heading north

i leave tomorrow for my annual summer trip to OH. this trip will be longer than usual, almost 5 weeks. looking forward to temperatures less than 100 degrees.

like woody guthrie sang

so long good been to know you

now that i've told the proletariat and the administration i can post that i am going back to school full time next year at UTSA. i have accepted a position as a graduate assistant to work with the concert bands, basketball pep bands and to develop the marching band which will debut in 2010 along with the football program. my excitement is balanced by a little uncertainty regarding the graduate student lifestyle: little income and a pile of debt (chuck i'm sure you are playing the worlds smallest fiddle for me). its been a good run here but without a doubt it is time to move to civilization.

swine flu

chill out people

american idol pisses me off

for the second week, i have missed the last few minutes of fringe because the bitch asses at american idol can't end their show on time. isn't that someone's job? attention fox: there are actually people in america who don't give the smallest roach shit for american idol. piss off.

ive been hiking and birding a lot. TX is a great state. you all (y'all) should come here sometime.

VICTORY!!!

Steelers win record sixth Super Bowl - NFL - Yahoo! Sports

two great ones

Positively Pennsylvania Avenue: Hendrik Hertzberg: Online Only: The New Yorker

Late Show - Farewell to W

dont' let the door hit ya...

quote of the day

i get a lot of emails at work. many of them of quotes in the signature. because of where i live most of them refer to jesus or right wing politics. this one takes the cake.

"hippies and cowards ask why. hero's and leaders ask what and how."

give me a fucking break...

good stuff

Bushisms over the years - Yahoo! News

as my uncle said to me a few weeks ago: "a village in your state is getting its idiot back".

october 27th!!!

wow i am a lazy ass. a few good times have been had since then but nothing of any unusual significance.

the band placed 19th at state which wasn't exactly the plan but i'm sure the other 180 schools that weren't there don't want to hear me bitch. i did however recieve a wonderful collection of yard signs in the week leading up to the event.

i traveled to indy for BOA nationals in november. it was a good time but not the best finals show i have seen in my 16 years of attendance (i should note that very few TX bands made the trip this year). i regret not taking any photos of lucas oil staduim as it is quite spectacular.

i spent my thanksgiving break in austin and houston. last saturday i went the final weekend of the TX rennaisance festival. i thought that were but a handful of those kids in high school who dressed funny and talked in fake brit accents but apperently there are tens of thousands of them. i was a great time though and i would surly go agian.