Will in Memphis

Taglines: Nature's Afterbirth

2006-06-05T12:46:00.000-07:00

Okay, so I bet you all are dying for some content here at WiM.

In doing some sort of justice to this concern, I would like to take you all behind the scenes of a major part of the modern blog: the tagline.

Sure, a little paragraph on the sidebar might help define it, or a clever title graphic, but the tagline is what keeps you reading. Or something like that.

So here are some possibilities I went through before arriving at the current selection.

Using the quadratic formulas, derivational conjunctivities, and the Japanese, I selected - from a pool of thousands - the following finalists. Take a look:

A strong and talented group, to be sure.

Stay tuned.

Learn biology with Grandpa!

2006-05-31T13:30:00.000-07:00

Alright, so here's the deal.

I'm taking two (2) classes for the next 4.5 weeks at the wonderful ASU-Beebe.

Biology
Psychology (online)

I started my first class today! Hooray. After dragging myself up, and driving the half hour to the campus, and finding parking amid the various trucks and girl cars, I walk into the rather small "Math and Science Building," as it is called.

Really, the whole class experience (all 4 hours between the two hour lecture and 2 hour lab) was like high school - except no one knew anybody, and there were a few older ladies that decided to join us.

Of course, there was the requisite creepy quasi-military guy, and the nice and pretty but really dumb chick who chatted it up next to me, and the mom-ish woman who never shut up with her stupid questions, and naturally, the pale guy with the speech impediment who took this class seriously.

Then there's the teacher. Hoo-boy. He's in his 60s, probably a grandfather, soft-spoken, white-hair-combover'd, and pretty nice. Kind of a mix between Jack Lemmon (the later, Grumpy Old Men one) and Bob Newhart, since he kind of stumbles here and there. Oh well.

Psychology will be fun. Basically, I read two chapters a week, and take an online 30 minute quiz before 9:00 pm every Saturday. It's just like the old days, when the internet was used for learning and information sharing, and not for buying NES games on eBay and downloading goat movies.

Anyway, that's what I'm up to. For the whole month.

Stay tuned.

monkeys, chickens, cheese

2006-05-11T21:38:00.000-07:00

AHHHHHH

So I'm back here in V-Town.

Why do we call it V-Town? I mean, I know that it's just what we call it. But seriously. Conway is C-Way. I have it on good authority that Germantown would be G-Town. But V-Town? I don't know. There isn't a "-town" in the name of Vilonia. Unless you count "Township of Vilonia" as the name of it. But no, wait, it's technically a city. So screw that.

Anyway.

I'm back, people. Yeah. As the header says. But the url is the same. I would not change that on a whim. I'm not a rapid-URL-switcher. I'm not the shapeshifter of the blogging world. I'm not running from the blogging KGB (which exists. I'll get to that later). Dammit, I WILL REMAIN WITH MY TECHNICALLY INCORRECT INTERNET ADDRESS.

AHHHHHHH

Coupla things.

-New PSP. It was free. My dad won it, and he already had one so I got it. Now I have to buy games and crap. (Not a free lunch, in other words).
-Accompanying/jamming IN CONCERT with Mr. Jonathon "The Brewery" Phillips in about a week. Please be there. If you can.
-

...

Sorry, Conan is on. I'll be back with a real post. I have yet to unveil... THE UNIFIED THEORY OF MUSIC AND BEING A MUSICIAN (Part 1). There is only one part, by the way. It's UNIFIED

Stay tuned.

EDIT: The title is/are what I consider the three funniest comedic devices known to man. What's funnier that Monkeys, or Chickens, or Cheese? Seriously.

I Love/Hate People

2006-04-15T14:45:00.000-07:00

Okay, strap yourselves in.

I was driving home for Easter weekend on a friday night. It's 10 p.m., I'm halfway between Lonoke and Beebe, going about 60 or so, no cars in sight.

All of a sudden, this guy (let's call him Jimbo) comes up behind me - or, more specifically, I would say he 'zoomed' up behind me. "Zoomed." So anyway, he rides my bumper for about a quarter mile. Aggressive, annoying, whatever. Then Jimbo does the obligatory angry swerve around my apparently dangerously-slow-moving vehicle, and proceeds to swerve back in front of me as masculinely as possible.

