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today literally rocked. the band sounded excellent at both gigs. the first was at my alma mater. it was so weird to step back in those halls. like whoa. a lot fo stuff hit me all at once- mostly memories from 8th grade, but they could be from any year i guess (1-8), and you have to remember that middle school as a whole was completely a blur for me. i remembered all the basketball practices, the middle school plays, a protest organized by ryan and i, lunch with rye dan lena ben mike justin anthony and the crew in the noisy cafetorium (with ryan being the only one i'm still in contact with, really), the decade of the rosary after lunch that merely served to provide teachers with even more opportunities to hand out detentions, the utterly stupid crush i had for 3 years on... well... everybody knows who, the time i got in trouble when i tried to stand up for my friend who was distributed a completely unfair grade of 0, another time when sean threw a screw and it hit a chick's nose dead on, when dave got a concussion from fooling around in religion class, the stupid detention train that one of my teachers organized (biggest fire hazard EVER! they did not listen to me when i told them this, though), being editor of the school newspaper, mike's pinky finger (a desk fell on it), actually liking history and algebra while positively loathing english and literature. yeah. and that was just as i was taking in an amp.

i saw quite a few of my old teachers. it was weird to be back, that's all. haj made my sister stand up in front of the entire school (500-600 kids???) i think i was more embarassed than she was!!! i was definitely feeling the 'hotface.' (oh you know how that goes...) nick rocked out, katie had a fabulous burn from jamaica (as well as wicked excellent wannabe topgun sunglasses), john went insane on the keys, everyone loved neil, and tim got asked for an autograph. ahahahah it was such an ego trip. at the second school the kids were going just nuts, and all their screaming gave me positively the biggest headache. seriously. **note to self: never EVER become an elementary school teacher.** there was one cool kid- he was probably like 4. he got in trouble a bunch of times, and then when everyone was dancing he was forced to sit by himself. the rhythm section all felt his pain. oh, and there was another kid wearing a gumby shirt that we all decided was tres cool as well.

my favorite part of the day was its lack of classes. yeah, that rocked as well. tonight (as i mentioned earlier) i'm going to the coffeehouse at my school because rachel is shredding the cello ('and i'm jello, baby'). additionally, will and dan will be jammin ('oh yeah'). those in attendence conmigo is yet to be determined. im thinking liz gerry and nick are gracing me with their presences. so no doubt things will be jolly.

i found out today that my retreat leading group is totally stacked. it's going to be a very good time. we are leading the retreat of some freshman homeroom the first week of march. w00t, another day off. i'm already eagerly anticipating it.

my winter ball is in one week! craziness! also, i'm going with the fabulous dan (the man!!!) gilcreast to his wb for hendi on 28 feb. oh man, we are going to simply dance the shoes off everyone else. i am so stoked--

i dont know really much else to write about except that i'm supposed to have a speech (on any topic) prepared for acadec tomorrow. ahhhh. what to write it on? any ideas? i want to do something about hendrix, i'm thinking. or kurt cobain... about how it's better to burn out than to fade away... but i dont know. it can be anything, please im me or leave a comment if you have any ideas at all. i think tomorrow evening shall be spent in the lovely company of flyryeguy if all goes well. it was his birthday yesterday, you know! so we're going to celebrate with a crazy night on the town and then going to spain for dessert. yum. im a huge fan of food.

ok well. that is all for now.