real musician elimination show

someone needs to produce a "reality" TV show quasi-akin to American Idol or Rockstar: INXS, but it needs to involve actual, talented (AKA Jazz) musicians. judging could be done by jazz legends who are still alive (there are some).

Quincy Jones would be a great choice, because he's also done so much visible commercial stuff, and has a recognized name that could help promote the show.

with the right network and the right kind of publicity, i think a show like that could do really well.

what?!

Mr. Pibb + Red Vines = Crazy Delicious

best late december 2005 ever

elizabeth is going to be here in 45 minutes!!111 ONE ONE

VICODI

VOCIDICON

Winter Solsteeth

i had all four of my wisdom teeth removed today. novocaine is starting to wear off.

VICODIN HERE I CO

early to rise

time to go see the EHS Jazz One band, then time for work, then time for an X-ray, then time for a haircut.

then time, for summer skies, for hummingbirds and butterfl-

wait

Me Talk Pretty One Day

everyone must read Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris.

the single funniest book i have ever read.

daddy horny, michael

http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,17970,00.html?fdnews

Hopefully FOX won't cancel Arrested Development at all, but if they do, ABC and Showtime have expressed interest.

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IN THE MOST DELICIOUS WAY!

ice two too

i also passed my ICE exam. this is a good semester for passing barriers.

JEEEEESUUUUUUSSSS

I PASSED MY UPPER DIVISIONAL EXAM.

jury duty

so the ice storms have pushed my jury from yesterday to this coming monday. on monday, i also have my ICE exam (haha) and a math final. this was not the optimal arrangement. i don't want to have to do my ICE and jury on the same day.

at least i get the weekend to continue practicing.

probably going to go see the chronicles of narnia today with elizabeth!

i figured out what we need

can we please get this man to come sing at all the ice? i swear to God, his voice can melt Antarctica.

of ice and men

my jury tomorrow is cancelled due to the inclement weather. i frown upon this! i get to reschedule either a day before or the day OF my jury, now!

giddy up, let's go, let's look at the

NEW MUSIC SECTION

i finally decided to put a webpage up with the work i've done in arranging and composing. it's loaded up with sound samples and descriptions. go crazy.

comments happen now

you can comment now, if ya want

WINNAR

my band, The Pyramid Scheme won the Clark Grill Battle of the Bands! our prizes are as follows:

• $10.00 gift cards to Main Event for each of us
• $25.00 gift card to Hastings (CDs, DVDs, VGs, etc) for the whole band.
• One free two-topping pizza at the Tomato
• Free drumsticks for nate
• Free work done on Chris's guitar and Dan's Bass at some guitar place.

all in all, a rediculously awesome amount of prizes for about a half hour of music. our setlist was as follows:

1. "Circles," (Music and Words by Me, except for the words to the chorus, which Chris came up with)
2. "Russian Song," (Words and Music by Chris. AKA "Never Say Never," including a bitchin' melodica solo by me)
3. "Roxanne," for people who like England and Prostitutes (done in C minor, so i could sing it)
4. "Baby Britain," (we didn't get to play it at the Elliott Smith show, so we played it tonight)
5. "You're Gonna Get It," (Words and Music by Chris. The hardest rockin' tune of the night)
6. "Dan's Groove" (Music by Dan. Getting in touch with our inner jam band)
7. "If I Ain't Got You," (Alicia Keys cover. We decided to do this like a couple days before the show. It was so drastically different than everything else, but it was good. I saw 21 lighters in the audience, not because I counted, but because that's how many of Chris's smoking friends showed up)
8. "Mischief Maker," AKA "Retribution," AKA "Donky Puncherello," (Ostensibly, the title is "Mischief Maker," but nothing set in stone. Music by Me, Words by Chris. I wrote it while listening to a lot of Dismemberment Plan, so that comes through a lot in the music)

EXCITEMENT