Right before this point, I wondered, "what on earth could this person be doing 80 on a two-lane country highway at night for? Surely someone is dying or pregnant." But as soon as this truck pulls around me, I see the obviousness: this particular grey Chevy truck has blue racing stripes. "Oh," I think to myself. "This person is a professional truck-racer. He must think that everyone drives as fast and angry as he does."

However, the fact that he was an alleged truck-racer did not explain his rudeness in riding my bumper and swerving around, so I gave him an annoyed hi-beams flash.

Jimbo did not like this. He proceeded to come to a full stop on this particular highway. I of course do the same, and stop 20 yards behind him. This is where it gets crazy.

Jimbo decides to let me know exactly how he feels about this situation. So, he gets opens his door and steps outside the truck for a moment. I am immediately intimidated by his buzzcut, t-shirt, and grey shorts. (I assume the National Truck-Racing League has pretty lax uniform regulations). He then gives me the hands-up-in-the-air, "Whut? I do what I want. You got a problem, feller?" Something like that, I didn't hear him say anything, but his body language was giving off that special Jerry-Springer, "I-just-found-out-my-mom-is-sleeping-with-my-brother" kind of a vibe.

Now more sure of his manhood than ever, he kind of gets back in the truck and peels out as hard as he and his racing truck can. He zooms off in the night, and I cannot stop laughing.

I'm still laughing now, but, not as hard.

So, folks, there is a moral here: don't pass people unless you are a professional racer, and you have the shorts and the arm-motions to back it up.

Stay tuned.

It might as well be spring!

2006-04-05T13:45:00.000-07:00

Sorry. Cheese-alert.

Anyway, it's lovely and Spring-ular outside, and that calls for...

CAPITAL LETTERS

I guess. I don't know.

But it is very nice outside, and the sun shinin' just makes me want to skip, or perhaps frolic, among the wildflowers of the U-of-M campus.

Or not. Because the practice room is lookin' good... oh yeah...

So I really don't have much to say here. I will, however, say that life is cool. I might even venture to say that I'm kicking ass at life. TO THE MAX

That's it.

Stay tuned.

OMIGOSH

2006-03-31T13:32:00.000-08:00

Yeah, my bad. It has been a month, without posting.

CRAP

I will have a good one up-and-coming this weekend or so.

Stay tuned.

Check it ooouuut!

2006-02-26T19:51:00.000-08:00

Okay, so, to celebrate the 3,000th hit (about 55 hits ago) here's a cool link I became aware of.

http://michalevy.com/gs_download.html

For all you jazzers out there.

Stay tuned.

What's Cold, Wet, Flaky, and still Awesome?!

2006-02-10T12:46:00.000-08:00

This collage.

Stay tuned.

It stands for "Long-Play"

2006-02-06T17:58:00.000-08:00

Hey, been a little too long, since posting last time, so... better get this done wit'. Plus Michael "Peaches" White has been ridin' me like crazy.

So I was back home this weekend, you know, getting some stuff. Including (but not limited to):

1) A new suit
2) My turntable (or 'record player')

That second one requires a bit more, ah, exposition. Why, here's an advertisement I found. Check it!

Yeah, I lucked out pretty well.

Stay tuned.

Photo-Dump Ought-Six

2006-01-17T19:05:00.000-08:00

Alright, time to unload on you all some crazy shots from the ol' phone. Check 'em out:

It was an evil day.

The hand-drying situation in the library restrooms is disturbing, to say the least.

Don't ask.

This one's for you V-Town people. I never knew ol' Jeffy was a professor in Dunn Hall!

Hope you enjoyed.

Stay tuned.

Start Me Up (Doo-duh doo doo start me up i'll never stop)

2006-01-15T08:30:00.000-08:00

Alright so here goes another semester. Got the ol' room goin, got the two books I need, got a poster finally, got some ... new socks... Whoo. And a quilt, so, that's nice.

Anyway, can't wait for some awesome classes action, dude. Seriously. Actually, I could wait, since it's so hard to not do nothing, if you know what I mean. But oh well.

And check out the progress of the Height/Weight Chart over at Cockeyed.com. I'm struttin' my stuff at the intersection of 6'1'' and 160lbs. Oh yeah. Doin' it right ways all the time.

So, that's it for now.

Stay tuned.

IT'LL BE SWEET

2006-01-05T21:29:00.000-08:00

Okay, so you guys (whoever it is that reads this...) need to check out the First Methodist Church of Conway on Sunday at 3pm.

