Wow!

After hearing the message tonight at Unveiled I'm amazed. One of the many questions we ask as humans is, why? Why would God choose to destroy hundreds of thousands of human lives through natural disaster? Well the answer is simpler than we think. While many ask why God would do such a thing the better question we should be asking is why not? Andy Stanley explained it all goes back to Genesis 1. When God created the earth and the universe everything was good. That's why God is good. Then, when Adam and Eve sinned, everything, literally everything was cursed. When they sinned they knew good and evil. God lays it down pretty hard on us all. Even the ground was cursed. This was much like when I heard Louie Giglio explain the story of Joseph two weeks ago. Both of these times it just made so much more sense to me. So the reason natural disaster happens is because we are cursed. So instead we should be thankful of the days that God gives us. If you look in the Bible there are many instances when God uses natural disaster to get the point across. The flood, plagues against Egypt, the earthquake after Jesus' crucifixion, and the list goes on. It all points to the fact that God is good and sin is bad. This message tonight had such a profound effect on me. After hearing both of these messages I really want to hear Andy and Louie in person now.

God Bless!

I've Made My Case. . .

Greg Carr is the most effective offensive player on our team. For all who were watching the game, Carr set up the only touchdown for FSU with his spectacular catch in TRIPLE coverage. Not even the Gator secondary could stop him. Congratulations to the Gators and Aloysious who capitalized on our offense's mistakes. But if you consider it, the score would have been only 10-7 if FSU didn't give up 4 turnovers, lol. I was happy though that we got one touchdown. If we didn't we would have suffered our first shutout in 22 years. By the way Aloysious, you say Florida State plays rough, but did you notice the 3 facemask calls against your defense, lol?

As for my day, it was very nice except for the game. Me being a professional sleeper, I slept till 12:30 PM. Oh yea. After getting ready I went with my parents to Lowe's to look at Christmas stuff and also Target to pick up some other stuff. When we got back my dad and I switched back and forth from watching the football game and removing the remainder of the boards on the house. Around halftime I started putting Christmas lights on the roof. The nice part was we have a skylight so I watched part of the game through the skylight. When I was finished putting up the lights on the roof I put up icicles under the eve of the roof. I didn't get to put up all the lights due to lack of daylight.

As I write this blog I'm somewhat watching "Runaway Bride." I think it's very funny when the bride is riding off on a horse and then you hear the Marriage of Figaro playing in the background. I'm looking forward to see everyone tommorrow when I'm back at school. Christmas is only 29 days away!

Don't Forget!

Christmas is only 30 days away!!!! Woo hoo!!

Also tommorrow I get to put up Christmas lights at home! Yes! Aloysious you better prepare to have the room taken over when we get back, lol. See you Sunday. Also Aloysious and Amanda I forgot I still have to tell you two this really cool thing from the Bible. I'll have to tell you all when we're back.

Yum, Turkey!

Oh my goodness after driving for 9!! hours my brother and I finally got home on Wednesday night. After I saw my parents and my cat, my bro and I went and saw a friend from high school and our former youth pastor. We ended up going to Denny's and having some good ole' breakfast. The only thing I didn't like was the whole place smelled like grease. When my brother and I left you could smell the grease in our clothes. Yuck. Then finally we came home and went to bed.

Thanksgiving Day I woke up pretty late, approximately 11 AM. Unfortunately after I showered and everything I found out that my grandmother wasn't feeling well so we were unable to have dinner with my grandparents. I still got to see them that day. We didn't end up eating till about 4 so I was definitely hungry. It was good to have all of those wonderful fixings. Later that night my brother and I went to play pool with a friend of ours since my brother would not be able to see him any other time. When we finished playing pool I dropped my brother off at home and then I went to Walmart Supercenter. Yes, Walmart Supercenter was open on Thanksgiving Day. LOL. I picked up a copy of all of the Chronicles of Narnia books in one. I decided yesterday that I would make an attempt at reading the books before the movies come out. After reading the first chapter of the first book I am alrighty anxious to find out what happens next. Since yesterday was Turkey Day I decided I'll name off things I'm thankful for (not necessarily in order of importance).

