An adventure is waiting just beyond the horizon.

Sigh, marching band season is finally over for me...forever. It seriously feels like it was just yesterday I learned how to karaoke for the first time. I remember practicing pre-game on the tennis courts. I remember when Ruth forgot our saxophone when we had an away football game and how she baked me cookies to make up for it. I remember doing the most degrading catwalk for "Ain't No Other Man" and how I was in the very front of the block. I remember "Big C," "Bravura," "Fight For Cal," "King Cotton," "Party Rockers," and "Bohemian Rhapsody." I even vaguely remember winning my first drill down. I can remember these things now, but for how long? That's what scares me. Still, those misty August mornings will still hold a special place in my memory; those days when I struggled to fit eight steps within those five yards.

Right now, I am currently looking for a piece of music to conduct for the concert in February. I want it to be beautiful, exciting, and also fun-to-play so people don't complain about what I choose again. In other words, it has to be perfect. A perfect representation of the journey I've been on these past four years in high school and of the many adventures that lie waiting for me. I found this piece of JWPepper called "Beyond the Horizon" and it's just amazing. You know a piece of music is good when it just grabs your undivided attention and refuses to let go.

Lately, I've become more and more obsessed with aspects of my childhood. Whether it be Yu-Gi-Oh or something as simple as a song from a game I used to play when I was little, I've been trapped in a whirlwind of nostalgia and I think I have Art Club to blame for that! I've downloaded the Pokémon Red/Blue Soundtrack as well as the Gold/Silver one. There's just something about the "Bicycle Theme" and the "Route 42 Theme" that puts a smile on my face and a sense of adventure in my heart.