stopping to smell the roses

So I stopped for a minute last week to consider a few things. Here's what I came up with.

Last Monday was Columbus Day. Columbus was far from a hero during his lifetime. He was imprisoned prior to his 4th voyage to the new world and was nearly a cripple during said voyage. Ironic.

All 3 of the marching band shows that I wrote qualified for State Finals several weeks ago. Very happy about that and for those students and their staffs. Hoping this will increase my business. Also noted that when the last of the 3 qualified, they were only the third Class C band in the state to do so and I wrote 2 of those 3 bands' shows (Columbus Grove and Kalida). As of today, there are only 6 C bands qualified for state (and I wrote 1/3 of them). Bellefontaine is a Class A band and there are quite a few more of those in state, but Bellefontaine's show is really making an impression. Not by far the best executed show out there, but a very memorable one. People cry during the ballad. Judges and directors have been commenting about it all over the place. Crazy.

Marketing firms like me. I'm getting calls for multiple interviews with marketing firms right now, including one in Denver. Tempting.

As I've not been as actively involved in teaching one specific marching band this fall, I've been much more available on weekends. Toward that end, I've played a lot more gigs this fall. Crazy.

It's awful warm out for October.

People do crazy things. It's a fact.

a new faith

Since marching drum corps and becoming a marching band instructor, director and designer, I have been of the belief that Dr. Beat just might be god. Toward that end, I have posted said belief as my religious views on facebook, though to Skyler Mayberry's credit, God probably does love a mocha. I've received several comments from friends that tend to agree with that statement. Today, I garnered my first disciple. I may be creating a group soon to share the word and teachings of Dr. Beat.

keep marching

the odd couple?

There are two television ads airing right now that both use the theme song from "The Odd Couple".

The first is an ad for a hybrid Honda Civic that culminates in a Bonzai tree made of improperly disposed fast food containers left on the hood of a not-hybrid car left by the driver of the hybrid Civic with a note that says, "You dropped this". I actually laughed a little.

The other, a Jared ad for Subway with Jared going about his daily routine opposite a pro-athlete whom I didn't recognize. I didn't laugh, but realized it was the same tune I had just heard and my dad pointed out that it was the Odd Couple theme. Then I laughed.

Random, I know. Just pointing that out.

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