Again:

-at First Methodist Church of Conway (1610 Prince St.)
-Sunday, January 8th
-3pm
-Cookies?

You should all check it out. It's basically me playing piano for like an hour. It's gonna be AWESOME.

Here's the program as of now:

-"A Foggy Day"
-"I'm an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande)"
-"Easy Living"
-"Isfahan"
-"But Not for Me"

-Mozart sonata in C Major
-3 Preludes by Skryabin
-Mvts. I & II (maybe III!) of Gershwin's piano concerto in F

Alright. Back to practicing...

Stay tuned.

I Heart Christmas

2005-12-26T14:19:00.000-08:00

A lot.

Stay 'tuned'.

Gadoosh!

2005-12-16T09:01:00.000-08:00

Hey everybody -

How's it going, you ask? Awesome. And a half. New. Car. In. My. Garage. Holy. Cow.

Yeah, so the folks all up and surprised me with a car. Completely off guard. With a '06 Ford Focus. Dark grey-style. New-car-smellin' style. Yeah.

Sorry, just had to let you all know that. Photos of me making love to it are forthcoming.

Stay tuned.

Oh yeah, that's nice.

2005-12-11T12:32:00.000-08:00

Alright, I know I'm wasting time sitting here in the Ol' Ned R. McWherter library here at the UofM. I'm sure they won't mind the wireless internet usage and the electricity my laptop is surely sucking up as I write this. Oh well. That's why I be payin' my taxes, I guess. Oh wait -

Anyway, so I'm having to revise this paper for English, so that's fun. I like how my teacher writes like a page of critiques on my front page, then leaves pages 3-5 blank. Like totally blank. No critiques. I guess those are perfect or something.

Oh yeah - and the Final™ tomorrow (in English) features the best bonus question ever: write out your favorite dialogue from Monty Python and the Holy Grail (with character names). Here's what I think I'll do...

Arthur: Knights, Forward!
(bang boom boom... etc)
Arthur: Who are you that can summon up fire without flint or tender?
Tim: I... am an Enchanter.
Arthur: And by what name are you known?
T: There are some that call me... Tim?
A: Greetings, Tim the enchanter.
T: Greetings, King Arthur!
A: You know my name?
T: I do. (Zooosh) You seek the Holy Grail!
A: That is our quest. You know much that is hidden O Tim.
T: Quite.
A: Yes, we're, we're looking for the Grail. Our quest is to
find the Holy Grail.
KNIGHTS: It is, yes, yup, yes, yeah.
A: And so we're, we're, we're, we're looking for it.
KNIGHTS: Yes we are we are.
BEDEVERE: We have been for some time.
ROBIN: Ages.
A: Uh, so, uh, anything you can do to, uh, to help, would
be... very... helpful...
GALAHAD: Look, can you tell us wh-
[boom]
A: Fine, um, I don't want to waste anymore of your time,
but, uh I don't suppose you could, uh, tell us where we might find
a, um, find a, uh, a, um, a uh--
T: A what...?
A: A g--, a g--
T: A Grail?!
A: Yes, I think so.
KNIGHTS: Yes, that's it. Yes.
T: Yes!
KNIGHTS: Oh, thank you, splendid, fine.
[boom pweeng boom boom]
A: Look, you're a busy man, uh--
T: Yes, I can help you find the Holy Grail.
KNIGHTS: Oh, thank you.
T: To the north there lies a cave -- the cave of Caerbannog --
wherein, carved in mystic runes upon the very living rock, the
last words of Ulfin Bedweer of Regett [boom] proclaim the last
resting place of the most Holy Grail.
A: Where could we find this cave, O Tim?
T: Follow! But! follow only if ye be men of valor, for the
entrance to this cave is guarded by a creature so foul, so cruel
that no man yet has fought with it and lived! Bones of four fifty
men lie strewn about its lair. So, brave knights, if you do doubt
your courage or your strength, come no further, for death awaits
you all with nasty big pointy teeth.
A: What an eccentric performance.

And SCENE!

Stay tuned.

Alka-Seltzer™: Nature's Sprite©

2005-12-06T07:58:00.000-08:00

Yeah, this stuff is great. One of the few things I like about being sick is Alka-Seltzer. I know some people may not enjoy this fizzy delight, but hey, it's not bad. Speaking of the best things about being sick...

