Thanks Jon!

If you haven't read the link that he posted about his friend, Juli, you need to read it. I know at least 3 people who have been or are being affected by cancer (one who is at the point of hoping he'll get to spend time with his family at Christmas next year). I don't know if you know only one person or many, until you know what they go through, you will never understand. I may never understand completely (I hope I don't have that opportunity), but I think everyone needs to lend their support to those who are affected by it, even if it is a word of comfort or encouragement. Thanks for sharing that with everyone Jon. :)

Understanding Cancer

I recently had a chance to attend a benefit concert for a friend who is battling cancer. Before the concert started they asked all cancer survivors to stand. Many people did, but when they asked everyone to stand who had a friend or loved one who had cancer the rest of the room stood up.

My friend's name is Juli Housholder. If you have a minute, she has written periodically about what it's like to have cancer and to go through the treatments, and I think it's worth reading. It gave me an appreciation for what she and others who face this are going through. Here's the link:
http://www.ourstory.com/thread.html?t=221198

Even with what she's facing she still finds time and energy to try to help other people. She has organized two teams for the American Cancer Society's annual fundraising event, Relay for Life. If you're feeling generous, feel free to donate, even if it's only 5 bucks - every bit helps. If you don't, at least take a minute to read her story. If you never have cancer, chances are overwhelming that you either have or will know someone who will have cancer, and it's good to understand what they experience. Here's the link to our Relay team page (kintera.org hosts the online fundraising):
https://www.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=213972&lis=1&kntae213972=D2FCF0AAE923402D8ACAEED83A19C1FF&supId=0&team=1970332


Thanks so much.

Long time, no C

What did the pianist say when the tuner finally showed up?

Hello, all. I haven't posted here lately. I've been adding bits to my video blog (some of which is borrowed from Duswoo's blog) more than I've been posting here. The WSU drumline will be performing this Monday evening at the Ogden Amphitheater, and on the 4th at the Ogden Stadium... and at Corps Encore on July 30th.

What I've been working on lately:
Converting the old WSU study abroad site into a newer peppier version. If you have any pictures taken on any study abroad trips (D.C., Taiwan, Europe, L.A., etc.) please join the WSU Study Abroad flickr group and submit them to the group pool. If you do, they'll automatically be added to the photos that show up in the photo album on the new site. Also, it'd be nice if you could geotag the photos too, so people can see where they were taken at. Vielen danke.

We need to have a party soon. I feel bad for the late notice on the last few, and the summer's flying by. What day/time would work best for eveyone? I'm guessing that a Friday or Saturday evening would be best. It should definitely include food. Suggestions for other activities?

Google has done it again!

Well here is some info you probably all could use sometime. Google has created a free 411 information service. The number is 1800-Goog-411. It is completely voice automated. Say your city and state, then say whatever business you want to find; or maybe a business category. Then it gives you the top results. It will tell you what the address and phone number is, give you details about the business, and it will even connect your call for free! If you want, it will send you a text message with the address and phone number. All at no charge! What a great company eh?

Muddy Road

Tanzan and Ekido were once travelling together down a muddy road. A heavy rain was still falling.

Coming around a bend, they met a lovely girl in a silk kimono and sash, unable to cross the intersection.

"Come on, girl," said Tanzan at once. Lifting her in his arms, he carried her over the mud.

Ekido did not speak again until that night when they reached a lodging temple. Then he no longer could restrain himself. "We monks don't go near females," he told Tanzan, "especially not young and lovely ones. It is dangerous. Why did you do that?"

"I left the girl there," said Tanzan. "Are you still carrying her?"

WHAT?!?!

You...went...to...Disneyland...without...me!? Fine! Be that way! Just go to the happiest place on earth and not even tell me there was a trip planned! It's okay. I'll be going down in October anyhow, so consider yourself well warned that there is a trip planned. ;)

Heather-Marie, what stuff did you do in Disneyland? Did you go to DCA? It's no big deal if you didn't, but while you're in Disneyland, I sincerely hope you check out some of the lesser-known gems available for your entertainment pleasure. One such specialty is Billy Hill and the Hillbillies. Every day at 11:15am in the Golden Horseshoe (that's in Frontierland), there's this awesomely funny show called Billy Hill and the Hillbillies ("I call it 'pros-teeth-is'"). There's that and of course, if it's still going, there's always Fantasmic. Gotta see Fantasmic! Ooh, and I see by the website that it is still playing. I know that it took a hiatus for some time for some updating.

Of course, you have to try on the new Pirates of the Caribbean, which features Capt. Jack Sparrow and the infamous Davy Jones. "Yo ho! Yo ho! A pirate's life for me!"

Dude, I'm like way excited to go to Disneyland! I haven't been all year, so I'm kind of stoked. :)

Anyway, take it easy, y'all. :)

My computer was bored

When I saw Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy I thought that it was just a wry commentary on people that their most advanced computer was found watching TV when the main characters approach it. But it looks as if computers being couch potatoes is the future of technology.

Greetings...

from LA. After having written this entire blog and losing the info due to a wireless internet that is not so friendly...
So, yesterday we travelled beyond the city limits to the land where dreams come true. And boy did they! I rode many a ride that I was scared of when I was there last. It was thrilling and life-fulfilling. We tracked down Mickey Mouse (after walking through his 'house' in a line that lasted almost and hour) and had some photo-ops. We ate over-priced food and had a blast. Disneyland was great. I wish you all could be here. Tomorrow is our long-awaited concert at the Disney Concert Hall. Then we will head back to Vegas and eventually Ogden. Hopefully they have fixed the ac on the bus so we won't be riding in +113 degree temperatures.
May all your dreams come true!
:)

an haiku

gesundheit.

A riddle

hopefully

This
works

watch out - it could happen to you

Wow

This is an amazing image.

Jarrett, I liked your tritone poem. It blew my mind.

Oh, and for you fans of Harry Potter out there, it may interest you to know that:

"Due to book discounts and free shipping offers online booksellers like Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble will make no money off of the pre sales of "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince", but must rely entirely on the sale of other books on the same customer order."

Why is this? This is why. The Interwebs certainly makes life interesting, no?

a Zen story

from the aptly-named 101zenstories.com

Everything is Best

When Banzan was walking through a market he overheard a conversation between a butcher and his customer.

"Give me the best piece of meat you have," said the customer.

"Everything in my shop is the best," replied the butcher. "You cannot find here any piece of meat that is not the best."

At these words Banzan became enlightened.

Hello?

You know that the Empire is going downhill when...

la la la

Color me happy

I'm always happy when people put out cool toys on the web (or elsewhere).

This one's been out for quite a while, but I can't remember if I blogged it when it did come out. I haven't had much use for it, but I remembered it today as I was poking around the Adobe Labs site and thought I'd throw it up here for all y'all.

kuler

Deft vs Daft

Deft: quick and skillful; adroit.
Daft: mad; crazy; foolish; stupid.
Draft: a current of air in an enclosed area.
Raft: what marooned pirates use to escape their islands.

