8...
...days until band camp begins. my how time flies. before you know it, i'll be right in the thick of it and i'll try to post a message on here each day about it. bug me to do so lol.

well tonight is the opening of old home week down on the town square at 10:30 pm. i'm gonna head down with my parental units and then i'm gonna look for my friend kassie and we're gonna hang for the evening. hopefully that all works out and that would be totally cool if kassie and i ran into a few other band people that we recognize. or just friends. they'll probably be food and drinks and the town sing along (which isn't always in tune). 'the old gray mare' is a classic one to sing during old home week. but first, i shall tell you a little about it, in case you have no idea about what i am talking about...

"old home week" actually started out as "the old boy's reunion" way back a long time ago (lol sorry i don't know the exact date). about 50-64 old guys showed up for the celebration which consisted of picnics in the park and gatherings down in sandy hollow which was (and still is) a very popular swimming spot down by the creek. well the old boy's reunion was such a success that they decided to have one 3 years later and this time for the entire family. and thus, "old home week" was born.

and that's what i am attending tonight. the first of many ceremonies to come. hopefully i can manage to find kassie in the throngs of people and a few other people.

well the first drawing of thorn is finished. i've just gotta scan it now but the mouse pointer is acting up so i might have to wait until tomorrow to do that. and i worked on some hair contrast drawings and some eyes over the weekend so that has improved a bit.

a little earlier we just got back from the slye's party down in good 'ol west virginia. that's right. half a day, an entire night, and a good morning of great food, awesome music (from a live band, might i add), and just plain fun. boy that was the best damn chicken i ever ate. and the corn. the band that played on the porch was 'lunar stew' and i recommend that you look them up on the internet and buy there cd lol.

it always ends up raining and it just poured on the way up the mountain and then it rained steadily for about another 2 hours and we had to wait to set up our camp. my dad and i shared our tent while my mom slept in the car with a mattress that we hauled down. over the tent went one of those tarp canopy type things with legs and stuff and then we wrapped a tarp around one side of it to keep the rain from blowing all the way through. what a set up huh! and it took a while because we had to wait for breaks in the rain to do each part.

it stopped raining towards the evening and the band played until around midnight and we were waiting to see the full moon. i decided to go to bed because i was tired and about 20 minutes i hear this big shout and all the dogs start barking and everyone is howling and yelling. and i poke my head outside of the tent and there is the moon that came out from behind this big bunch of clouds. and it's what you'd call a 'blue moon' this month so that makes everything cooler because it hardly ever happens. only every few years.

so that was my weekend. and tomorrow, i have an orientation for new field band members from 9 am till noon (*note, i am the only sophomore that's new at field band lol) and i'll write more later but it's nearly time for the old home week celebration!

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