Lovin' The Big Black Man..

So I went home last night for some family birthday celebration stuff.. and remembered that I had forgotten to remove some of the summer's liquor bottles from my room.. so I thought I had better do that right away.. but guess what, my mom's cleaned out my whole room.. the bottles are no longer in the hiding spot where I left them.. ha..
Those of you know what a spazz my mother is will be just as shocked as I am to hear that neither parent has said a word to me about them.. not even any implication.. I can't believe it.. it's very unlike my parents to let something like that slide.. but it suits me just fine lol
Ironically enough, they DID ask me about the home-made bong they found under a cushion in the basement (its ironic because its not mine or any of my friends' lol)

Got a cheque in the mail for a $1000 from a scholarship through my Dad's work.. I think they kinda had to give me something since my dad's been working there since forever hehe well it's not a lot but it's sure as a hell better than nothing!

Today was the first TYWO rehearsal.. wow.. alright, for about the first 10 minutes it was a huge kick in the ass to be playing 3rd after having been playing 1st since.. well always. BUT. A few things changed that:
1. I noticed that with what we're playing, even the 3rd part is pretty crazy ass hard.
2. I noticed that (at least as far as sight reading goes) the other 3rds are better than I am.. you'd think this might be negative but I actually see it as positive because if I was better than them, I would grumble about being stuck on 3rd, but since they are awesome, it makes me feel like I am where I should be.
3. Colin told us that tons of people who didn't make the cut have been calling in and complaining and getting their teachers to call and bitch, and one person apparently even showed up with their instrument and tried to get in on it that way lol
4. At the end when I started introducing myself to the clarinets, I noticed that most of them.. actually all of them except for one guy, are older than me.. and most of the ensemble in fact is in their 20's..

So while it IS a shot my pride to see "3rd clarinet" written on my parts, I feel privileged as HELL to have been chosen to play with these people.

The pace is crazy, we charged full speed ahead and while I can play all the notes and I can move my fingers as fast as required, I can't do both at the same time yet lol this is gonna take a lot of my time and a lot of my effort but damn is it gonna be worth it when we tour New York and are the first Canadian youth ensemble to ever play there on the main stage (we're on the same program as the US national youth orchestra.. NATIONAL) hehe thats gonna be awesome.

It kinda sucks to go from being a big fish in a small pond to a small fish in the big ocean.. but *swallows pride and enjoys the swim*