Oh, the confusion

I wonder if Jeff meant daft?
As for being married, I have been, to Jason, for almost three years now. :) I'm suspecting there may have been some confusion as to which Kristin/Kristen this is. This is Kristin, Jason's wife, not Kristen as in Vesper, who is actually soon to be married with soon being about two weeks at which time she will no longer be Kristen as in Vesper but Kristen as in Cottar ( I think).
Are we confused yet?

Deftness...

Jeff, I think you spelled deft correctly. I'm pretty sure it's not depht, or daeft, or even daephft.

As far as Kristin being married, well, I'll just let her tell that story. :)

Maybe I'm deft....

(don't know if I spelled deft right or not) but did you get married Kristen? I must have missed something if that's the case.

What is everyone's plans for the summer? I can't wait for Marching band to start this year at Roy. We are going to have a very diverse staff and the band is going to have fun learning our Monty Python show. How exciting!!

Later all!

I'm Here I'm here!

Hooray for my first blog on the band blog. It's nice not to have to log in as Jason to comment. :)
Jayce and I moved out of the apartments and into a house the beginning of March. We've been planning on doing a band party at our house from the beginning, but the time has not been ripe yet. Soon, though. :)
Sadly, we probably won't make it to the housewarming party due to a wedding the same day, but we are going to try. Hope to see y'all soon!

Oh yeah

By the way, anyone planning on coming to the party, feel free to bring a percussion instrument and/or other musical-type instrument. I'm thinking we need a drum circle/jam session somewhere in there.

Welcome Kristen!!!!

Hey Kristen, when did you move out of the apt's up here? I just realized that we got a new tenant again, and was just wondering.


Jarrett, Rael Brewer came to me the other day at work and said "Do you know Jarrett Whitley?"
I'm like "No, I know a Jarrett Wheatley." and we laughed. Jarrett, how are things in your neck of the woods, it's been a long time and I'd like to reconcile with you. Let me know. you can email me at ohsosaxy2712 {at} comcast {dot} competition

As for all, later!

It's a date... Ya eat em!

So, silly me has lost the linkys to the summer games calendar, and you know, some of us folks who live down south would like to participate too. Jon, is it possible to put the link permanately in the left column, or if not, just re-send me the link and I will bookmark it. s p i e l _ f a n [AT] yeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaw [dot] communism (or just yahoo). Anyhoo, thanks! And welcome to the insanity, Kristen.

Party Annonce

Please visit jinglesthepirate dot com for official housewarming party details.

Also, a demolition derby has been added to the Summer Games calendar for this Saturday.

Also, welcome, Kristin, as an official contributor to the blog.

I Give You...

Pi

COOL!

count me in for that.
Also news:
This sat. may 19 is the first hike of the BHSHAC triple crown, 7 am at the Browning Center. We should be able to do one of the Mt. Ogden routes by that time. There will also be a hike on Monday, the 21st, and Saturday morning, 2 June, details to follow. Ben Lomond is being considered, as is something involving timpanogos; but that's still debatable. After June 2, there will probably be a couple of others. But if I'm going to do stuff this summer, it's mostly got to be A: before 25 June or B: on Saturday nights becuase I'll be working in the Uintahs (sic) from the end of June to late August - just in time to move out before school starts! So that's the way of things.

P. S. IN case any were wondering, Harmonica Army only reached 1,000 people of the needed 1,800. They'll try again next year, I suppose. It's all good. I got a free harmonica.

A Week and A Day

That's how long it will be until The Party.

S'right, kids! The Kinneys, Robyn, the Wintertons, Tom, and Jon will be throwing down a combined housewarming party on the 22nd, right around 6pm. There will be much feasting (potluck), merriment (board games, Wii action, movies, ultimate frisbee), and general hubbub. Invite a friend, date, spouse, significant other, parole officer, complete stranger. Do I sound like a broken record? Whether I do or not, at least bring yourself. And a chair. And housewarming gifts, while not strictly prohibited, are in no way required - we'd just like to see your beaming faces and hang out with friends we haven't seen in a whiles.

So put it on your calendar. I've added it to the Summer Games cal. See you there.

A word about Macs.

As the resident Mac cultist around here, I feel the need to point out that Macs don't get trashed if you don't run windows on them. I think the problem lays in allowing that Gates-ware on the computer in the first place. If there's one thing that sucks, it's all the PC junk that is floating around out there. In using Macs almost exclusivly for the past three to four years, I have never ever experienced a problem. They're still great machines, they just need their native operating system. Anyhoo, I digress.

Happy Mother's Day!

Multi-something...

Everybody needs a multiplicity of stuff. :) Jeff, I run a Dell PowerEdge 2850 server every day. It is a quad Itanium box with 4G of RAM and running in a RAID 5 configuration. I was even sort of involved in replacing a couple of the SCSI disk in the RAID array. It was I who first discovered that they had gone bad! :) Yeah, it's a nice server, but really for a personal machine, it's not that impressive, and ungodly loud with the fans it takes to keep it cool. Now, for me, what would be cool would be a nice, high-capacity router and switching system to route traffic on the Internet. Oh yeah, sweetness! Can I just own a telecom company?

So yeah, Jeff, congrats on everything. I think it's great that you're getting sealed. Your life will be richly blessed! I can't tell you how much Kristin and I have seen the blessings of a temple sealing. It's incredible. Good job!

Okay, so for those of you who believe that Macs are impervious to the problems of Windows machines, I refer you to the [quite] new iMac at Kristin's grandma's house. I have seen only a handful of Windows boxes that run as bad as that thing does. Between her and everyone else who uses that machine, it has tons of junk on it, just like badly infected Windows boxes. I ran 'ps -e' and 'top' to try to determine why it was running so poorly, but couldn't find anything out of the ordinary. So, it is possible to hose a Mac.

Also, riding a motorcycle is so freakin' awesome! If you get the chance (or if you force the issue in my case) learn to ride. You'll not regret it. It's so awesome to be riding down the road with the rumble of the motor beneath you and the wind whipping around you and to realize that you can get a way more unobstructed view of everything than the poor saps stuck in their cars. :) Even a convertible can't match it. Now, don't get me wrong; I love cars. But motorcycling is like taking driving to a whole new level. Just a little thought. :)

Chao!

This betta be pretty freakin' impat'nt. Is the meadow on fire?

RAID 5.....

I went onto Alienware the other day to see how much I could spend, and boy, I tell you, if I was rich..........hehe!
I created basically a multi-OS server with about 3 seperate hard disks totaling 10TB of storage with 4GB of RAM each all in RAID-5 configuration. It was sweet!!!!
IF I only had $17,000!!! Anyone wanna donate to the Jeff needs a hobby fund?

I can't contain my excitement, tomorrow afternoon, I will be sealed to my family for time and all eternity!! This feeling is amazing!!!
Congrats Diego!!

Also, I must say how excited I am to have Diego working with Roy High this year and what Diego and Fig are bringing to the table there! Finally! A STABLE and COMPETENT set of Drumline advisors!!!

OH, Happy Day!

