I went to Bogalusa High School's graduation last night. I promised my best friend from there that I would be at his graduation. I'm not sure if I missed good old care free high school or if I just really missed a good friend. Those are pretty hard to come by.

In other news: I've been getting A's all semester in Form & Analysis. Can anyone explain to me how my final grade is a C. At least I passed and that's one less thing I have to worry about. I'm on the one year countdown until student teaching. FALL 2009! I can't wait.

For all of you graduating...I'm jealous, but congratulations!

So, I have a huge itch to build one of these.

It's a kit car from http://www.grabercars.com/ I already talked with Steve Graber and he says it can be built for less than $12,000.00 using the plans and parts from a salvage car. I think I'm going to buy the plans when I get my refund check so I can get started on this. If anyone is interested in going in on this with me, let me know. The finished car can be sold for over $20,000.00.

G. Tartini - Concertino for Clarinet, performed by Alessandro Carbonare and the 2006 ClarinetFest Festival Clarinet Choir.
This is the biggest clarinet choir I've ever seen.

Yeah! I finally got a new phone that works like I want it to. I upgraded to a Samsung Blackjack. It's a much cheaper alternative to the iPhone. I love it, now if I can only figure out how to work all of the cool little features!

So, I failed my barrier because of scales. I guess I'll just have to try harder next time. If you need me I'll be at La Carretta's getting a Margarita!

I don't understand girls.(or maybe I do and that's the problem)

Well, here we go. We approach the final strectch to the end. I'm not ready by any means. This semester flew by so incredibly fast. It feels like I just registered last week. I not even close to ready for my barrier exam. Thank God the scale juries were pushed back a week.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MANNINO!!!!!!

Well,
My dog died this morning. I've had her for thirteen years. To say the least, it hit me pretty hard. I knew she was going to die soon, but I guess I just wasn't ready for it. I cried all the way to school and then sat in the parking lot crying. I feel like I lost a best friend, but I'll move on. :{

I hate feeling this way. It really sucks when something means soooo much to you and it just doesn't happen.

So... Textbook rental is open and I went to get my textbooks. It was rather depressing to realize that my vacation was drawing to a close.

In other news.... Does anyone know if we have a fencing class at Southeastern? I saw a poster for it last year and I was curious if it was still being offered. I have always found it to be a very interesting sport.

I'm finally getting an instrument that I can rely on. I went by Dr. Seigel's office this morning to pick up a Buffet R13. It belonged to Dr. Andrus who had it for less than a year. She's only asking 2,000.00 for it which is a pretty good price for a professional clarinet. I can't wait to get home and play it!

Well, In a little under 24 hours I'll official be 21! The sad part is that I'm not even excited about it. I think I'm the only one that even remembers my birthday. I'm definetly not the kind of guy that walks around reminding everyone for a month leading up to it. It's kind of depressing yet refreshing at the same time. Nobody will be able to say, sorry your not old enough...well....unless I'm trying to get the senior citizen discount, but I can wait for that. I guess I'll be fine after it's over. BUT I'll probably spend the whole weekend with Karis, so that should make up for the sadness.

I don't how many of you have already seen this, but I thought it was kind of funny. Just check the link!

http://1.blurg.com/i/?029064900ressed.GIF

"Don't Ask...Don't Say...Everything Lies in Silence."

Have any of you ever felt like no matter what you say or do....or how you say or do it...Somebody isn't going to like it?

No more talk of darkness
Forget these wide-eyed fears
I'm here
Nothing can harm you
My words will warm and calm you
Let me be your freedom
Let daylight dry your tears
I'm here
With you,beside you
To guard you and to guide you
Say you love me every winter morning
Turn my head with talk of summertime
Say you need me with you now and always
Promise me that all you say is true
That's all I ask of you
Let me be your shelter
Let me be your light
You're safe
No one will find you
Your fears are far behind you
All I want is freedom
A world with no more night
And you
Always beside me
To hold me and to hide me
Then say you'll share with me one love, One lifetime
Let me lead you from your solitude
Say you need me with you, Here beside you
Anywhere you go, let me go too
Christine that's all I ask of you
Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime
Say the word and I will follow you
Share each day with me, Each night, each morning
Say you love me (You know I do)
Love me That's all I ask of you
Anywhere you go, let me go too
Love me
That's all I ask of you

Everyone be sure to come to recital hour this week. This week the music fraternities will be performing/doing skits. Sinfonia will be singing one of my favorite Sinfonia songs,"ODE" by Robert Hause. I got him to sign my songbook in Cleveland this summer.

Things are going great for me right now. I had a wonderful summer and classes are off to a good start. I'm really excited to see what the year has in store for me.
I've met someone that shares the same moral and ethical values that I do. A few days ago, I locked hands with her for the first time and it just felt right. She's a great person to hang out with and she's into music so that's a plus. We went camping labor day weekend. It gave us lots of time to talk and get to know each other. Not to mention me getting comfortable with actually holding someones hand in public. The downside...We got in chiggers and have been itching all week.
I'm happier than I've been in a while. I feel great and I hope to be with her for quite some time!

Is it just me, are is everybody dating all of a sudden? I thought Spring was the season of love.