jazz is like the new coke

i saw my lab band results today. i'm in the same lab band (the Five O'clock) but i've been moved to 4th Chair trumpet, which is a jazz chair. this is craziness! the blah of remaining stationary in a band is overcome by the excitement that i get to play solos! i still have 3 semesters here to try and get into the top 3 bands, so i'm going to enjoy being in the Five.

i am all that is man

i just put together my $50.00 sam's club computer chair.

last night, elizabeth and i put together my Ikea Malm 4-drawer dresser.

building stuff, yeah!

hawt

i went to TheBallParkatArlington Ameriquest Field at Arlington with Kev, today courtesey of his free vouchers. it was hot. it was Texas hot. Twins won in extra innings, which was fun for me.

i came back and crashed, but enough about that, here are some recent happenings.

i had my jazz audition for lab bands. i was pretty relaxed going into it. on the two-octave C scale i cracked the top note, but i think i've done that each time i've auditioned, so i'm not too worried about that. i made it up to F above high C before cracking F#. i'd practiced making it up to G, but it didn't happen, but whatever. F is still good, and i'm not going to be playing lead. i sightread well. there were a few mistakes, but i just plodded on (like you're supposed to) instead of dropping beats and measures (like you aren't supposed to). i played a few choruses of a F-concert blues. i was told i sound better than the last they'd heard me, which is good and got asked to come back and play the improv audition tomorrow (today (sunday)). i'm super excited for this, because it's the first time i've been asked back. i have a feeling that lab band is going to be good this year. i have a feeling a lot of things are going to be good this year, but that i will be super super busy.

assault and battery minus the assault

thankfully, there were no problems involving the mechanic's union and getting my plane to Texas. there was, however a problem with my car's battery. i had it jumped by AAA and took it to Sears Auto Center where it was determined that it was dead. i got a new one, and went to Chili's with Elizabeth, Nate and his new g/f Julie.

after that, i introduced them to Arrested Development, which Ben introduced me to this weekend. they all now know its hilarity!

HUZZAH!

new music for summer 2005

so this place has been ridiculously devoid of content for a while. i might as well update my one remaining reader, drew, with things he already knows.

Music from the Summer of 2005!!

Music that was bought
Stars - Set Yourself on Fire
Explosions in the Sky - The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Shake the Sheets
The Dismemberment Plan - Emergency and I
Elliott Smith - Elliott Smith
Happy Apple - The Peace Between our Companies
Dosh - Pure Trash

Shows Attended
Movin' Out
The Killers at Roy Wilkins Auditorium
Happy Apple at the Artist's Quarter

Music not necessarily bought but listened to often
"Zanzibar" and "Get it Right the First Time" by Billy Joel
all of On My Way by Ben Kweller
all of Transatlanticism by Death Cab For Cutie
"I Play Chicken With the Train" by Cowboy Troy
"Trapped in the Closet" by R. Kelly
"Stand Up In It" by Theodis Ealey
"Breathe" by Telepopmusik
"Feel Good Inc." by Gorillaz
"Sugar, We're Going Down" by Fall Out Boy

Shows I will be at this Fall
Rilo Kiley and Coldplay

Shows I wish to be at this Fall
Weezer and Foo Fighters

please keep the planes sticking together

the Northwest Airlines mechanics have struck. i hope the replacements can keep the planes together long enough for me to get back.

sparse

posting has been nonexistent.

on saturday, i drove 4 hours up to Bemidji, MN to see my friend Chris get married. he's younger than i am, and at twenty, is the first of my friends to get married. people tell me it's just going to keep on happening (the "my friends getting married" thing). liesl and i shared the ride back down.

that night, i was a HUGE WINNER at poker, meaning i won two dollars.

yesterday, i bought a Minnesota Twins hat at the Mall of America.

today was lazy, except i actually practiced!

who's having the best week ever?

me and elizabeth, that's who. from wednesday to wednesday was the best week of the summer. we saw Movin' Out, Happy Apple, and the Killers all in one week, and had Pizza Luce twice. there are so many other great times. too many to list here in the 2 minutes that i am writing this. i'm alive, and working again.

quick! a contest!

HEAR YE, HEAR YE. A CONTEST IS TO BE HELD

leave a comment answering this question: "If you could eat one endangered species, which would you eat and why?"

i'll give extra points for creativity and extra extra points for ILLUSTRATIONS.

EDIT: LAME. no comments, therefore, i win by default with a Koala.

movin' out

Movin' Out was very good. Elizabeth is here, so posting will surely decrease accordingly!

beej

on wednesday, myself and 5 other people (sister, mom, dad, elizabeth and drew) will be going to see Movin' Out at the Orpheum Theater.

i've been listening to Billy Joel at work like a madman. i am so super psyched, you have no idea </dork>