WILL'S TOP THINGS THAT AREN'T HALF BAD ABOUT BEING UNDER-THE-WEATHER (v. 1.0)

10. You don't have to taste things that normally taste bad
9. Naps are more satisfying
8. Rediscovering orange juice
7. Being really short with people, then being all like, "oh, i'm sick," and they go all "aww, i'm sorry"
6. An excuse to take a nice bath (not in RT though... ugh)
5. Finally getting some use outta them sudafed's that have been sitting there in my medicine thingy all semester
4. Finally getting some use outta that medicine thingy
3. Being able to blame tardiness on "*sniff* sorry *sniff* cold, sick *ugh* *sniff*"
2. Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold tablets

And the best thing about being Under-The-Weather?

1. Who am I kidding, this sucks.

Alright, that's enough for now. (I hope you're happy, Peaches.) I'm gonna take a nap.

Stay tuned.

We's Almost Thurrrr!

2005-11-28T19:10:00.000-08:00

Yeah, this semester is coming to a close. Of course, I couldn't let that stop me from being here as long as possible before Christmas - Curse you, UNHP class, for having your final on the last day of ... finals! At 8 A-freakin-M, no less. Oh well. At least that will give me time to uh... chill. And practice. Chill and practice. And hang, to a lesser extent.

So: chill, practice, and hang. That sounds alright. It'll happ'n. F'sho.

Anyway, so, if any you folks will be in central Arkansas for a bit after Christmas, I'll be at the First United Methodist Church (Conway) on January 8th (the sunday after New Years') to perform a "buncha-piano-stuff" that I have learned this semester. Highlights will include:

-Jazz Tunes (4-6 of 'em)
-Scriabin
-Mozart
-Gershwin Concerto, 1st Mvt. (Maybe the 2nd too?)
-and... possibly a Mystery Piece (oooooh)

So check it out. Bring the kids. Or don't. Especially if they're young, and/or noisy.

Stay tuned.

EDIT: The time for the concert will be... "after lunch," which means probably about 2:30 or 3. I'll keep you all up-to-date as the time nears.

Dust-Offin'

2005-11-22T21:05:00.000-08:00

Hey, everybody - guess this is my pre-T-Day Break post. Dig it.

Well, I'm done with a bunch of stuff, and I get to sleep in until like noon tomorrow, then drive for 3 hours. It's great.

As soon as I get back, I'll probably post some more. I'm goin' get some crazy sleep action right now...

Stay tuned.

Dang I'm Hot... LITERALLY

2005-11-06T21:30:00.000-08:00

This is my... game face?

2 Weeks? More like... 13 Days...

2005-11-06T07:52:00.000-08:00

Yeah, so it's been a while. Deal with it.

Alright, so, there's this conspiracy going on here in the Towers. Simply, it's hot. Not quite sauna levels or anything, but just hot enough that if you spend more than 5 minutes in a room, or do more than sit still while spraying yourself with cold water, you start sweating and generally feeling like crap.
Even with the window open, the thermostat on 55-F, and less and less clothing everyday, it still gets hot as crap. Especially at night, when you break a sweat lying in bed. So, what does this all mean? Simply, a conspiracy. I've come to the conclusion that Richardson Towers is a giant experiment. It seems to be testing the effects of incremental heat fluctuations on the students. Of course, they are currently raising the temperature, little by little, and so far, the effect has been people getting really pissed off, really easily. People are also getting impatient, less likely to want to get up and do stuff, and generally just more likely to do stupid stuff out of pure hate.
I don't know - maybe this isn't an experiment. Maybe the people who are running this place just suck. Maybe I have a paper to write before tomorrow, and a pile of dirty clothes the size of Danny DeVito, and no clean pants, and I'm just procrastinating until we paint up for the Girls' Volleyball game. Maybe ... Aurrrghhh... uhhnnnnhnnnn..... GRRAAWWWWRRR it's HOTT AauggHRRNNNnnerrrrerrrr....

Post #25: Halfway to Half of 100!

2005-10-24T21:53:00.000-07:00

Hey folks! Memphis is chillin like crazy. LITERALLY. I'm halfway through my sweater/heavy shirt collection (which consists of 1 sweater and 1 heavy shirt), so... Glad I got a little jacket thing.

