May!

I feel wretched for postponing posting (hmm) for such a long time. I've been pretty darn busy, which I guess is a good enough excuse.

Tomorrow is the first day of May. For me, May is a pretty eventful month. This May is going to be more eventful than it ever has been, I think. Tomorrow morning, I am traveling to Beaufort, South Carolina, to participate in the State Tennis Tournament, which I will swiftly lose. Logically, I'm not sure why exactly we're driving all the way there, because I'm pretty sure we all know what the outcome is going to be. Anyhow, I'm going to be playing #1, which is frightening, because I'm confident that playing Beaufort's #1 player is going to be similar to trying to fight off a 450 pound gorilla with a pixie stick. But hey, I get to miss school.

On the 6th of May (which is a Saturday), I take the SAT. I couldn't be less excited. I've never been too wonderful at taking tests, much less standardized tests. I always try to find patterns in the way that the little bubbles are filled in. Sometimes I hope that they will form a little picture of a bird or dog or something. If only.

After SATs, I drive to Columbia. Sunny Blunder will be playing that evening that the New Brookland Tavern, as a part of the second round of the Emergenza Music Festival. We're playing at 10:30, which is pretty late for a Saturday night. However, bands are eliminated by how few hands are raised in the audience at the end of each band's set. So if you'd like to see SB progress to the next round and eventually strike it big, you can buy tickets from Andy Crum for $12 (which is a little bit steep, but we didn't set the price. they did.)

On May 12, I'll be participating in the Homemade Genius show here in Greenwood. If any of you are familiar with the recent JNP Show that was at the Federal Building, the Homemade Genius show is very similar. I'll be playing there with This Bright Pilgrimage. I'll try to get more details soon.

Thennnn on May 19, I turn 18 years old. I plan on celebrating by stocking up on lottery tickets. Too bad there's not an election coming up.

And then the day we've all been waiting for: May 24 - The bonds of high school academia will be broken and I'll spread my wings and fly into the clear blue skies of independence. Sort of. But I'm thrilled that graduation is approaching so rapidly. It looks like all of my classes are wrapping up nicely, and hopefully, there won't be any stressful little curveballs thrown into my life at the last minute.

Whew. What a month this will be. I like May.


[i've been listening to: sufjan stevens, sigur ros, and the stills]

we looked like giants

Last night equaled one of the most glorious nights of my life. I stood thirty or so feet from one of the greatest songwriters that I know of - Ben Gibbard. Death Cab for Cutie is one of the most amazing bands that I have ever heard live, and I have a deepened respect for who they are. I am completely satisfied with my life as of right now.

Now let me tell you what I am not satisfied with. I was not satisfied with the band that opened for Death Cab last night. "The Cribs", they called themselves. More like..."The Bad-British-Brothers-Who-Wear-Ugly-Clothes Band". There are few things in life that I resent more than the 40 minutes of my life that I wasted watching them play. There were maybe 3 seconds of each song that they played, where if the instruments were mixed correctly, and I had my eyes closed, I might have enjoyed. Maybe. But those three seconds were overshadowed by the facts that the instruments weren't mixed well and I had my eyes open (and they didn't look all that great on stage).

Okay, that's all I'll say about that.

So I'm home alone for the weekend. I accidentally skipped Missions Day at school today. I feel like such a sinner. I mean, I know that I am a sinner. But, you know. More so. Kristian's family from Norway flew in on Wednesday, and they'll be visiting for two weeks. They all left (including my family) for Charleston yesterday. So I'm here until Sunday on my own. And then I go to the beach with some friends until Thursday. Which I am so very excited about.

Hey! It's Spring Break 2006! One month until graduation! (and my birthday!). Life is good.