Brats in Spats

There is so much to cover. Where shall I begin...okay, so Friday I came back up to LA for band practice at 2 and was there for three hours. After practice I attended a basketball game, just to clarify, I used to play basketball but I hate watching the sport. The only reason I went to the game was because it was a required full band gig. Anyways, enough about basketball. Later I hung out with the rest of section for our pre-game tradition/rituals.

Saturday, I nearly overslept. Side note: Every Saturday morning we have band practice at 6:34 am, well my section call time is 6:45 - because we're cool like that - the freshmen bring breakfast and at around 7 am we have sectionals, then at around 8 we have a full band rehearsal. If you are late for the call time you run laps depending how late you are, earlier this year we had a freshman who had to run 21 track laps (equal to 5.25 miles). I have pride myself on never having been late to a Saturday morning practice, and this weekend I almost ruined it - end note. After practice I fell asleep, I woke up at around 2, ordered pizza and then got my uniform together for the game. Fast forward through four rallies, countless high fives, eighty-three steps down the peristyle of the coliseum, and a pre-game show, the game finally started. It was a good game, enjoyable to watch from our side. Of course the greatest play had to be with fifty-four seconds left on the clock, Matt Barkley threw a 48-yard pass for a touchdown (I do not need to defend this play, read here). Needless to say that after standing for eight hours I was tired, I don't remember anything after that...

Sunday, I ran a bunch of errands that ended with me at the Disneyland Resort. I love Disneyland during the holidays! First I went to California Adventure, it had been ages since I was there last - lie, it was a month (I tend to go to Disneyland far more than California Adventure, because I usually go at night, and CA closes early). For the first time I saw the completed Mickey ferris wheel with its' new lights, that change colors every couple of minutes. As many can guess I have an annual pass to The Happiest Place on Earth, and have gotten into the habit of not waiting in line for rides. Yesterday, I actually waited in line with my boyfriend for Toy Story Mania...he didn't let me win. I lost, it wasn't even close. I think my problem was that I was trying to aim for the smaller more valuable targets rather than hitting multiple larger targets. I'll get him next time. Afterwards we headed to Disneyland and pretty much froze. We got on all my favorite rides, provided there was no line, and for the first time this holiday season, we sailed around the world  on Its' a Small World. I love how they decorate the outside of the ride, but unfortunately I did not see the light show that is projecting on the building.

I still can't figure out how to successfully post from my phone, otherwise this post would not have been this long. On a positive note, the camera on my phone takes beautiful pictures.

Turkey poisoning

Anyone else go into a turkey coma? This Thanksgiving was different than others, because we didn't make any food. Let me explain, my brother had to sell ten raffle tickets for one of his clubs, the winner of the raffle would win a Thanksgiving meal from HomeTown Buffet. My grandpa, being a good grandparent, bought five of the raffle tickets at $10 each, he then proceeded to put the name of each of his grandchildren on the raffle tickets. As you can guess one of my cousin's names drawn, so there was out Thanksgiving meal. To be honest I was not expecting anything great, I have never liked HomeTown Buffet, but to my surprise the food was actually okay. However, I really did miss helping prepare the food in the morning, I missed out turkey, our mashed potatoes, our pumpkin pie. I guess I missed the tradition. In the end we agreed not to buy Thanksgiving raffle tickets again. Afterwards I went to my aunt's house and ate again with the rest of my family. Overall I enjoyed today.

I have band tomorrow so I'm going back to LA early and I'm so tired already.

Are you out of your Vulcan mind?

I just finished watching the Star Trek movie and I have to admit it was a pretty good movie. I have never been a Star Trek fan, nor do I have Trekkie friends, I am only vaguely familiar with the series, but it was a well done movie. I do have to say that the movie seemed a little long, about 2 hours, but it didn't feel like a lot happened. I am not saying it was a slow movie, but there were a lot of small events that contributed to only 1 or 2 larger events. I suppose that could be a description of any movie but I am not really sure how to explain it any better.

I GOT A NEW PHONE! I am so excited. I know it was only a couple of days ago that I wrote about getting a new phone and today it happened. I came home for Thanksgiving last night and this morning went to go renew my contract. I got the T-Mobile myTouch and I love it. To be honest, I was horribly lost at first and couldn't figure out how to import my contacts from my sim card, then I had some duplicate names because the phone sync'd to my gmail account, it was a mess. Anyways I finally figured it all out and I love the phone, I love the features, well I guess I love all the possibilities.