'Nuff about fashion. Anyway, I'm feeling good right now. I am kicking the ass off of this concerto thing, man. I mean, it has got nothing on me. Now, when I first started digging into it, it was kicking my ass, but luckily I got a couple recordings, I've been practicing a lot, and well, it's going really freaking well. Dig it.

Here's my two-part Apple Inc. report:
A) iTunes kicks butt, and OurTunes, a TOTALLY ILLEGAL THING YOU SHOULD NEVER USE, is really great. And awesome.
B) I think I'm going to have to break down and get me one o' them sexy iPods. The video one. Black? Probably. I gots the paper, so... it may happen. Who knows.

Stay tuned.

Just wondering...

2005-10-12T12:05:00.000-07:00

Hey, who is visiting my blog here from the domain "shotgundans.com"? I was checking out my sitemeter.com stats, and someone was looking on here from shotgundans.com. Weird. You don't have to tell me who you are, but, it'd be cool.
Stay tuned.

Uh yea.. .uh.. fawfoeiugh.

2005-10-10T21:20:00.000-07:00

Boy, almost a week and no posts here. Gettin' a bit dusty, it seems. Sorry folks - it's been ridiculously busy and crazy as of late. Homework, practice, eat, sleep - that's it, baby. Until fall break, of course, when it will be: oh crap, it's still homework, practice, eat, sleep. Dammit.

But, HEY! It's cool. The concerto is coming along okay, I got my kickass gregorian chant done, I'm playing on combo night on wednesday, and hell, V-Town homecoming is friday. Oh, and we're watching Crash in english on wed. and fri., so, yeah, even that intense racism-analysis-thriller-heart-wrencher of a movie is better than working in class. Yeah.

So, that's it for now. If I feel like it, I'll put some pictures up on Photos-Fo-Sho for a change. I know it's been since Aug. 29 since that happened last. Shutup. Just shut up.

And then I found ten dollars.

Stay tuned.

What's Goin' On With Will (WGOWW)

2005-10-04T08:19:00.000-07:00

What is going on with Will, you ask?

1. It's freakin' hot, but he's looking forward to coolness (hi:70 lo:49) on thursday.
2. Gershwin Piano Concerto in F (for the next 1-6 years to life)
3. Practicin'
4. See #3
5. Eatin' a lot
6. Makin' lists
7. Being as close to late as possible for 8am classes
8. Sleepin'
9. Not Driving
10. Not writing essays right now

So, you know, it's not bad. That's it for now though - I really do need to write this essay now. Dammit.

Stay tuned.

Aurgh.

2005-10-02T10:40:00.000-07:00

Alright, Richardson Towers is pissing me off. Holy crap. Here's the top 10 reasons why:

10. Nasty Bathroom
9. Power outage no. 3
8. Power outage no. 2
7. Power outage no. 1
6. Fire-alarm wakeup - 3am
5. Fire-alarm wakeup - 4am
4. Fire-alarm wakeup - 8am - waited 1.5 hours for re-entry, after #5 occured earlier that same night
3. Elevator keeps breakin'
2. Potato chip crumbs in carpet

And the number one reason I hate Richardson Towers:

1. Crazy-yelling block party outside windows EVERY NIGHT

Okay, I just needed to get that out in the open.
Stay tuned.

HOLY CRAP, IT'S 65 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT

2005-09-29T17:13:00.000-07:00

Oh man, Fall is upon us. Oh wait, scratch that. Autumn is upon us. Yeah. It's FANTASTIC. I love walking around in the morning or evening and it's all like "woosh" and "brr" but not much "brr" and it's still comfortable. Ahh.

Except it'll be all 80-like this weekend again, dammit. But it's sweet right now, baby. It's just cool enough to wear pants and long sleeves, but not enough to make all the latent germs in your body attack at once, due to weakened immunity-system integrity. Yeah.

Anyway, just lettin' you all know that I am enjoying the coolness, and not just my natural coolness, either, but in addition, the coolness of Autumn. Yeah.

Here is a photo of me admiring the lovely, uh, weather:

Whoa!

2005-09-21T19:28:00.000-07:00

I found these toys in my bed...

Stay tuned.

Go Speed Racer, Go

2005-09-18T12:06:00.000-07:00

Something tells me the cnet bandwidth test thingy can be somewhat inaccurate.

