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Poetry. Stream of Consciousness. Spontaneity. Angst. Humor. Bliss. Regret. Comtemplation. Comfort. Fear. Hope. Love.
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Monday, August 19, 2002 :::
Band Camp has been goin' on since Wednesday... - while practicing the previous night for auditions, Drew and Denny decided to pay me a surprise visit, which was freakin' awesome...but i wound up getting less than 2 hours of sleep. so...i didn't make snare, which was totally fine, cuz i know that my form isn't all that great - it never has been. next, i tried out for bass...but i didn't know any of the music, and hadn't played bass since 9th grade...and that was bullshit - technique, compliments of Mr. Parker...and they already had enough rockin' bass drum players, so i didn't make that audition. SO, that brought me to the cymbal line. now, before going into the audition, i'd told myself that if i didn't make snare or bass, i wasn't going to stay with FDL (Florida Drum Line)...but i spent the day with the cymbals, and it actually seemed halfway decent...so i decided to give it a shot for another day.
Each day has been better than the previous one, but it's pretty freakin' hard work. i AM totally out of shape, but seriously, playing cymbals is harder for me than snare or bass EVER was. with snare and bass, your shoulders/back get tired...but with cymbals, your hands, arms, and shoulders just DIE. of course, this is largely due to the fact that FDL is MUCH MORE HARDCORE than Winter Springs Band ever was...or will be, i'm sure. it's awesome...i'm loving it...and look forward to playing in front of thousands of people. GO DRUMS! errrr...cymbals? ...besides. Monkeys play cymbals.
so, on the other side of the coin...some asshole broke into my car and stole my stereo. he actually pried my window off of my car to get inside. i was absolutely shocked when i realized the window had been removed, and crushed when i saw that my beautiful blue cd/mp3 player had been "jacked." so...filed the police report, but that's not gonna do any good, cuz i don't have the serial number for the cd player, and i had duck taped the window back before going to the station, so they couldn't dust for prints (there were several conflicting circumstances...not just my stupidity.) anyway...no more tunes. bummer to the MAX.
i'm literally falling asleep...
::: posted by AJBrotz at 9:28 PM
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