What DCI Geeks Do for Halloween

When Halloween rolls around, we can all change who we are for a day, and unfortunately one day only.. honestly I'm going to miss walking around school like this:

Mine.

Yep, I dressed up as someone from the Santa Clara Vanguard today. For those of you that know me, did you honestly expect anything less? For those of you that don't... get used to things like this.

I painted the shirt and made the plume and the star for the hat. It all cost less than $100.
It all made my band director very happy this morning. We were all just sitting there, discussing our last concert, with me casually under my hat, when Mr. Taylor looks around and says, "You are wearing a Santa Clara Vanguard costume. You have no idea how happy that makes me!" I collapsed into a fit of laughter because that was exactly how I imagined the morning going. At the end of class he took a picture to add to the Wonderfulness of Band archives. (Actually I made that up. It's just the band archive. But whatever.)
Thanks, Mom and Dad, for buying the materials; everyone else for noticing (words of Sam: "ten out of ten"); and mostly the Vanguard themselves for always being their awesome selves out there! #SCV @scvanguard 
Thank you all.

Don't you be smiling in uniform! Oh wait... never mind.

It was great. The best Halloween I've had. 

Blog Challenge *Day 26*

If you had $1,000,000,000 dollars to spend what would you buy?

If I had a million dollars I really hope I would have plenty of money in addition to that to donate to things. But we're talking consumerism here... so let's start from the top.

I'd get myself this nice car, in this color:

2017 Alfa Romeo Giulia
From Car and Driver

Then I'd also get this nice car, either in this color or white, for more utilitarian purposes:

Also from Car and Driver

Then I would buy 2 trumpets: definitely a Cannonball and possibly a Bach or Yamaha Pro.

Of course I can't decide.
Pics from Cannonball Music.

Then I would buy a Torpedo bag for one of said trumpets:

Black is boring. Get blue instead.
From Torpedo Bags.

I'd build a nice (not especially big) house in California. Mediterranean style, thanks. Beach-side lot. 

intro.dvrlists.com

And I think that would pretty much take up my million dollars. If there's anything left then assume that I would buy clothes. 

Yep.

Blog Challenge *Day 25*

Discuss someone who fascinates you and why.
Erm. IDK. Me being lazy is pretty fascinating cuz I GET NOTHING DONE. 

Blog Challenge *Day 24*

What is your favorite movie and why?
Star Wars, I think; the 3 originals are the very best.

www.theodysseyonline.com

That being said I liked Episode 7 too. 
I like Star Wars because it's a classic adventure story, but it has interesting sci-fi details, such that it really becomes its own type of adventure story.

Blog Challenge *Day 23*

Thus spaek day 23: post 5 pictures of celebrities you find attractive.

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Do I gotta?

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Fine.

(Pics from Sparknotes' SparkLife)

Am I not Captain Obvious?

That white suit is ON POINT...

Yes, both then and now. Although if anyone's got a time machine up for grabs that'd be cool. But moving on...

From this article that was interesting even to me.

And I don't even watch Doctor Who! ... this is Matt Smith, by the way, for those of you who, like me, don't watch TV.

www.playbuzz.com

www.bbcamerica.com

The 11th Doctor + this picture I talked about = why I love bow ties. Seriously. 

I know that's only two people but honestly that's about the extent of the film and TV industry's attractiveness.

Anyway. Glad that silly post is done.

Blog Challenge *Day 22*

How have you changed over the past few years?

I used to be a complete introvert/geek/weird person. I played the piano. I did Irish dance. I didn't hardly talk with people.

Now I am still a bit of an introvert, and yes, I remain a band geek, but I'm not so obsessive about things like Star Wars and Seabiscuit as I used to be. I play trumpet and I do marching band. I run. I actually try to be a social human instead of not talking. And most of all, I'm now much more confident. It's GR8.

Mine. Credit, plz, if you want to use.

Confidence means...

> Believing in your style, choices, and actions

> Following a path of life that you think is right

> Not letting others hinder progress to things you want to achieve

> Believing that you can do anything; because you can if you think and tell yourself that you can.

Gaining total confidence takes a lifetime, but starting on it now is certainly helping things right along.

Blog Challenge *Day 21*

Favorite TV shows:

None, cuz we don't have a TV and I'm grateful because that's one less excuse for me to waste time.

Blog Challenge *Day 20*

How important is education to you?

Pretty important. I don't want anything to do with graduate school or a Phd, but I do want to learn as much music as possible and get enough qualification to do architecture and design work as a job. Other than that I think it's important to learn stuff and actually try in school because then you'll have those skills for a lifetime, and it's likely that one day- even if it is just a single day- in your life you'll need to use everything you learn. I also think it's up to every individual how far they want to go with such things beyond high school. No college, fine. Grad school, ok. Medical school? Cool, save money. Whatever you study after high school should be of interest to you, though, so that you stay engaged. For me this means architecture and design, and of course music.

My favorite style: Mediterranean