Maybe the network here is just awesome?

Stay tuned.

Weekend'n It

2005-09-11T18:10:00.000-07:00

Another weekend, another Saturday, another craaazy night.

Well, we (me and some fellas) drove downtown for "The Exorcism of Emily Rose" at Peabody Place, this mall-ish thing with a bunch of stuff. Well, we parked in this garage, which had like 8 levels - I had to park on level 6 - and so then we all checked out the flick, which scared the living crap out of me. Holy ****. I recommend it if you can handle the scariness. Although, next time I'll make sure some freaking girls show up with us, because honestly, I need to get some around me pretty soon or I'll go nuts. Seriously.

Anyway, did laundry - now I smell like detergent. Augh.

Stay tuned.

Keepin' On Keepin' On

2005-09-08T19:04:00.000-07:00

Well, this week's continuin' and goin'. Still. These dang 8am mornings are certainly not very fun. Argh.

Classes are alright. I'm doing pretty well at putting off work and not doing TOO much, except when it comes to music. Because, you know, you have to be serious in this stuff, man. You gots to practice, practice, practice. It's cool though - I get exclusive access to the grand piano practice rooms, and whatnot. It's pretty tight.

Let's see: What am I Doing This Semester™?
I'm in a combo, that hasn't started yet; I'm in a trio that plays behind the jazz vocal ensemble; doing classical stuff, like learning some movements for a Mozart sonata competition; learning more than I ever thought I could know about jazz piano (in the first lesson); and enjoying the all-you-can-eat cafeteria here in Richardson. Ooooooh boy, it's good.

Well, I've got to get some sleep tonight for a change.

Stay tuned.

Dammit.

2005-09-05T18:55:00.000-07:00

Look at this.

Stay tuned.

And that, children, is what we call a "Theme Post"

2005-09-04T20:48:00.000-07:00

Hey guys. This is indeed a theme post, the theme being "I Love My Laptop."

Because, basically, it's awesome. It's not particularly awesome, nor is it a powerhouse, but there is one thing that it is: mine. And a Dell latitude D610, but mostly mine.
Why I like it:

*** It's small, light, and fairly powerful.
*** It has the best programs ever:
******Office XP 2003 Professional (Word, etc.)
******Sibelius 3 (slightly illegal)
******Photoshop CS2 (9.0) - (extremely illegal)
******and it's on XP Professional. I'm pretty much a professional, I guess.
***It has cool stuff on it:
******a cd writer/DVD player
******lot's o' memory
******currently, 13GB free disk space (not great, but... okay)
******and stickers!

Hey, when I said I love my laptop, I was NOT kidding.

Stay tuned.

This Is It

2005-09-03T22:13:00.000-07:00

I just want you all to see this, if you please:

(Courtesy of Toothpaste for Dinner)
That is all.

Stay tuned.

This Weekend: Now with 50% more Days!

2005-09-02T17:52:00.000-07:00

Welp, here we go. The weekend is about to start (as soon as I leave tonight to parts unknown) - and it has no sign of slowing up until the harsh sunlight of Tuesday Morning.

Sure, I have homework and reading to do. Sure, I have laundry. Sure, I should practice. Sure, I repeat myself. Sure, I repeat myself. But, who cares. This is college. Dig it.

Anyway, I've met some cool people here. The Roomie probably won't get on my nerves too bad, since I've learned to tune out some of the annoying traits, and I'm sure he's getting over my idiosyncrasies. It's a give-and-take thing, I guess. His friends I met through him are cool too.
*Random Story Alert*
Last night, me and Mike were going to get some food (to eat) and his buddy Patrick calls, to go eat somewhere, so we go to Applebee's (where you can Eat Good in the Neighborhood, or so I'm led to believe). Anyway, we get there, and half an hour later, they show up. I order the crunchy orange chicken bowl. Anyway, the waitress comes back with an oriental chicken roll-up by mistake, and just about cries, because she's had a "hard day." I comfort her, and say I'll eat it anyway - for free! Yay for free food. Oh, and it was cool hanging out, anyway.
(the end)

Yeah, that's it for now. Time to hit the town...

Stay tuned.

Will Power(less)

2005-08-30T17:06:00.000-07:00

Holy crap. There go the 18 hours of the 19th century. Curse you, Hurricane Katrina!

