The Living Blues

I don’t know about you, but I’m getting kinda excited.  It’s only 1 day till Christmas!  This is the first time in years where I’ve actually had stuff on the list that I actually want, not just those vanity items we all have.  But here’s a few more good things…

I’m in a classical quintet, featuring trumpet, trumpet/horn, tuba, euphonium(tuba equivalent of trombone), and an alto/soprano sax player.  Well we just played today for tips and got around $40 each person for 3 hours of playing, not too bad for a high school group with no publicity, huh?  So quintet’s over now for Christmas, got around $70-80 altogether, not bad for a fun activity.  But I also got an invite to another quartet/quintet featuring tubas and euphoniums (I play euphonium), so that’s pretty awesome.  I’m also finally getting the new old Samick piano of ours tuned, I have 3 keys sticking and it drives me nuts when I’m in the middle of playing something and I’m missing parts of chords.  That’s usually when I go to my keyboard, but I really do miss the depth and feel of a real piano, so I get discouraged and quit playing for the day.

I also have a church service tomorrow as well, a special one for Christmas Eve.  I’m going to be part of it, and since I want to be a pastor when I get out of the house, I’m going to be doing all the readings (they’re about 5 I think).  I’m also able to sit in one of the chairs up front as well, and can pretend that I actually am a pastor, so it’ll be a lot of fun.  And I’m also, for the first time ever, giving an extra offering, due to the unexpected success of the quintet.  It feels kinda weird, giving out money, but I think I’ll grow to like it in time.  Kinda like sardines or beer, it’s an acquired taste.

And one more thing, my brother’s home from college, and the weird thing is I’m actually kinda happy he is.  I mean, ever since he hit puberty (’bout 9 years now) we’ve been worst enemies, but now we can actually hold a conversation for a minute or so.  I guess things can change, even grudges and brotherly rivalry.  But I think I’m mainly happy him being home because it diverts most of the attention from my mom from me to him.  It would suck being an only child, you can’t get away with anything!  But he’s home and he’s staying for a whole month because he’s studying abroad in Spain.  Kinda wish I was him, despite fact I know very little Spanish.

And for anyone still reading this, I’m playing Bully right now and it’s very good.  I recommend buying, next to a 9′ Steinway Concert Grand Piano or Bach Strativarius Trumpet of course. (wink-wink)

 I should be blogging in a few days to tell everyone what I got for Christmas, so let go of your buttons, it’s coming no matter what you do.

Hasta Luego (sp?)

Hey guys,

My first blog on here in a long time, so I thought of a fitting name, Lily.  Like an Easter lily, the first flower to bloom and doesn’t need any help.  It’s also a nice name in general, but anyways to start the blog…

I used to be an active member, but then I got busy with school and didn’t care enough to come here, but it’s changing now.  So here’s a little background about myself, I live in Virginia, about 45 minute drive from DC in good traffic.  I’m a senior in high school, working at McDonald’s for the 2nd year now.  I’m looking into being a Lutheran pastor once I escape home, and it should be a lot of fun.  I’m going to a college in Minnesota that’s only 800 students big, gonna be a huge culture shock from my high school of 1700.  Also what I find the most disturbing is that at my college, Martin Luther College, about 90% of the student is like me, of white European descent.  But I guess I’ll be used to living in a majority race after a while.

 But my biggest gripe/expectation is that I have to learn Hebrew and Greek, the old stuff they wrote the Bible in.  I took Latin for 3 years and did pretty well, but I don’t know if I’ll be able to easily transition to a language that reads right to left (Greek) or uses characters and not letters (Hebrew).  I’m also planning to become fluent in Spanish as well, but that will be a cakewalk, besides trying to roll my R’s.  I just can’t do that quite well yet.

 But now to real stuff, here’s a thing I wrote up in my AP Statistics class one day.  How would you guys classify it?

What would I do,

If there was no one left in the world?

Would the world be an oyster or a clam?

Would I be happy or sad?

 

How happy I would be,

With the golden light upon me.

There’d be no worries or cares,

Nor rights or wrongs.

I’d be a mustang,

Free to roam the country as I wished.

Able to see the beautiful sunrise over the mirrored desert.

Bathed in a golden light,

I would soar into the air.

Free as a bird, free to do as I wish,

Free to by my own.

 

But when the sun hides its face,

What will I do?

When the clear white light shines upon my tears?

Were the tears formed because of the end of day,

Or the absence of night?

How am I to know?

There is no one to help me wipe my tears.

No one to talk or carouse with,

No one to laugh with or love.

No one at all.

 

As I lay wondering,

Bathed in the clear white light I wonder.

Which is better,

The joy of day or the sleep of night?

Or perhaps,

What would I do,

If there was no one else in left in the world?

 

What would I do?

If you guys like it or whatever, I’ll be happy to hear.  But I’m not expecting very many good things, after all I only spent about 30 minutes max on it, including the rewrite from the disorganized jumble to poem (that would be a poem, right?) format.

Here’s to the beginning of a new and hopefully great new blog!

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