So, just about forty minutes ago, I picked up the keys to Tiffanie's and my new place. I am very excited to get out of the apartment that has been known to wet itself when it has been nervous. We now live in a duplex just down the street from Jon, Ben, ben, and Hava. The final move will take place on May 26th. Excitement is running through my veins right now.

thanks....

for the ideas. I don't know what was going on, but it hasn't acted up since that night. ??? Who knows. Technology seems to like giving me some attittude. :) Anywho...Jeff....I am so happy for you! That is one of the best things I have heard in a while. Congrats!!!!!

Yeah, Maybe Not...

...fdisk. That's pretty much the last thing you want to do to your computer. Even if it is being very unstable, there has to be a cause. If that cause can be rooted out, then more power to you. Besides, once you run fdisk, it's either lots of hours reinstalling everything on your computer or it's lots of hours using my partition rebuilding tool to get back the data. :) Either way, it's lots of hours. The best thing that can ever be done with computers is to BACK THEM UP! I can't say that enough. Sooner or later, you're going to have to restore your computer. It's just that simple. I don't care who you are or what kind of computer you run, they are all subject to various types of failures that could lead to data loss. So, unless you can re-create that class project from scratch, or that photo album you spent years on, I'd suggest that you back up your data. I spent two weeks restoring data from a corrupted hard drive in my wife's computer last summer because of a lack of backing up. :)

There are several way to backup your data. (By the way, unless you have a nice sophisticated computer system, only back up your data. It doesn't do you any good to try to back up your operating system and applications.) I like using the following to back up my data:

1. Network disk storage. I have a local Linux box that I back up to from time to time. This is commonly called NAS, or Network Attached Storage.
2. Writable CDs or DVDs. Simple, easy-to-use.
3. Removable (USB or Firewire) hard drive.
4. Removable (case-mounted) hard drive.

These are in no particular order. However, I do tend to use numbers 1 and 2 more often than 3 or 4. That network disk is a lifesaver!

Also, keep in mind that the best way to run your computer is to either a) install more than one hard drive and only install your operating system (Windows, MacOS) on one disk and use the other for your data, or b) partition your single hard disk into more than one partition and do as is said in (a). If you don't feel comfortable doing such things as this yourself, I or any other geek friend would be glad to do it for you. :)

Anyhow, I'm rambling. If you enjoyed this little trip through the techno jungle, my name is Jason and this has been the World Famous Jungle Cruise. If you didn't like it, then my name is Patrick and this has been the Submarine Voyage.

Tootles!

Quote of the day

Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to be.
- William Hazlitt

On that note, I'd like to get feedback on something I've been working on recently. For my job I have been given the charge of meeting a request made by many WSU students for more multimedia in their online classes. As a part of this, I've begun working on some games that can be used to review concepts taught in the course. The first two are "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" and "Jeopardy!". I've also created an authoring tool so that faculty can go in and create game files.

So. What I need are a few people to email me, I'll set you up a login, and then you go play with the system, test it out, try to break it, and give me feedback on any problems you run into, suggestions, comments, dollars, etc.

If you'd like to test out the games themselves, but not the authoring tool, you can try just the games here and here.

Thanks, all.

F-Disk it.....

Heather,
When in doubt, F-Disk the thing. That seems to be the IT philosophy at Ogden Convergys.
Who wants to know any root cause when you can just reimage and start anew?!
(I'm just kidding of course)
You could always pay Geek Squad $300 to say "I can reimage it for you!"
HAHA! Sorry, had to say it!
So, onto more promising notes, my wife and I took out our endowments last Saturday,
and this Saturday we'll be heading down to Jordan River to have our family sealed.
If any of you on this blog have not been through the temple, I HIGHLY recommend it,
it's an amazing experience!!
On another sidenote, I switched projects at Convergys and now work for DirecTV! What an amazing client. After 90 days of being employed, I will qualify to receive a FREE DVR with Premier service(185+ channels) plus 31 movie channels (normally $100/mo) for FREE!!! I am SOOOO excited to be on a project where my goal is to actually assist customers, as opposed to selling them crap they don't need!
So there's my novel of the day!

Later~

Triple Crown

opens not this Saturday but next - May 19
This summer's "Triple Crown" is the quest to climb three mountains in our local area: first, Mt. Ogden; then, Ben Lomond Peak; third (though perhaps it will end up being second as that's open to debate) Mt. Timpanogos. Everybody, and that means absolutely everybody, is invited to participate. Friends. Relatives. Neighbors. People you've never even seen before. Terrorists also welcome but we can't give them the discounted fare.

So "we" - that is, the Band Hall Inter-Ensemble Summer Activities commitee (orchestra as well as band, choir, and so on) - have elected to head up for Mt. Ogden in the early morn of Saturday, May 19, 1007. We will be meeting at our beloved VBC at a time to be announced and then carpuddling up to the trailhead. For those who, like Jon, will be busy, an alternate hike will also be carried out as Mt. Ogden is a good one. Further details will be posted; but my usual program (which I have found pretty effective) is to bring a sack lunch to eat at the peak (which easily seats twenty people) and then, once we reach the bottom, to reward ourselves with Ice Cream - Farr's has a double cone they call the "mount ogden", but that's open for discussion.
So in quick review the facts are:

We are going up mt. ogden sat. may 19 please come bring lots of people watch for more info.

Address

Indeed, Heather. The location of Lindquist field is Lincoln Ave (just East of Wall Ave) and 23rd or 24th street (it takes up the entire block between, but the entrance last year was closer to 23rd street). Not sure on the computer crashing. You could take it to the IT service desk in Lampros Hall and ask them to take a look at it for you.

Also, happy birthday to John Brown and J.M. Barrie.

Merci beaucoup...

Thanks Jon....but there seems to be a problem with my computer right now. I guess it wants a break from the semester as much as I do. It keeps crashing when I click on the link. I'll keep trying, and maybe I'll be brave and venture to find the directions for myself...:) (is there an actual address??? like 36th and Harrison (for example) or something???). I will be using the bus system, so if there is a known bus stop nearby, that would help immensely. Besides the fact that I have to work until 4, it'll be a miracle if I make it. But, I will try. Oh, and by the by... any ideas on how to fix a computer that keeps getting slower and slower by the minute and likes to crash after about 10 minutes of use??? It was fine until last night. I don't think I opened anything that could've been a virus, but who knows. Anyways. Thanks again Jon. I hope I can make it!!!
~Tchao!

How to get to Sesame Street

Here's how to get to Lindquist Field for the Harmonica Army on Saturday.

If one is interested...

how would one go about getting to the Lindquist field if they have no idea where it is (like myself)? I've always wanted to play the harmonica! Thanks for the info Jarrett! I now have someting to look forward to for this week, other than moving across the field and starting my new job. Just hope that I don't have to work during that wonderful day! :)
Can I just say....
IT'S SUMMER!!!!!!
Yippy!

Well, I have more info

if nobody else does

I called the "pizza runner" today and got more information on the Harmonica Army: They say that, yes, it is a Lindquist field; they will be going for the record at about 5 p.m. but the will be registering people and distrubuting harmonicas from about 3 pm. If you bring your own harmonica, make sure it's in the key of A. Tell everyone you know - this is a crazy, once-in-a-blue-moon kind of an activity! So I will see you all at Lindquist field around 3 on Saturday. You will know me by my pointy hat.