• Jesus paying the ULTIMATE sacrifice by dieing on the cross for my sins and God's saving grace
• My wonderful family
• All of my new friends at FSU especially my closest friends Aloysious, Amanda, and Nik who have been an awesome influence on my walk with Jesus and also all the Unveiled people
• All of the veterans of the United States who have fought for freedom and the current troops
• Being blessed with such a great country, The United States
• One letter, W, who stands up for what he believes in no matter what others may say
• Being able to attend such a beautiful university
• All of my current and past mentors
• and many, many more

On Friday I wasn't very productive besides getting a haircut and doing lawnwork. Most of the day I spent my time relaxing and eating leftovers. I also wrote this blog.

I am very anxious to go to Disney both in December and in January. I also can't wait for The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe to come out in theaters early December. It's going to be soo sweet. Yes! Anyway, I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving Day and I hope everyone has a great time the rest of the long weekend!

See everyone Monday (or Sunday)!

God Bless

Sleep May Be A Little Overrated

Well I'm sure some who are reading this might already know what the title is about.

The past day and a half has been quite interesting. The story all starts last night when Nik, Aloysious, Amanda, Sabrina, and I were going to practice. . .

We were all walking to KMU last night to practice. When we came upon the amphitheater Amanda saw her favorite rail to slide down. Well Nik, Sabrina, and I kept walking on unaware that Amanda was going to stay behind and slide down the rail. Aloysious decided to stay behind I guess. The three of us made it indoors out of the blistering cold and decided to sit on the bench and wait. Well a couple of minutes passed by and we figured the other two were just having fun. All of a sudden we saw Aly (that's your nickname) come running to the entrance. We all got up and went outdoors and discovered Amanda was hurt. Apparently after she slid down the rail she took a step and she heard a cracking noise in her foot that caused her some discomfort. After she began walking it off she noticed a large, swollen section on her foot. All of us were standing by her while she called her mom for advice. Nik and Sabrina went to get ice while Aly got the car. While waiting Ginger and Peter came walking along. When Aly arrived with the car we all helped her get into the car and took her back to the residence hall.

Fast forward a bit. . .

Eventually Amanda's RA convinced her to go to the hospital. After arriving Amanda filled out the paperwork while Aly, Ginger, and I waited with her. To make a long story short we finally made it out of the hospital 5 hours later. Amanda had an X-Ray which did not show any signs of a broken bone. She left the hospital with a boot on her foot and crutches to help her walk. Well, I think everyone made it to bed around 4 AM. Later that morning I had to wake up at 8 to go to sight singing. I woke up at 8 like planned and then went to sight singing at 9. I sang my quiz in class and then left to go practice before my unofficial theory class. I was surprised because I did not find myself all that tired. After practicing some third exercises for fundamentals class I went to theory. We met in Dr. Shaftel's office. I still was not tired. We worked on part writing in his class and then I returned to my hall to eat lunch.

After eating lunch I left again to go to fundamentals class. When I arrived I was surprised to hear Prof. Bish was sick, therefore fundamentals class was cancelled. I decided to wash my sheets then. While waiting for my sheets to wash Amanda and I played chess. No stalemate this time :(. Amanda won in glorious fashion. Then she played Aly, but I don't know who won. After chess I went practicing again. My practice session for the 2 hours seemed to be pretty productive. At 5 I finished up and then went with Aly and Amanda to pick up her radiology report at the hospital. Then we went to The American Cafe for dinner. When we returned I practiced for about 45 minutes. Somehow I managed to work out the rest of these two etudes when I only had half of them learned before. I was extremely pleased. When I was done practicing Aly and I went to pick up our mail. Tommorrow before I leave I get to pick up a package! We then watched a movie with Amanda and Sabrina. The movie was, "North, By Northwest," with Cary Grant. In this film Cary reminded me a lot of James Bond again. I really enjoyed it. After going through a busy day it wasn't till we started the movie that I was actually tired. I dozed off a little but managed to stay awake for the whole thing. Now I'm writing this and I actually somewhat agree that sleep is overrated. But then of course this was only one day I went through on 4 hours of sleep. I dont' plan on doing this all the time.

Good night

One more thing, when I get back from Thanksgiving Break hopefully I'll have a picture of my house lit up with Christmas lights.

Well, well, well.

The past four days have been filled with much fun.

