Apr 16, 2011

It wasn't exactly what we planned for, but Jeff and I went out to the course in the early afternoon and played ten holes before the weather started getting a little unfriendly. We did pretty well though. It started raining just as we were walking back to the car.

I went home to grab lunch and then we drove out to my mom's to have band practice with Chuck and Zack. We went through most of the songs and they all sound quite good. We still need a little work, but if we can practice weekly I think we'll be set pretty soon.

The rain got really hard later in the day and the drive up to Glassboro was slow but really enjoyable. It was raining in heavy sheets that tore across the highway as large drops illuminated in my headlights like giant fireflies.

I picked up Alex and Cait and found a great parking spot when we got to Philly. The rain had stopped and the weather was amazing. We walked down the center of the street to The Bishop's Collar.

We met Nathan there and got a few beers while we looked at the menu. Alex tried the cider she's been looking forward to all week. It was pretty good. It went fast.

There were a good deal of tasty beers on tap. I got the WTF and some brown ale I can't remember the name of right now. For the most part, I was really happy with their beer selection.

I got The Quesadilla and it was amazing of course. Cait got a plate of nachos that took up a third of the table with a giant pile of guacamole on it. We had a good time talking and drinking for a few hours. I would really like to go back there another night. It's not quite the Abbaye, but it'll do.

We sat around talking for a while when we got back before it was time to retire for the night. I had brought beer for later, but I was too tired when we got back to even have one.

Mar 6, 2011

We had band practice in the morning. Jeff couldn't make it, but Zack, Chuck and I ran through all of the songs and it went really well. It's crazy that this is just the second time we've played together and everything is going so well. I hope we can practice together more often in the upcoming weeks so we can get a show in soon.

I went up to school after practice and got my prints from the lab. They weren't all finished unfortunately. Actually half of them weren't finished. I got the ones that were done and tried my best at mounting one of them with spray adhesive. It didn't work so well, so I decided I needed to change my approach.

I shot some of the products that we still needed for the publication. Some were harder than others. I liked these beer bottles a lot.

I had Jackie do some photograms for me. I really like this one that she did and this image of it being washed after I developed it. It's just a little creepy. At least curious.

I spent several more hours at Westby working on some Gallery things and trying to figure out what to do with my photos before I went home.

Feb 22, 2011

I had decided that we wouldn't be having school because of the ridiculous snow I drove home in last night but it turned out I was wrong. I didn't go to my first class anyway, but I came up for the next one. As I walked out the door, the UPS guy gave me a package which was my new camera! I put it together and charged the battery during class, where I showed my "power" images from the beach. I forgot what the assignment was but I had those photos so I used them!

In the next class, no one really had the images ready so we went into the studio and looked at some product lighting and I left a little early.

I got all my stuff from the house and then we headed over to my mom's basement so we could have our first band practice in a really long time with Zack. After we got all our stuff working again we played through a few of the songs, which Zack had never played before but he seemed to know all the parts already. He was really good.

Jeff wasn't feeling well so he didn't want to sing, but he made sure to let me know every time I messed up. Hey, it's been a while! Overall the practice was a great success though. I'm really happy to be playing again. I hope we can practice weekly.

Chuck came over for a short time to make some reservations for our trip to New York in a couple of weeks and then I watched some TV before bed.

Apr 23, 2010

I worked at the Senior High in the morning for an English class. They didn't give me too much trouble. I read a lot of my new Klosterman book (not the new one... though I want that one). I had coverage on my break, which is always annoying but I managed to get away long enough for lunch.

I didn't have much time after work before Dan met me at the house and we went to Hangar 84 to load in our gear. After load-in we left for a while and then came back with Chuck to find out when we played and all that.

We hung out in and around Jeff's car in the parking lot, waiting for our friends to show up so we could sell them their tickets but not many people came, including the ones who said they were going to be there... it happens. I did get a free cough drop though. Eventually we had to call it and head in to get ready.

We played to a crowd of about thirty probably. It just wasn't a big drawing show in general. We didn't play at our best, it was a little slow but we haven't practiced in a while either. At least there weren't many people to disappoint!

I was determined to have a good time playing whether there were a lot of people or not. And I did have a really good time, so I accomplished my goal.

I came back to my house with Chuck and watched the AG DVD that I got the other day. People began to show up and we hung out and had a few drinks until Katie got back with Cranium.

