Drum Corps Update

I FOUND MYSELF IN A BLUECOATS VIDEO!!!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=uKIpVAl7Aak#!


I'm at 2:39...the one in the neon shirt playing the mellophone WHO IS THE ONLY ONE IN THE FRAME AT THAT SECOND! Woooooooooooooooooo!!!

Speaking of drum corps, Reading Buccaneers is now and forever in full speed ahead practice mode! Practices every Friday night, all day Saturday, and most of the day Sunday for the rest of the summer. I'm PUMPED! We had Spring Preview this past Saturday (ON MY BIRTHDAY!) and it was fantastic. We practiced all day outside in the rain, got to the high school, ate dinner, showered, put on our uniforms, did a warm up, and then went and blew the socks off of everyone! Or, as Paul (our brass caption head) would say: "Mellophones, I want this part to sound like SATAN'S PANTIES." No joke. When he wants us to play like crazy, he looks at us and says, "SP."

It was fantastic playing for a huge audience. AND YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE IS FANTASTIC?? I have a dance duet with another mellophone in Part 3 of the show! We were learning drill and Chris and I were a couple yardlines away from the rest of the mellophone section and we were super confused...but then we found out we were picked to do a dance together! A dance that includes a LIFT. As in I will be off the ground completely depending on Chris' brute strength to keep me alive. It will be interesting...BUT I'M SUPER EXCITED TO HAVE A SPECIAL PART IN THE SHOW!!!!!!!

I have decided that drum corps is one of the best things to ever happen to me. It is also the most difficult thing I've ever done in my life...by far. But it is so worth it. :)

Me in the Bucs uniform at Spring Preview!

Lack of posts=crazy life

My life is getting crazy busy...but for all the right reasons!

The semester's winding down so that means finishing up papers and testing and all that.

Reading Buccaneers practice is every single weekend now (and soon to be every single Friday + weekend).

I had a job interview a couple weeks ago for a summer position at Altec, a company that works with mentally disabled adults, and I got the job! So my summer schedule will look like this: Monday-Friday work 8:30AM-3:30PM, Friday night rehearsal at Bucs, Saturday-Sunday all day rehearsal at Bucs, and BEGIN AGAIN!

And it's good that I'll be busy...BECAUSE MY MAN LEAVES IN TWO WEEKS FOR BLUECOATS... :(

THIS week has been busy too because I had an interview for an on-campus job working at food services for next semester. Got that job too, so that'll be some nice extra money.

ANNNNNNDDDD I have another interview NEXT week to work as a secretary in the Provost office! If everything works out, I'll have both jobs next semester...which seems slightly daunting but I've always worked well under pressure.

So I think that wraps up my life for now...back to life!

Movies that have the same plot if described in one sentence

A cowboy must deal with an unwelcome alien. (Toy Story and Cowboys & Aliens)

The hero's life is tested when their alternate personality gets a little too overwhelming. (Hannah Montana and Fight Club)

An orphan discovers he has magic powers and saves the world. (Star Wars and Harry Potter)

A street rat steals a loaf of bread and stuff goes down. (Aladdin and Les Mis)

The hero has to go to a different world for the opportunity to walk, and they risk being ostracized if they decide to stay. (The Little Mermaid and Avatar)

"Our Song"

David and I officially have "a song."

Real Beauty

Dear Straight People...

http://www.upworthy.com/dear-straight-people-we-have-to-talk?c=bl1