it isn't going to be the smartest decision ever, I've decided that I am going to do marching band. It's going to be a really rough couple of months as far as being able to eat and buy things that I may need (bathroom things, pants, etc), but I think on the whole I'll be happier.
I'm going to put my job at Outback on hold until November, and try to pick up another job working 8am-3pm on weekdays. Hopefully at an office or something, but I'm even willing to go fast food at this point. It's more important to me that I participate in what is going to be a huge transitional year for the EMU bands than it is to not work fast food.
Starting in November I'll be taking classes again, but I'm not sure the financial aid that I'll receive will be disbursed until I actually start the semester. If it comes sooner rather than later, that'd be really helpful. The classes will all be online, so that'll be great, and I'll be able to work and do band during the day, and school at night.
That's the plan, at least. I still need to talk to the new director here to make sure that it's okay for me to march if I'm not enrolled, and I need to make sure that everything with going back to class works out well, too. Finding an extra job will be the big one. I need to be making $125 a week to be able to afford rent, utilities, cell phone, and credit card payments, with a little bit left over for food.
The hardest part will be the next two or three weeks. I won't be working during camp, but I will get paid from both Outback and Tower this coming Wednesday, so I should be able to get food and afford rent and everything that's coming up, too. If not, I've had people offer me food and other assistance as needed. The food I'll take, but I really don't want to have to get to the point where I need anything else. I'm only doing this because I think I can make it through the next while without needing help from others.
I am lucky to have so many people that really care about me, though.
I love my new car, but there have been a few issues. Shortly after I got it, the brakes started getting a little less effective, but nothing that really worried me. The muffler had a small hole in it to start, but then eventually part of it broke off, and later the rest of it got wrapped around the rear axle of the car. I had to drive on that for a few days until I had enough of a break in my work schedule to drive home and have my father cut the thing off. The car doesn't really run much louder than it did before, mostly because it already had a hole in the muffler. Blev said earlier today that she figured that it was just how Grand Marquis sounded, since my old one was just as loud.
In the end, the muffler was never that big of a problem, except when I was driving with it under the car, dragging on the ground.
When I had my father remove the muffler, I forgot to have him look at the brakes. They still weren't really that bad, so it just didn't stick into my mind that I should ask him about them. Well, when Ang and I headed down to Sidetrack for what may've been the last Sidetracks Sunday for a long while, my brakes just ceased to work. At all. Also, it was raining. Luckily it was late, and the streets around Depot Town weren't busy, so I was able to just use my parking brake to get by.
My dad came out and got the car in the two days between when he was in New York, and then left to go somewhere else far away, and managed to fix the leak in the brake line that was causing the problem.
I am also lucky to have a father who knows how to fix cars, because I can't afford a damn thing.
The theme from Star Trek - Voyager is right up there on my list of Great TV And Movie Themes with the theme from Angel.
FYI.
The 89x show that 10° played at TC's went well enough. We didn't sell all the tickets, but we ended up not having to pay for the extra tickets that went unsold, which really helped everyone out. The 89x people didn't actually show up until right near the end of our set when we were playing "The District Sleeps Alone Tonight", and then Cal Caligno (or whatever his name is) said that he hated "Death Cab" but that we played it well enough. He mentioned it a few more times, said he hated Ben Gibbard. But whatever. Christine, who runs the music for TC's I guess, wants us back for more shows. She seems to like us a lot, and is extra friendly to me, in particular, so I'm betting we get some calls from her sometime in the next few weeks.
Megan was away teaching a band camp, so we had Ang come up and sing "My Happy Ending" and a few harmonies for "The Distrcit Sleeps Alone Tonight," and she did very well. Because she's an amazing singer. And she's crazy enough to love me.
I've had two rehearsals with September On, as well. I was seriously worried that I wouldn't be good enough to play with them, but it's actually been pretty easy to fit it. With any luck I'll still be able to work out some decent bass parts of my own when we start writing new stuff.
Because I'm clearly not doing enough musically, I'm going to start working on some music stuff with Ang and her friend Sam when I can.
I am lucky to have enough skill in music that I get to play it almost as much as I love it.
Ang is having a rough time with some things, and it's kind of frustrating that I'm not close enough to be more helpful. Today I didn't even have enough extra money to drive out to see her, which I fear will become a normal occurance until after marching season. It'll be harder when she's taking classes, too. We talk a lot about living together, and making that happen as soon as possible. Of course, it won't be before the end of this school year, since I'm signed onto the lease here for quite a while.
She's going to come out for some marching band stuff, and I'm going to attempt to have Sundays off, so we'll have small windows of hanging out, I think. It's going to be rough.
I close at Outback tonight (Friday), followed by opening at Tower tomorrow, and then Kimmy's housewarming party. Ang'll be staying the night after that, and then Sunday is the first day of camp. I'm already scheduled at Outback on Monday and Wednesday, so I need to get those covered pretty much right now. I don't want to get fired from there, cause it'll be a good job to go back to once band is done. I'm still going to work Tower on Tuesday, Thursdays, and Saturdays when we don't have games. I'll probably try to fit some Sundays in, too, when I can't see Ang anyways.