Way to Go, Andrew!!!

That's totally awesome. It is nice to finally be done after years of effort, eh? I haven't finished watching all of the films on your youtube-powered blog, but I like what I have seen so far. I especially liked the cement one - very well done.

And congrats to Tim & Amy also.

And there's going to be a party at my house this very evening (6-ish) to celebrate the end of the semester. Bring food. Bring friends. At least bring yourself.

And I'm moving. I'll post the house-warming party events here on the blog when I know exactly when it will be. (It will be by June, at the latest, although a lot of my stuff is already in my new appartment.)

Mission accomplished!

No, this is not some dog on the president post as you might be lead to believe by the title. Rather, I have reached a momentus point in my life by completing the requirements to obtain a Bachelor or Arts degree from the University of Utah! I will be graduating this Friday at 11:30. Today, I turned in my last assignment ever and am feeling pretty proud to have finished college! It's an amazing feeling which I highly reccomend to everyone here. Anyway, I just wanted to share the news with all my friends here in the virtual band hall!

Fun Things

Just to let everyperson know, in a week or so you have the opportunity to brandish your musical talent in a way that could get you into the Guinness Book of World Records.

Last year they attempted to break the record for the most number of people playing the same song on the harmonica at once. They were only a couple hundred people short. This is the second attempt: Harmonica Army II. Show up, get a free harmonica, get into the Book of Records, retire a famous person. I've put the event in the Summer Games calendar and I'll add the time to it when I find out what time that may be. Last summer it was held at Lindquist Stadium here in Ogden. I'm assuming it'll be the same this year.

Also, I've posted a few cool links over on bag-o-cool.

by the way

Hey, speaking of new arrivals - Aim and Timmy also were delivered this week of a lovely six pound-ish 20inch baby boy (apparently - I haven't seen, so it might be a big hoax to get Tim out of work) - Great news for them!

Goals for the summer

ECHO Echo echo

Wow, it must be like finals or something cuz no one's posting anything new.

If you're coming....

to the DCI Classic Countdown this Thursday from 7:30 to about 9:30, let me know and all us WSU band geeks will sit together and throw stuff at the screen when any other corps other than Phantom Regiment is performing...... Ok, maybe not. Still though, we'll all sit together and have a jolly good time.

This Classic Countdown is going to be sweet cause it isn't like the past 2. It is the best of the best!!! In the past there had to be 2 shows from each decade (70's, 80's, 90's and 00's) and no corps could be repeated, meaning that if the 1975 Blue Devils was the first corps to be shown, no more BD shows could be shown again that night. Now, there can be 3 SCV show's and 5 Cavies! Oh yeah, I can't say it enough, it'll be sweeeeeeEEEEEET!!! Tickets are $12.50 and as far as I know, it isn't sold out.

Hope to see ya'll there!

I thought this was the way to Grandma's house?

a response

to Jon's comment on Bag-o-cool:

I know the feeling. It was Ralph Waldo Emerson who said:
"In every work of genius we see our own abandoned ideas."


it's difficult in composing to think of anything really new...

Ding

A couple new vids over on Bag-O-Cool. Worth checking out (or I wouldn't've put'em up thar.)

um... does this work?

here

I thought it was funny - don't know about you

Happy Taxday Everybody

A very much congratulations to the Jensens on the new arrival.

For those of you who (like me) haven't yet exactly mailed their taxes, I offer the following suggestion: do.

And for all of us, I offer this quote from wikipedia by the purportedly venerable legal scholar, Judge Learned Hand:

"In my own case the words of such an act as the Income Tax… merely dance before my eyes in a meaningless procession: cross-reference to cross-reference, exception upon exception — couched in abstract terms that offer [me] no handle to seize hold of [and that] leave in my mind only a confused sense of some vitally important, but successfully concealed, purport, which it is my duty to extract, but which is within my power, if at all, only after the most inordinate expenditure of time. I know that these monsters are the result of fabulous industry and ingenuity, plugging up this hole and casting out that net, against all possible evasion; yet at times I cannot help recalling a saying of William James about certain passages of Hegel: that they were no doubt written with a passion of rationality; but that one cannot help wondering whether to the reader they have any significance save that the words are strung together with syntactical correctness."

Best of luck filling out that ol' 1040EZ, folks. We're all in this together.

Prospective band member in the making

Hi Everybody - Cory is now a dad! We had our little girl "Ellie" on Tuesday this week. She came about a month early but her and mom are doing just fine. She was 5 pounds, 9 ounces. Quite a unique feeling being a dad.

Are you feeling low?

Cheer up. Things could be worse. You could need to print something and not feel violated.

Update: Engaged recently covered an impressive use of ferrofluid: making art based on music. It's kind of a step up from your average media player software's on-screen visualization. I have, of course, blogged the vid. Hmm...

Come one, come all!!!

well

I don't fully comprehend the map of WSU, but that is the likely whereabout of Jingles at any given time... better than "[chances are you're not] a pirate" at least!
also, Jon, please invite starwobble v.d. hotmail v.d. com to participate in the blog - Ben Yuill has applied for citizenship. This would be our first emigrant from the string world!

this looks fairly familiar....

HI! Guess what! I'm back...(of sorts). Thanks to Jon, I now have another email to deal with....but at least it's through one of the best websites out there. It's good being back!

two terrible jokes

spontaneously organized "ex nihilis" by jarrett - no less

1.
What do you call the winner of a Rubik's cube competition?
Fidel Castro. (He's a cubin' dictator.)

2.
What do you call a battle between Indian chefs?
The Korean (Curryin') war.

The videos should work now! Let me know if you are still having any problems.

I would if I could...

...but I can't. Andrew, I think you need to open up some permissions on your videos. When I try to play them, they don't load and when I go to YouTube, it says that they are on a private account and cannot be viewed except by the owner. If you could make those public, that would be awesome. :)

Jeff, I can totally understand your hesitation on Vista. It's a compatibility nightmare. They decided to make it not work with anybody. And if you really want the "Linux Experience" you need to install Debian or even FreeBSD. They're the ultra-geeky flavors. :)

So, my wife is awesome! Not only is she just awesome by nature, but she bought me two out-of-print CDs. First to arrive was Dallas Brass II, which has the coolest arrangement of the National Emblem march I've ever heard. Second to arrive was Dallas Brass: Debut. Of course, if you've heard that album before, there's no need to explain why it's so awesome. Of course it does help to mention the William Tell Overture arranged for brass quintet. It's one big tonguing exercise and they pull it off flawlessly. Anyhow, I just thought I'd tell you that. :)

Take it easy, y'all.

Hoi hoi everyone!

I refer to Alexandar Graham Bell's perfered method of answering his famous invention. He opposed the simple "Hello".

Anyhoo, I have a brand new blog that houses all the little projects I have created while in school here for the past three years. I'll be trying to track down a few other projects over the next few weeks, so keep checking back from time to time if ye be interested.

http://fleacircusltd.blogspot.com

That is all.

