posted by Cap'n Cosmo at 1:53 PM

Sunday, August 25, 2002

 
w00t! Back alive from the trenches! And, I must say, they were TRENCHES! But it was fun. And I got the Lemon Mergangue yougurt. teehee. Let's see... Band camp...

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Sunday we started early with loading the trailer. Then, we got roped into quartermsterly-type things. But, on the bus I sat next to Christine and some of our friends and freshmen and we watched "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," in compliance with our music. The best part was, everytime Oliver Wood came on the screen we all went "Oliver Wood is HOT!" and then Andy moaned int the background.

When we got there we had a "Sorting Ceremony" with Ryan Landol's cowboy hat. BTW, I'm in Gryffindor! w00t! So are Matt, Madeline, Keith, and Jen. Fun. Christine, Gilene (with ONE l!), Duty, and Sollosi are in Hufflepuff along with Bethy. Jeff is in Ravenclaw along with Yano and Willy. And poor, poor Erin is in Slytherin with ANDY! But Christine called out across the pavilion when one of our freshmen had been sorted into Slytherin "You stay away from her, Andy DeSoto." That was priceless.

We had practice and then ate. We played "I've Never" after that. I won once and Amanda won the second time. And all was good.

I ended up telling Jen my whole long sad story before I went to bed because I promised her I would. She seemed interested. TOO interested...

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Monday we played a lot. We got the second tune which PJ conviniently forgot to give us, but we couldn't do anything with the auxilliary cause they overlapped. I'm pretty sure this was the day we moved eight times, including going up to the field to play with the rest of the band (GASP!). We had to play on the tennis courts and I got mildly sunburned. It was bad.

Gettign ready for the dance was hard. You see, I only packed one extra outfit. It was bad. But Jen was blackmailing me, and the rest of the pit was likely to kill me if I didn't go. So I went.

I did the PJ a lot. According to PJ, if you don't know how to dance, just bounce and point. So that's what I did. We ended up huntign down Duty because he was hiding in his room, bu he came for his three and a half minutes. It's totally unfair, too, cause I had to stay for an HOUR last year. Oh, well. At least some good came of it. Tom asked Erin to dance. And while we're on the subject, I was asked to dance by Matt, which made me VERY happy. I gave Jen a flying leap hug and gave her bruises. Sorry, Jen. I ended up talking with Amanda and Jen at the bottom of the staircase. Happy, happy, happy.

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Tuesday we played a lot (again) but this time some new real estate on the front porch of the building and we hae a circle of pit. It's very nice.

I couldn't stand my wrists anymore, so I got ice. It was cold. But the advil was very nice. Went to the mandatory bonding activity. Tim hit his head, so I have a feeling we didn't do as many stupid things as we could have. Had a hug party. And ice cureemu.

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Wednesday we played some more. Kevin slept until breakfast, so we didn't have to do anything important. We also had the diet coke break. Gilene first covered us in shaving cream and glitter, then use temporary pink hair dye, followed by some fresh pink white musk. I aslo got jewlery. I was laughing the whole time. But then again, I'm always laughing. Kevin gave us the third peice and said 'learn this'. And we did in three hours that afternoon. Pit is awesome. We also took showers during our twenty minute break. It was funny because I wasn't done brushing my hair when we came back, so I told him he couldn't be there cause I wasn't done and he turned around and left. We also did a puzzle with hot air balloons. It was fun.

I went to the dance that night and mysteriously hurt my hand. It was wierd. But when I came back I danced with Matt (*^.~*). We went outside to talk and Sam came up behind us and put his hand on mine. It was very nice. I ended up talking to Jen about it. Fun.

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Thursday started with the Pit Circle of Gossip. Christine says she has a sign on her head that says "Ask me about all of your problems." Except Steven doesn't go to her. I said she should give him a big hug, say thank you, Hilber, then walk away and laugh at his confusion. She wouldn't do it. Silly (Sollosi) said the beans came form animals, so now we tease him about it. teehee. We did Karaoke and sang 18 wheels on a big rig and build me up, buttercup. Then, we played some more and went to the talent show. It was good. I was "the elusive lemon merangue yogurt" for Mr. Mouth. And four of the trumpet guys sung the "Yatta song." I was amused.

I was sad cause when I went to talk to Mmtt, Christine called me, and when I turned around he was gone. Curse fate and the Powers that Be!

I made a sign for our door that said "Please prank Jenny all you want, but please don't prank Amanda unless your name is Gilene or Yano or it's really, really, AWESOME!. Then we awaited the pranks.

