Hello everyone. This post may be pretty short as well, considering the fact that I slept until 2pm today…yeah… I planned to be up at noon at the latest, and had alarms starting at 9:45am, but I don’t remember waking up to any of them; I had told my mom last night to wake me up some time in the morning, but apparently she woke up not long before I did. She needed the sleep; work’s been rough for her lately. So no complaints. After waking up, my dad, being awesome, made us all some eggs and sausage for “breakfast” (it was 3pm). From there, my brother and I played some more Star Wars Battlefront II until about 4:45-5 or so. I don’t remember for sure. At this point, my dad came into my room and hung up my Christopher Lloyd-signed Back to the Future 25th anniversary poster next to my original Back to the Future movie poster, as well as the Star Wars poster my uncle gave to me. Here’s a panorama of that half of my room:
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A little while after, around 6, I left to pick Kate up to go to the theatre alumni party; at least, I THOUGHT I was picking her up. Turns out, we were waiting on Regan to show up, and she was gonna take Kate and follow me to Mrs. Laminack’s house (I can’t bring myself to call her Sara). We ran by Kohl’s and got Christmas ornaments for the alumni Christmas tree (don’t ask why Kohl’s; I have my reasons), and then we headed out. The party was pretty fun; I got to see a lot of old friends who I hadn’t seen in a while and catch up with them. There weren’t any planned events or anything like that. We just sat or stood around, snacking on finger foods, and talked with each other. It was definitely enjoyable, and Mrs. Laminack’s baby, Clara, is super cute. She’s only a few months old now. I didn’t get to talk to Mrs. Laminack at all, but we’ll be able to catch up eventually.
After the party, I came back home, ate the rest of the leftover spaghetti from last night, sat in front of the TV, and watched the last half of Happy Feet. You know, I never cared much for Happy Feet outside of the soundtrack; there’s some good music in there. I always thought that, while the first half was decent, the ending was really abrupt and didn’t make much sense to me. I just didn’t care for it. However, I didn’t realize that two songs were in there: “My Way” by Frank Sinatra (albeit in an upbeat Latin style, sung in Spanish) and “The End” by the Beatles, sung at the very end of the film (the title of this post are the lyrics sung). “The End” is off of the Beatles’ Abbey Road album, my favorite album of all time, and the song “The End” is part of a medley on the album, and it’s really cool. You should check it out!
After Happy Feet (well, during Happy Feet’s commercials and after it ended), I watched most of Deck the Halls, the Christmas movie with Danny DeVito and Matthew Broderick. Critically, I don’t think it’s a very good movie, but, as far as enjoyable movies go, this one is pretty enjoyable. It has some good moments, especially the ending. You see, DeVito’s character is trying to make his house visible from space via the use of Christmas lights, and at the end he turns them on, only for them to blow out the power. Drenched in darkness, the people gathered bring out their cell phones and candles and sing “O Holy Night” together. It’s a great moment, and it actually reminds me a lot of the ending to the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince movie, when they all gather around Dumbledore’s body and raise their wands in the air with the tips ignited. It’s really powerful (though it wasn’t in the book).
I listened to the soundtrack from E.T. on my record player today. Good times. The only break I’ll take from Christmas music this time of year is music I play from vinyl on my record player.
Anyway, that’s it for tonight: I’ve got church in the morning, and I’m singing at my grandparent’s Sunday school service. I’ll be singing “Joseph’s Lullaby” by Mercyme; I posted the video a few posts ago. Pray I do well, and I hope you all have a great day!
Chad
P.S. – This will have been the earliest I’ve gone to bed in I don’t know how long. At least two weeks, maybe longer.
Hello everyone. I hope today was a great day for all of you. It wasn’t particularly “great” for me, but, again, it wasn’t a bad day; somewhere in between, making it an overall good day.
I woke up at around 6:45am, got dressed (wearing my awesome Tech Quidditch shirt!), and made it up to the music building by 7. The plan was for me to walk in the Barnes and Noble at the Student Union Building (the SUB is connected to the music building) and get some Starbucks (which is sold inside) to wake me up a bit, but no such luck: B&N was closed. Now, I could have gone to the main SUB food area and gotten some coffee there, but I guess I was just a bit too lazy to prepare my own cup of coffee. That being said, I went ahead and went to the classroom, and, at this point, it was ten minutes until the final exam began. The final itself wasn’t too bad; it was comprised of 20 listening excerpts from various styles of pieces: classical, rock, piano, string, etc. I feel I at least made a B, and I’m okay with that. We’ll see how it turned out, though. I’m not worried.