Thanks.......

for the info Jason. I'll stay away for now, which is what I intended anyway, but I have people asking me for support, and I can't do anything if I don't know it. I'll wait and see if I can get my free Professional copy from base.

As for XP, LOVE IT! I need to trash my old box and get it ready to run Linux as that's my next task to play around with. I think I'm going to go with Fedora or Ubuntu, but am not sure yet.

As for the pirate flag, I don't think my '93 Ford POScrap is worthy.

Thanks.......

for the info Jason. I'll stay away for now, which is what I intended anyway, but I have people asking me for support, and I can't do anything if I don't know it. I'll wait and see if I can get my free Professional copy from base.

As for XP, LOVE IT! I need to trash my old box and get it ready to run Linux as that's my next task to play around with. I think I'm going to go with Fedora or Ubuntu, but am not sure yet.

As for the pirate flag, I don't think my '93 Ford POScrap is worthy.

Jingles the Website

That's a pretty frackin' cool logo, eh. I'd certainly put it on my pirate ship. Hey, wait just one frackin' minute! What a great idea I just had. How's about we make little flags of the Jingles "Jolly Roger" and fly them from our pirate ship masts (meaning car antennas)? Yea/Nay.

So, speaking of sites going live, my own website has now gone live. Schillclan.net is now it's own domain name. :) I registered the domain name with GoDaddy and I'm hosting the site myself. It's on a Red Hat 9 Linux box running on a 1.3GHz AMD Duron with 512 MB of RAM. I love that machine. It's rock solid and never crashes. However, it has four internal fans and therefore is quite loud. It's a good thing that the poor machine is out of my bedroom. :) It was driving Kristin crazy. Hmmm. By the looks of things, I have already announced my website on this forum. Oh well, it never hurts to advertise a little.

So Jeff, you're wondering about Piece of Crap, er, I mean, Vista, eh. Oooh boy, do I have stories to tell! When they said "The Wow starts now" they weren't kidding. It's like "Wow, I can't believe I have to have 2 gigs of video RAM just to use this operating system." And "Wow, that new 160 gig hard drive I just bought doesn't seem so big anymore with Vista." I think it's all Microsoft's big April Fools joke. The only problem is that it keeps on going. Frankly, for $5B and 5 years of R&D, they really should have "Wow"ed us, but they didn't. You can stick with Windows XP and install WindowBlinds with all the fun GUI enhancements that Vista brings you. And you can do it all without that stupid "Allow/Deny" User Account Control security watchdog thingamajig popping up every two seconds. That gets old very fast.

Jeff, if you really want to try out Vista, I have a copy of Vista RC1 (I know, it's not the retail version, but I don't have $400 to spend on Microsoft). I'll give you this copy of Vista. It even has a license code. Keep in mind that it does expire in July, but you ought to get a good feel for it by then. Personal opinion: Windows Vista is a culmination of all the lessons that Microsoft didn't learn from Windows Me. For all the fireworks and ballyhooing, it really sucks. I just think we should all switch over to Linux and run a truly powerful operating system that doesn't crash and doesn't require a hyper gaming rig to run.

So that's my rant for the evening. I do hope to have my house at least presentable in the next few weeks to host a cool band geeks party complete with movies. :) Stay tuned. We've got it all on UHF.

Hasta la pasta!

Food recommendation of the while: Cafe Rio Pork Barbacoa Burrito enchilada style. Complete with mild green sauce and salsa on the side. Mmmm. Good.

what's with that?....

What's with the Jingles the pirate.com, it just sits there. I have been out of the band hall far too long. I don't know anything that's going on anymore. I do miss the random thoughts and actions, and wish that I had made better acquaintances with you all so as to have kept some comradery with y'all before deciding to end my school career.
Oh well, shouldn't cry over spilt milk I suppose.
Tell me, what's the latest with y'all? how are things there in the infamous band hall?
Also, who has worked with Vista? I'm trying to figure out why I can't get IBM Lotus Notes to run on it, and am stumped. I need to get my own copy and start fooling.

Apothrope, Centigraph, Saint Hannes Cross

Ricky, Diego is pointman on the laser tag, so I'm going to have to appeal to him for a start time. I'll definitely find out and add the time to the gCalendar.

For those who are interested (and if you are, you have my pity), jinglesthepirate.com is now up and running.

Hosting is provided by A Small Orange Dot Com.

For any of you who are AS 3.0/Flex/Apollo afficionados, you may be interested in the latest post on my Flex Dev blog.

For any of you who are interested in microblogging, check out twitter. For any of you who may actually care (agan, sympathy) what I am doing RIGHT NOW, you can check out my twitter page. For any of you who are opposed to following links while using the interwebs (yet again, condolences) and don't want to click the twitter link to find out what it is, I will tell you that it is a site that revolves around only one thing: answering the question "What are you doing?" (as in 'at the moment').

I'm sore today from using muscles yesterday that I hadn't used in a long time.

Things you may be interested to know:

• In the last 10 years, the IRS has audited 12 people earning less than $80,000


• The average American sees over 1,000 pieces of paid advertising every day


• Records from Japan's feudal period suggest that the average samurai lived to be 19, while the average ninja lived to be 37


• Ounce for ounce, printer ink is more expensive than gold


• On the whole, Americans spend more money on entertainment than food


• Every year the U.S. throws away as much food as it consumes


• The American Psychiatry Association estimates that 75 percent of people have at least one untreated mental illness


• Over the past 20 years, the world's fastest supercomputers have held that title for an average of 6 weeks

An Interesting Find

You may call me an uber-geek for this, but I was checking my website statistics tonight and I came across a most unusual thing. You see, at the bottom of the statistics page for any month, it tells you the countries of origin of the most hits. Normally, for me, I get hits from my network, US commercial, Italy, Mexico, and occasionally, France. However, this month, I had one I had never even heard of before. I need to go back to 9th grade geography. Can anyone tell me where Seychelles is?

Paz Fuera!

Don't worry, be happy!

If I remember right Ricky, you were at last years DCI show, which was at Jordan Landing. If you were ok with the quality of picture and sound then don't worry about it - it will be the same. It's not terrible - it's just not the best (Larry H. Miller's theaters have the newest technology). And don't go down to American Fork, because it's also a Cinemark theater there. The theaters do have a satellite dish on top of each building and they will download it to their server sometime before they actually show it - these servers are what control the digital projectors for each theater. I'm sure it will be a good show, I was just hoping that the Gateway or Jordan Commons was showing it too. Oh well!

This might be a dumb question?

Because I don't/have never worked at a movie theater and have not a clue what goes on, I'll ask what might be a dumb question. Does it matter that it is being broadcast via satellite?

The only other place in Utah that it's being shown at is in American Fork and I really don't want to drive all the way down there if I don't have too.

Also, Jon, is laser tag still on for Friday? There isn't a time on the calendar so I was just curious.

(edit: if you read my post between yesterday(the 2nd) and today(the 3rd), I accidentally put paintball instead of laser tag)

Another place for DCI?