Last Thursday was quite the routine day. After waking up and going to sight singing I was pleasantly surprised to find that there was no singing quiz. Following sight singing I quickly revised this short story I wrote for English and headed off to English. What is the short story about you may ask? Well, it is the typical story about a little boy in a poor family and all he wants is a normal Christmas like everybody else. Not that I couldn't have thought of anything better I just thought why waste my time trying to do an elaborate story when I can do something else. When I was at English I found out my teacher is already married which came as quite a surprise. In addition to that I found out he is 35 years old which was even more surprising since he doesn't look that old. Anyway after English I of course went to the BCM with my friends. Does anybody no what is with this chili obsession that started about three weeks ago? It seems as if someone at the BCM is crazed by chili. Nothing against chili, because I do like it but, Woah calm down Mr. or Mrs. Chili-Lover. Later that evening I went to Journey Groups and had a wonderful Bible study. Before bed I watched the movie, "Charade," with Aloysius, Ryan, Nik, and Amanda. Charade is a very cool movie. This is due partly because it had me fooled the whole time and I didn't know who was killing who. Oops, you didn't want to hear that did you? Anyway I found out that Audrey Hepburn is a really good actress. Also Cary Grant's character in the movie reminds me a lot of the earlier James Bond actors.

Friday was a day filled with no math class and sleep. After sleeping through my math class-not that I don't care about my schoolwork because I do, but I see no point in sitting through a class composed of utter-boredom-I woke up and got ready to go to Walmart. At Walmart I bought my usual stuff. By the way Amanda how was my opinion on the masscara, lol? Then, I arrived back at my residence hall just in time for music theory. In music theory we basically sang some cool chord progressions and took a quiz. After this I ate my late lunch and did laundry at the same time. I discovered that the laundry room is less congested on Friday afternoons. Later I went with Aloysius and Alan to Pastor Dave's house! Why was I so excited? Well--we had spaghetti! the best meal in the world! Woo hoo! :) Thank you to all those from Unveiled who prepared the delicious meal. After Dave's house I returned to practice with Aloysius. Well my teacher has been having me break in these new reads recently that are a lot harder to play. Also he's been changing my emboshure. So, trying to do this all at once can become quite difficult. After awhile I started to feel a, "bagpipe hangover," coming on. Now what is this you may ask? Well since I have never been drunk nor drank at all I do not officially know what a hangover feels like. But, whenever you play bagpipes for a really long time your head may feel light-headed and in extreme pain. This is what I imagine a hangover must feel like. So, I call it a bagpipe hangover. That was how I felt. But then I stopped playing clarinet and switched over to piano. I played Vince Guaraldi's hit song, "Christmas Time is Here," from Charlie Brown which made me feel much better. Did I mention Christmas is only 35 days away?!!!!!!!!! Yes!!!!!! Anyway I left after awhile because Amanda and Ryan and maybe some other people were picking up a movie from Blockbuster. That night we watched "The Importance of Being Earnest." I would not classify it as one of my favorite movies but it was quite funny and it reminded of some other movie I've seen. After the movie I returned to my room and actually started reading a new book. This book is titled, "The Faith of an American Soldier," by Stephen Mansfield. It's a very cool book that gives you much of the perspective of our soldiers who are currently fighting in Iraq and how they are so much different than soldiers from previous wars. This book was definitely something I immediately loved. Then I retired.

Saturday morning I woke up an hour and a half later than I wanted to. But that was ok and soon after I was up and ready I headed off to practice. Ryan was practicing at the same time as me. My practice yesterday morning was much more productive than Friday night. I felt like I accomplished a lot. And, no bagpipe hangovers. :) Following practice I returned to my room and did something. What, I can't remember, lol. I do remember I went with Ryan, Sabrina, and Amanda to Lake Ella in the early afternoon. I must say Lake Ella is a cool place to hang out and it's also very picturesque. For lunch we went to 1 Fresh Stir Fry. It's a very cool place where you mix-and-match your own stir fry. Then we returned to the lake and rode in Sabrina's car to the Tallahassee Mall. We spent quite a bit of time in there walking around and browsing. Later we returned to our residence hall. Then I did my theory homework which wasn't bad at all. Aloysius, Nik, and I went to Fresh Food after that for dinner. When I returned I went with Amanda, Ryan, and Sabrina to this coffee place downtown. While we were there my professor happened to walk in which was cool. I also met his wife. When we were finished at the coffee shop we walked around the downtown sector and eventually made it to the capital building. We had fun smiling for the security cameras and also having a political discussion. Go figure at the Capital building we would be talking politics. But at least it was two conservatives, a liberal, and an apathetic. Upon our return to the hall we watched "Breakfast at Tiffany's" another Audrey Hepburn film. The movie of course was good because it had more of Henry Mancini's music. After watching this movie I returned to my room and read more of my book.