Welp, the electrical wonders of .. electricity have finally returned to mighty Richardson Towers. Here's what happened:

It was about 11:15pm on Monday night, and we were about to hit the ol' hay. So, whilst in the restroom doin' "what comes natural," BOOM! The power goes out. Like the sane people we were, my roommate, all the guys in our hall, and I all of course go out in the hall to discuss how out of power we were. Turns out, all the other guys' rooms' power was out as well! Hmm. Of course, there was a backup generator, but it only powered the hallway lights (well, half of them) and it barely provided enough power through two outlets to power our alarm clocks and my keyboard.

So anyway, there we were: 20-some-odd guys in pajamas, sitting in the hallway, playing card games. Contrary to what you might think, it was actually pretty cool. It was a good way to get to know the guys I wouldn't otherwise really talk to that much. So, about 1am, we decide to retire to the dark, dark, dark of our dorms. Yay.

The next morning, still no power. Oh well. I don't need a shower. So, I spent the day doing class stuff, etc., and FINALLY, about 6:00, power was restored. And here I am, enjoying every minute of it.

Stay Tuned.

OH MY GOSH I'M HERE

2005-08-29T14:14:00.000-07:00

Wassup everybody. It's Big Willy here in M-town, fo'sho'. It's pretty cool here. My roommate, Micheal, isn't bad. Here's how we stack up: He plays the gee-tar, and tries to sing. I play the piano, and try not to laugh at his singing. It's complicated I guess.

Welp, classes today were alright. It sucks having stuff at 8am EVERY-DAY, but I'm tough like that. Yep. Tough.

I'm really freaking tired etc. right now. It's been raining for three days, I guess that hurricane is kind of affecting us here. It's so nasty.

Oh, and I'm totally typing this on my NEW FREE DELL LAPTOP. It's pretty ... uh, it's incredibly... uh, okay. It's adequate. Not great, but good enough. It's really light and small, has a DVD writer, wi-fi, etc. Not too bad.

That's enough for now. I'll put some pics on Photos Fo' Sho' as they become available.

Stay Tuned!

Movin' Day!

2005-08-25T08:18:00.000-07:00

Check out my awesomeness. No, seriously. Check it out.

Stay tuned.

Fresh From June!

2005-08-24T12:16:00.000-07:00

Alright, everybody. Dos dias until La Universidad. It's gettin' pretty cr-azzy up in herre, fo' sho... Sorry about that, I guess I'm just getting verbally ready for the urban-ness 'n' whatnot.

Anyway, time for my Dixie Band Camp DVD (Senior Session) REVIEW!! Woot!

Alright: I'll divide this up into sections.
Section 1: Opening, general stuff with campers
-4/5- Pretty well done. I get some airtime, so, you know, the chicks probably dig this DVD pretty hard. This year's coverage is actually pretty good. Lots of cool stuff - funny moments, crazzy dancin', WRC, etc. Nice.
Section 2: Performances
-3/5- Merely okay. Of course, the music itself is pretty awesome (1st band, anyway) but the recording quality, as in the past, does take away a little bit. It's still pretty darn good.

Overall: 4/5 - Whoo. Lots of great memories.

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Stay tuned.

I AM MASTER OF THE UNIVERSE

2005-08-21T11:05:00.000-07:00

Well, I leave this Friday. It's sad. Luckily, there's no time for sadness, darnit. I think everything I have to last-minute-buy is bought, and last-minute-uninstalled-and-its-install-disk-found has been... done. Yep.

Of course, there's still lots to do, except my free time has been officially been taken over by my recent purchase of Madden '05 and MVP baseball '05. Dammit. Why is it so fun? Why must I keep strategizing and using my awesome new kicker, #15, Tubs McKickerson (7'0", 415lbs) and whatnot? Arrgh.

I really should be practicing. A lot. So much so, my fingers should be bleeding. But they're not. Not yet, anyway. Oh well. Back to the preseason...

Stay tuned.

Pretty Neat, And Stuff™

2005-08-15T14:08:00.000-07:00

Well, that was fun. The ol' trip down to Houston was a pretty relaxing little vacation-weekend thing. Lots of swimming, eating, etc. - my favorite things.

We also went to Galveston and its gulf-side beach. Check it out.