It always ends up being a fun time when we play that. My sister and a couple of her friends joined in as well. Chuck and Erika got a drawing clue where Erika had to draw "tea bag" and Chuck had to guess what she was drawing. His first guess was "the big dipper." I'll leave you with that.

Whenever there was a Club Cranium (where all the teams play at once), Ryan and Carissa would kick our asses. They just seemed to get it right away. The humming/whistling ones didn't always go as well...

Katie and I were on the fast track most of the way and we won! Everyone cheered. Not so much for us but for the fact that they could go to sleep now that it was over.. it was a somewhat long game of Cranium.

I cleaned up the living room a bit and then I was ready to go to sleep as well.

Mar 27, 2010

Ryan and I got up early and drove to Tyler State Park for our second Johnny Boge Classic disc golf tournament.

We met Stu, our other player, and took the long walk to our first hole. The game ran pretty smoothly except that we had to wait for the group in front of us on a few holes.

I was all over the place as far as my shots. I had a few really good shots, like this one where I scored a two, and some very poor shots. I had no consistency. I ended out the round with a 90, which is just a few over par so not too bad. We took a much needed lunch break in the car and then threw some discs around until it was time for round two.

I was placed with two other AM2 players for the second round, Todd and Tim. They were nice guys so the round went pretty quick. Unfortunately, I didn't do great. I improved on a few but mostly I did a little worse. The out of bounds hurt me.

I finished with a 64 for a grand total of 154 overall. It could have been much better but it's a six stroke improvement from last year and I tied for fourth place, earning me a Pro Wraith. It was definitely fun and hopefully we'll be able to play some more tournaments this year.

Once I had a chance to go home and clean up I met the guys at Rowan for the battle of the bands to find out who would open the big show in Spring.

We played third and we hadn't practiced so we really didn't know what to expect when we got up there but everything just seemed to come together.

I think we played really well and we all had a great time. The band that played after us was really good as well and they ended up winning the battle. I thought we had a chance at one point but I wasn't upset about the decision at all and I think we all left with smiles on our faces after our performance.

It was a long and tiring day but I had a great time with everything. Sleep is my next reward.

Mar 19, 2010

I worked for a science teacher in the morning at Memorial. The assignment was to do a worksheet while watching The Crocodile Hunter movie. It was ridiculous (real ridiculous) and I had to watch it three times.

After work I didn't have much time before we had to be at Hangar 84 for load-in. It turned out we didn't really have to be there because all the openers were sharing a drum kit. But we hung around and set up our "merch," which consists of free stickers and our burnt cd. Michelle got us vegetarian foods so we partook instead of going out to eat.

We stood outside waiting for our peoples to show up until it was about time for us to play. We played right before the touring bands which was nice.

We had a shorter set than usual but we managed. The songs were not perfect and slower than we'd like to play them but the crowd didn't seem to mind too much.

Regardless of how we did it felt really good to be back up on the stage.

After the band they were touring with played, The Ataris came on and played through a bunch of old and new tunes. They played some off of their newest cd which I didn't expect.

It's somewhat nostalgic seeing them play. All of their songs remind me of a long time ago and it's strange to see the progression they have made through the years. I'm glad they're still touring.

We hung out for a while after the show but not for too long. I came home and watched some Californication before bed. It wasn't like the last time we opened for them; it just didn't feel the same. I wanted to be excited but I felt like things kept knocking me down. Oh well, I guess every show can't be the best of your life. At least we had the one last year.

Mar 17, 2010

Ryan picked up Chuck and me in the morning and we headed to Delaware for a day of disc golf. We went to Carousel Park first for a good beating.

The weather was perfect and we got a workout on all the hills of the course. Chuck wasn't a big fan of those but we all had a good time.

We were ready for a break after 18 holes at that course so we went to Quizno's for lunch. Once we were refueled we headed out to course two.

Even though the first course was really nice and barely showed any signs of rain damage, Lum's Pond was flooded and almost unplayable. We had to walk carefully around the first few holes to get to our discs, so after the second one we decided to go to a different one.

We went to Iron Hill, which is another brutal course with long fairways. It wasn't muddy though, so that was a plus. We played about nine holes probably, which add up to a full course somewhere else, before calling it a day and going home.

I came home and had time to relax and have something to eat before band practice. We sounded really good with all of us there. We worked a few things out and ended the night excited about playing our show.

I hung out watching Californication for a while and then went for another night run because I couldn't sleep.