Today, Sunday I went to church. The weather this morning was on my side. A cool breeze with an overcast sky. The sermon this morning was a continuation of a series on David and his character. The text came from the chapter discussing David's relationship with Bathseeba. One thing that Pastor Bob Evans pointed out was that David had no accountability partner. This was something that I never realized before. Many othe Biblical characters had friends or family members who kept them accountable. David however had no one to keep him accountable partly because he was king. Pastor Evans emphasized the need for all of us to keep one another accountable. I also was reminded that possibly next year an amendment might be on the Florida ballot specifically banning same-sex marriage. I would like to see this amendment on the ballot next year. After church my brother took me home and now I'm here. Before I wrote this blog I was checking my email. These dumb "You've won 1 million dollars" emails have been popping up in my email. Well I had really only one word for them. Deleted!!!! That is pretty much the extent of my past four days.

God Bless

My Lesson and a Concert

Well yesterday (Wednesday) was an exciting day for me. Mostly because I had a concert last night. But, I always look forward to Wednesdays because I go to my private lesson.

After going math I headed off to warmup for my lesson. I was especially excited for my lesson yesterday because I was more prepared. At my lesson Dr. K spent a lot of time with me testing reeds and also working on my emboshure. Overall it was a real good lesson. We also discussed my preparation and performance and so I have a good idea how I need to refine the way I practice.

Later that night I had my concert. I must say the concert went really well. Dr. Shellehaymer was really pleased with our performance. I'm sure it made him feel good leaving with such a great concert. My favorite piece that we played was "Apocalyptic Dreams." The third movement is my favorite part. I really love when the solos are done and then this huge fanfare begins. The brass also starts playing this hymn which the clarinets later join in on. After the concert after walking forever to Blockbuster in the cold I watched the movie, "The Others." The script writer sure did a good job because he/she had me fooled to the end. Anyway that's all for now.

Saturday In A "Nut Shell"

Well today I woke up Saturday at 11 AM. I don't think I've slept in till 11 for quite awhile. Although I did sleep in till 11, I didn't feel like my normal, spunky self today and everything just felt like it dragged along.

After showering and going through my normal routine of getting ready I got ready for the football game versus Clemson. I actually thought today after last week's loss that we would win today. Amanda, Ryan, Aloysius and I all went to the Loop to watch the game and also do theory homework. That's right theory homework while watching football. By the time halftime came around I was feeling pretty confident that we would win after coming back from a 14-0 deficit. Well that didn't happen and we were plagued by more interceptions and just horrible offense.

Later I went to practice at the music school for a couple of hours. Unfortunately I didn't feel like I accomplished a lot. I somewhat ran through this new etude which wasn't too bad. I also touched upon a concerto that I played in high school. Still I didn't feel like I had much success practicing today. Today was probably just one of those days that keep going on forever and ever.

My excitement for the day was going to see "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." I saw this with my friends at the dollar movie theater. When the movie began it reminded me a lot of Harry Potter. It was most likely because it was set in England and it had a very wintery feel. The movie did follow the original but there were some added in things that I didn't like. There were also some additions I did like. The part with the squirrels was probably my favorite part. Hearing Johnny Depp's voice in a different way was also funny since he usually speaks with a deep, rough voice. I won't deny I enjoyed the movie to a degree but I wish I could have heard the Oompa Loompa song. :(

Even though the movie wasn't spectacular it still gave a very good message. One being money or talent doesn't buy everything and I would venture to say that the most important characteristic is love. Charlie loves his family so dear that when offered the chance to live in the factory he says no to Willie because he would have to leave the ones he loves.

One thing that came up in a discussion after the movie was whether or not Johnny Depp looks like Michael Jackson in the movie. Well you can make your comparison here:














I guess I would agree a little, but who would you rather meet? Exactly.

Now I'm tired and going to sleep.

Sinfonia Antarctica!

I am pleased to tell everyone I just discovered this morning that Ralph Vaughan Williams wrote an Antarctica themed symphony, "Sinfonia Antarctica." This is definitely one everyone should check out.

Happy Veteran's Day!

Thank you to all the veterans of our great country who have fought for freedom over the two hundred plus years of existence. I always think it is sad when younger generations have no idea about the history of our great country and the great battles it took to get us here today. Here is my salute to the veterans of the greatest nation:
















-American Revolutionary War

















-The War of 1812
















-The Mexican-American War
















-The Civil War























-The Spanish-American War






















-World War I

















-World War II















-The Korean War
















-Vietnam War
















-Desert Storm

















-Operation Enduring Freedom
















-Operation Iraqi Freedom

Thank you to all our veterans and our allies, especially Great Britain who has stuck it out with us the most.