So that's really cool about DCI being in Ogden at the Cinemark Tinseltown, but I feel like I should warn you: Although I love Cinemark, having worked for them for about 7 years, the digital projector systems they have in place were designed just for the preshow advertisements. Because of that, the resolution and brightness levels are low compared to a digital movie that you might see at say the Gateway or Jordan Commons. Their sound systems of these digital projectors are also only set up for stereo processing (no DTS, SDDS, Dolby Digital, or THX). So if there is an option to see it somewhere else - I would recommend it. But keep going to Cinemark for regular movies because they do have a good thing going in that department.

Granted

Both events are on the calendar. I've resent the links to the calendar (which gmail apparently messed up when I used their link tool). If you didn't get the email, email me. When you view the calendar, try the Agenda tab for a summary rundown of upcoming events. Yay - it's fun.

Cheers.

DCI Classic Countdown

Since we're talkin' drum corps, I thought I'd mention that the DCI Classic Countdown is coming up pretty soon, April 26th at 7:30 to be exact. Last year it was shown down in West Jordan at Jordan Commons and the 2 years before that, it wasn't even shown in Utah!!! (it's only been around for 3 years) But this year is, oh man.....

It's in Ogden!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's right, Ogden. They are going to be showing it at the Newgate Tinsletown and tickets are $12.50 per person. Here's the link for more info: http://dci.org/cinema/classic/ Tickets aren't on sale yet but I'll be sure to let everybody know when they are and when it is closer to this wickedly awesome event.

So yeah, Jon, why don't you go ahead and post THAT on your little calendar!!! Please. Thanks!

Corps Encore 2007

Corps Encore will be held July 30, 2007 at the beloved Stewart Stadium. For more information, go to Corps Encore.

Speaking of nice weather

Announcing....

The Summer Games Calendar

Remember a while ago when I suggested a summer full of stuff like

Hiking
Movies
BBQ's
Road Trips
Ultimate Frisbee
Stargazing
Boating
Rock Climbing/Ice Climbing
Concerts
Dancing
Breakfast
Volleyball
Ice Skating
Firesides
Game Nights

?

Well, I've created a Google calendar to post the events to. I've emailed everyone that's a member of the blog (whose email addresses are public in blogger) a link to an HTML version of the calendar as well as an XML feed link for those who use feed readers. If you want to post events to the calendar you can email them to me or email me and request editing access to the calendar itself and I'll more than likely grant it to you (if you give me a dollar). If you didn't get the email it's because your profile doesn't contain it - just email me and I'll send you the same info.

:)

Anywho, the first two events are already posted. When I get info on Corps Encore, Saturday evening ultimate frisbee (I'm assuming that will be happening again this year), and other stuff I'll add it in a timely manner. You don't have to show up to any of the events, but if you do, it'll be awesome. I suggest that there be a volunteer-basis in-charge person for each activity so that people will know who to RSVP to for events that need that kind of thing. But whatever.

Ok, enjoy, and I look forward to seeing you all soon.

Though I may not aggree with him politically...

...John Dvorak has some of the greatest insight into the tech industry. I really do like watching his Internet show, Cranky Geeks, where he and some other tech-savvy folks discuss current and forthcoming technologies. I also like reading his columns in PC Mag, where he often rants and raves about the latest techno gizmos to grace the market.

Mr. Dvorak's latest rant is about the mobile phone industry and upon reading his little analysis, I discovered that many things really struck a chord with me. Now, I do not believe that the mobile phone industry should wither and die as he says, but I do understand the reason behind some of his glaring remarks. For instance, I do believe that mobile phones have not really increased our productivity, but rather only increased our rudeness to each other. Yes, there are perfectly legitimate times when a cell phone is very useful. I have experienced that blessing on a number of occasions. But, in a movie theater or in church, that really starts to suck! So folks, the next time you are in an airport, don't forget that it's illegal to yell "bomb." ;)

Anyhow, take it easy, y'all!

How much can you handle?

Please feel free to post times of how long you were able to endure.

Also, on an unrelated note, some people go a bit overboard.

something I found

Happy Day

Congrats, Jeff. That's awesome.

Happy Birthday to Modest and Johann (that is, to Mussorgsky and Bach).

On an unrelated note...

Tune of the day: Oh What A World by Rufus Wainwright
My co-worker had me listen to it. I blog it here purely for his use of Bolero.

And to all a good day.

Greetings to all....

Hello to all my friends!!!!
How I miss the days of naps in the band hall, and the randomness of it all.......
Just an update, Shamra and I have decided to be sealed in the Temple.
We will be sealed in the Jordan River Temple on May 12.
We are very excited for this next step in our lives, and wanted to share.
To all, a great schooling may you have!

Things That Must Go

Recently, I have have been busy buying a house. Along with buying a house are certain joys like getting to know the neighbors (important if you trust your home security to them), finding out where we go to church, and purchasing supplies to do modest home improvements. In my travels as of late, I have come across some startling things that I think must really be put out to pasture and never mentioned again. And now, I present a list of these annoyances for your viewing pleasure:

1. Dub+ sized rims on trucks and SUVs. What is up with a Chevy Tahoe and 26" rims with rubber bands for tires? That completely renders the SUV very un-SUV-ish.
2. People who drive with their high beam headlights on to compensate for a burned out low beam light. Come on, folks, they're not there as spare headlights. Get the freaking thing fixed!
3. Hardware stores the size of an airport. I mean, I know it's cool to be able to find just about anything under the sun there, but I hate having to use a GPS to get my bearings.
4. Unsecured wireless networks. I met my neighbors' wireless networks before I met them.
5. Construction on every single level crossing from Ogden to Nephi. Do you know how difficult it is to get to and from work?!
6. People who get into an accident during rush-hour traffic on HWY 89. Because of some jerk in a Mustang, it took me an hour and eight minutes to get from work in Kaysville to my home in Ogden the other day.
7. Rocky Anderson. He's like Tejano music: every time he opens his mouth, brain cells die and I feel stupider.
8. Comcast's willingness to connect a computer directly to a cable modem. Hello! Have you never heard of security?! That's the most dangerous way to connect a computer to the Internet because that computer has a publicly accessible IP address. Just don't do it.
9. People not watching out for motorcycles. Hey, we can use the road the same as the cars and trucks. So please, look out for motorcycles. ;)
10. Jerks who get into a turn lane behind you and then speed up and pass you. When traffic is moving along smoothly, that's just rude. I had some dude do that to me in his High and Mighty (SUV) and it made it scary for me to get into the turn lane as well.

Anyhow, I kind of had to stretch for some of those, but they are all things that irritate me. There are, however, some things that are really cool lately. For one, have you seen the late models of Yamaha Star Motorcycles? Oh, baby! Those things are awesome! And the new Harley Davidsons are beautiful, as always. :) Cadillac has some nice offerings, as does Saturn. Computers are getting cool again with multi-core machines. I'm excited about that. However, how well do most modern applications take advantage of multi-core? That remains to be discovered. I did get my domain name registered and I'm now hosting a real website. :) That's exciting news. GoDaddy is offering domain names for about $9 per year so I jumped on it. I have the server, they have the domain name.

