Mitch is right...

Mitch Hedberg that is. Also Mitch Blue. I haven't updated in what seems like forever, but it's only been a little over a few over a month. Get your vests on, kids, cuz here's what's happened recently.. IN BULLET FORM! (oh he's violent.)

• Theory comps happened! Haha. Oops.
• End of the semester. One of the WEIRDEST but probably most constructive and exciting semester endings I'll ever have. Until, ya know, graduation. If that thing ever happens.
• Summer started! It was June something. Basically, what happened was, some sort of.. equinox. Mission. Quest. Thing.
  
• I finally started doing things I need to do. Like, finish marching band stuff, get paid for doing music things, learn more guitar, PRACTICE, aaaaaand lose weight. So far I've lost 10 pounds, and it ain't on no diet plans. Seriously, all I do is 1) not eat when I'm not hungry, and 2) go to the gym whenever possible, which is usually every day after work. Honestly. It's not hard. I wish I'd done this the past few years.
  
• Signed up for DCI auditions in the fall. YES, FRIENDS, IT HAS HAPPENED. I'm auditioning for a Conductor position in Phantom Regiment. I have absolutely no idea what I'm getting into, except for the fact that PR is an amazing drum corps and I know that if I don't try to get into at least one of them before I age out (this is my last possible year), that I will utterly destroy myself for not at least TRYING. The audition fee is +/- $100, so that ain't heavy. I'm happy that this is happening, no matter what the outcome. Seriously.

I think one of the reasons why I've been so dang productive this first half of the summer (hold up --- HALF? Ouch. I've got lots left to do... haaaaaa) is that I never stopped when I came home. It's sooooooo nice to have like a week off between school and starting work, but I started at FUSLIB (yes. I gave JPII-Library-This-Is-___-How-Can-I-Help-You an acronym) the very first Monday I was back and able. After catching up on some seeeerious lack of sleep, I became rested and ready to tackle stuff... mainly, marching band.

I just realized... I have a feeling that over 3/4ths of the posts on this blog from the past... what is it now, 5 years? have been about marching band or band in general. I also realized this year that this was my 10th year of being in a fur-realz band program. I started in 6th grade, and through my junior year of college counts as 10 years. ... Right? (Someone check, I'm TERRIBLE at math. Sorry music advocacy, my bad. *cough*checkyourfacts*cough*)

It's an interesting thing to think about, though... like most things. Like I was saying, this blog has been mainly about just random (or not-so-random) stuff that happens in my life. I've been thinking lately about taking it down, about deleting old embarassing posts from high school with people I don't talk to anymore. I have friends that are terrific journalists/bloggers and can really provide a wealth of information in one post. I suppose it should be comforting, then, to know that this blog only talks about me, and really, who wants to know that much about me. I suppose I'll have to take it down one day, when I start looking for jobs. I'll set up something for people to read stuff.... or I'll just use Twitter and make a book about the sh*t I say... then again my dad is pretty funny, too. He just can't be played by Bill Shatner, that's all. Maybe Tim Allen, though...

ANYWAY. I think I should try to include more relevant postings when I do decide to post. It's not easy, though, considering I pretty much n-e-v-e-r get on this anyway. I have Mike's and Amanda's all bookmarked and RSS'd and stuff, right alongside BBC World News and another friend's WordPress (HE SAID THE BAD WORD! A POX! A POX!) blogthing. So. Feel lucky. :)

I think I should go and contemplate the universe more, so that I can live up to these promises for once.

Pax.