"No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible hand which conducts the affairs of men more than the people of the United States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency."
-President George Washington, Inaugural Address

Woo Hoo!

Well today is Wednesday as the time stamp says. I started my day by waking up after my wonderful six hours of sleep. After eating and getting ready I headed off to math to take a test. Unfortunately I wasn't concentrating as much as I usually do on math tests so I don't believe I did as well. The good thing is, if I did poorly on the test I will have the opportunity to make it up after my final.

Following my math test I returned to room to change for my lesson and then I headed over to the music building. Today my lesson went pretty well. At least better than last week. I definitely felt more prepared partly because I spent much more time practicing. My teacher gave me some encouraging words and also some good constructive criticism. I was pleased. After that I headed back to my residence hall for piano class. Piano was somewhat boring today but I aced my quiz so that was a plus. Around lunchtime I went with Aloysius, Amanda, and Nik to the fine arts building to buy tickets for the opera this weekend.

Since Monday was my brother's 21st birthday I took him out to lunch. We went to one of the best places in Tallahassee, The Loop. I ordered my usual, pepperoni pizza with a Cherry Coke. No Amanda Cherry Coke isn't better than Pepsi or Mountain Dew Code Red. We talked about my brother's trip to Pittsburgh this past weekend and also discussed future plans, etc. Sometime in the future I think my brother and I are going to take a day trip or weekend trip down to Orlando to see my aunt and uncle and also hit up the Virgin Mega Store and maybe Disney.

Because I only slept for 6 hours last night I returned to my room and took a nap. What was supposed to be a 1 hour nap turned into a 3 hour nap. Not that I'm complaining. Next came my laundry. The downside of living in a dorm is that washing your clothes can be so much more expensive. This is especially true if you don't have other family members to combine loads with. After spending two hours doing laundry I returned to my room and ate dinner. Macaroni and cheese and a brownie. Also chocolate milk to compliment my chocolate appetite. At 7:45 I headed off with Aloysius and Nik for journey group.

At journey group we discussed the 4th chapter in Matt Redman's book, "Blessed Be Your Name." The 4th chapter talks about our need as Christians to give thanks to God and return the praise to Him. The opening paragraph in the chapter puts it well when it says, "we can be quick to question God when things go wrong for us, but slow to honor Him when things go well." We as Christians must learn to discipline ourselves so we can thank God in all the blessings he pours upon us. Just like someone who is trying to smoke you cannot immediately quit. You must gradually smoke less each day and eventually stop. In the opposite fashion we cannot immediately be thankful for all the blessings bestowed upon us. I am not saying though that it is possible be thankful for every blessing that God has given us. That is something that would be impossible to accomplish.

Later in the chapter Matt and his wife discuss how we are a, "generation of takers." I too often have fallen in this category. Each of us in the group cited examples of how our society is all about ME and not about Him. Our society is driven by our pleasures, desires, and demands. All too often the Church falls into some of these categories. I was reminded of this last Sunday at church. A video called, "Me Church" was played showing many of the demands put on the church in today's society. As many people around me sat laughing it occurred to me that we all have acted like this at least once in our lives. Here's the link to watch the video: http://www.ignitermedia.com/mechurch.asp.

Another section of the chapter discusses how intricate our bodies are. Just thinking about how complex my body is amazes me. After reading these few paragraphs I wonder how anyone could possibly attitribute creation to simply a coincidence and a very big one at that. How could humans possibly evolve from monkeys? How did everything in the universe come from ONE supernova?

Another aspect of the chapter discusses how everything in our lives is intricately weaved together by God working for the best. I am AMAZED by the amount of blessings He has poured on me. It would take me a lifetime to list the blessings in my life so I won't even begin.

Overall I think this chapter had a more profound effect on me then even the last. As I was writing this post I was listening to some of my favorite worship songs. One of the songs that I was listening to I believe is more powerful to me than "Blessed Be Your Name." A few weeks ago Amanda asked me if there were one artist I had to listen to the rest of my life, who would it be. Well it occurred to me I could not choose one artist to listen to for the rest of my life but I realized just now there is one song I could listen to for the rest of my life. I think this song goes right along with this book.

