Let's see...last Thursday was the Spring Area Festival. It seemed to me like Pinole Middle School and Stewart are having a drum set war. Ah, I remember the times in middle school when we were jealous of Stewart and the drum set they had while we had nothing. Now, Pinole Middle has a set and guitar, apparently. Oh yeah! The new Jazz Band line-up for next year came out today! From what I see, I'm pretty sure I'll be playing the bari sax next year. I moved all the way to the top of the awesomeness pyramid of saxophones! Alto being the lowest on the coolness scale and the bari is at the top. I also jumped all the way to the opposite end of the saxophone row as well. So much jumping! Salto mucho! I feel really hyper, and I'm typing really fast and I'm not really thinking about what I write, so forgive me for any grammatical or commom sense errors.
Sigh, I still have to wait until tomorrow to find out section leader positions. I kind of want to be saxophone section leader, but I kind of don't. Well, I've always thought about being section leader ever since I was a freshman, and I've always thought I would have the position for sure when I became a senior. But, now I'm not so sure. My position on oboe is pretty important in Symphonic Band, and I'm not sure if I can or should be replaced. Even if I can be replaced, I'm reluctant to give up my seat because of all the time and money I've invested in learning how to play the oboe. It makes a little sad thinking about what I'd be giving up; all of the years of practicing, lessons, and learning how to play; playing Cathedral, the first song I learned on the oboe. Then, I'd be giving up the lessons I've been taking with my private teacher for almost two years. I've come so far, yet, there's still so much to do. My teacher's already making plans for me over the summer, and I already know what I want to do for my senior recital piece. It'd just seem like a waste to throw everything away.
Though, I've always wondered what it'd be like to play saxophone in Symphonic Band. I know that my style of playing is clearly centered around classical and concert band-type music. I think I could do well if I played saxophone in Symphonic Band, and it actually seems like a lot fun. Even more fun than Jazz Band. Sigh, I don't even know what I really want anymore. Maybe there's a way I can have both, but then, that'd just be selfish of me. Maybe I could just flip a coin to decide. Though, if Nez offers the position to someone else, I guess that would solve my problem. Actually, I'm kind of hoping for something like that to happen. That's one of the reasons I gave up my alto position in Jazz Band. That, and I know I'm terrible at soloing. And, bari is just that awesome.
Now that all of that boring stuff is done, on to something kind of interesting! I downloaded Klonoa: Door to Phantomile, which I used to play with my cousins when I was little. Klonoa's the most adorable cat, rabbit-thing in the world! He even has Pac Man on his hat! I noticed that the closer I get to graduation, the closer I cling on to my childhood. I'm just afraid that when I graduate, I'll lose all of it. I guess that's why, in the past few months I've been: playing Pokémon, watching Digimon, playing other old games, reading the Redwall series, and maybe even wanting to play bari. Those are all things I did when I was younger. Ah, I love the Redwall series. Who doesn't love a good story about mice and heroism? I read about fifteen of those books when I was in middle school, and now, I'm reading the first book in the series again.
Wow, I wrote this all pretty quickly, even though I know there's probably tons of words missing from it, like usual. I guess that's what happens when I take a week off. It feels nice to put all these thoughts onto virtual paper, and I'll be sure to write more frequently...I hope.
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