After the final, I decided to do what I did after my jury on Monday: go to my room and go back to sleep. So I did. I got back in bed around 8:45 or so (Andrew was still asleep as well), and slept on and off until – wait for it – 4pm or so. Yeah. 7-8 hours of sleep. Intense. I must admit, there were a couple periods of 30-45 minutes during that time in which I was awake, but I always went back to sleep right afterward. Andrew left to go study for his chemistry final tomorrow around 2 or 3 (somewhere in there). When I finally decided to stop sleeping, I did little more than get dressed (I had changed into my sleeping clothes after my final) and use the restroom until 6:30 (I didn’t even touch my computer or the TV!), at which point I put on my jacket and decided to hit up the new Chipotle in town, which ended up being really good. Now, I’m the kinda guy who’s a bit picky with what he eats, so all I got on my burrito was chicken, extra chicken, rice, and cheese, which I’m perfectly okay with. I also had some Powerade. While I was eating, Kadee McKenzie, a friend from high school who graduated two years ahead of me, walked in. Don’t quote me on this, but it may have been the first time (or second, MAYBE third) I’ve seen her since she graduated in ’08. We hugged and said hi, but other than that we didn’t talk much.
Anyway, I finished my meal and walked out only to discover that Starbucks was literally RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, and, conveniently enough, I had a giftcard just hanging out in my wallet! Needless to say, I started my car (auto-start engine), walked into Starbucks, and ordered a Vanilla cappuccino. I might have mentioned this in a previous post, but I just recently discovered that I really enjoy coffee (when it’s properly sweetened, of course), so I’ve been experimenting around to see what I do and do not like. The vanilla cappuccino was alright, but nothing special in my opinion; too much foam, not enough drink. I probably won’t order it again. What I DID decide to do, though, was finish the cappuccino fairly quickly and then get a caramel mocha at McDonald’s (I really enjoy them). It was very good, despite the fact that I waited for five minutes to get my drink only for them to put whipped cream on it (I am NOT a whipped cream fan). The whipped cream disappeared soon enough, though, and I enjoyed the drink very much.
I returned to the room at a time that I do not remember specifically and turned on my computer for the first time, not doing anything in particular except for sipping the coffee. Eventually, “doing nothing” turned into “playing Batman: Arkham Asylum” for five hours. Such a GREAT game; I can’t wait for the sequel (Arkham City). I’ve beat it before on Normal mode, and I originally started a new game on Hard mode, but decided to just replay on Normal; games lose their amusement factor when they become too difficult. I knocked out a huge chunk of the game, only stopping because I didn’t want to be playing it all night long. That’s been my night so far. I might look over some notes for my history final exam tomorrow, but I have time to do that in the morning (well…LATER morning, I suppose…). There’s also a couple of people from my classes hanging out in the lobby that I might go chill with for a while (people – I got 11 HOURS of sleep, counting both last night and this morning/afternoon…I’ll be okay). We’ll see.
Have you ever given thought to having a pen pal? I’ve thought about it a lot recently: having someone you don’t particularly know to confide in, communicating only through writing (yes, I want a letter pen pal, not an email pen pal). I’m pretty particular about who I’d like to be a pen pal with; I’d prefer someone I’d have no chance of ever meeting because I feel that that heightens the experience. I’d prefer someone closer to my own age, and someone who I have absolutely no other contact with (i.e. Twitter, Facebook, Internet in any way) besides these letters. I’d also prefer someone who speaks English fluently. Yeah, it’s pretty specific, but whatever. I just think it’d be a cool experience.
I’ve still got to pack for the break. Clothes, entertainment (I’ve got to take my Xbox back in case I get cool new games!), etc. I’ll probably also take my autographed picture of Christopher Lloyd back too…just because. I’d feel better if I didn’t leave it behind. I’ve also got to take my horn back and take a few opportunities to practice for band auditions coming up in early January. I’m aiming for the next band up at least; I was in the lowest band this semester, but I was okay with it: it gave me something to work up to. So that needs to be done. Let’s see: I also need to do dishes, straighten up my desk a little bit, etc. I’m considering taking my Gamecube back home and leaving it there…it all depends on what I get. I may take it, and, depending on what all is new, I’ll decide whether to bring it back or not.
I have to use the restroom.
I actually don’t think I have anything more to say. I hope everyone has/had a great day, and it’d be great if everyone prayed that I have a safe drive home tomorrow after my exam: six hours from here to home! Goodnight, everyone.
Chad
P.S. – Enjoy this song.
…which inspires one more paragraph. If you’re Christian, listen to this group: MercyMe. If you’re not Christian, listen to MercyMe. They’re pretty much the only Christian band I’ll just sit and listen to: all of their stuff is original (except off their Christmas album, save for this song), and they’re not repetitive like a lot of Christian music is, which is why I like them. In fact, they’re one of maybe 3 groups from today’s music that I’ll listen to; I prefer oldies. But this group is fantastic. My favorite album of theirs is Coming Up to Breathe; it’s incredible (I haven’t listened to their newest release yet). Just look them up, and I hope you’re not disappointed. Let me know what you think.
A Day in the Life 