"CHOCOLATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" was the only thought going through my mind earlier today when I was eating a rather delicious chocolate chip cookie:D
This got me thinking: Life depends on chocolate. Don't believe me? Well then, READ ON my skeptical friends!
Reasons Chocolate is Essential to Life:
1. When looking at a menu at a restaurant, do you ever see a dessert section with the absence of chocolate? I think not.
2. What is one of the most popular ice cream flavors in the world? Chocolate!
3. On Valentines Day, most boyfriends give the two most generic items: flowers and.........wait for it.....chocolate!
4. If you refuse to drink coffee(like me) and absolutely have nothing else as a pick-me-up, most will resort to chocolate!
5. I have suddenly gotten bored of thinking of reasons, as there are endless possibilities, so chocolate!
I think I have made my point, but just to be even more redundant: CHOCOLATE!!!!
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Middle School Band Injustice
I found inspiration for a post this afternoon when I heard my little brother practicing his trumpet. He is currently in 6th grade and has the same teacher I did, yet he plays much harder songs! What is wrong here?!
When I was in 6th grade I had a "encouraging" experience. It began when I had my first middle school band concert. As you can imagine, our teacher played it up like it was such a big deal. We were all just as excited as nervous as we waited for our teacher to give us the OK to begin playing.
A few minutes later, our teacher gave the introduction for our first song "One Note Tune", which consisted of a single whole note played in unison by the whole band. We played our rather short song(if you can even call it that) and expected a thunderous round of applause by our parents and supporters. All we got was a couple of unsure looks and awkward slow claps. The audience wasn't sure whether we were warming up, resting for a couple of measures, or simply restarting the song, until our teacher said "And that was our first song!".
What an embarrassment the whole thing was, and here my brother is playing away his complex songs made of more than just whole notes, half notes, and quarter notes. Man how times have changed........but my trumpet playing goes on, despite this experience:D
When I was in 6th grade I had a "encouraging" experience. It began when I had my first middle school band concert. As you can imagine, our teacher played it up like it was such a big deal. We were all just as excited as nervous as we waited for our teacher to give us the OK to begin playing.
A few minutes later, our teacher gave the introduction for our first song "One Note Tune", which consisted of a single whole note played in unison by the whole band. We played our rather short song(if you can even call it that) and expected a thunderous round of applause by our parents and supporters. All we got was a couple of unsure looks and awkward slow claps. The audience wasn't sure whether we were warming up, resting for a couple of measures, or simply restarting the song, until our teacher said "And that was our first song!".
What an embarrassment the whole thing was, and here my brother is playing away his complex songs made of more than just whole notes, half notes, and quarter notes. Man how times have changed........but my trumpet playing goes on, despite this experience:D
Howdy Internet:D
WHOA! Finally my own blog....This is the first time I can finally say that I have actually used something other than email to communicate. With no Facebook or Twitter, a blog is a big step towards me becoming internet addicted:D
As of right now I am still unsure as to what this will even be about(still dazed about my new blog). However, I hope it will become something that will bring a smile, or even a few laughs to a readers day. Who knows, maybe I will actually be lucky enough to have more than 10 people read this blog! (Please read this!) I think I have expressed my overall amazement and excitement by now.
Well, I'm off to ponder some more what to post about. So all I can say for now is: HOWDY INTERNET!!!!
As of right now I am still unsure as to what this will even be about(still dazed about my new blog). However, I hope it will become something that will bring a smile, or even a few laughs to a readers day. Who knows, maybe I will actually be lucky enough to have more than 10 people read this blog! (Please read this!) I think I have expressed my overall amazement and excitement by now.
Well, I'm off to ponder some more what to post about. So all I can say for now is: HOWDY INTERNET!!!!
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