I hope everyone is surrounded by family and friends today, Happy Thanksgiving

Word Vomit*

I hate Freshmen! Ok well in band  we go by classes, so a first year member is a freshman, a second year is a sophomore and so on. I love my section, I think we have the best section in the entire band, BUT we have one blemish, one freshman that I wish would just quit. As a freshman you're supposed to know your fkn place! You know, no back talk, learn your music and don't get on older members nerves. Fail on all accounts! Anyways, this will be my last year in the TMB, unless I am unable to get a job after graduation, which in this economy is pretty likely. 

Thats me the little one in front, why don't we look happy? We had just finished the Rose Parade (thats 6 miles for those who don't know) and were now on our way to the Rose Bowl game. I started my day at 5:30 and didn't finish until around 10:30.

Tenors, Tenors, Tenors

*I will be using the Word Vomit title for all the annoyances in my life. So look out for those

I hate you Murphy!

Today has not been a good day, but I will admit that it is all my fault. AHH! OK so yesterday as everyone knows I competed in a beer pong tournament, read the previous post for details on that.

Mistake #1 Completing in a beer pong tournament when an assignment was due on Monday

Mistake #2: Taking a nap after the beer pong tournament

Mistake #3: Working on the assignment while finishing the second season of Weeds

Mistake #4: DECIDING TO FALL ASLEEP AT 1 BEFORE ANY REAL WORK WAS DONE

Mistake #5: Believing that the assignment could be completed in a timely manor the morning its due

So I set my alarm for 7:30 this morning, but I didn't actually get up until; 8:30, which wasn't too bad because I didn't have class until 2 anyways. So I start doing the assignment, granted I had no idea what I was supposed to do, but I finally figure it out, and so I was on my way. When I was about half way done  I find out from a classmate I was doing it all wrong! so at this point I had to make a decision, would I continue and make it to class on time or would I hurry re do it and try to beat the clock. Well I decided to go back and do it correctly and you know what? Time won. But in the mean time, I dropped something on my foot three times, lost my data once, bit my tongue twice and dropped strawberry yogurt on my carpet.

Well that was my morning, and I'm in class now hungry and tired. Is my stress over yet? Nope, I have an appointment at 6:30 to take my graduation portrait, which means I hopefully get out of class by 5 I have to hurry and bike back to my apt, shower and change, then bike back to campus to take this portrait.

It doesn't seem so bad on paper but in my mind this will take forever, and again I'm racing against time.

The only good thing to come out of this is that I am one day closer to going home for Thanksgiving. I haven't been home in over a month and miss my family. Also when I go home, we will go get a phone upgrade and I can finally get rid of my Blackberry. Let me clarify, I like Blackberry phones, just not mine, recently my battery doesn't last at all. The phone randomly shuts off and I have to keep it plugged in while I am on the phone. I know this might be fixed by simply changing the battery, but also when I have my phone in my pocket for a while, when I ride my bike the keys stop working and the phone is non-responsive. Anyways I think two years is long enough and I'm looking forward to getting the T-Mobile myTouch.

NOTE TO SELF: I never want to see you working on your assignment the morning it's due again

Beer pong the witch is dead

So I just got back from a beer pong tourney where my partner, Chris, and I lost horribly. Usually we don't do this bad but it was an off day. The good thing was that we never lost by more than 3 cups so in the end it wasn't too bad. Although I will have to say that both our opponents had some really good turns, and in the end a couple of explosions did us in. On the plus side a team from my section made it into the final four, but I just found out they lost in the quarter finals.

I'm tired, but I have an assignment due tomorrow and I should get that done, but I do feel I might be more productive if I took a nap.

I need a drink

Have you ever found out something about someone that makes you feel uncomfortable? What I found out wasn't particularly bad ,just not something I'm into. Too bad. There are only about 2-3 weeks left in the semester and I'm a little discouraged. I think I will continue to with the original plan regardless, and I'll let update the situation as soon as something happens.

Green eggs and hash

I just started watching Weeds, which airs on Showtime, but of course I'm watching it on Netflix instant streaming. For those who don't know Weeds is a show about a suburban mother who becomes the neighborhood pot dealer to supplement her income after her husband dies. The show is funny, and is being added to my list of regular shows. Showtime has got a great line up both past and present. Currently I'm watching Dexter, the Tudors, and I'm finishing the 2nd season of Dead like me, which is a great show and I'm pretty disappointed it only lasted two seasons.

