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Post by samthered on Sept 21, 2007 17:06:26 GMT -5
to everybody! There is so much happening this year. Things aren't bad, but it's a lot more than I'm used to. My horse is lame. I made first chair but wasn't trusted to be SL. Second chair challenged me. Second chair might win because my trumpet skills decided to take a break. I'm horrible at jazz but I didn't expect to be 3rd chair. My stomach hates me. I just realized I have to do 4 book projects in the next week. It's not horrible stuff, but I'm not used to having it all at the same time.
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Post by bariclaribob on Sept 21, 2007 17:10:53 GMT -5
I know band is a heck of a lot more stressful this year than last. It's not that you weren't trusted to be sl (mine got taken away too, remember?), it's that *certain* people went and actually physically cried to the bd about it. Your trumpet skills are not taking a break. You are being way way way way way way too hard on yourself. You are not horrible at jazz. I pmed you about the jazz chairs, so take a look at that. Sorry about your stomach and your horse, but I know you will get through English. Good luck, and don't stress. You made pit, remember?
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Post by sakura11irving on Sept 22, 2007 18:49:22 GMT -5
Hugs to everyone! *hugs*
Anyone else in the International Baccalaureate (IB) program? Yeah, that's me. With Marching Band and IB, i feel like I've been almost an entire day behind with my homework (I have blocks 1-4 on one day, then 5-8 the next day.). Also, I feel like one of my section leaders has an attitude problem. Every time at this one set, she almost yells at us. She also has an ego problem (maybe she should have been a trumpet, lol? j/k.), so for example, she thinks that all the guys love her, but not many do (minus a few freshmen). I have an oral presentation in my English class next week, and I've barely started it. And on top of all of this, I have a crush on a guy that I liked last year (bass trombone player) and I really don't want to like again (It's not like he's mean, but I don't want to like him again!) Plus that, my parents are in Minnesota, and my sister is taking care of me, so i feel like I can't get as much morale support...
I know this doesn't sound like much, but I feel so pressured and so stressed that I need a hug! ;-; >_<
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Post by bariclaribob on Sept 22, 2007 18:57:09 GMT -5
^ My sister needs a hug. Her roommate is such a bad word I think the filter might explode if I tried to type it here. So, even though she isn't in band or anything, she needs a hug. Realllllly badly.
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Post by Flutist Kes on Sept 22, 2007 21:37:24 GMT -5
I'm having identity issues in a weird band way.
For those who don't know, chair placements are on Monday. My biggest "threat" to my first chair status is Duel, for obvious reasons. I don't know how I want this to turn out.
On one hand, I really want to be first chair. I really have improved, both in the playing department and I'm not freaking out on stage as much. Plus, it's my Senior year, and some people (mainly Seniors) are expecting me to get first chair, despite the fact that I'm 90% sure I won't.
On the other hand, I don't want to deal with the pressure of first chair. I also want Duel to get it. She's the music major. I'm just... there, for the fun. It's not like being first chair would benefit me as much as it would her. The only thing I could get is an ego boost (which I do sort of need once in a while).
So it's just confusing. Either way, I'm totally going to humiliate on Monday by crying.
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Post by Duel of the Flutes on Sept 23, 2007 0:23:07 GMT -5
^ aww, I love you Kes! ...really, I do. and believe me, I'm having the same issues as you are, though kind of in a different way. obviously. so this post is half-reply to your post and half-me just posting. (which I would've done tomorrow anyway, even if you hadn't posted) I really want to be first chair. I've been fighting our bd about actually taking up section leader responsibilities since freshman year, and I've finally gotten pretty decent about it. I had some (amazing) practice over the summer co-leading a(n amazing) flute section, and learned a lot from it. I think it was the only time I've ever been able to do what a section leader is supposed to do without fearing accusations of arrogance. and I wasn't even 1st chair, I was 2nd, but we shared responsibility since we both agreed we were really close ability-wise. so like I said, I learned a lot. secondly, I feel like I'm at the height of my playing level, even though I know I'm not: I've recently been getting streams of praise from people I respect, including a flute professor, that have definitely given me an ego boost, and I'm convinced I could do a great job as section leader now I've shaped up a bit. the thing is, thinking about these things is usually easier than actually doing them. then there's Kes. yeah, I want her to be 1st because of the reasons she stated, but also because of other reasons. for one thing, this is her only band. me... I've got chances enough in outside bands to be 1st chair. plus, she's my best friend. if she wants to be 1st her senior year, then I would let her, if it were that simple. and I'd love to be 2nd chair for once. that'd be the most amazing thing ever. our bd, love him though I do, really has been putting quite a bit of pressure on me the past few years. he expects me to pull the weight of the whole flute section, and at times, the whole band. I've been terrified to the point of tears of screwing up extremely important parts at festival, and terrified of screwing something up the rest of the time. I can't make the same mistakes as other people without getting seriously yelled at because he expects better of me. to me it makes sense that if I weren't 1st chair, he could make no excuse to do this, and it would be worth it. and besides, I don't need the ego boost... if anything, Kes needs one. maybe we should just both be 1st and switch seats every 5 measures.
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Post by lightningflute2010 on Sept 23, 2007 7:22:43 GMT -5
^ I like your compromise. Well, other than the fact that my own flute section has really begun to tick me off, I burnt myself yesterday while cooking dinner. And now I have 2nd degree burns all over my right arm. So yeah. I'm in a ton of pain at the moment.
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Post by NinjaBaker on Sept 23, 2007 9:49:19 GMT -5
aww!!! Here's a hug for you.