I should probably sleep now.
-Jeremy
I'm going to put my job at Outback on hold until November, and try to pick up another job working 8am-3pm on weekdays. Hopefully at an office or something, but I'm even willing to go fast food at this point. It's more important to me that I participate in what is going to be a huge transitional year for the EMU bands than it is to not work fast food.
Starting in November I'll be taking classes again, but I'm not sure the financial aid that I'll receive will be disbursed until I actually start the semester. If it comes sooner rather than later, that'd be really helpful. The classes will all be online, so that'll be great, and I'll be able to work and do band during the day, and school at night.
That's the plan, at least. I still need to talk to the new director here to make sure that it's okay for me to march if I'm not enrolled, and I need to make sure that everything with going back to class works out well, too. Finding an extra job will be the big one. I need to be making $125 a week to be able to afford rent, utilities, cell phone, and credit card payments, with a little bit left over for food.
The hardest part will be the next two or three weeks. I won't be working during camp, but I will get paid from both Outback and Tower this coming Wednesday, so I should be able to get food and afford rent and everything that's coming up, too. If not, I've had people offer me food and other assistance as needed. The food I'll take, but I really don't want to have to get to the point where I need anything else. I'm only doing this because I think I can make it through the next while without needing help from others.
I am lucky to have so many people that really care about me, though.
I love my new car, but there have been a few issues. Shortly after I got it, the brakes started getting a little less effective, but nothing that really worried me. The muffler had a small hole in it to start, but then eventually part of it broke off, and later the rest of it got wrapped around the rear axle of the car. I had to drive on that for a few days until I had enough of a break in my work schedule to drive home and have my father cut the thing off. The car doesn't really run much louder than it did before, mostly because it already had a hole in the muffler. Blev said earlier today that she figured that it was just how Grand Marquis sounded, since my old one was just as loud.
In the end, the muffler was never that big of a problem, except when I was driving with it under the car, dragging on the ground.
When I had my father remove the muffler, I forgot to have him look at the brakes. They still weren't really that bad, so it just didn't stick into my mind that I should ask him about them. Well, when Ang and I headed down to Sidetrack for what may've been the last Sidetracks Sunday for a long while, my brakes just ceased to work. At all. Also, it was raining. Luckily it was late, and the streets around Depot Town weren't busy, so I was able to just use my parking brake to get by.
My dad came out and got the car in the two days between when he was in New York, and then left to go somewhere else far away, and managed to fix the leak in the brake line that was causing the problem.
I am also lucky to have a father who knows how to fix cars, because I can't afford a damn thing.
The theme from Star Trek - Voyager is right up there on my list of Great TV And Movie Themes with the theme from Angel.
FYI.
The 89x show that 10° played at TC's went well enough. We didn't sell all the tickets, but we ended up not having to pay for the extra tickets that went unsold, which really helped everyone out. The 89x people didn't actually show up until right near the end of our set when we were playing "The District Sleeps Alone Tonight", and then Cal Caligno (or whatever his name is) said that he hated "Death Cab" but that we played it well enough. He mentioned it a few more times, said he hated Ben Gibbard. But whatever. Christine, who runs the music for TC's I guess, wants us back for more shows. She seems to like us a lot, and is extra friendly to me, in particular, so I'm betting we get some calls from her sometime in the next few weeks.
Megan was away teaching a band camp, so we had Ang come up and sing "My Happy Ending" and a few harmonies for "The Distrcit Sleeps Alone Tonight," and she did very well. Because she's an amazing singer. And she's crazy enough to love me.
I've had two rehearsals with September On, as well. I was seriously worried that I wouldn't be good enough to play with them, but it's actually been pretty easy to fit it. With any luck I'll still be able to work out some decent bass parts of my own when we start writing new stuff.
Because I'm clearly not doing enough musically, I'm going to start working on some music stuff with Ang and her friend Sam when I can.
I am lucky to have enough skill in music that I get to play it almost as much as I love it.
Ang is having a rough time with some things, and it's kind of frustrating that I'm not close enough to be more helpful. Today I didn't even have enough extra money to drive out to see her, which I fear will become a normal occurance until after marching season. It'll be harder when she's taking classes, too. We talk a lot about living together, and making that happen as soon as possible. Of course, it won't be before the end of this school year, since I'm signed onto the lease here for quite a while.
She's going to come out for some marching band stuff, and I'm going to attempt to have Sundays off, so we'll have small windows of hanging out, I think. It's going to be rough.
I close at Outback tonight (Friday), followed by opening at Tower tomorrow, and then Kimmy's housewarming party. Ang'll be staying the night after that, and then Sunday is the first day of camp. I'm already scheduled at Outback on Monday and Wednesday, so I need to get those covered pretty much right now. I don't want to get fired from there, cause it'll be a good job to go back to once band is done. I'm still going to work Tower on Tuesday, Thursdays, and Saturdays when we don't have games. I'll probably try to fit some Sundays in, too, when I can't see Ang anyways.
I should probably sleep now.
-Jeremy