Last night, we had our first post-suspension Phi Mu Alpha meeting. This of course means that we are no longer on suspension. I'm so happy that I get to wear my letters again. This also means that the probationary semester is starting up again. I'm going to spend this Saturday with the winterguard. They are going to a competition and I'm going to be on their tarp-crew. Pretty much, I'm going to be a grunt. That's fine with me because I'm going to be with my friends. Tonight we have our meeting to learn what we're going to be doing this weekend.

After our meeting last night, me and a couple of friends decided to out and eat. Unfortunately, it was just after 10:00 and that's when everything in Morehead closes. After stopping off at a few places and finding out they were closed, we passed by Arby's. We saw people sitting inside. We parked and looked at the hours. The dining area was open until 11:00. We opened the door and it was locked. We were pretty upset. Their other set of doors were locked also. Which is even worse, there was a guy trying to leave and he couldn't get out! If nothing else, that's a fire hazard. Anyways, after some yelling through the window how they locked the doors 45 minutes early, we decided that were going to continue to ignore us. We decided to go through the drive-through. They ignored us there too! We circled Arby's a couple of times and said a few obscenities. We eventually settled for Dominoes. It was really good too. I'm giving up alcohol for Lent. This shouldn't be too hard seen as I hadn't drunk any alcohol since last semester anyways. And since this recent endeavor, I've decided to give up Arby's for Lent as well, those fat bastards. :)

Regret

Regret. A horrible, horrible thing. Why does it need to exist? I definitely have some regrets from my life. Most of them are of things I've done. The worst kind of regret comes from doing nothing at all. If you like someone, why don't you do something about it? If you don't do anything about it, you will spend the rest of your life wondering "What if?". Even if the other person is leaving in a few months, you owe it to yourself to make the most out of those few months. Otherwise, you're going to be kicking your own ass saying, "Why didn't I just go for it?" A few months of happiness is better than a few months of indecision and years of regret. You will remember it. I regret stealing signs all night long and crashing my parent's vehicle, I regret not having any self-confidence in Jr. High. I regret never standing up for myself and my beliefs when I was younger. Please learn. Regret is unnecessary. Please don't do something you're going to regret later. Please do something if you're going to regret not doing it. You will remember it.

I played football yesterday. Now I'm really sore. But it was so fun. My ear hurts a lot whenever I put the phone up to it because I got smacked on the side of the head during the game. I got a few scratches, but I came out better than some of my other friends. Adam bit a nice chunk out of his lip. He washed the blood out of his mouth and came back to play some more. We played two and a half hours. I think we're going to try and play again tomorrow. I have a listening exam today for music history. I didn't really start studying 'till last night. I got a friend to help me and we studied for about three hours. I think I'm pretty ready for it. There are 19 items on the test and some are going to be repeated. I got them down. I'm excited about actually getting a good grade in that class... I'm really bad at history. It's supposed to get up to the upper 50's on Friday. That's really high seen as its been in the lower thirties the past couple of months. I started on the trombone last week for brass class. Its a lot different simply because its a slide instrument instead of a valve instrument. My roommate definitely has an edge over me because he started on the trombone. But I'm going to rock on the trumpet and we end the semester with that.

Happy Valentine's Day!

This is the first Valentine's Day ever that I have a girlfriend. Unfortunately, I'm 2800 miles away from her at the moment. Because of this, I'm going to spend the evening with all the rest of my single friends. It'll be good times. I just hope that Rena has a really great time this weekend. She's spending the weekend with some of her friends at Ocean Shores, Washington. It one of her friend's birthdays. I miss being able to hold Rena, but I also know that today means that there are only five weeks left until spring break. Because of us being away, the time spent together is even more precious. We make the best of it. After spring break, there is only like six weeks of school left for me. Then I'll be back in Washington for three months! I hope that everybody that has someone else makes the best of their time together, we only have one lifetime. The rest of us who can't spend our time with our significant other, or don't have one at this time, it doesn't mean that you can't have a great day today. Celebrate the love you have for your friends and family. Get together with some friends and have a Singles Awareness Day. All that matters is that you have a good time today. Don't let depression sink in, be stronger than that. Don't let the fact that this is mainly a commercial holiday dominate your spirit. It doesn't mean you can't have a fantastic Valentine's Day.

Band Clinic

It's that time of year again. It's time for hundreds of high school students to overrun Baird Music Hall. Band Clinic starts today and ends on Sunday. Tonight is our Concert Band concert. At this point, all I really want to do is get it over with. The only piece that we're playing that I really enjoy is Ride, the others are all pretty boring. We get to start playing new music next week though. I'm excited about that. The Symphony Band Concert is tomorrow; that's always a good show. This whole weekend, my job is equipment. I'm a grunt. It could be worse. On Saturday, the busiest day, my roommate has to do security, the bitch job. Last night, me and some friends spent the evening at my little's house. We had mashed potatoes, chicken, green beans, biscuits, rice, and brownies. It was soooo good. I had two full plates of the food. I was really stuffed afterwards. When I got back to my dormroom, I talked to my girlfriend and then just crashed into my bed. I slept straight until 8:15 this morning. It was great, I feel so rested. My time away from Rena is already halfway through! I'm excited. Five weeks from Saturday, I'll be back in Washington. Yeah!

The Butterfly Effect

I just came back from watching The Butterfly Effect. Wow. It was a great movie. Definitely in my top three. It really makes you think. I don't want to give anything away but, wow. I never would have thought that Ashton could be in a serious movie. I definitely want to read the book if there is one. I'm going to the bookstore tomorrow to see. In other news, shortly after I got back in my room, our hall director made an announcement on our intercom. Dominoes was downstairs with a whole bunch of pizzas and selling them for only $5 each. This was most excellent seen as I forgot to eat dinner before I went to the movie. I'm now eating a pepperoni pizza, mmmmmmmmm........pizza. I'm still amazed on how much the movie made me feel. Feel free to comment on the movie with what you guys thought about it. Thanks!

I get paid tomorrow! I can't wait, I haven't had money in what seems like forever. I want to try and convince my roommate to go and see The Butterfly Effect at the Mt. Sterling theater this weekend. It looks like a really good movie. My little had a superbowl party at his apartment last Sunday. It was great. Tons of food. Lots of people. Good times. We're having another party at his apartment this weekend. I'm excited. The viola is such a frustrating instrument. There is nothing natural about holding it. It's so uncomfortable and makes me want to throw it across the room. The fact that it costs $3000 stays my hand. I have my second tuba lesson of the semester today. The F tuba is really confusing. There is so much less tubing and the fingerings are a lot different. I need to really get going on it though. My senior recital is going to be next year and some of the pieces will be for the F tuba. The first session of Adv. Brass ends next week. We're having a test for Euphonium. It should be pretty easy.