My Secret Public Journal

Since I have absolutely nothing else to do at work today, I decided to go through the old blog posts here and reminisce on good times. That took up a good half hour of my work day, which I was thankful for. But really, there should be more here, if only to take up even MORE of my work day. However, I couldn't just go pointing fingers at everyone when it's likely that I post the least of anyone here, could I? So I thought I'd blog it up just a little. I'm sure there's something going on in my life that's worth telling about... hmmmmmm.......

Turns out, I've got more that I'd like to talk about right now than usual! This is so exciting!

Okay, so, first of all. The Wedding. Hold on one second. AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! Okay, thanks. I just needed to get out some excitement before it leaks out over this whole blog post and makes a whole mess of everything. The wedding is in a little over 3 weeks. We go through days where we get pretty stressed over everything that has to be done, but more and more is getting done and it's going to be SO GREAT. I'm really so stoked. Excited to have everyone come together and enjoy what we hope is just a really great party. Psyched to see lots of far-away friends and family come back in town and give their time to us at our special time. Most of all, I'm absolutely ecstatic to be ensuring (legally) that a wonderful girl like Madolyn gets hitched up for life to a dumb ol' schmoe like me. Now that I think about it, what on EARTH is she thinking? Anyway, the point is (well, one of the points) that I really can't wait for this time in my life, and having my older brothers and their awesome families here is just terrific. This is a happy, happy, happy time.

And hey, to my family that is here... don't feel left out. I love you all. I just have a really great family. If I said how great my family as often as it was warranted, I would never stop. And that's just not economically feasible. You know, in my reading of the blog today, I came across Kelly's post last year about Rachel, which I hadn't seen before. And when I read it I noticed it's just about that time again this year. Oh and thanks for making me tear up at work, Kelly. That wasn't embarrassing. But anyway, I don't know how much could add to Kelly's great post about her birthday, but I do know I love my little sister. And I know if she was around I would love her the same way I love the rest of my family.

Alright, so what else is going on... Well, school is good. I got my schedule down to one class, one day a week this semester by loading up on classes last semester so I could finish my degree this winter. That one class is Studio III, the "final project" class for the audio production major, and it is 6 hours long. On most days, those 6 hours drag on due to the terrible bands that my fellow students bring in, although that doesn't stop it from being an awesome class overall. This last week it was my turn to bring in a band, and since I have amazing taste and loads of talent, the session went really well. Mitchell had the idea to turn out the big dumb flourescent bulbs and put a lamp with wacky colors in the room. It was highly effective, and really got the band in the mood to jam out their Al Green cover they were performing at the time. I should be able to put up the recordings we did within the next couple weeks, and I'll post it here for everyone to see.

But there's more going on with me and this band, I hope. Or maybe it's all in my head. But I'll give you guys the scoop. The stuff they did for my class was acoustic, and had piano, which is a departure from their normal style. You can listen to some tracks from before on their band website: www. facebook.com/buskincuffs. These guys are not just my favorite local band, they're just one of my favorite bands in general, and until now there has been absolutely no reason for them to consider letting me join the band. So here's the story: I need a band to do this final project for me. I go to one of their shows and talk to them afterwards, and they agree to do it. I'm psyched. Madolyn texts me a couple days later saying "Uh oh, have you seen Buskin' Cuffs website lately?" I'm freaking out. I look at the page and it says they're taking a break for a couple months. I'm REALLY freaking out. I'm reassured that there is some non-Buskin' Cuffs stuff they can still do for me. So they come in the other day and all is well. What happened was their lead guitarist (who is AMAZING) kinda moved to Utah or something. I'm not entirely clear on the details, so I don't know how long he's going to be there, or what they plan on doing in the meantime. But I have offered my services as lead guitar. I have invited myself to jam with them, at some later date. We'll see what happens.

For now, I'm plenty busy with work (bleh) and making decorations for the wedding (Present: meh. Future: YAY!). I try to spend every spare minute I possibly can with Madolyn. We just have so much fun together and I'm so looking forward to decades more of it. I couldn't imagine a life without her, and I think you'll agree she's helped me better myself in many ways. I can only dream I've done the same for her. But I really want her to know that I care about her more than anything and she's made me a better person. Anyway, things are great. Things are going really great. There are tough times, but overall (especially when you write it out like this), there's not much to complain about. Life is good.

Thanks for reading this , y'all... I guess I really did have a lot to say. Hope to see everyone blog more. A whole family full of great writers! I love it. I love you all. Have a great day :)