There isn't much going on right now. The new Twilight movie was just released and I am not feeling compelled to watch it. I over the whole vampire thing, not to mention I've only heard bad things about the movie from people who have watched it. Am I wrong? Can anyone actually recommend the movie who isn't 12 or in love with Robert Pattinson? I am definitely more of a Harry Potter fan than a Twilight fan.

I still can't get rid of this cold, and I'm about to go run through fountains.

Save Tommy!

I just walked by Tommy Trojan and decided to take this picture. Dear Tommy is covered in duck tape to protect him from those vandals across town.

There goes my lung

I still have a cold. Its not getting any better, and I think I just coughed up right lung. Has anyone ever noticed that cough drops really don't do anything? I suppose they are fine for small cough annoyances but they are not effective when one is truly sick. I have found though that Arizona green tea with honey is great hot. Well they do advertise it on their bottles, so I tried it and it was amazing. Its all I've been drinking.

I read yesterday that the University of Georgia's mascot Uga VII died on Monday from heart related causes. Uga was only 4 and should have been around for many years. I'm sure every Bulldog fan out there is in shock and saddened at the loss of their mascot, and I would like to offer my condolences. I know if anything ever happened to Traveler VII I'd cry. Traveler is the best mascot ever! He runs around the field after every touchdown and we play William Tell for him at the beginning of the 4th quarter. Traveler is out there with us for part of band camp and is such a sweet tempered horse. This picture was taken at the 2009 Rose Bowl by my dad. Long live Traveler VII.

Anyways I have class right now

Fly me to the moon

Scientists recently discovered water on the moon, which was an important discovery towards the finding of extraterrestrial life. Since all living things on earth need water to survive, apparently scientists believe this is true of all living things everywhere. I don't believe this is true, and if there is life outside of Earth, as I believe there is, I'm sure they are managing just fine without H2O. Anyways, the possible existence of life on other planets or galaxies will always spark debate, but I refuse to be so egocentric to believe we are the only living things in the entire universe.

On a lighter note, I just finished watching an episode of Masters of Horror, which revolved around the idea that George Washington was a cannibal and ate young children. Since then a group of crazy people know as the Washingtonians continued this practice as they wore powdered wigs and dressed in colonial clothing.

The show was actually quite entertaining and reminded me of Tales from the Crypt - yes it had one of those strange endings - At the end of the episode it was revealed to the country that George Washington was a cannibal and so they took his portrait of the one dollar bill and added George W. Bush's portrait...

Speaking of killers, does anyone watch Dexter? That is by far the best show on TV right now.

Today I read that after 55 years the US Postal Service will discontinue its' service of responding to children's letters to Santa from North Pole, Alaska. Apparently a postal worker in Maryland recognized one of the volunteers as a registered sex offender and so, one rotten apple spoils the bunch. I am not sure why the USPS doesn't just check their volunteers instead of discontinuing this program. Speaking of Santa I went to Disneyland this past Sunday and I saw this man with a long white beard sitting inside the Village Haus (a restaurant in Fantasyland) with two other men. All I could think about was that this was Santa Claus with two elves (these men were average height). Well I can dream can't I.

Button, button, who's got the button

We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that. Reverse it. So this weekend I watched Up and it is the cutest movie ever! I cried. I was actually very surprised because I didn't think the previews looked very promising. But if I wasn't opposed to buying DVDs I would consider buying this one. I have a lot of free time this semester so I tend to watch movies or shows on Netflix - instant streaming is amazing - and I'm getting to the point were I'm beginning to watch independent films. I have to say that independent film makers do not get the credit they deserve.

I saw the strangest picture the other day. This picture of a baby elephant in the womb really shocked me. Granted this is not a real elephant but a model that was made to show an elephant in utero, its all part of a new National Geographic show called Womb Animals. I have always known that elephants as well as many other animals are mammals but I had never imaged an animal in the womb like this. The picture is a little creepy but there is something about a baby elephant I find cute.

I'm have a cold. I can't breath through my nose but it keeps running, its horrible. I am 95% sure it's a cold and not the swine flu. I actually know a couple of people who had the swine flu and I'm not worried about getting it, seeing that I've only had the flu once, and coincidentally it was after the only time I remember getting a flu vaccine. To be perfectly honest I do not know one person who is running to get the swine flu vaccine. News reports say that there is such a high demand for the vaccine, and as you know the media wouldn't lie...

Anyways I'm going to go eat some soup.