Whew, so last week was pretty crazy busy... this Saturday was the concert that I've been traveling up to UVA for, so, needless to say, with all the concert coming up and the guest artist coming in town (... and all of the social calls I had to make) I was constantly on the run. Tuesday I got into town a little early to see if I could get a little instruction on the bass clarinet from my teacher, but in the end it wasn't too helpful as I didn't have much time to work on it from Tuesday to Saturday. Lesse... the rest of Tuesday wasn't too exciting... Wednesday... Wednesday I practiced for a while... I don't know... then had dinner with first-year friends... but hey! I played trivia at Mellow Mushroom for the first time with some of my bus friends, and even almost got a question right! Wooooo! I had to ditch a little early to see the lunar eclipse with Julie Slater (and to eat her brownies... yum!).
Thursday was the first rehearsal with the guest artist, who supposedly exclaimed afterwards: "John... are you sure you want to have this concert?" Luckily, he changed his mind after Friday's rehearsal XD (the music was REALLY hard!!!) Also on Thursday I drove a Late Night, which was were I had a lot of my fun time last semester, and traveled to iHop with the crew. We went up to pay at like, 3am, when pretty much a WHOLE Asian student group split us in half. Which means, three paid and then the Asian group jumped in while the other two were getting a problem fixed with their checks. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! They tried to say "Hey, you know, we're with them... and are only two people..." but the lady at the register ignored them so they just threw the money on the table and we left (I think they may have been short changed a little, but whatever, she was being a bitch by not even responding).
Friday held some master classes and the rehearsal... a couple of parties... blah blah... Oh yeah, that morning I was on 106.1 The Corner advertising the jazz ensemble concert! And boy do I sound stupid on the radio! Maybe I always sound stupid, but good LORD...! I guess it worked, though, since supposedly this concert showed the highest attendance in 5 years or something. Craaaazy!
On Saturday I had 9000 training (9000s are the new buses). Everyone had to train on them because they're 6 inches wider than all of the other buses we have. Why? I don't have a fucking clue. But that's the standard now, supposedly. They smell and handle nicely, but I still don't like the extra width. Hopefully I won't be forced to drive one anytime soon.
I must have eaten at Bodo's seven times in a 5 day span. It was nuts. All of my orders had the Cinnamon Sugar and Butter on Plain included, too, which isn't too healthy. And I spent the last $3.50 in my wallet (seriously, I was scavenging for the dough) on Samoas. Curse you, Girl Scouts!
I'm kind of afraid of my money situation in Japan because I'm becoming increasingly "aaahhh, what's $10?", 'cause I spent $10 on two things of popcorn from Great Scott's! Gourmet Popcorn (what an awesome name, huh???). They have cherry, vanilla, peppermint, caramel, butterscotch, banana, pizza, ranch, jalepino, etc. etc. etc. POPCORN! It was so awesome.
I'm falling asleep. Later!<>
- Greg
9 comments:
You're ridiculous.
What happened to the book-long responses XD XD XD
By the way, just changed my seat to 40J both ways! HOOOOLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Ummm.. Greg, you're totally not sitting by me. I want my $50 back. 40G!
HOLLERRRRRR! FOR A DOLLARRRRR!
Go ninja team!
$50? Did it cost $50 to change seats...????
Ugh....!! I totally wrote almost a post/book-sized comment and my darn dial-up didn't publish it!!
So I'll recap...
I realized I forgot to comment on your post.
Coolios on your concert and all! So are you done with the crazy traveling to UVA now?
I haven't had Bodo's in so long. I remember that time you got that combo and I keep meaning to get it myself...the cinnamon sugar sounds delish.
Samoas! Mmm, $3.50 well spent Gregory! I can't wait for my Girl Scout cookies to come in! Although my mom said they'll come late March?? So either I'll have to eat em real quick or bring em with me! The can be the sole property of seats 40G-J!
Oh! Julie Slater! Brownies! What a terrific combination!
Anyway, I'm really tired too. And I can't sleep at night. Agh!
Greg, haha, no, sorry to freak you out there. But I do recall you claiming you'd pay $50 to sit next to me, so, yeah.
I miss Julie Slater, she had the coolest retro bangs.
Nick tells me there's a nice older man who wears a sweater and drives his 9000 bus to class every day.
It sounds like you had a nice time in C'ville =) I totally miss Bodos.. I wonder how the bagel business is doing in Japan? We have to find a Beard Papas cream puff place while we're there!
And I stopped buying girl scout cookies after my couple of years being a brownie scout and making my parents buy boxes upon boxes so I could get my whatever prize. Yeah.
Perhaps I'll return to my book-length, as well as eloquent, responses on the eve of a day whence my overseer has refrained from requesting that I begin the practice of arriving to the workplace an hour prior to that which was previously agreed upon. Yes, it shall be on a night most unlike this unholiest of eventides. (Thanks, thesaurus.com!)
Sounds bizzy bizzy bizzy over on your end of the world Greg!
I am finally back in the good ole USA and am so sleep deprived and time-wasted that I feel like passing out as I write out this loveliest of messages.
I hate it when random people cut in line, especially groups because then everything just gets scrooged six ways to sunday. Employees with attitude are also not so pleasant. Bah, it's their own problem if they hate their job, why take it out on us innocents, eh?
Money is sort of just a gross topic for me right now. I can't seem to process just how on earth I'll be feeding and enjoying myself in Japan. Although, from my short time in Beijing, I seriously think NONE of us will have trouble finding part time jobs while in Japan. I happened upon a "Talk English Bar" with my brother and friends and the evening was most enlightening. ^^
I am riding on UA803 from Dulles to Tokyo Narita, seat 34H. Because I've been having such fantastic luck with getting random upgrades, I think I'll push for either Economy Plus (5 more inches! yay!) or just try and see if something in Business is available. I have been totally spoiled this last plane ride and anything less makes me feel all crowded and blah.
I really need to collapse now even though my body is still tellin' me it's like 2pm-ish.
The only bad thing about being home thus far is NO AMERICAN FOOD! Seriously, I've had nothing but straight Chinese food for 3 weeks. I need me some Chipotle, some Olive Garden, some Five Guys, heck, I'd even settle for some Wendy's. Hopefully, my deepest desire for some good ole American yumminess will be fulfilled tomorrow. Until then, my tummy is filled with tofu soup, fish, rice, and bland vegetables. (If none of this sounds very appetizing, trust me, it wasn't.)
NITE NITE
*zooooooooooom*
I will book-size comment if I don't wake up to find myself taking a job at 5am tomorrow, but for now...
NATALIE.
How about we sacrifice ourselves to the middle row and set it up Jen at 40G, me at 40F, and you at 40E? That's gonna be a pain if you have to pee a lot, but otherwise we won't have to talk across aisles to each other and whatnot. Let me know and I'll change over, 'cause you're right--I don't want you sitting all the way over there! I mean it, on my own $50!
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