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Friday brought packing and pranks. Gilene wrote on us, but streamer thingies on our beds, and left me a stuffed shark and Jen a necklace and both of us some sour Starbursts. Since I used the word Awesome on my sign, Chris Seidler left us Jolly Ranchers that spelled "Pit Rocks." Then the clarinet guys drew on Jen and left us candy and Chris Jones left Jen a numbered duck. He only had six, but he numbered thm to eight and he hoped people would look for the nonexsistant ducks. They did not, so he was sad. They also wrote all over the field, including Gilene writing "Clare's a ho."

We went home, and I started reading Mythology. Also we wrote a song called "There's a Hole in the Drill" [Lyrics below].

I was sad when we went home that band camp was over, but hey, what can you say. I also lost the top of my pin. I'll have to bug Seidler about another one.

When I got home, I IMed everyone for a while. I talked to Cheryl, Matt, Tom, Christine, Erin, Mister Datcher Man, Umi, McDonald-san, and Tana from Williamsburg. It was for a long time. Then I talked to my father at dinner and her magically knew just what to ask. Stupid psychic father. But I got away by using a funny Baldo comic. Let's see if I can find it...

Try here. It's funny. Ooo, and it's in COLOR!

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Saturday I thought practice was at eight, not nine, so I was there early. Amanda brought the baby bone. It's very small.

We played a lot. And since it was raining, it was in the auditorium. That was not fun. We ate hamburgers for lunch. Then we took pictures. We all looked to the left and the photographer didn't yell at us. It was amazing!

When I got home I slept and then we went to Outback and *plays drumroll - open, not closed* BORDERS! I bought cool books including Vol. 2 of Kodocha and Utena! And Street Magic! Also, Lady Knight is out. Must go to the library and reserve it...

OH, wait. Already did... hehehe...

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Now, here are those lyrics, starting with "dear girls" followed by a response to "dear Andy:"

There's a Hole in the Drill

~There's a hole in the drill.

~Then fix it.

~With what shall I fix it?

~With a tuba.

~But the valves are sticky.

~Then get some valve oil.

~But Keith used it all.

~Then buy some.

~Where shall I buy some?

~At the store.

~But the store is closed.

~Then break in steal some.

~But what if I get caught?

~Then you'll get arrested.

~But then what will happen?

~You'll rot in the jail.

~But why will I rot?

~'Cause we won't pay the bail.

~But what about marching?

~You can't be in the show.

~But (repeat from begining).

Also, we have the new Pit Cadence, hot off the press, and the old one just so we don't forget it.

Pit Cadence 2001

~Nick's our leader, he's so lazy/ his allergies are just plain crazy.

~Look at Gilene, she's got the moves/ when she plays she really grooves.

~The one who knows where we are is Jeff/ he can read in the bass clef.

~Amanda does not like to dance/ those poor boys don't stand a chance.

~A percussionist Christine thinks she's not/ just you wait, she will be taught.

~Vicky really likes to sing/ she hits the bass drum, hear it ring (or "it goes ding").

~Two oboes in the pit, it's true/ but they can play percussion too.

~If stars are not given to us by Nick/ in the balls him we will kick/ and then we'll run away very quick/ 'cause he might be very sick/ etc.

Pit Cadence 2002

~Gilene dances across the floor/ when she stops we cheer for more.

~Jeff plays the vibes a lot/ he likes to say dot, dot, dot.

~Mike Sollosi'd nickname is "Silly"/ if he learns he notes then we'll beat 'Tilly.

~Amanda really likes her Dew/ she went to the dance (It's true!)

~Christine's verse is yet to be determined.

~Duty doesn't have much to say/ but when he's needed, he'll save the day.

~March very well the pit cannot/ but, so what? It's not like we do it a lot.

~Our pit instructor's name is Kevin/ he likes to play volleyball and sleep till eleven.

And there you have it. Also, I'm including my schedule:

1 Pre-calc Orazen
2(Sem. 1) P.E. Schwartz
2(Sem. 2) Perc. Ensemble Ulrey
3 Japanese 3 Fujita
4(Sem.1) Optics & Mod. Phys. Latham
4(Sem. 2) P.E. Schwartz
5 HUM*
6 Chemistry Acio
7 HUM*

*I forget which order they're in, and I don't know where my schedule is right now, but it's Colglaizer - Lamb.

I think that's it for now. See ya.