well, pep band season is now upon us. we kicked it off last night with a providence college game (vs. st. thomas aquinas). it was fucking awesome, everyone sounded so fucking good. corey was mvp (two claps! two more!) we had three guitars going, haj did a kick ass jam with nick corey and will on them changes (the hendrix lick). my personal favorite was when we played cream's politician. my hand cramped up like whoa during peter gunn, but general good times were had all around. corey's girlfriend sarah was home for the weekend (she goes to school in upstate ny) and with her came tropical starburst (hooray for corey being good at sharing) beth and a friend also came and surprised nick. and chris p was there too but didn't feel like saying hi to me. oh, and who can forget emile, our pep band roadie!
on the bus back to escuela rain pounded the pavement outside and nick covered the peavey classic with a bunch of those terribly gaudy hawaiian shirts. (thank god the wonderful senior council we have this year opted to purchase more normal clothes.) will sniffled in the seat next to me and we all talked about what a great year it's going to be and how next year the band is screwed because we currently don't have an underclassmen bassist. oh, woe is me.
as usual, everyone was off to the creamery after we had unpacked all of our amps, music stands, extension cords, and set up the drumset. it was about 1030. with ines here, i haven't been working much, and can barely rub two pennies together, plus i felt kind of inexplicably shitty, so i bowed out. in retrospect, this makes me look bad. it being the first game of the season (and a big one at that- we were on espn!) and me being a senior, i really should have been there.
but i had to see rye. i think my sudden onset depression was due to ryan withdrawal syndrome, a terrible illness that afflicts those who do not see their b.f.f. (best.friend.foreva!) for nearly a week. we ate, we talked, and i was home around 1230 i think. i dont know. at any rate, i was so exhausted and too tired to even change into my pajamas, so i turned on some comedy central and fell asleep on the couch in minutes.
sunday consisted of scholarship applications, calculus confusion, my sister's orchestra concert (where her boyfriend gave her a beautiful single red rose and my self esteem dropped about 83714878597892758 points), and fire and ice. oh, i picked up ines around 11 this morning, i missed her so much!!! (shes been in nyc with the other 11 spanish exchange students and their teacher since saturday morning.) it's good to have her back, she leaves in like a week! i already know im going to miss her like a mofo. on thursday, i think we're hitting up the thanksgiving football game, then dinner at my house, then dessert at my aunt and uncle's house, and then friday morning we're going to nyc (patty's coming too!) we'll stay at the apartment friday night, then return on saturday. (i have to finish up my stanford application on sunday.)
i don't know how i'm going to make it through this week. good thing it ends at noon on wednesday.
somewhere only we know by keane
I walked across an empty land
I knew the pathway like the back of my hand
I felt the earth beneath my feet
Sat by the river and it made me complete
Oh simple thing where have you gone
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin
I came across a fallen tree
I felt the branches of it looking at me
Is this the place we used to love?
Is this the place that I've been dreaming of?
Oh simple thing where have you gone
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin
So if you have a minute why don't we go
Talk about it somewhere only we know?
This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go
Somewhere only we know?
somewhere only we know?
Oh simple thing where have you gone
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin
So if you have a minute why don't we go
Talk about it somewhere only we know?
This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go
So why don't we go
This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go
Somewhere only we know?
Somewhere only we know?
Somewhere only we know?...