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Now it's crunch time for Memphis. I audition *sometime* around the 26th, which is the day I move in. Still waiting on info about this stuff. It's pretty confusing, but at least I do have some good tunes and stuff prepared for whatever I have to do. It'll be awesome. And, besides, I have to be put into at least 2 ensembles, as per my scholarship. So there.

Oh, and there's so much to buy and redo and organize and get and throw out and DO before I leave. Like new pants, new shoes, I need a printer, I don't get my laptop 'til the 29th, gotta get my files onto it somehow, need to get manuscript paper, ugh. I bet this is how women feel, like, all the time. I can't be sure, though. Not since... the *operation*.

Stay tuned.

Houston: America's Basement

2005-08-10T18:54:00.000-07:00

Yep, me and Jonny are headin' down south. Way down south. Waaayyy down there. To Houston, TX. Yeehaw. It should be cool though - we are apparently staying at the beautiful Jon's Aun't Mansion Hotel and Casino, replete with pool. Very awesome. All this from Thu. to Sun., so, watch out Texas. And Mexico better not let its guard down, neither. Or else!

That's all for now. Stay tuned.

PennyMoose, and Penny.... PIG?!

2005-08-08T11:07:00.000-07:00

Check out a new PennyMoose adventure over at Photos Fo' Sho'. It's mad fresh, yo.

It's like a gas chamber outside. Except instead of gas, it's water, and it's not really enclosed, nor am I a Jew or a convicted murderer.

2005-08-06T14:02:00.000-07:00

Yeah, it's raining. Like crazy. This is about the 3rd time I've tried to post this, since this ol' rig's been crappin' out just because the power hiccupped. Dern thing.

Anyway, it's really wet outside. And thunder-y, which is even better.
What do I like about rain?

1. It's dark, during the daytime!
2. The coolness.
3. The wetness.
4. The shhhhh sound on the roof.
5. The ccrrzzzzacckakakakagrbggghabbbblll sounds from lightning.
6. The satellite craps out, meaning I can only watch the 4 big local channels. It's like I'm roughin' it!
7. That's it.

Yep, it's pretty neat. I love it.

Oh, and I'm about to get a new vehicular transport... uh, vehicle. Or am I? Stay tuned.

So, how do you...

2005-08-04T08:08:00.000-07:00

...pronounce it? "ZANGa," "jjjhANGa," "eks-ANGa," what?

Err. I feel so icky and horrible. I just created a Xanga™ account. I'll give you a moment.

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Okay? Good. Well, I did. Here. But, I've already posted my first, last, and only post ever on it. Why, you ask? To get you here. Period. In fact, you're probably here because you found and read my xanga. So, I've probably just insulted you and your memory so far, so...

Look at the silly monkey! Aww.

Anyway, back to this blog: it's awesome. Check out both of its posts. They're genius. Also, just to cover my bases, Xanga isn't really all that bad. It's a fun way to post stuff, without really thinking that much about "html," or "color schemes," or stuff like that, which most people are, frankly, scared of. Now, there are some people who tweak and do crazy stuff on their Xanga, but those people are special, and they simply haven't found Blogger yet, or other such services. So, there's my

two cents. Yep.

Stay tuned.

LIES and stuff

2005-08-01T13:50:00.000-07:00

Yes, I'm a liar. And I'll keep lying by posting on this blog until around May 26th, when I move into my dorm at the University of Memphis. Deal with it. Anyway, this is my new home, where I will document and generally write about my experiences, and lots of other stuff, while I'm in M-town.

You may have noticed that this isn't whotookmypants/porkintheroad/wrynot, and to you, I give a cookie for your effort. True, I'm changing my online persona again, but this time I have a good reason: my parents (and other old people, and people who suck) don't know this exists. They think I just got tired of posting on PoRo, and that I'm inactive as a blogger. Well, nuts to them. This place is just too darn awesome and will soon be too X-rated (I guess) for them to read and dig on.

Since I hate blogs that try to do articles/text AND large, memory-hogging pictures on the same page (such as Wry Not), I've decided to split it up a bit. Any real cool shots I take that I want you to see will be posted on Photos Fo' Sho', and I'll probably tell you to check it out when I do. There's one there right now, as a matter of fact. It's not that great, but it is from Memphis.

So, let's hope this works out. 'Cause I spent an assload of time on this page's colors, alignments, and header graphic, so you chitlins best not give me no sass, or it's the belt! Or something. At any rate, stay tuned.