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Out of tune sax

SIX FRICKIN’ INCHES OF SNOW!!!! I’m gonna have to get chains for my car if I want to stay away from the bus. Other than not being able to get out of my driveway very easily, the past few days were fun. If you didn’t already know, I spent Friday and Saturday down in Tacoma at PLU for an honor band. It was fun, but I wish I had done better on the audition. It was a funny thing this year because I didn’t screw up due to nerves like I usually do. Nope, I had practiced the audition piece until I could perform it perfectly. As an added bonus, my tone quality made some of the other clarinetists jealous. That in itself wowed me. But, after a half-hour waiting in line to audition, my reed dried out and I had a weird fuzzy sound. By the time I figured that out, it was too late. So yet again, I got shunted to the worse band and had to sit in front of the SAME STUPID OUT-OF-TUNE ALTO SAXOPHONE PLAYER AS I DID LAST YEAR!!!

Argh. Well, maybe it will snow a lot tomorrow and school will get cancelled. That would be majorly awesome. I shall have to perform my “snow dance” tonight and burn offerings for the snow gods.

First post of the new year

And now for my first post of the new year! Huzzah! So, today I’m driving home from school, when I look out the window and can’t see the road at all. It’s completely and totally white. That’s not the worst part. Coming down my street, I half spin out. I hit a patch of snow and ice on a corner and the car starts sliding. I panic and hit the brakes. Note: do not attempt this at home, it only makes things worse. So there I am sliding out of control towards a telephone pole. Luckily, I stop in time before getting a crumpled fender. I officially hate driving in the snow!! In other news, I’m currently looking out my bedroom window at around 6 inches of snow. It’s about time!

Tomorrow at 5:30 in the morning, I’m going down to Tacoma for the Northwest High Schools Honor Band at Pacific Lutheran University. Hopefully I won’t botch my audition as horribly as last year. I can play the audition piece perfectly alone, but when I go up in front of the people there, I wipe out on the easiest scale. ARGH! It’s the Audition Curse!

I also resigned from Copernicus Station. Nothing was really going on there. Besides, I’m not much of a station person. But I’m going to keep with DS1 because that one looks pretty cool. Also, I applied to be a CO with Bravofleet. Hopefully I’ll get it, but I don’t think I have enough “experience” to satisfy the Admiral Staff. If I do, I’ll let y’all know so you can sign up to be my crew! Ian has already promised to be the Chief Engineer.

Finally, I’ve narrowed down my choice of colleges. Knowing that my major will most likely be astronomy (yes, a surprise choice, but one I’m sure of) I’ve selected University of Washington, The Evergreen State College, and Whitman University as my top three (but not necessarily in that order). So if you want to ensure your success in college, make sure you figure out where I’m going and go there.

 

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