So, with that, I will leave you and put myself in bed. It's friggen late. :)

Random thing to remember: When mounting a CD-ROM in a Linux box, it is often required to do it manually as follows

mount /mnt/cdrom

Of course, when you're done using the CD-ROM, you must unmount it:

umount /mnt/cdrom

Just in case y'all are wondering.

Capture

If you ever need a free decent captcha with image and phoenetic spelling mp3, try captchas.net

Works for me.

3/5/7

And that's not the only odd thing about yesterday.

You, Robot

Do you ever tire of calling a business or company only to be greeted by an intractable, user-hostile automated phone menu system? Well, seems that other people who have experienced the same thing have pooled their knowledge about how to circumvent the system (don't you love h4xX0r2?). That information is provided for you here. I can't personally vouch for the accuracy or usefulness of any of this information, but it certainly looks promising. So next time you have to fix an erroneous charge on your whatever bill, or find out if the thingummy that you just ordered has been shipped, or a retailer has wronged you and you want to complain to a real live human, just remember this here and see if it helps you out.

Oh, and by the way - someone else post for the game so I can post again, eh?

Also, if you haven't yet switched to the new blogger, do so so that you can post here once again.

Aaaaaand - justforfun:

Re: code font

here is text

here is code

here is text

The above block of text was created in the Edit Html tab. I just started typing and then put tags around the block of code. After the closing tag, it jumps back into the default blog font, and you don't have to wait until you're done with the entire post to go back and select the sections you want to appear in the code font - just start with the opening tag and close it when you're done and keep typing away. If you're cutting and pasting, then yeah, it's probably about the same to highlight the block and select a font from the dropdown as it would be to go back and stick in the code tags. Catch 22, no?

Blogger Has A Bug

There is a bug in the Blogger interface that I have been fighting with ever since I started blogging on it. I think that Blogger provides a wonderful service and I have really enjoyed being able to participate in it. However, this one bug just burns my hide from time to time.

The problem is that there is no way to specifically publish in the default font for whichever blog you are publishing to. Okay, that was a mouthful. Basically, what I'm saying is that everything is fine and dandy until I decide to change fonts while writing a blog. Occasionally, I want to demonstrate Linux/Unix commands or snippets of code in my blog posting. The convention for doing this is to have your commands appear in Courier font, so as to separate them from the main article. I can do that just fine. But, once I want to return to the original font of the posting, how do I do that? The problem also extends to the fact that the editor uses a specific font that may be different from what the published blog's font will be. See the problem?

I tend to feel that the editor should really have no font specified, and that there should be a "Default Blog Font" option on the Font pull-down menu. This option will allow the user to return to the default font for that particular blog if they have temporarily specified a different font.

Now, I know there's a workaround for the font problem that I'm having. Namely, one would write their entire blog without specifying a font and then go back and specify a font for those parts that need specifying. But, that feels like a workaround.

Anyhow, I just thought I'd vent a bit.

Take it easy, y'all!

Happy Birthday, George and Robert

Washington and Baden-Powell, respectively


It has been a good day so far.


When the cold of winter comes
Starless night will cover day
In the veiling of the sun
We will walk in bitter rain

But in dreams
I can hear your name
And in dreams
We will meet again

When the seas and mountains fall
And we come, to end of days
In the dark I hear a call
Calling me there,
I will go there
And back again


Wasn't that a great film?

Song of the day: Breakdown
Quote of the day: "You've been running around like a monkey on drugs all week!"
Fun activity of the day: speed dating

Is It Bad...

...to create your own Googlewhacks?

It appears that I have inadvertently created another one. I used to have the "rootisms" Googlewhack, but that is no longer the case. In fact, my current web site doesn't even show up on Google's search when you search for "rootisms."

The Googlewhack I'm talking about is "gigalizard." If you type gigalizard into Google, it returns exactly one search (i.e. a Googlewhack.) This unique search happens to be located on my web server. Unfortunately, I can't tell you all to go out and try it right away because very shortly, my site will be offline for a while amidst a move. (It's kind of hard to keep my web server server-ing when it's packed away in a moving truck. I also have to transfer my Comcast Internet connection to my new abode so that I can continue to serve web pages and host friends and family pictures.

Anyhow, take it easy, y'all. I'll see you all later.

ps: Gigalizard isn't just some random word I created and posted on a web page. If you install the "Firesomething" Firefox extension, that is one of the possible names it generates.

Laughter is just a smile with the volume turned up

Flute 11
Clarinet 10
Saxophone 12
Trumpet 27
Trombone 19
Tuba 11
Harp 10

tpt+/flt-

For a good laugh (medicine for the soul), please visit my viral video blog. The latest one just about did me in.

Happy meday

Today is the day that I'm celebrating my birthday with anyone who wants to. I'm throwing a partay at my house this evening. Come if you wish. You are welcome to bring games and/or food. There will be socializing. We will begin at about 7 pm. If you do not receive a phone call from me, please refer to this post for an invitation to the festivities. For those of you for whom this announcement was too short of notice, I give my humble appologies. Yes.... Planning ahead. I'm working on that skill. Also, anyone who wants to can meet me and Jason tomorrow at the Ice Sheet @ 6pm for skating and dinner or something afterwards. Bring a date. I will.

That is all.

Life of a Newly Minted Sysadmin

As you may or may not know, Monday I began work for a company in Kaysville called ABC Office. I am a system administrator for the company. It's actually a job that I have been looking for for quite a long time. I've been slowly getting accustomed to learning a whole new set of people's names, things about them and some things about the company. To date, my head is still swimming a bit. :)

But, the real fun in my job is what I get to do. I start off my day (I'm still learning how this all goes) by changing out the surveillance tape from the day before. I check it to make sure that it did record properly. Then, I change out the previous night's server backup tape. I have to also look at logs from the server and find out what has been going on with it. This is my first real experience with a real server running on a RAID array with a tape backup. It's all new to me and it's kind of fun. This week, of course, has really been an eye opener for me because of the newness of it all. After I do the standard morning things (with great assistance from my supervisor) I proceed to whatever she has me do next. Lately, they have needed me to scour their website for problems because they are in the process of transferring it from one ISP to another. That's kind of boring.

The other day, I had the privilege of taking apart a monitor to see if the fuse was blown in it. It turned out that the monitor was bad and needed to be gotten rid of. So, my supervisor and I went through the building and gathered up all the known bad monitors and tested them out. I must admit that I let the smoke out of one of the monitors when I plugged it it. There's a very familiar and distict smell to burning electronics. :) I also had to call the waste management facility to find out what to do with the dead monitors, since they are considered hazardous waste.

Let's see, I also got to help out with a couple of printer problems in the accounting department. I've also been setting up a script on each machine throughout the company that shuts the computer off should the user forget. Basically, you can instruct Windows to shut itself down by incorporating the following into a scheduled task:

C:\Windows\system32\shutdown.exe -s -f -t 00

Hmmm, that looks strangely familiar to the Linux/Unix way of doing it:

shutdown -h now

Needless to say, I have been having quite a good time so far. I know there will be challenges, but with good training and a level head, I can succeed. Oh yeah, I was also the one who first saw the drive fault indicator on one of the disks in the server's RAID array. So, on Friday, we get to experience changing out a disk on the server. I'm excited.