When peace like a river attendeth my way
When sorrows like sea billows roll
Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say
It is well, it is well with my soul

Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come
Let this best assurance control
That Christ has regarded my helpless estate
And he hat shed His own blood for my soul

It is well, with my soul
It is well, it is well with my soul
It is well with my soul
When all life's about to lose control
It is well, it is well with my soul

My sin, oh the bliss of this glorious thought
My sin not in part, but the whole
Is nailed to the cross and I bear it no more
Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord O my soul!

And Lord, Haste the day when my faith shall be sight
The clouds be rolled back like a scroll
The trumpets shall resound, and the Lord shall descend
Praise the Lord, it is well with my soul!

I think the words speak for themselves.

Fun Weekend With Family and Friends

Well even though it is Monday I'm going to give an overview of the past weekend.

Friday my parents came up for the weekend, partly to see me and attend the football game and then also to celebrate my brother's 21st birthday. Friday my parents made it into town at approximately 6:00 PM. They along with Aloysius and I went to Smokey Bones restaurant to eat. There we happened to run into my former band director who I haven't seen for quite a long time. It was definitely good to catch up on old times. After Smokey Bones Aloysius and I returned to our residence hall. We decided to watch the movie, "The Great Escape," with Amanda and Nik. The movie was based on a true story from a World War II POW camp. I really enjoyed the movie even though I didn't necessarily like the ending. Unfortunately since it was based on a true story you can't change the ending. After that we went to bed at about 3 AM.

Saturday morning I woke at 11 to meet my parents. We went to lunch at Wendy's then headed over to Skull Session before the football game. At Skull Session we watched the Marching Chiefs do their pre-game preparations. Afterwards we headed into the stadium to watch the football game. Sadly enough we lost to North Carolina State after a hard fought game. Actually I would say the first three quarters our offense stunk and the defense tried to give our team a chance to win by forcing two blocked punts. But, it wasn't enough to take the lead back and we suffered our only loss at home. The good news is since Boston College lost, we still will go to the ACC Championship. Immediately after the game my parents, Aloysius, and I headed to the USO concert to hear lots of Mozart. Aloysius' teacher performed violin concerto. The compressed USO also played Symphony No. 40, one of Mozart's most famous symphonies. After we all headed to The Loop for some excellent pizza. Yes! The Loop is awesome. What was funny was Amanda was there the whole time we were and none of us noticed her nor did she notice us. Later we watched "The Matrix." This was Aloysius' first time seeing the movie and I thinked he enjoyed it a lot.

Sunday morning I got up bright and early to head to church. I only slept for 4 hours so I was pretty much dead. Still I was committed to playing at the early service. The message that morning was from 2 Samuel 6. Pastor Bob preached David's passion for God. I tried getting as much out of the sermon as possible but going on 4 hours of sleep made it very hard. Following the service my parents and I went to Governor's Square Mall so I could buy some pants. Beforehand we ate at Firehouse Subs. I bought the two pairs of pants I needed from American Eagle but being American Eagle you can't get out of there cheap. After that I returned to my room and took a nap. Later I worked on a theory project with people from my class. We had to compose some more counterpoints which actually turned out descent. Today when we performed our counterpoint in class we got a lot of positive feedback so I was pleased. The rest of Sunday I ate dinner with my parents and practiced. I was very happy after practicing Sunday night because it was one of the most productive practices I've had in the past few weeks.

Today went as most Mondays do. I wake up early for math, dreading the fact that I have to walk across campus. Next I took a nap instead of practicing and then went to piano class. After piano came lunch and then theory class. Theory was followed with band sectionals followed by studying. Then I went with Aloysius, Amanda, and Nik to Walmart and then to Governor's Square Mall. After returning I practiced for my fundamentals class tommorrow and my lesson on Wednesday. Then I finished my sight singing homework and now I'm writing this. Now it is time for bed. Swooh.

ZZZzzzzzzzzz

There's me a Sisika! 

Not 1! Not 2! But 3!

Right! Disney isn't done with Pirates of the Carribean yet. I mean seriously how could you be? Anyway they decided that they're going to make a sequel to, "The Curse of the Black Pearl," called, "Dead Man's Chest." That will come out in Summer 2006. Yes!!!!!! Then they still aren't done. They're going to make a third movie! I know I'm excited too! The third movie will be called, "I Don't Know," and it will come out in Summer 2007. Yes! (this blogger is not personally responsible for any Pirate fans falling out of their chair while reading this message)
(and for any females who think Orlando or Johnny are sooo hot you can contact our New York office if you would like to obtain a complimentary photo of Johnny and Orlando with fake autographs)