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Post by lightningflute2010 on Sept 24, 2007 16:03:20 GMT -5
Wow I post in here a lot. But I kinda have to put this here. Delta Company has probably had the worst year ever on JROTC record. In March, they lost their 1SG, Tony Anello to a car accident. Well, here we go again guys. On Saturday Delta's old XO[Executive Officer] died from a drug overdose at the hospital. He got in a car accident on Friday evening, and was in the hospital already for that. I was told about it this morning, and I've basically been crying all day long. We're just hoping Daniel isn't subjected to the same fate as his fellow 06-07 Delta staff has met. Since he was commander, we're terrified for him now. I don't think I'm the only one that needs the hug, but the entire Lightning Batallion does.
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Post by iluvstrawberrys214 on Sept 24, 2007 16:44:02 GMT -5
HUGS to everybody!!!!! I am a band alum and I miss the steadiness of band class and seeing people I know. I hate not knowing hardly anybody. When i've know people for almost my whole life. I hate taking the bus to go grocery shopping and to take three hours to do something that should only take 20 minutes. To Duel and Kes, you guys are both awsome Good luck! I hope kes wins because of her stated reasons
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Post by bariclaribob on Sept 26, 2007 18:56:52 GMT -5
Hugs all around.
I don't need a hug, but my clarinet friend does.
So, I was really mad at him in gym because he kept lapping me during cardio days, and I told him I hated him and I put a curse on him: he would trip and get hurt while running.
The next day, the girl ahead of him did. She smashed her head on the gym floor.
Oopsies.
The day after, my friend tripped but caught himself.
Oopsies.
The day after that, he tripped and caught himself again.
Oopsies.
And today was lacrosse. And somehow, he got jabbed in the eye with the end of the lacrosse stick. I ran over to him as soon as I could and was practically begging him to tell me if he was all right. He wouldn't say anything to me, but he answered everyone else normally.
I feel awful. I mean, I never ever actually believed that I could put a curse on someone (I can't, right?) but he seems really upset with me.
So, even if he'd rather I dropped dead, he deserves a hug.
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Post by Clariиәrd ♫ on Sept 26, 2007 19:03:38 GMT -5
Hugs are so great. I sure could've used one a couple weeks ago. I've finally gotten my head clear and am thinking straight!! I was so depressed after band camp was over (it was a concert band camp) because my clarinet was in for repairs for a month and I was stuck using a piece of crap instrument and i missed my true best friend from band camp who doesn't even live in the same state as me and his clarinet was gone for the same reason and his stunk when he got it back so he had to take it back and he was gonna email me about it again after he got it back and tell me how it turned out, but he still hasn't emailed me and it's been over a month now and we used to email each other like 8 times a day every day through the end of July and the beginning of August and I've been so depressed do to the lack of having someone to talk to about band and my clarinet and those sorts of things because my 'friends' from school don't care and they laugh at me and don't take me seriously and make me mad and sad and they make me feel bad and i don't fit in cuz i'm the music person and i'm the only music person cuz everyone else are jocks and i suck at sports cuz i have no hand-eye coordination and i have no one to hang out with cuz no one else is a band nerd person and no one likes to listen to me ramble on about my tryout music or state honors music or anything like that and i'm so lonely cuz the one person i can talk to and that does care hasn't emailed me back even though i've emailed him at least 10 times and im so sad and now im sad again cuz i remember all of this even though i've been trying to get it out of my head and that's why i made my tfbc account!!!!! *sigh* i still need a hug.
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Post by bariclaribob on Sept 26, 2007 19:07:24 GMT -5
^ Is there no one in your band you could hang out with? I understand that it's difficult to lose one of your best friends, but it might help you recover from your depression if you have support from other friends. Try talking to people in your section, for starters. If you think that you are seriously depressed (you know, the medical kind they always warn us about), you might want to talk to a school counselor. Remember, music brings us together. If you love music, don't stop loving it just because right now everyone seems like a jock. You are not a nerd unless you want to be.
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Post by Clariиәrd ♫ on Sept 26, 2007 19:28:22 GMT -5
no, im not that kind of depressed, and there is no way im changing who i am, i couldnt i tried!!! most of my section is freshmen, so i no like, all of them. im slowly making new friends, but it's soooo freakin hard when ive got my 'best friend' from middle school hanging onto me even though she acts like she completely hates me idk what her problem is, but w/e. i seriously dont know of ne other band nerds besides myself yet. we've been inside for a couple days due to rain to practice our marching music, and three times now, when we've moved onto new music, theres been a spot that was s'posed to be a clarinet/flute kind of feature, and its ended up being my 'solo'. so yea, the ive been making friends with the junior i sit next to by playing everything perfectly and making her look bad cuz she cant play it rite. lol, at least she's nice about it and doesnt get annoyed like my section did in middle school!
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Post by Greenepony on Sept 26, 2007 22:02:47 GMT -5
My old injury from freshmen year from when I bit through my lip (pony threw me over a jump into a mounting block) has resurfaced. This morning I woke up and my mouth felt funny, I thought made I was drooling or something like that, though I couldn't remmeber putting retainers in. I went over to my mirror (today was See You at the Pole so I was up way too early to begin with) and loe-and-behold my bottom lip, by my scar, has swollen to twice or more its normal size. That was 16 hours ago and even after NSAIDs (IB Profen and the ilk) the swelling still hasn't gone down. It hurts to talk, I couldn't play picc in band today (my BD was kind about it, thankfully) and signing at Youth was a nightmare (I don't know how I got through the three-four songs we sang at the Pole) and I can't enunciate. It just hurts and is a pain and a hinderance and I'm afraid it won't go down. I don't want ot go to the doctor but what if the scar tissue (becuase of the type of injury there is a large (in relation) mass of tissue within the lip) has become inflamed or infected? I just don't have time to worry about things like this
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