Today's Summary

The annoying guy wasn't in class today. For as much verbal masturbation he does about how much he loves that class, I was simply shocked not to see him. Overjoyed none-the-less.

I went to see Blast! tonight. They were performing at the university, this was my first time seeing them live. I had seen parts of the video before, that was a mistake. The whole first half of the show was much better on video. The horn players tonight blew a lot of fast sections in the opening segments. To make things a little more dissapointing there were two average snare drum soloists. The licks they played were rehashed excerpts from long ago. There is no doubt that with a couple hours rehearsal Jeremy, Zaddell or myself could have played the notes they were playing. Another thing that really bugs me is the non-tempo solos. They just ram random passages they stole with disregard to any consistant tempo. Nothing is fluid or congruent, very chopy. The really cool backsticking they do with the lights off was really really dirty when the last four guys entered.

With all that aside, the last 2/3 of the second act was incredable. I have always dug Land of Make Believe and ever since my shaker solo in 1996, Malaguena holds a special place in my heart. (For those of you that remember, it was the head bob kept me in time.) Even though I have the Spiritual of the Earth memorized, it was still really cool. I love that cow bell section, I like the sound of metal. They also had a didgerido section and the soloist quoted Strong Bad. I was the only that cheered crazily loud! I hate that I'm so criticle of these things. When it came to the guard sections I had no beef at all. Almost everything they did I really enjoyed, even when I knew it was very easy to do and still dirty. I know that I can't do that. I've tried to spin rifle and sabre before, but I can't. I got knocked out by a rifle once, and since then I have a huge respect for them. But when it comes to percussion, if it's something I can execute, I'm not impressed...especially when it's dirty.

LOL, my roommate just took his laptop into the bathroom. He's taking a bath and watching Prime Time Bucks 9! These new roommates are so hillarious. Young guys do stupid things, and that makes me laugh. hahahaha...a bath and hunting, mmmmmmmmmmm. Wonder if there are going to be bubbles?

He did ask if I wanted to join him....

Two sleeps left until I get to see Eilsabeth. It's been five weeks since we've seen each other. The long distance is hard, but we've been doing it for awhile now. In March I'm moving to North Carolina...unless Luke kills me in my face first. I hope not, I like my face and Elisabeth.