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My apologizes for the absence. I've been quite busy, really. And, I will also be even busier now that college starts in, well, EIGHT DAYS!! Okay, okay, BAND CAMP for me starts in eight days.

That 'tis all...

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Band Camp in 08 days
19th Birthday in 51 days

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I found the recorder I lost earlier this summer! It was hiding under my bed with my sister's flute (my old flute - the one I started on). I was so happy; now I can continue learning recorder in my own time. And I've also been thinking about maybe learning alto saxophone, just for kicks (and so I can actually get a spot in college jazz ensemble). I really wanna learn trombone, though, or get better on drum set, but that'll never happen (drum set is kinda hard, and although I have both a drum set and alto sax available, I choose the saxophone).

I decided to skip over Three Cups of Tea for the time being and move onto BoneMan's Daughters. I mean, I have until August 22nd to finish my required reading, and Dekker's novel is just... Well, the first couple chapters are really good and I don't wanna read a boring, required book at the moment.

For the first time this summer, I found a snake! I was so thrilled, but I had one of our dogs with me so she scared it off before I could catch it. My method of catching snakes involves a stick and/or a sock. Yeah, I always used the stick way but I was once in a position a while back that if I touched the snake I'd get bit, so, I used my sock. So... I've using socks now to cover my hand. I know the cotton probably wouldn't do much, but it makes me feel safer and less likely to get bit.

*Starting the first day of band camp in August, I'm going to write down what's happened for each camp day. The journal entries will be in my usual blog, but I'll have the entries listed on my site.

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Band Camp in 37 days
19th Birthday in 80 days
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I cleaned my flute and piccolo this evening. They both feel so clean and smooth. I also tuned them both in preparation for band camp coming up mid-August (yeah, I have a ways to go, but who cares?).

I finished up Brisingr today! It took two months to get through, when normally it takes me less than one. I love the Inheritance Cycle almost as much as I love Ted Dekker's novels as a whole.

45 days 'til band camp! I'm SOOO excited! *Edit: 7-8-09*

*Starting the first day of band camp in August, I'm going to write down what's happened for each camp day. The journal entries will be in my usual blog, but I'll have the entries listed on my site.


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Here's just a list of mistakes I've made in the four years of HS band. Looking back, I find them quite silly and stupid little things.

Sr: All year I made the same exact mistake(s) in our school fight song. B-flats and B-naturals are seen throughout the piece, but B-naturals are more prevalent. Well, I ended up playing all B-flats throughout the fight song, only now, as a graduate, did I realize my mistake. Fortunately, no flute or piccolo player was actually in tune with another, so it wasn't truly noticeable. Another mistake was the E-flat trill we had. We're supposed to trill our 2nd/3rd fingers of our left hand, I however, the lazy senior/section leader I was, managed to get away with trilling only the 3rd finger. Aha! I listened more closely now that I've graduated; the pitches are different. Once again, we had tuning issues so it wasn't too noticeable.

Jr/Sr: Flutes are not batons, nor are they meant to be twirled. I damaged my flute that way once, and generally I follow rules so I don't get in trouble. Oops. Also, I was twirling my piccolo senior year at my very last performance and I dropped it. As section leader, I freaked out wondering if I damaged it (and my section plus a few alto saxes laughed at me). Luckily, weeks later I now realize what I thought was a damaged key turned out to be normal (I have a 4SP Gemeinhardt and it has the hand rests on it). I just never noticed the key actually touched the hand rest until now.

So: I never kept in shape during the summer months, so upon returning to school (and only a few weeks into school itself), I pulled a muscle in my lower abdomen in gym class. As a result of this, I was limited in what I could do in marching band (only slightly though). I took care of myself during the school week until the Friday night football game where I simply ignored any pain from my abdomen and marched how I used to. You could say I hurt even more afterward during the game, and the entire following week. Lesson: exercise, even a little bit, can prevent injuries!

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I just updated for the sake of updating. There's no real news, as-of yet.


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