Chao!!

Hokay...

Here's the Earth. Chilling. You might say, "That's a pretty sweet Earth."

But seriously folks, I hope everyone from Band Land is wonderfully well these days. I can't say I am wonderful, nor can I say I am awful. I just kind of am these days.

I'm most recently frustrated by my car situation. The dang thing is still doing the exact same thing I took it in there to fix!! I guess I'll have to go back down there and hopefully they can pinpoint the problem.

I want to give you all a word of advice: never take an online class (unless you really want to). I have two this semester and being the lazy type that I am, am having difficulties keeping up with it. It's no fun when you can't stay motivated. Maybe I should join Procrastinators Annonymous.

And now, the day's entertainment:

Flute 12
Clarinet 10
Saxophone 12
Trumpet 26
Trombone 19
Tuba 11
Harp 10

Trumpet +, Harp -.

Happy Blogday

Flute 11
Clarinet 9
Saxophone 11
Trumpet 24
Trombone 18
Tuba 10
Harp 10
Blog 7

That's right, kiddies! In honor of the blog's third birthday, I'm taking a point away from every section and giving them to the blog as a Robin Hood-style present. Isn't that great?

Naw! Just kiddin'. I really won't do that. Just ignore this post as it doesn't really have anything to do with the points at all. It was just to wish everyblogger a happy day.

VOTE FOR '06 REGIMENT!!!

Ok, here's the deal, DCI has this classics countdown thing every year where people choose their 8 favorite drum corps shows of all time (a few hundred shows to choose from). Then the top 30 out of that few hundred get voted on by everybody again to dwindle it down to 8 that will be shown live, nationwide in movie theaters. The top 30 have already been choosen an what's way awesome is that 2006 Phantom Regiment made it!! Now go here and vote.

Here are the corps that I voted for:
1988 Madison Scouts
1989 Phantom Regiment
1991 Star of Indiana
1995 The Cavaliers
1996 Phantom Regiment
2000 The Cavaliers
2003 Phantom Regiment
2006 Phantom Regiment

Notice I voted for 2006 Phantom Regiment, I hope you all do too :) You don't have to vote for the same ones I did but if you know little or nothing about drum corps, then these are some good ones. And don't be afraid to vote more than once but you do have to use a different email address each time. I voted 10 times! (yes that means I have 10 email address and surprisingly enough, I remember them all....) Oh, and don't worry, all you'll get is an email back saying what corps you voted for and that's it, unless you say yes to their newsletter.

Oh and thanks Jon.

I'll say....

Flute 12
Clarinet 10
Saxophone 12
Trumpet 25
Trombone 19
Tuba 11
Harp 11

Yeah, that'll do. (sax -,tuba +)

later.

Happy Birthday John Williams

It is Feb. 8th, and that means it's Johnny Williams' birthday. It's also the five-year anniversary of the XIX Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City. Can you believe that it's been that long?

Anyhow, I just thought I'd remind you of that. He is the Maestro and all. :)

Oh yeah, and I'm starting a new job on Monday with ABC Office. I'll be working as a system administrator. Kristin and I are really excited. Speaking of Kristin, she will be starting a new position at her work starting on Monday. I'm not exactly sure what she'll be doing, but it involves training people.

Anyhow, take it easy, y'all. We'll let you know how the house buying turns out. :)

Chao!

Happy Birthday, Jules Verne and BSA

~~~~~ .:And many more:. ~~~~~

Flute 12
Clarinet 10
Saxophone 13
Trumpet 25
Trombone 19
Tuba 10
Harp 11

Tuba's need some love. Flute's will have to provide a point.

Thanks, Kristin. I think I must've fat-fingered the keyboard or something there.

Sounds like the movie world is treating you well, Andrew. As for car's that reminds me I should check my oil.

Definitely.

P.S. the blog is now on the new Blogger. You'll need to switch over to post, if you haven't already. But I'm sure most of you were waaaay ahead of me on the switch.

Life, as 'twere

So, I had a great day today. I got an interview with Instructional Media Services to be a camera operator. It went really really well, and I'll hear back for sure by the middle of next week.

I signed up for a great workshop on the technical side of filmmaking wich will happen on the 24th.

I got my finished film back from the Cinema Lab. It looks pretty darn good, however, they did incorrectly time about four shots to look red, which they shouldn't have. There'll be a show from my 16mm film class coming up in April. I'll let all you band hall denizens know when it is in case you wanted to come see it (hint hint).

Also, I discovered I have not outgrown reading comic books. My love of Batman has been re-kindled after learning that Paul Dini (who wrote for Batman the Animated Series) was hired by DC to be the principal writer of it's Detetective Comics line. I immediately went out and picked up all the back issues (six total) and ran home to read them. While they aren't comic book masterpieces and would work better as episodes of the cartoon, they're still fun reads.

And, last, but certainly not least, I got my car back. Turns out it was the clutch afterall. My mechanic was super awesome though and called Hyundai USA and told them he thought they should pay for it rather than me. Hyundai agreed to pick up $700 and I was left to cover only $300 of total repair work. I thought they did an excellent job protecting my interests at the dealership, and I thought Hyundai was very awesome to pick up that much of the bill. Now I have it back, and it drives like new.

The grand finale:

Flute 13
Clarinet 10
Saxophone 13
Trumpet 25
Trombone 19
Tuba 9
Harp 11

Trumpet +, Flute -

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Alas! I have noticed an error. Jon has posted
"Flute 14
Clarinet 10
Saxophone 10
Trumpet 25
Trombone 19
Tuba 9
Harp 11"

But that only adds up to 98! So to fix it, here's what I think it should look like

Flute 14
Clarinet 10
Saxophone 12
Trumpet 25
Trombone 19
Tuba 9
Harp 11

And now, since I'm here, my move is

Flute 14
Clarinet 10
Saxophone 13
Trumpet 24
Trombone 19
Tuba 9
Harp 11

Trumpets down, Saxomaphones up.

~Kristin

gg [Ten]

This is just to let y'all know that I ganked another vid link from my boy Duswoo's blog and posted it up on my blog. If you at all appreciate the talent that is human beatbox, you'll love the vid.

Flute 14
Clarinet 10
Saxophone 10
Trumpet 25
Trombone 19
Tuba 9
Harp 11

If life were represented with an instrument, I think it'd have to be brass. I mean, come on - doesn't life sometimes seem like a great big royal fanfare, and other times seem a bit blatty and flat? Brass just about covers the spectrum.

I will feel differently tomorrow. Perhaps then I'll feel that life is more like a Clariharpophone. Or something. But for today, I'm on a brassy kick.

We string players gotta stick together.

Flute 14
Clarinet 10
Saxophone 13
Trumpet 25
Trombone 18
Tuba 9
Harp 11

String players unite! Harp+, Trumpet-